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David Watts · 07-03-2016, 05:15 PM

Had to scrap my league.

Started it in 1901. Simmed to 1906, erased all history and held an inaugural draft. Then simmed from 1906 to 1918 and turned on maintain historical minors. Simmed to 1921. Played out the 1921 season. Plays some in 1922, but then fast simmed to 1923.

Then I discovered Clarence Kraft. Was checking out the Texas League leaderboards and noticed Mr Kraft was the career home run leader with 51. I was stunned, because I had looked for Mr Kraft in 1919 and 1921 and I couldn't find him. Since I fast simmed 1922, I thought, wow Kraft must have hit 51 bombs in 1922. I guessed wrong and the truth ruined the league.

You see, Kraft imported with his real life stats. Yup, even though I had OOTP simmed 1914, 1919, 1920 and played 1921 and Mr Kraft did not participate. His OOTP stats page mirrored his real life stat page right down the games he played for the Boston Braves in 1914. So Kraft was the Texas League home run leader, even though he'd yet to play a game.

So it looks like you can't start a historical league prior to 1919 if you want to use real minors.

07-03-2016, 05:15 PM	#569
David Watts Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Looking for a place called Leehofooks Posts: 10,058 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Had to scrap my league. Started it in 1901. Simmed to 1906, erased all history and held an inaugural draft. Then simmed from 1906 to 1918 and turned on maintain historical minors. Simmed to 1921. Played out the 1921 season. Plays some in 1922, but then fast simmed to 1923. Then I discovered Clarence Kraft. Was checking out the Texas League leaderboards and noticed Mr Kraft was the career home run leader with 51. I was stunned, because I had looked for Mr Kraft in 1919 and 1921 and I couldn't find him. Since I fast simmed 1922, I thought, wow Kraft must have hit 51 bombs in 1922. I guessed wrong and the truth ruined the league. You see, Kraft imported with his real life stats. Yup, even though I had OOTP simmed 1914, 1919, 1920 and played 1921 and Mr Kraft did not participate. His OOTP stats page mirrored his real life stat page right down the games he played for the Boston Braves in 1914. So Kraft was the Texas League home run leader, even though he'd yet to play a game. So it looks like you can't start a historical league prior to 1919 if you want to use real minors.