My motivating factor for taking on this roster project was simply that I was spoiled from my PC baseball playing days with MVP 2005 Baseball. The tremendous modders of this title created a classic teams mod and I wanted to bring this option to MLB 13. I am nostalgic when it comes to baseball and I started to look around in the vault to see if this was viable. I found a great base roster by homerun234 and then began downloading other rosters to round out some of the teams. I have only been making a few fistfuls of players as the credit for this project largely goes to the following roster makers: Jros22, pjsnell10, yanks61, whoisJSR, dansp888, JohnEKool, dallmanator1, biebig2010, captainphido, HIGH_ON_FIRE_420, stroehms, TwinsVikes61, drsublime, WWE_FAN_620, and spaceace08.
My CAPs are largely bench players and stances and deliveries may be off somewhat. I am not a great face maker, but I just tried to provide distinguishing features that would be recognizable. I didn’t use a ratings calculator for my CAPs. I just used Baseball Reference and Baseball Almanac websites to find players with comparable values and added my own insights. The ratings are not year specific either, especially for HOF players. For example, Carl Yastrzemski is rated at 99 but in 1978 that wouldn’t be accurate. Personally, I can live with that but they are certainly open for editing. Again, most of the players are not mine anyway. I’ve certainly gained a great deal of appreciation to those people that create players, develop ratings, and form rosters. Just the importing and exporting that I am doing alone is quite time consuming, but I am looking forward to giving something back as I’ve been the benefactor of some fine work from this community.
There are duplicate players as my intent is to use these mainly in postseason mode. I hope to have this completed by early to mid August depending on family commitments as I am a school teacher by trade and I’m off for the summer. Below is a list of the American League teams that I am creating. This is subject to change depending on player availability. I’ll post the National League teams here once I finish the entire American League. The AL East is done. Feedback is welcome and I hope you enjoy this effort once it is completed.
* August 21st Update - The project is finished! Teams listed below have been set and the name of the roster is:
CLASSIC TEAMS v1.0
My PSN handle - GREENMONSTER_37
Dec. 22nd > Re-rated teams offline link > http://www.sendspace.com/file/ilveib
I will be doing a version 2 extension with about 6 - 8 teams in mind for later in the fall, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy playing for a while. Thanks to all the roster makers listed above and I hope you enjoy these. I know I will. Peace!
AL East
Boston Red Sox (2004)
Boston Red Sox (2007) “AAA”
Boston Red Sox (1978) “AA”
New York Yankees (1961)
New York Yankees (1978) “AAA”
New York Yankees (1999) “AA”
Baltimore Orioles (1970)
Baltimore Orioles (1983) “AAA”
Toronto Blue Jays (1992)
Tampa Bay Rays (2008)
AL Central
Minnesota Twins (1987)
Minnesota Twins (1970) “AAA”
Kansas City Royals (1985)
Chicago White Sox (2005)
Chocago White Sox (1983) "AAA"
Cleveland Indians (1995)
Cleveland Indians (1954) "AAA"
Detroit Tigers (1968)
Detroit Tigers (1984) “AAA”
AL West
Anaheim Angels (2002)
Anaheim Angels (1986) "AAA"
Houston Astros (1986)
Houston Astros (1998) “AAA”
Seattle Mariners (1997)
Seattle Mariners (2001) "AAA"
Texas Rangers (1996)
Oakland A’s (1974)
Oakland A’s (1989) “AAA”
NL East >
Washington Nationals (1994)
Washington Nationals (1979) “AAA”
Atlanta Braves (1995)
Atlanta Braves (1957) “AAA”
Philadelphia Phillies (1980)
Philadelphia Phillies (2008) “AAA”
Miami Marlins (1997)
New York Mets (1986)
New York Mets (1969) “AAA”
New York Mets (1999) "AA"
NL Central
Cincinnati Reds (1975)
Cincinnati Reds (1990) “AAA”
Milwaukee Brewers (1982)
Chicago Cubs (2003)
Chicago Cubs (1984) “AAA”
Pittsburgh Pirates (1971)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1979) “AAA”
Pittsburgh Pirates (1990) “AA”
St. Louis Cardinals (1967)
St. Louis Cardinals (1982) “AAA”
St. Louis Cardinals (2004) "AA"
NL West
San Diego Padres (1984)
San Diego Padres (1998) ”AAA”
Colorado Rockies (1995)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1955)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1963) “AAA”
Los Angeles Dodgers (1978) “AA”
San Francisco Giants (1954)
San Francisco Giants (1962) “AAA”
San Francisco Giants (2012) “AA”
My CAPs are largely bench players and stances and deliveries may be off somewhat. I am not a great face maker, but I just tried to provide distinguishing features that would be recognizable. I didn’t use a ratings calculator for my CAPs. I just used Baseball Reference and Baseball Almanac websites to find players with comparable values and added my own insights. The ratings are not year specific either, especially for HOF players. For example, Carl Yastrzemski is rated at 99 but in 1978 that wouldn’t be accurate. Personally, I can live with that but they are certainly open for editing. Again, most of the players are not mine anyway. I’ve certainly gained a great deal of appreciation to those people that create players, develop ratings, and form rosters. Just the importing and exporting that I am doing alone is quite time consuming, but I am looking forward to giving something back as I’ve been the benefactor of some fine work from this community.
