My OperaHall of Fame, Negro League, and Heroes--Pictures to accompany Strat-O-Matic's special baseball releases
Saturday, December 4, 2010 10:28:36 PM
These sets feature pictures which are all in the same format for use with the Strat-O-Matic's special sets. Color pictures have been used wherever possible. Ken Z deserves a lot of credit for the many colorizations that were done specifically for this set. His work on finding the pictures and doing the colorizations has been amazing.
There is also a spreadsheet containing information about year of birth, year of debut, teams on which played, etc. for the players in all three sets. Obviously the ability to sort data in a spreadsheet should be helpful for persons trying to create a league utilizing the players from all three sets.
Each set contains an alias file. The lines from the alias file must be copied into your existing alis file in order for the pictures to work within the game.
Ken Wenger
Hall of Fame--updated 2-11-11
Alias files are included for both the 2001 and 2011 Hall of Fame sets.
Hall 0f Fame 2-11-11.zip
Negro Leagues--updated 2-10-11--Special thanks to Ken Z for his detective work in finding most of these pictures and for his beautiful colorizations.
Negro Leagues 2-9-11.zip
Baseball Heroes--uploaded 2-10-11
Heroes 2-9-11.zip
Alternate Pictures for players with more than one team--uploaded 2-11-11
alternate pictures 2-11-11.zip
Spreadsheet of Data for the Hall of Fame, Negro League, and Heroes set--uploaded 2-11-11
I've created a spreadsheet containing a tremendous amount of data about the Hall of Fame, Negro League, and Hero players. Special thanks are due to Scott Simkus, Rob Ratliff, and Glenn Guzzo for their suggestions and help with some of the data. The obvious advantage to having a spreadsheet is the ability to sort the data in order to create teams. For example, the data can be sorted by year of birth, city of birth, debut year, best season, etc. The teams for which a man played are listed, so it is easy to determine all of the players who played for the Dodgers or any other franchise. The fielding ratings also are included. This will enable you to make sure that all positions are covered adequately for all of the teams. I've also added "phantom positions." Some players appeared in quite a few games at positions for which they are not rated. The letters w, x, y, and z indicate positions at which a player appeared in at least 200, 100, 50, and 10 games, respectively.
Updated 2-1-12
Hall of Fame Chronology--revised 2-1-12.xls
There is also a spreadsheet containing information about year of birth, year of debut, teams on which played, etc. for the players in all three sets. Obviously the ability to sort data in a spreadsheet should be helpful for persons trying to create a league utilizing the players from all three sets.
Each set contains an alias file. The lines from the alias file must be copied into your existing alis file in order for the pictures to work within the game.
Ken Wenger
Hall of Fame--updated 2-11-11
Alias files are included for both the 2001 and 2011 Hall of Fame sets.
Hall 0f Fame 2-11-11.zip
Negro Leagues--updated 2-10-11--Special thanks to Ken Z for his detective work in finding most of these pictures and for his beautiful colorizations.
Negro Leagues 2-9-11.zip
Baseball Heroes--uploaded 2-10-11
Heroes 2-9-11.zip
Alternate Pictures for players with more than one team--uploaded 2-11-11
alternate pictures 2-11-11.zip
Spreadsheet of Data for the Hall of Fame, Negro League, and Heroes set--uploaded 2-11-11
I've created a spreadsheet containing a tremendous amount of data about the Hall of Fame, Negro League, and Hero players. Special thanks are due to Scott Simkus, Rob Ratliff, and Glenn Guzzo for their suggestions and help with some of the data. The obvious advantage to having a spreadsheet is the ability to sort the data in order to create teams. For example, the data can be sorted by year of birth, city of birth, debut year, best season, etc. The teams for which a man played are listed, so it is easy to determine all of the players who played for the Dodgers or any other franchise. The fielding ratings also are included. This will enable you to make sure that all positions are covered adequately for all of the teams. I've also added "phantom positions." Some players appeared in quite a few games at positions for which they are not rated. The letters w, x, y, and z indicate positions at which a player appeared in at least 200, 100, 50, and 10 games, respectively.
Updated 2-1-12
Hall of Fame Chronology--revised 2-1-12.xls
John McTernanJ Mac # Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:16:10 AM
The updated Negro League set is a real beauty. Thanks for your continuing care, artistry, time and effort. SOM is in a better place because of you.
J Mac
Jack ButlerYonkersStrat # Monday, January 17, 2011 5:13:20 PM
GarLen # Monday, May 2, 2011 3:02:50 AM
Aha, is this where he hides out?
2 Comments! Just 2 guys with the class to tip their hat? Wow peoples, that is really pathetic. Don't you understand and appreciate how much time it takes Z to kolorize even 1 photo, let alone dozens? How much time it takes W to procure, organize, and compile a full pixset? C'mon guys, get thanking already. You know it's the right thing to do.