How do you import individual historical players?

lfountain22 · 06-17-2020, 06:40 PM

I am trying to import individual historical players into a league. Example: Add a rookie Barry Bonds to a league that is currently in the year 2024. How is this done? I have seen people allude to it, but cannot figure it out or find the correct post.

Thanks!

mitchkenn · 06-17-2020, 07:27 PM

On the Free Agent page - on the far right - in the drop down menu ACTIONS - second line is Import Historical Players.

click on that link and enter the database you're using (most like default one is "historical_database.odb") click on that database and hit confirm.

you will need to know the players ID for the game at this point to enter it in the game. All the players ID are in a .csv file in your stats folder. (usually under C:\Documents>Out Of the Park) i have mine changed to D:\Documents\Out Of The Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 20\stats - under the .csv file Master) the B column has the player id's (bondsba01).... another place to find them is on Baseball Reference. It would be in the URL of the player - https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ondsba01.shtml - the bondsba01 is the part you'd need to copy into that first box. and the add the year of his import, ie bondsba01, 2001

then you need to enter which year of his career you want the import to start at. (i just used 2001 as an example. 1986 was his rookie year i think. so you'd need to change 2001 to 1986 is all.)

i always check include players in the minor league database as well. then decide if you want selected stats included and if you want him to go into free agent pool or the draft pool.

if you want him on a specific team, you'd need to include the 3 letter team abbreviation of that his, preceded by a coma in the first line bondsba01, 2001, SFG (i think that's the Giants id, but i'm not at my game computer, so i'm guessing on that one.)

if all goes well, and everything is entered correctly, he should appear either free agent pool, draft pool (which is only visible a few weeks before your draft date) or on a team if assigned.

good luck. hope this helps. as it's off a fading memory, i hope i didn't miss something or incorrectly remember.

if you need to import more than one player at a time - pm me and i can dig up a write up i have somewhere in a file on how to import from a text file and can send that to you.

06-17-2020, 06:40 PM	#1
lfountain22 Bat Boy Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2	How do you import individual historical players? I am trying to import individual historical players into a league. Example: Add a rookie Barry Bonds to a league that is currently in the year 2024. How is this done? I have seen people allude to it, but cannot figure it out or find the correct post. Thanks!

06-17-2020, 07:27 PM	#2
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	On the Free Agent page - on the far right - in the drop down menu ACTIONS - second line is Import Historical Players. click on that link and enter the database you're using (most like default one is "historical_database.odb") click on that database and hit confirm. you will need to know the players ID for the game at this point to enter it in the game. All the players ID are in a .csv file in your stats folder. (usually under C:\Documents>Out Of the Park) i have mine changed to D:\Documents\Out Of The Park Developments\OOTP Baseball 20\stats - under the .csv file Master) the B column has the player id's (bondsba01).... another place to find them is on Baseball Reference. It would be in the URL of the player - https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...ondsba01.shtml - the bondsba01 is the part you'd need to copy into that first box. and the add the year of his import, ie bondsba01, 2001 then you need to enter which year of his career you want the import to start at. (i just used 2001 as an example. 1986 was his rookie year i think. so you'd need to change 2001 to 1986 is all.) i always check include players in the minor league database as well. then decide if you want selected stats included and if you want him to go into free agent pool or the draft pool. if you want him on a specific team, you'd need to include the 3 letter team abbreviation of that his, preceded by a coma in the first line bondsba01, 2001, SFG (i think that's the Giants id, but i'm not at my game computer, so i'm guessing on that one.) if all goes well, and everything is entered correctly, he should appear either free agent pool, draft pool (which is only visible a few weeks before your draft date) or on a team if assigned. good luck. hope this helps. as it's off a fading memory, i hope i didn't miss something or incorrectly remember. if you need to import more than one player at a time - pm me and i can dig up a write up i have somewhere in a file on how to import from a text file and can send that to you. __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip. Last edited by mitchkenn; 06-17-2020 at 07:37 PM.