MLB 2012 - 1996 Classic Roster Project
As it's getting closer to that time of year again, my anticipation for MLB 12 continues to grow.
One of my favorite things to do in any sports game is use classic rosters, baseball especially. This year I fully intend to recreate the 1996 season to the best of my ability. Below is what you can expect from these rosters: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ratings I try to make the ratings as accurate as possible. Guys like Mo Vaughn won't be receiving a 65 in speed and a 60 in baserunning ability. Also, guys who had 800 career at bats and hit 4 career home runs won't be getting higher than a 6 or 7 in power. Vitals I will be raiding the player vault to make up for what I lack in face editing skills, but if any vitals can be changed to make the proper height/weight and age needs of the 96 season, I will do it. Appearances As I said earlier, I am below average to average at creating faces, so I will be relying on the player vault, but you won't see players created in the wrong race, hair color, facial hair (if any) etc... I want to go for accuracy here. Roster Accuracy I used Baseball-Reference to get each teams starting lineups from the year. If a player played with multiple teams, I placed him with the team he played the most games with. For example, Cecil Fielder played over 80 games with the Tigers in 96 before being traded to the Yankees. I kept Cecil on the Tigers. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't promise perfection, especially when creating pitchers, but I will use the resources here at OS and the web to try and get as close to perfection as possible. Pitching stances and Batting stances for lesser known players will probably not be spot on, but I truly am open to constructive criticism. That being said, I do fully intend to complete these rosters. I can't promise they will be done in a timely manner, but I can't promise they won't be either. I would not be so cruel as to promise these and then not make an effort to deliver ;) I have already compiled all of the teams and the rosters I will be putting in the game. If there are any errors spotted or suggestions you would like to make, please feel free. I also posted some info about the season in general. I look forward to finishing these. -------------------------------------------------------------------- World Series Champions New York Yankees Playoff Teams New York Yankees Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers Cleveland Indians Atlanta Braves St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres Los Angeles Dodgers Awards AL MVP - Juan Gonzalez NL MVP - Ken Caminiti AL CY YOUNG - Pat Hentgen NL CY YOUNG - John Smoltz AL R.O.Y. - Derek Jeter NL R.O.Y. - Todd Hollandsworth MLB LEADERS AVG. - Alex Rodriguez - .358 HR's. - Mark McGwire - 52 RBI's. - Andres Galarraga - 150 SB's. - Kenny Lofton - 75 WINs. - John Smoltz - 24 ERA. - Kevin Brown - 1.89 SV's. - Todd Worrell and Jeff Brantley - 44 SO's. - John Smoltz - 276 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore Orioles C Chris Hoiles 1B Rafael Palmeiro 2B Roberto Alomar SS Cal Ripken Jr. 3B B.J. Surhoff LF Jeffrey Hammonds CF Brady Anderson RF Bobby Bonilla DH Eddie Murray --------------------------- OF Mike Devereaux UT Luis Polonia C Gregg Zaun IF Billy