[pholmer]

Thank you, LansdowneSt. I tried it, and it worked. I had already made spreadsheets of all the MLB and NeL teams, even those I wasn't planning to use initially. I copied, cut, and pasted the Yankees files into a modified spreadsheet that contained just the lahman id, first and last names, and left an empty space for the year. I had to look up the best year to use for each player, which was the most time-consuming part.

When I had that, I modified the list again, using just the lahman id and the year I wanted the game to use. I converted the spreadsheet to a text file, and I was ready to try importing it. I opened OOTP and tried importing the list. Eureka! I saw a list of 50 historical Yankees appear in the free agents file. I then signed each player to the Yankees. (See below.) This was also time-consuming, and it was getting late, so I thought I'd try a simple experiment using team names as well.

I took your sample list, which I recognized were all Red Sox, and added BOS to the other data. (You had helpfully already provided the years.) Since it was a text file, I copied it and placed it in the appropriate folder. Tried the import and, again, it worked flawlessly. (See below.) I am including some screenshots to better illustrate the process. First, the two Yankee lists; I included names because I knew that for teams with which I was less familiar, it might be hard to ascertain the player's name from just the lahman id. Second, a sample of the Red Sox list with space for the year. Lastly, screenshots of how the imports looked in the game.