POSSIBLE BUG: Duplicate players showing up in First-Year Player Draft

Mets Man · 03-30-2007, 07:57 AM

I'm seeing 2 of every player that was imported from the Lahman's Database.

The year is 1992, the season is finished, and I took over the expansion Florida Marlins. Ran through the expansion draft, and finally I'm at the First-Year Player Draft and I noticed that there are 2 Steve Karsay, 2 Manny Ramirez, 2 of basically every player from that draft.

One thing that might be be possible is, I did change the date of the draft to December 31st, 1992, because I was told that if you do that, the players won't debut earlier than they should.

Is it possible that changing the draft date could cause duplicate players to show up?

billethius · 03-30-2007, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Mets Man

I'm seeing 2 of every player that was imported from the Lahman's Database.

The year is 1992, the season is finished, and I took over the expansion Florida Marlins. Ran through the expansion draft, and finally I'm at the First-Year Player Draft and I noticed that there are 2 Steve Karsay, 2 Manny Ramirez, 2 of basically every player from that draft.

One thing that might be be possible is, I did change the date of the draft to December 31st, 1992, because I was told that if you do that, the players won't debut earlier than they should.

Is it possible that changing the draft date could cause duplicate players to show up?

Yep, I'm 99.9% sure that that's the cause.

Solack · 04-10-2007, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Mets Man

I'm seeing 2 of every player that was imported from the Lahman's Database.

The year is 1992, the season is finished, and I took over the expansion Florida Marlins. Ran through the expansion draft, and finally I'm at the First-Year Player Draft and I noticed that there are 2 Steve Karsay, 2 Manny Ramirez, 2 of basically every player from that draft.

One thing that might be be possible is, I did change the date of the draft to December 31st, 1992, because I was told that if you do that, the players won't debut earlier than they should.

Is it possible that changing the draft date could cause duplicate players to show up?

When did you change the draft date? More then likely this is what caused the issue.

Mets Man · 04-11-2007, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Solack

When did you change the draft date? More then likely this is what caused the issue.

I can't quite remember, but its very possible that I changed it right after they did the first initial preview of the draft pool. So my assumption is that the draft pool was generated, then I changed the date, thereby creating a second duplicate group of the same imported draftees.

rasnell · 04-11-2007, 05:25 PM

Yep. I've done the same thing by accident. If you change this date before the draft pool is generated, you should be OK. And you're correct about moving the draft date back. I would suggest trying something like Nov. 1. I'm not sure if your Dec. 31 date is too late because of all the other things that occur in the post-season.

billethius · 04-12-2007, 05:04 PM

This appears to be resolved. I'm going to close it.

03-30-2007, 07:57 AM	#1
Mets Man Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 336	POSSIBLE BUG: Duplicate players showing up in First-Year Player Draft I'm seeing 2 of every player that was imported from the Lahman's Database. The year is 1992, the season is finished, and I took over the expansion Florida Marlins. Ran through the expansion draft, and finally I'm at the First-Year Player Draft and I noticed that there are 2 Steve Karsay, 2 Manny Ramirez, 2 of basically every player from that draft. One thing that might be be possible is, I did change the date of the draft to December 31st, 1992, because I was told that if you do that, the players won't debut earlier than they should. Is it possible that changing the draft date could cause duplicate players to show up?

04-11-2007, 05:25 PM	#5
rasnell Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Frankfort, Kentucky Posts: 3,746	Yep. I've done the same thing by accident. If you change this date before the draft pool is generated, you should be OK. And you're correct about moving the draft date back. I would suggest trying something like Nov. 1. I'm not sure if your Dec. 31 date is too late because of all the other things that occur in the post-season. __________________ Charlie Root won more games for the Cubs than any pitcher (201), yet was remembered for one pitch to Babe Ruth. Find out more about the 1929 World Series in my book, "Root for the Cubs: Charlie Root and the 1929 Chicago Cubs." See the web site at www.rootforthecubs.com. The book is at http://www.amazon.com/Root-Cubs-Char...t+for+the+cubs. Beta tester, OOTP 2007-2023 and iOOTP 2011-2014.

04-12-2007, 05:04 PM	#6
billethius All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 822	This appears to be resolved. I'm going to close it.