Historical League Rosters

BringerofRain20 · 12-10-2020, 01:22 PM

Hello,

I'm trying to start a 2015 Blue Jays franchise but want to use post-deadline rosters. Does anybody know if there is a simple way to accomplish this?

Charlie Hough · 12-10-2020, 03:31 PM

I don't think there is a way to do this unless you start in 2015 and either create a roster text file and import it into the game or look through OOTP's transactions file and implement all required changes manually in commissioner mode. The game isn't designed to start with mid-season rosters. If you want more help with this, you might want to post something in the Historical Simulations sub-forum. That's where the historical gamers usually post, and somebody may have previously tried something like you're trying to do.

thehef · 12-10-2020, 06:59 PM

So, just to be clear, you want to start the 2015 historical season, but you want the Blue Jays' roster composition to be the one as of Aug 1st?

Do you want each team's roster to be as of that date, or are you primarily concerned with just Toronto's?

If it's just Toronto's, I'd start a historical game with 2015, and then look here... https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/TM_TOR2015.htm ... and then manually make the changes that are dated after the start of the season and before Aug 1st.

If it's all teams, then you could do the same thing from here... https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/YM_2015.htm ... but it'd be a significantly larger-scale endeavor. (And if it were me, I would ignore most of the transactions and only manually make the changes that are "significant.")

There may be some way you can run a test league to Aug 1st, 2015, export rosters, and then import them into your target league as of the start of the season. But I don't have any experience with this sort of thing and really have no clue if it's viable.

Good luck, though!

12-10-2020, 01:22 PM	#1
BringerofRain20 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 731	Historical League Rosters Hello, I'm trying to start a 2015 Blue Jays franchise but want to use post-deadline rosters. Does anybody know if there is a simple way to accomplish this?

12-10-2020, 03:31 PM	#2
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,640	I don't think there is a way to do this unless you start in 2015 and either create a roster text file and import it into the game or look through OOTP's transactions file and implement all required changes manually in commissioner mode. The game isn't designed to start with mid-season rosters. If you want more help with this, you might want to post something in the Historical Simulations sub-forum. That's where the historical gamers usually post, and somebody may have previously tried something like you're trying to do. Last edited by Charlie Hough; 12-10-2020 at 03:34 PM.

12-10-2020, 06:59 PM	#3
thehef Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,345	So, just to be clear, you want to start the 2015 historical season, but you want the Blue Jays' roster composition to be the one as of Aug 1st? Do you want each team's roster to be as of that date, or are you primarily concerned with just Toronto's? If it's just Toronto's, I'd start a historical game with 2015, and then look here... https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/TM_TOR2015.htm ... and then manually make the changes that are dated after the start of the season and before Aug 1st. If it's all teams, then you could do the same thing from here... https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2015/YM_2015.htm ... but it'd be a significantly larger-scale endeavor. (And if it were me, I would ignore most of the transactions and only manually make the changes that are "significant.") There may be some way you can run a test league to Aug 1st, 2015, export rosters, and then import them into your target league as of the start of the season. But I don't have any experience with this sort of thing and really have no clue if it's viable. Good luck, though!