There are duplicate players as my intent is to use these mainly in postseason mode. I hope to have this completed by early to mid August depending on family commitments as I am a school teacher by trade and I’m off for the summer. Below is a list of the American League teams that I am creating. This is subject to change depending on player availability. I’ll post the National League teams here once I finish the entire American League. The AL East is done. Feedback is welcome and I hope you enjoy this effort once it is completed.
* August 21st Update - The project is finished! Teams listed below have been set and the name of the roster is:
CLASSIC TEAMS v1.0
My PSN handle - GREENMONSTER_37
Dec. 22nd > Re-rated teams offline link > http://www.sendspace.com/file/ilveib
I will be doing a version 2 extension with about 6 - 8 teams in mind for later in the fall, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy playing for a while. Thanks to all the roster makers listed above and I hope you enjoy these. I know I will. Peace!
AL East
Boston Red Sox (2004)
Boston Red Sox (2007) “AAA”
Boston Red Sox (1978) “AA”
New York Yankees (1961)
New York Yankees (1978) “AAA”
New York Yankees (1999) “AA”
Baltimore Orioles (1970)
Baltimore Orioles (1983) “AAA”
Toronto Blue Jays (1992)
Tampa Bay Rays (2008)
AL Central
Minnesota Twins (1987)
Minnesota Twins (1970) “AAA”
Kansas City Royals (1985)
Chicago White Sox (2005)
Chocago White Sox (1983) "AAA"
Cleveland Indians (1995)
Cleveland Indians (1954) "AAA"
Detroit Tigers (1968)
Detroit Tigers (1984) “AAA”
AL West
Anaheim Angels (2002)
Anaheim Angels (1986) "AAA"
Houston Astros (1986)
Houston Astros (1998) “AAA”
Seattle Mariners (1997)
Seattle Mariners (2001) "AAA"
Texas Rangers (1996)
Oakland A’s (1974)
Oakland A’s (1989) “AAA”
NL East >
Washington Nationals (1994)
Washington Nationals (1979) “AAA”
Atlanta Braves (1995)
Atlanta Braves (1957) “AAA”
Philadelphia Phillies (1980)
Philadelphia Phillies (2008) “AAA”
Miami Marlins (1997)
New York Mets (1986)
New York Mets (1969) “AAA”
New York Mets (1999) "AA"
NL Central
Cincinnati Reds (1975)
Cincinnati Reds (1990) “AAA”
Milwaukee Brewers (1982)
Chicago Cubs (2003)
Chicago Cubs (1984) “AAA”
Pittsburgh Pirates (1971)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1979) “AAA”
Pittsburgh Pirates (1990) “AA”
St. Louis Cardinals (1967)
St. Louis Cardinals (1982) “AAA”
St. Louis Cardinals (2004) "AA"
NL West
San Diego Padres (1984)
San Diego Padres (1998) ”AAA”
Colorado Rockies (1995)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1955)
Los Angeles Dodgers (1963) “AAA”
Los Angeles Dodgers (1978) “AA”
San Francisco Giants (1954)
San Francisco Giants (1962) “AAA”
San Francisco Giants (2012) “AA”
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