Negro League Players
Started by Orphan58 (joined · 31 posts · 60 karma) , ago
How do you find and use Negro League players? Particularly Negro League players in the Hall of Fame, like JOSH GIBSON. I can add photos of Negro League players in the Hall of Fame.
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Orphan58 (joined · 31 posts · 60 karma) , ago
I tried to create a league of Hall of Fame players, but the Negro League players in the Hall of Fame didn't appear to be available during the Custom League draft. You clarified that the Negro League teams are kept separate from MLB teams and aren't available for Custom League drafts.
Harlin
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, ago
Right, they're only in use for now in Negro Leagues. I can see though where it would be great to have them available as draft options. Perhaps an option to include them in a custom draft season? Thoughts on that? I think it's a good idea. My backlog has grown considerably so it would take a while to get to it probably but I would love to have it available there.
Harlin
(joined · 239 posts · 389 karma)
, ago
I went ahead and created a request to bring them into a draft season (at the beginning and mid-stream into an existing draft season).
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Great question and sorry for the delay in getting to you here. Negro League players have their own mode. On the Baseball home page, click the Negro Leagues card under Choose How to Play.
Pick a season (any year from 1904 to 1948 except 1905), then pick a team to run as GM. That team's roster is built from its real players for that year, and it plays its home games at its real home park when one is on record.
To manage Josh Gibson, pick the Pittsburgh Crawfords in any year from 1932 to 1936. He's also on the Homestead Grays in 1930, 1931, 1937 to 1940 and 1942 to 1946.
A suggestion here ... for the most Hall of Famers on one roster, try the 1933 or 1934 Crawfords. You get Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston, Judy Johnson and Satchel Paige, with home games at Greenlee Field. On the Grays from 1937 on, Gibson hits alongside Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell joins them from 1943 to 1946.
A few things to know:
- Negro League players stay with their own teams. Custom League doesn't offer Negro League teams.
- Day-by-day schedules for these leagues mostly weren't kept, so your schedule is generated to match each team's real total games for that year.
- Some team-years can't be picked because too few of their players are on record to field a full team. The setup page lists those under "Some teams aren't available."
The full walkthrough is in the docs under Run a Negro League Season:
https://actionsims.com/baseball/documentation/#run-a-negro-league-season
Hope this helps.