Modern stats but historical financials - can it be done?

Casino · 10-19-2025, 03:25 PM

Hey all,

I'm having some trouble with recent leagues I've created. Something I'm fond of doing is starting a league in the early 1870's, and taking it all the way to the modern day.

To this end, I like to use historical finances, but more modern statistical baselines....so, think 5-man rotations, robust bullpens, DH's, more home runs, etc.

Yet I'm running into some issues with the last couple of releases of the game, where eventually, things get wonky with the finances (where every team runs out of money every year) - I'm having a hard time figuring out how to remedy this. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how this could be tuned to achieve my goal?

Thanks!

Carplos · 10-19-2025, 04:16 PM

My first guess would be since you're using modern roster construction, they're spending more on players than the default finances for the era expects.

Probably increase ticket prices, media revenue, etc.

RyMACtizzle · 10-21-2025, 02:59 PM

I do something very similar and play in commissioner mode. Start in 1880 with closer to more modern day stats. I just have to really watch the financials each at the start of each new league. I end with a full universe with new leagues, colleges, minors, canadian and mexican leagues. I start very, very cheap with ticket prices .10? and crowd sizes around 2000 or so. I am in year 1940 right now and I don't think any team has run out of money. My English teams come close with relegation sometimes. I try to keep the inflation rate down to 0 to 1%. Some leagues I keep it at 0% and change it manually.

Every 5 years or so, I adjust the financials and baseline salaries to increase them accordingly. I also go in and "upgrade" stadiums randomly for different teams to expand them to different capacities.

For me it is not a set it and forget type of league setup. You have to stay on top of each league and team and stadium for sure every 10 years or so. The game seems to not do a very good job of updating stadiums and capacities so that is usually one of the issues with starting so far back. But I also have not got to play much of 26 this year because I been so busy with life. Maybe this has changed.

If you wanted to set it forget it. I guess you could just manually adjust each stadium capacity at the beginning of the setup to 30000 or so and then just import the 1880 financials on the financials screen and by the time you get to more modern times, you shouldn't have to worry about small stadiums (2000 seat max attendance) being an issue.

The preloaded financials from 1880 or so have started pretty well for me. When I start pre-1920 leagues, I usually use those at least as a guide.

10-19-2025, 03:25 PM	#1
Casino Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lakeville, Minnesota Posts: 41	Modern stats but historical financials - can it be done? Hey all, I'm having some trouble with recent leagues I've created. Something I'm fond of doing is starting a league in the early 1870's, and taking it all the way to the modern day. To this end, I like to use historical finances, but more modern statistical baselines....so, think 5-man rotations, robust bullpens, DH's, more home runs, etc. Yet I'm running into some issues with the last couple of releases of the game, where eventually, things get wonky with the finances (where every team runs out of money every year) - I'm having a hard time figuring out how to remedy this. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how this could be tuned to achieve my goal? Thanks! __________________ "I don't think about what I'm thinking about nearly as much as you think about what I'm thinking about."

10-19-2025, 04:16 PM	#2
Carplos Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Idaho Posts: 2,855 Infractions: 1/0 (0)	My first guess would be since you're using modern roster construction, they're spending more on players than the default finances for the era expects. Probably increase ticket prices, media revenue, etc.

10-21-2025, 02:59 PM	#3
RyMACtizzle Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 233	I do something very similar and play in commissioner mode. Start in 1880 with closer to more modern day stats. I just have to really watch the financials each at the start of each new league. I end with a full universe with new leagues, colleges, minors, canadian and mexican leagues. I start very, very cheap with ticket prices .10? and crowd sizes around 2000 or so. I am in year 1940 right now and I don't think any team has run out of money. My English teams come close with relegation sometimes. I try to keep the inflation rate down to 0 to 1%. Some leagues I keep it at 0% and change it manually. Every 5 years or so, I adjust the financials and baseline salaries to increase them accordingly. I also go in and "upgrade" stadiums randomly for different teams to expand them to different capacities. For me it is not a set it and forget type of league setup. You have to stay on top of each league and team and stadium for sure every 10 years or so. The game seems to not do a very good job of updating stadiums and capacities so that is usually one of the issues with starting so far back. But I also have not got to play much of 26 this year because I been so busy with life. Maybe this has changed. If you wanted to set it forget it. I guess you could just manually adjust each stadium capacity at the beginning of the setup to 30000 or so and then just import the 1880 financials on the financials screen and by the time you get to more modern times, you shouldn't have to worry about small stadiums (2000 seat max attendance) being an issue. The preloaded financials from 1880 or so have started pretty well for me. When I start pre-1920 leagues, I usually use those at least as a guide.