John Elway

DrSatan · 08-18-2022, 11:24 AM

Something I like to do when I play historicals is find former top prospects that didn't pan out, or got injured, etc and adjust their potential to see how an alternate history could have played out. I base the potential ratings off old scouting reports, college stats, minors or whatever else I can find. This time I did John Elway. I was able to find some scouting reports and coach statements. He also played 42 games for the Oneonta Yankees in 1982. OOTP is nice enough to provide a 162 game avg for those stats. Fielding ratings were some guess work. He had a cannon in the NFL so it makes sense he would in baseball. He was on a 162 game avg to steal 50 bases in the minors so some speed and range is implied. Anyway, this SS is how he's doing so far.

Pelican · 08-28-2022, 09:35 AM

I want to say he missed his calling; but hard to compare with his NFL career, thus far. It’s a good start. How did he get from the Yanquis to the Sox?

My current effort is Jim Thorpe, who was signed to great fanfare by the NYG; but never really excelled in MLB. He should have been a perfect candidate for the Federal League, so I have signed him away to the Brooklyn TipTops.

DrSatan · 08-28-2022, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pelican

I want to say he missed his calling; but hard to compare with his NFL career, thus far. It’s a good start. How did he get from the Yanquis to the Sox?

My current effort is Jim Thorpe, who was signed to great fanfare by the NYG; but never really excelled in MLB. He should have been a perfect candidate for the Federal League, so I have signed him away to the Brooklyn TipTops.

He was drafted by the Sox. I like to see where guys end up in alternate history. He had a decent career. Not HOF, but pretty good.

billyray1984 · 09-28-2022, 01:47 PM

In one of my Rangers games in OOTP21 John Elway actually made it to the bigs as a platoon/utility guy without me having to intervene, altough I did have him in my minor league system for a bit. All around a decent player.

08-18-2022, 11:24 AM	#1
DrSatan All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 587	John Elway Something I like to do when I play historicals is find former top prospects that didn't pan out, or got injured, etc and adjust their potential to see how an alternate history could have played out. I base the potential ratings off old scouting reports, college stats, minors or whatever else I can find. This time I did John Elway. I was able to find some scouting reports and coach statements. He also played 42 games for the Oneonta Yankees in 1982. OOTP is nice enough to provide a 162 game avg for those stats. Fielding ratings were some guess work. He had a cannon in the NFL so it makes sense he would in baseball. He was on a 162 game avg to steal 50 bases in the minors so some speed and range is implied. Anyway, this SS is how he's doing so far. Attached Images

08-28-2022, 09:35 AM	#2
Pelican Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Wilmington, Delaware Posts: 2,885	I want to say he missed his calling; but hard to compare with his NFL career, thus far. It’s a good start. How did he get from the Yanquis to the Sox? My current effort is Jim Thorpe, who was signed to great fanfare by the NYG; but never really excelled in MLB. He should have been a perfect candidate for the Federal League, so I have signed him away to the Brooklyn TipTops.

09-28-2022, 01:47 PM	#4
billyray1984 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 216	In one of my Rangers games in OOTP21 John Elway actually made it to the bigs as a platoon/utility guy without me having to intervene, altough I did have him in my minor league system for a bit. All around a decent player.