Historical Lahnman Customization

[ldoggy]

I am having a problem getting some things to work, and thought I would post to see if it is my approach or it just can't work.

Off line in excel I ranked every player season of all time, hitters get 1 ranking, batters another.

I then linked this back to the lahman database to get all the appropriate information needed for a league upload. I will pick the best rating for each player, so there are no dupes (no two Babe Ruth's)

Q1 - Is the best way to upload this type of league to use the historical league creation function?

Q2 - Are their roster size limits to the upload? Teams that have been around since deadball era obviously have more than 50 players?

I don't want the players on the original team, my goal is to release all players and hold a new draft.

Finally, Q3 - there are so many threads that list different .csv requirements for a lahman import. I don't understand when and where.

Can I import based solely on:
Batting.csv
Fielding.csv
FieldingOF.csv
Master.csv
Pitching.csv

Or Do I need some (all?) of the following:
Teams.csv
TeamsFranchises.csv
seriespost.csv
allstar.csv
awardsplayer.csv
halloffame.csv

Thanks
Lou