Ripken OF Tony Tarasco IF Manny Alexander SP Mike Mussina SP David Wells SP Scott Erickson SP Rocky Coppinger SP Kent Mercker RP Arthur Rhodes RP Roger McDowell RP Jesse Orosco RP Alan Mills RP Armando Benetiz CL Randy Myers New York Yankees C Joe Girardi 1B Tino Martinez 2B Mariano Duncan SS Derek Jeter 3B Wade Boggs LF Gerald Williams CF Bernie Williams RF Paul O'Neill DH Ruben Sierra -------------------- LF Tim Raines C Jim Leyritz OF Darryl Strawberry IF Andy Fox OF Ruben Rivera SP Andy Pettitte SP Kenny Rogers SP Dwight Gooden SP Jimmy Key SP David Cone SP Ramiro Mendoza RP Mariano Rivera RP Bob Wickman RP Jeff Nelson RP Dale Polley CL John Wetteland Boston Red Sox C Mike Stanley 1B Mo Vaughn 2B Jeff Frye SS John Valentin 3B Tim Naehring LF Mike Greenwell CF Lee Tinsley RF Troy O'Leary DH Jose Canseco -------------------------- 1B/OF Reggie Jefferson OF Milt Cuyler C Bill Haselman 2B Will Cordero SS Nomar Garciaparra SP Roger Clemens SP Tom Gordon SP Tim Wakefield SP Aaron Sele SP Jamie Moyer RP Vaughn Eshelman RP Mike Stanton RP Joe Hudson RP Rich Garces CL Heathcliff Slocumb Toronto Blue Jays C Charlie O'Brien 1B John Olerud 2B Tomas Perez SS Alex Gonzalez 3B Ed Sprague LF Joe Carter CF Otis Nixon RF Shawn Green DH Carlos Delgado ----------------------------- OF Jacob Brumfield 2B Domingo Cedeno C Sandy Martinez LF Robert Perez IF Juan Samuel SP Pat Hentgen SP Erik Hanson SP Juan Guzman SP Paul Quantrill SP Marty Janzen SP Huck Flener RP Tony Castillo RP Tim Crabtree RP Bill Risley RP Paul Spoljaric CL Mike Timlin Detroit Tigers C Brad Ausmus 1B Tony Clark 2B Mark Lewis SS Andujar Cedeno 3B Travis Fryman LF Bobby Higginson CF Chad Curtis RF Melvin Nieves DH Cecil Fielder ------------------------ IF Eddie Williams OF Curtis Pride OF Kimera Bartee SS Alan Trammell C Mark Parent SP Felipe Lira SP Omar Olivares SP Greg Gohr SP Justin Thompson SP Greg Keagle RP Brian Williams RP Richie Lewis RP Jose Lima RP Mike Myers CL Gregg Olson Cleveland Indians C Sandy Alomar Jr. 1B Julio Franco 2B Carlos Baerga SS Omar Vizquel 3B Jm Thome LF Albert Belle CF Kenny Lofton RF Manny Ramirez DH Eddie Murray --------------------------- C Tony Pena OF Jeromy Burnitz OF Brian Giles IF Alvaro Espinoza IF Scott Leius SP Charles Nagy SP Orel Hershiser SP Jack McDowell SP Chad Ogea SP Dennis Martinez RP Julian Tavarez RP Eric Plunk RP Paul Shuey RP Paul Assenmacher CL Jose Mesa Minnesota Twins C Greg Myers 1B Scott Stahoviak 2B Chuck Knoblauch SS Pat Meares 3B Dave Hollins LF Marty Cordova CF Rich Becker RF Matt Lawton DH Paul Molitor ------------------------- OF Roberto Kelly IF Jeff Reboulet IF Ron Coomer C Matt Walbeck OF Denny Hocking SP Brad Radke SP Frankie Rodriguez SP Rich Robertson SP Scott Aldred SP Rick Aguilera RP Greg Hansell RP Eddie Guardado RP Mike Trombley RP Dan Naulty CL Dave Stevens Kansas City Royals C Mike Macfarlane 1B Jose Offerman 2B Keith Lockhart SS David Howard 3B Joe Randa LF Tom Goodwin CF Johnny Damon RF Michael Tucker DH Joe Vitello ------------------------- C/IF Mike Sweeney IF Craig Paquette 2B Bip Roberts 1B Bob Hamelin OF Joe Nunnally SP Tim Belcher SP Chris Haney SP Kevin Appier SP Mark Gubicza SP Jose Rosado SP Doug Linton RP Hipolito Pichardo RP Julio Valera RP Mike Magnante RP Jason Jacome CL Jeff Montgomery Milwaukee Brewers C Mike Matheny 1B John