OOTP-Retirement Issue

[Troll]

With no injury, at the age of 37, coming off an MVP season, on the verge of the home run record, Sammy Sosa retires. He still have great ratings, anyone else notice players that retire early? And is this common for players to retire like this in the MLB today?

#21 Sammy Sosa, Rightfield, 37 yrs, No Team
Monday, 4/19/2006

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Sammy Sosa

11/12/1968
37
Dominican Republic
6"0
185

Rightfield
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4.0 Stars



Ratings


Batting Contact Gap Power Discipline/Eye Avoid K's
Overall 8 6 10 10 3
Versus LHP 10 5 10 10 3
Versus RHP 7 6 9 8 3
Talent 8 5 7 10 2

Career Batting Stats


Year G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS Teams
1989 58 183 47 8 0 4 13 27 11 47 7 5 .257 .299 .366 .665 TEX CHA
1990 153 532 124 26 10 15 70 72 33 150 32 16 .233 .278 .404 .682 CHA
1991 116 316 64 10 1 10 33 39 14 98 13 6 .203 .236 .335 .571 CHA
1992 67 262 68 7 2 8 25 41 19 63 15 7 .260 .310 .393 .703 CHN
1993 159 598 156 25 5 33 93 92 38 135 36 11 .261 .305 .485 .790 CHN
1994 105 426 128 17 6 25 70 59 25 92 22 13 .300 .339 .545 .884 CHN
1995 144 564 151 17 3 36 119 89 58 134 34 7 .268 .336 .500 .836 CHN
1996 124 498 136 21 2 40 100 84 34 134 18 5 .273 .320 .564 .884 CHN
1997 162 642 161 31 4 36 119 90 45 174 22 12 .251 .300 .480 .780 CHN
1998 159 643 198 20 0 66 158 134 73 171 18 9 .308 .378 .647 1.025 CHN
1999 162 625 180 24 2 63 141 114 78 171 7 8 .288 .367 .635 1.002 CHN
2000 156 604 193 38 1 50 138 106 91 168 7 4 .320 .409 .634 1.043 CHN
2001 160 577 189 34 5 64 160 146 116 153 0 2 .328 .440 .737 1.177 CHN
2002 150 556 160 19 2 49 108 122 103 144 2 0 .288 .399 .594 .993 CHN
2003 137 517 144 22 0 40 103 99 62 143 0 1 .279 .356 .553 .909 CHN
2004 158 574 169 24 3 58 152 110 90 174 1 0 .294 .390 .650 1.040 CHN,NL
2005 155 590 180 21 0 54 126 122 79 182 4 0 .305 .387 .615 1.002 CHN,NL
Total 2325 8707 2448 364 46 651*** 1728 1546 969 2333 238 106 .281 .353 .558 .911

Player History


Won MVP in 2005, hitting .305 with 54 HR, 126 RBI...***
Retired and inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2006.***


Batting Leader Boards Appearances

SLG
2004 - .650 - 3rd
2005 - .615 - 3rd
OPS
2004 - 1.040 - 5th
2005 - 1.002 - 4th
Homeruns
2004 - 58 - 1st
2005 - 54 - 1st***
RBI
2004 - 152 - 1st
2005 - 126 - 1st***
Runs
2004 - 110 - 10th
2005 - 122 - 1st ***

[Senator]

Perhaps his urine test came back.

[Ben E Lou]

It happens sometimes. If anything, OOTP6 may let stars go a little TOO long. Overall, though, it does a pretty good job. Sometimes in OOTP6 (and IRL), guys retire early.

[DanGarion]

Maybe he was upset with management.

[panerd]

Maybe 2005 saw a severe shortage in the world's cork production.

[miked]

I think there is an unretire utility somewhere. Not sure if Pierre (or whomever did it) updated it for v6, but you can unretire anyone, especially people who are close to milestones or something. Maybe he's like Sandy Koufax or Barry Sanders and wanted to go out on top.

[Schmidty]

Maybe he had a growth on his pecker.........

"Don't mess with the King baby.."

[Maple Leafs]

Was he under contract at the time, or would he have been a FA?

[Troll]

Was he under contract at the time, or would he have been a FA?

I'm not 100% sure on this, but I believe he was still under contract.

[tategter]

It happens sometimes. If anything, OOTP6 may let stars go a little TOO long. Overall, though, it does a pretty good job. Sometimes in OOTP6 (and IRL), guys retire early.

I agree. OOTP6 is better than its predecessors in keeping guys from hanging around too long, but there are still too many hangers-on.

IRL players like to leave while they can still play instead of waiting until they are a shadow of their formal greatness. Call it pride.

[tategter]

dola...except for guys like Ricky Henderson who go into retirement kicking and screaming.