Longevity

Bluenoser · 10-21-2020, 07:34 PM

23 Seasons - well, 22 and a 1/3. Did very well and retires as career hits leader. Didn't miss a lot of time either, 2051, 55, and his last season, 57, were the only times he missed significant time to injury.
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ALB123 · 10-21-2020, 08:17 PM

Oh no! He was so freakin' close to 4,000 career hits. Quite the career... Loving the number of Stolen Bases too.

Speaking of retired players... How/Why is the AI able to unretire players in OOTP? I've seen a handful of examples where players have retired and the following season, or maybe they'll miss an entire year, those players will be playing for a professional team again. Is that controlled by a setting? Or is it just something that happens from time to time?

RchW · 10-21-2020, 08:41 PM

By WAR he's way better than my hits leader. Either way this is the beauty of OOTP, believable stats over a career and over decades of play.

Westheim · 10-21-2020, 09:30 PM

This guy's winding it down, it seems. Quite the hitter in his day, and his day was a few decades ago.

Sweed · 10-21-2020, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

By WAR he's way better than my hits leader. Either way this is the beauty of OOTP, believable stats over a career and over decades of play.

Exactly. Being able to look over one's leauge\game and seeing the variety of realistic players that "live" in your world. OOTP really is an amazing game

koohead · 10-21-2020, 11:42 PM

Longevity and consistency. 18x All Star.

luckymann · 10-22-2020, 04:02 AM

You wouldn't mind one of him every decade or so, would you. Fantastic stuff.
On a complete side note - how did you get your awards area looking the way it does?

Hrycaj · 10-22-2020, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

You wouldn't mind one of him every decade or so, would you. Fantastic stuff.
On a complete side note - how did you get your awards area looking the way it does?

I would be interested in knowing as well.

Bluenoser · 10-22-2020, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by luckymann

You wouldn't mind one of him every decade or so, would you. Fantastic stuff.
On a complete side note - how did you get your awards area looking the way it does?

When you start your game, click on settings, then use this drop down to select your choice.

I usually start with "Show All" for a new league, and once I get about 10 - 20 seasons played I change it to "Show 3". Eventually when the league has a lot of seasons and there are multiple players with a lot of awards I set to "Show 1".
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Bluenoser · 10-22-2020, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ALB123

Oh no! He was so freakin' close to 4,000 career hits. Quite the career... Loving the number of Stolen Bases too.

Speaking of retired players... How/Why is the AI able to unretire players in OOTP? I've seen a handful of examples where players have retired and the following season, or maybe they'll miss an entire year, those players will be playing for a professional team again. Is that controlled by a setting? Or is it just something that happens from time to time?

It happens randomly, however you can right click on any retired player (Must be in Commish Mode) and there is an option to "Unretire"

Bluenoser · 10-22-2020, 08:13 AM

I thought about unretiring him for a season and see if he could get another 100 hits to reach 4000, and his ratings don't look that bad yet (20-80 scale) but I get the feeling if he did manage to sign, he'd be a part timer at best. Plus with him being fragile at 43/44 yrs of age, he may just spend a lot of the season on the DL too.

I think I'll just leave it as is, at the end of the day it was his choice to retire.

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Bluenoser · 10-22-2020, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

By WAR he's way better than my hits leader. Either way this is the beauty of OOTP, believable stats over a career and over decades of play.

^
This

David Watts · 10-22-2020, 08:57 AM

Pretty good player but he doesn't strikeout enough.

Brad K · 10-22-2020, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

I thought about unretiring him for a season and see if he could get another 100 hits to reach 4000, and his ratings don't look that bad yet (20-80 scale) but I get the feeling if he did manage to sign, he'd be a part timer at best. Plus with him being fragile at 43/44 yrs of age, he may just spend a lot of the season on the DL too.

I think I'll just leave it as is, at the end of the day it was his choice to retire.

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Absolutely the right thing to do. Thank you.

Bobbyraz49 · 10-22-2020, 12:59 PM

These forums are awesome.
OOTPBB21 is my 1st. baseball sim.
Couldn't be happier with it. Learning a lot on these forums thanks to the contributors.
With much appreciation....Bob in Buffalo

RchW · 10-22-2020, 08:49 PM

My career HR leader in a different league. Look at these BB totals.

