Retired players' stats and history are being wiped

k4942460 · 04-10-2026, 10:25 AM

Hi,

I am experiencing a bug where multiple players' career statistics and historical data are disappearing after they retire. This seems to be the same issue mentioned in this thread: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=368822

I have attached two screenshots as evidence:

1. Bryce Harper's Profile :

After retiring in 2035, Harper's career stats have been completely wiped. All categories show as 0 or .000. He no longer appears in the standard search and can only be accessed through the League Events log.

2. League Awards/History :

This issue is affecting multiple players, not just Harper. In the past award winners list, you can see that players like Paul Goldschmidt, Sandy Alcantara, and Edwin Diaz are missing their team affiliations—shown as —and their stats are also wiped. Other players on the same list remain unaffected.()

As a result, these players have disappeared from team history, career leaderboards, and past starting lineups. Their data has essentially vanished from the game world.

Thanks.

Lukas Berger · 04-10-2026, 10:45 AM

This is a setting.

You can choose to keep stats for retired players or not.

You can also choose to keep the full player records or have them overwritten by new player records.

Lukas Berger · 04-10-2026, 10:47 AM

Although, I see some weirdness with the city and school etc on your screenshot, so I do wonder if there's a problem with OOTP not being able to write to your hard drive in some places where it needs to?

You might want to try reinstalling on another drive, or on the same drive in a different location. Possibly move the saves folder as well, because you might be lacking the proper permissions in your current save location.

You should also probably make sure to whitelist OOTP in any anti-virus or anti-malware programs you're running to make sure these are not somehow corrupting your data.

redwings12 · 04-13-2026, 02:18 PM

I'm experiencing the same issue. Its not a setting related issue on my end. It seems to happen to players several years after they retire. All their histories are wiped, including on the MLB career leaderboards.

I will try installing to a new drive as suggested, however it sounds like a lot of people are having this issue.

04-10-2026, 10:25 AM	#1
k4942460 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2026 Posts: 1	Retired players' stats and history are being wiped Hi, I am experiencing a bug where multiple players' career statistics and historical data are disappearing after they retire. This seems to be the same issue mentioned in this thread: https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...d.php?t=368822 I have attached two screenshots as evidence: 1. Bryce Harper's Profile : After retiring in 2035, Harper's career stats have been completely wiped. All categories show as 0 or .000. He no longer appears in the standard search and can only be accessed through the League Events log. 2. League Awards/History : This issue is affecting multiple players, not just Harper. In the past award winners list, you can see that players like Paul Goldschmidt, Sandy Alcantara, and Edwin Diaz are missing their team affiliations—shown as —and their stats are also wiped. Other players on the same list remain unaffected.() As a result, these players have disappeared from team history, career leaderboards, and past starting lineups. Their data has essentially vanished from the game world. Thanks.

04-10-2026, 10:45 AM	#2
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 22,200	This is a setting. You can choose to keep stats for retired players or not. You can also choose to keep the full player records or have them overwritten by new player records. __________________ lukas@ootpdevelopments.com Buy Out of the Park Baseball 27! Need to upload files for us to check out? Instructions can be found here

04-10-2026, 10:47 AM	#3
Lukas Berger OOTP Developments Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Nice, Côte d'Azur, France Posts: 22,200	Although, I see some weirdness with the city and school etc on your screenshot, so I do wonder if there's a problem with OOTP not being able to write to your hard drive in some places where it needs to? You might want to try reinstalling on another drive, or on the same drive in a different location. Possibly move the saves folder as well, because you might be lacking the proper permissions in your current save location. You should also probably make sure to whitelist OOTP in any anti-virus or anti-malware programs you're running to make sure these are not somehow corrupting your data. __________________ lukas@ootpdevelopments.com Buy Out of the Park Baseball 27! Need to upload files for us to check out? Instructions can be found here Last edited by Lukas Berger; 04-10-2026 at 10:52 AM.

04-13-2026, 02:18 PM	#4
redwings12 Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2026 Posts: 1	I'm experiencing the same issue. Its not a setting related issue on my end. It seems to happen to players several years after they retire. All their histories are wiped, including on the MLB career leaderboards. I will try installing to a new drive as suggested, however it sounds like a lot of people are having this issue.