Importing history and the HOF

ctorg · 02-13-2007, 03:18 PM

A question that came to me while I was thinking of importing history in a historical game: If I import the back history of a league, will the right players be inducted into the Hall of Fame? In other words, if I import starting in 1996, will I be able to look in the HOF and see Ruth, Aaron, Seaver, et al. there (but not Boggs, Gwynn, etc., of course).

If no, any chance that could happen?

If yes, it might be best to have the game induct any player whose last year was in a year prior to the import year, rather than go by the year the player was inducted. That way players in the 5 year waiting period will still get in, since the game itself decides on election immediately after retirement.

rogmax11 · 02-13-2007, 03:24 PM

I wondered about this too. This "historical snapshot" option is right down my Alley ( Gene)

Claymore · 02-13-2007, 03:49 PM

I'd hope HoF records would carry over, and retired players would have non-simmed time considered when being elected...

CubbyFan23 · 02-13-2007, 03:53 PM

Yep! HOF'ers are added into history.

Claymore · 02-13-2007, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CubbyFan23

Yep! HOF'ers are added into history.

What about players who have been retired but yet to be elected at the start of the league (i.e. lets say I start a league in 2007, will players who retired in 2006 have a chance of being elected in 2012)? Does it consider their career stats?

BruceM · 02-13-2007, 04:16 PM

Is the ability to view all retired players and manually add them to the HOF in 2007?

CHCfan · 02-13-2007, 04:19 PM

How are players who had time in multiple major leagues handled, as far as the HOF goes?

Raidergoo · 02-13-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

Is the ability to view all retired players and manually add them to the HOF in 2007?

Dunno. I am building a league this second to try.

Raidergoo · 02-13-2007, 09:49 PM

OK, here are some results...

Using the Import Complete History Function

I imported from Lahman 5.3 the 1941 season.

There are 16 members of the Hall of Fame. Pete Alexander to Cy Young.

There are 6040 retired players.

I located Rogers Hornsby in the retired players database, right clicked on him, and manually elected him to the HoF.

Claymore · 02-14-2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I located Rogers Hornsby in the retired players database, right clicked on him, and manually elected him to the HoF.

Can you overrise the computers decisions? Or just elect players?

BruceM · 02-14-2007, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Raidergoo

I located Rogers Hornsby in the retired players database, right clicked on him, and manually elected him to the HoF.

So there's a Retired Players screen in the game? Along the same lines as the FA page or Draft Pool page?

Could never find this in 2006.

PotatoPeeler · 02-14-2007, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

So there's a Retired Players screen in the game? Along the same lines as the FA page or Draft Pool page?

Could never find this in 2006.

It was there in 2006. It was near the HoF screen, I believe. I don't have the game installed to check.

Raidergoo · 02-14-2007, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

So there's a Retired Players screen in the game? Along the same lines as the FA page or Draft Pool page?

Could never find this in 2006.

Retired players is one tab over from HoF. Very similar to FA page.

BruceM · 02-14-2007, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by PotatoPeeler

It was there in 2006. It was near the HoF screen, I believe. I don't have the game installed to check.

It's not in 2006, at least not anywhere I can find it.

chimanbj · 02-14-2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BruceM

It's not in 2006, at least not anywhere I can find it.

It's there...I can't put my finger on where it is...

BruceM · 02-14-2007, 04:58 PM

Ok, I found it....finally.

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Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: 39.84 N -84.12 W Posts: 7,363	OK, here are some results... Using the Import Complete History Function I imported from Lahman 5.3 the 1941 season. There are 16 members of the Hall of Fame. Pete Alexander to Cy Young. There are 6040 retired players. I located Rogers Hornsby in the retired players database, right clicked on him, and manually elected him to the HoF. __________________

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BruceM Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,116	Ok, I found it....finally. __________________ It takes neither courage nor intelligence to cheer for a team only when that team wins. The true test of a fan's mettle is the same as it is for a player: Were you there when you were needed?

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rogmax11 All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,202	I wondered about this too. This "historical snapshot" option is right down my Alley ( Gene)

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