ALB123 · 10-23-2020, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

My career HR leader in a different league. Look at these BB totals.

I just showed your player to Barry Bonds. He said, "Holy $hit! Look at those numbers...That dude was definitely juicing. I can't stand cheaters..." Then we looked at each other, paused for a few seconds, and had a long hearty laugh together.

Bluenoser · 10-23-2020, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by RchW

My career HR leader in a different league. Look at these BB totals.

Wow, he's a walking/power hitting machine. A career .474 OBP - wow, just wow.

Bluenoser · 10-23-2020, 07:38 AM

My pitcher of longevity Alejandro Espinoza. A 16 year old scouting discovery out of Cuba.

Wins and losses don't tell much about a pitcher but when you win 408 games and 400 of them are complete games, it says a little bit.

His numbers back that up.
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Westheim · 10-23-2020, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Wow, he's a walking/power hitting machine. A career .474 OBP - wow, just wow.

I guess he was walked intentionally with the bags full quite a bit.

Found no pitchers in my Raccoons save's Hall of Fame (and that save is all I really play) that were effective past 40. Few even made it to 40.

Here's one that isn't even retired yet (and won a triple crown as Raccoon

) Not first-echelon great, not even a sure-first-ballot Hall of Famer, and oh god, all the home runs, but still looking for a job this year, and the way my pitching staff is going I might just snatch him for a farewell assignment....

10-21-2020, 07:34 PM	#1
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,487	Longevity 23 Seasons - well, 22 and a 1/3. Did very well and retires as career hits leader. Didn't miss a lot of time either, 2051, 55, and his last season, 57, were the only times he missed significant time to injury. _ Attached Images

10-21-2020, 08:17 PM	#2
ALB123 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 638	Oh no! He was so freakin' close to 4,000 career hits. Quite the career... Loving the number of Stolen Bases too. Speaking of retired players... How/Why is the AI able to unretire players in OOTP? I've seen a handful of examples where players have retired and the following season, or maybe they'll miss an entire year, those players will be playing for a professional team again. Is that controlled by a setting? Or is it just something that happens from time to time? __________________ "I'm on the side that's always lost against the side of Heaven. I'm on the side of snake-eyes tossed against the side of seven" - Leonard Cohen "The Captain"

10-21-2020, 08:41 PM	#3
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	By WAR he's way better than my hits leader. Either way this is the beauty of OOTP, believable stats over a career and over decades of play. Attached Images __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

10-21-2020, 09:30 PM	#4
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 14,052	This guy's winding it down, it seems. Quite the hitter in his day, and his day was a few decades ago. Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 95 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 * 2071 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

10-21-2020, 11:42 PM	#6
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,231	Longevity and consistency. 18x All Star. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

10-22-2020, 04:02 AM	#7
luckymann Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2019 Posts: 14,075	You wouldn't mind one of him every decade or so, would you. Fantastic stuff. On a complete side note - how did you get your awards area looking the way it does?

10-22-2020, 08:13 AM	#11
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,487	I thought about unretiring him for a season and see if he could get another 100 hits to reach 4000, and his ratings don't look that bad yet (20-80 scale) but I get the feeling if he did manage to sign, he'd be a part timer at best. Plus with him being fragile at 43/44 yrs of age, he may just spend a lot of the season on the DL too. I think I'll just leave it as is, at the end of the day it was his choice to retire. _ Attached Images

10-22-2020, 08:57 AM	#13
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,141 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Pretty good player but he doesn't strikeout enough.

10-22-2020, 12:59 PM	#15
Bobbyraz49 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2020 Posts: 958	These forums are awesome. OOTPBB21 is my 1st. baseball sim. Couldn't be happier with it. Learning a lot on these forums thanks to the contributors. With much appreciation....Bob in Buffalo

10-22-2020, 08:49 PM	#16
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	My career HR leader in a different league. Look at these BB totals. Attached Images __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

10-23-2020, 07:38 AM	#19
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,487	My pitcher of longevity Alejandro Espinoza. A 16 year old scouting discovery out of Cuba. Wins and losses don't tell much about a pitcher but when you win 408 games and 400 of them are complete games, it says a little bit. His numbers back that up. _ Attached Images