[mitchkenn]

don't know what could be causing your issues. i used to import players all the time with the historical importer. only issue was once in a while i'd find i'd need to find a different ID (esp. for players like Cool Papa Bell and Andrew (Rube) Foster ... mostly Negro Leagues. (right now my game computer is nonfunctional and i am waiting for a new machine to be constructed sometime later this month) so i can't run a test to verify these still work ...)

i am assuming you are on the historical importer - the one on free agent page far right - drop down menu - import historical player(s)?

you need player ID from the game (the ones used in the game are located in a .csv file in the stats folder).... and the year of play you want him to enter the game. you need to say if you want him in the draft pool or FA pool .... i can't recall the other options off the top of my head.

Here's A sample from the file i used in my 1887 import ... (some say you don't need a space after the coma, but i've also read it's needed and it's worked whenever i used it. so, i always use it now.)

baldwma01, 1887
beatied01, 1887
beeched01, 1887
brownwi01, 1887
burkebi01, 1887

those would be imported as a text file, using 30-40 players at a time. i always made certain they went to draft pool, but you can also send them to free agency.
to do one player , you merely need

baldwma01, 1887

for an example.

to put them on a specific team, the text file would need to be something along these lines:

jeterde01, 1999,nyy
mantlmi01, 1957,nyy
gehrilo01, 1927,nyy


if the players don't show up on your teams after import - have you tried to search for them as Free Agents or in the draft pool? (Those in the draft pool will appear in a search, but the pool itself will not be visible until the draft reveal date you have specified in your game settings.) Just type their name in the search box at the top of the game and they should come up if import was successful. i know a couple i'd entered to FA instead of the draft pool were missing until i did a general search.

hope this helps. Really not certain what is causing things not to work for you, as this process hasn't caused any problems for me. best of luck.