Oh man oh man :(

JWay · 06-24-2008, 08:18 PM

So in the ABA i created my brother in a draft pool class and he was a catcher. Now in 1968 (I'm not playing as a manager cause I'm waiting for me to retire.) He just fractured his knee for a career ending injury. He was pretty damn good for a catcher...one of the best hitters in the league. 11 time all start 4 time gold glove, 2 time MVP. He was the top batting prospect in the draft where I changed his name, I did edit him to a catcher, but other than that he was a product of two convenient talent bumps (never noticed/seen that type of stuff in OOTP8) in its year and a half in the minor leagues and progressed very quickly. I didn't expect to see his names on the leader board in 1958 (using the 5 year sim one) and there he was already. Crazy. Now he's done, too early compared to me his older brother who is now 38 who just hits line drives and only has warning track power. My guy is the career leader in hits at 3455 and has 355 home runs and 2 world series rings. My brother did get one world series two seasons ago so at least he got all that.

Anyway here's his career, injuries are obviously on, but this is some serious durability for a catcher. I'm not sure if OOTP correctly ages catchers unless Austen here got the Mike Piazza career path (minus the knee issue at 33)

JWay · 06-24-2008, 08:20 PM

kind of odd though, did OOTP just whack him or what? He averaged 30 HR a season for 10 years and then the year he got hurt he had 1 in 129 at bats... Almost wonder if he was playing hurt and didn't tell anyone and then it got worse?

JWay · 06-24-2008, 09:18 PM

I do like this though, my player has always been a slow starter, hot finisher... I don't have the career splits, but from the top of my head I bet he's a .700 OPS hitter in April/May and 1.1-1.2 OPS player in August/September. Its fun to watch him creep into the leader boards in mid July and then stomp people by time September comes... Its going to be sad when he retires in a season or two, but then my GM/manager career begins!

fantom1979 · 06-25-2008, 04:45 AM

He was doing very well with hitting triples until the knee injury.

SittingDuck · 06-25-2008, 11:39 AM

Dude, your bro should be in the Hall.

Raidergoo · 06-25-2008, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by SittingDuck

Dude, your bro should be in the Hall.

Considering that the ABA uses the MLB stats to power the game engine, and that the 1960's was a era starved for offense, 2000 hits, 300 HR, and a .316 BA screams HoF.

06-24-2008, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota Posts: 4,361 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 98 Thanked 85x in 58 posts	Oh man oh man :( So in the ABA i created my brother in a draft pool class and he was a catcher. Now in 1968 (I'm not playing as a manager cause I'm waiting for me to retire.) He just fractured his knee for a career ending injury. He was pretty damn good for a catcher...one of the best hitters in the league. 11 time all start 4 time gold glove, 2 time MVP. He was the top batting prospect in the draft where I changed his name, I did edit him to a catcher, but other than that he was a product of two convenient talent bumps (never noticed/seen that type of stuff in OOTP8) in its year and a half in the minor leagues and progressed very quickly. I didn't expect to see his names on the leader board in 1958 (using the 5 year sim one) and there he was already. Crazy. Now he's done, too early compared to me his older brother who is now 38 who just hits line drives and only has warning track power. My guy is the career leader in hits at 3455 and has 355 home runs and 2 world series rings. My brother did get one world series two seasons ago so at least he got all that. Anyway here's his career, injuries are obviously on, but this is some serious durability for a catcher. I'm not sure if OOTP correctly ages catchers unless Austen here got the Mike Piazza career path (minus the knee issue at 33) Attached Images __________________ Passion Bucket...Full Laugh Battle The Classic Baseball Union Check it out!

06-24-2008, 08:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota Posts: 4,361 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 98 Thanked 85x in 58 posts	kind of odd though, did OOTP just whack him or what? He averaged 30 HR a season for 10 years and then the year he got hurt he had 1 in 129 at bats... Almost wonder if he was playing hurt and didn't tell anyone and then it got worse? __________________ Passion Bucket...Full Laugh Battle The Classic Baseball Union Check it out!

06-24-2008, 09:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota Posts: 4,361 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 98 Thanked 85x in 58 posts	I do like this though, my player has always been a slow starter, hot finisher... I don't have the career splits, but from the top of my head I bet he's a .700 OPS hitter in April/May and 1.1-1.2 OPS player in August/September. Its fun to watch him creep into the leader boards in mid July and then stomp people by time September comes... Its going to be sad when he retires in a season or two, but then my GM/manager career begins! __________________ Passion Bucket...Full Laugh Battle The Classic Baseball Union Check it out!

06-25-2008, 04:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
fantom1979 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 3,496 Thanks: 42 Thanked 48x in 25 posts	He was doing very well with hitting triples until the knee injury. __________________ Useful OOTP Links: Webstore -- Download -- Download (OLD VERSIONS) -- Tech Support -- License Problems -- Newsletters -- Padresfan's Mod Site -- OOTP Merchandise

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06-25-2008, 11:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
SittingDuck All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 1,834 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	Dude, your bro should be in the Hall.