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Originally Posted by swampdragon
I wouldn't count on it. What it has would be the same thing OOTP has, which is Retrosheet transactions. Those are a long way from being complete daily transactions once you get back 50 years or so. Anyone who got into a game that day should be available. The ones who didn't may or may not match the real bench, depending on the completeness or lack thereof of the Retrosheet transaction list.
I have a historical OOTP game going with real transactions and lineups set in 1901. I strongly suspect there's more bench and bullpen available than there was in real life. Still, no one else has 1901 lineups. Someone had to research that, and he did a pretty good job.
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Just going by what the game says. I would prefer Retrosheet close and 25 man rosters(just using 25 here to make my point, so LGO there's no need to come in and school me on roster sizes over time) over a system in which every single player that's currently on a team on said date is game time active. 1901 wouldn't be an issue. Modern day it is. 15+ pitchers available out of the pen is not for me.
Will say it again, one thing I really wish OOTP would add is a special injury setting just for the "real transaction" aspect of the game. This injury setting would limit injuries to no longer than a week in length. Heck this type of thing would be great for those that play shorter seasons as well.