Jaha 2B Fernando Vina SS Jose Valentin 3B Jeff Cirillo LF Greg Vaughn CF Pat Listach RF Matt Mieske DH Kevin Seitzer ------------------------- OF/C Dave Nilsson C Jesse Levis IF Mark Loretta OF David Hulse OF Turner Ward SP Ben McDonald SP Scott Karl SP Ricky Bones SP Steve Sparks SP Jeff D'Amico SP Cal Eldred RP Angel Miranda RP Ramon Garcia RP Graeme Lloyd RP Marshall Boze CL Mike Fetters Chicago White Sox C Ron Karkovice 1B Frank Thomas 2B Ray Durham SS Ozzie Guillen 3B Robin Ventura LF Tony Phillips CF Darren Lewis RF Danny Tartabull DH Harold Baines ------------------------- OF Dave Martinez OF Lyle Mouton C Chad Kreuter IF Norberto Martin IF Chris Snopek SP Alex Fernandez SP Kevin Tapani SP Wilson Alvarez SP James Baldwin SP Brian Keyser RP Bill Simas RP Matt Karchner RP Kirk McCaskill RP Larry Thomas RP Jason Bere CL Roberto Hernandez Texas Rangers C Ivan Rodriguez 1B Will Clark 2B Mark McLemore SS Kevin Elster 3B Dean Palmer LF Rusty Greer CF Darryl Hamilton RF Juan Gonzalez DH Mickey Tettleton ------------------------- OF Warren Newson OF Damon Buford C Dave Valle IF Rene Gonzalez 2B Kurt Stillwell SP Ken Hill SP Roger Pavlick SP Bobby Witt SP Darren Oliver SP Kevin Gross RP Gil Heredia RP Dennis Cook RP Jeff Russell RP Ed Vosberg CL Mike Henneman Seattle Mariners C Dan Wilson 1B Paul Sorrento 2B Joey Cora SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Russ Davis LF Rich Amaral CF Ken Griffey Jr RF Jay Buhner DH Edgar Martinez --------------------------- IF Luis Sojo OF Darren Bragg 3B Doug Strange C John Marzano OF Brian Hunter SP Randy Johnson SP Sterling Hitchcock SP Bob Wolcott SP Chris Bosio SP Bob Wells RP Rafael Carmona RP Michael Jackson RP Bobby Ayala RP Salomon Torres CL Norm Charlton Oakland A's C Terry Steinbach 1B Mark McGwire 2B Brent Gates SS Mike Bordick 3B Scott Brosius LF Phil Plantier CF Ernie Young RF Jose Herrera DH Jason Giambi ---------------------------- OF Geronimo Berroa IF Tony Bautista IF Rafael Bournigal C George Williams OF Matt Stairs SP Don Wengert SP Doug Johns SP John Wasdin SP Ariel Prieto SP Steve Wojciechowski SP Dave Telgheder RP Carlos Reyes RP Mike Mohler RP Buddy Groom RP Jim Corsi CL Billy Taylor California Angels C Jorge Fabregas 1B J.T. Snow 2B Randy Velarde SS Gary Discarcina 3B George Arias LF Garret Anderson CF Jim Edmonds RF Tim Salmon DH Chili Davis ----------------------- 2B Rex Hudler OF Darin Erstad C Don Slaught 1B/3B Tim Wallach OF Orlando Palmeiro SP Chuck Finley SP Shawn Boskie SP Jim Abbott SP Jason Grimsley SP Mark Langston SP Dennis Springer RP Mike James RP Chuck McElroy RP Mike Holtz RP Jason Dickson CL Troy Percival NATIONAL LEAGUE Atlanta Braves C Javy Lopez 1B Fred McGriff 2B Mark Lemke SS Jeff Blauser 3B Chipper Jones LF Ryan Klesko CF Marquis Grissom RF Jermaine Dye DH David Justice ------------------------- OF Dwight Smith C Eddie Perez IF Rafael Belliard IF Mike Mordecai OF Andruw Jones SP John Smoltz SP Greg Maddux SP Tom Glavine SP Steve Avery SP Jason Schmidt RP Greg McMichael RP Brad Clontz RP Terrell Wade RP Pedro Borbon CL Mark Wohlers Montreal Expos C Darrin Fletcher 1B David Segui 2B Mike Lansing SS Mark Grudzielanek 3B Shane Andrews LF Henry Rodriguez CF Rondell White RF Moises Alou DH Cliff Floyd --------------------------- OF F.P. Santangelo C Lenny Webster OF Sherman Obando 3B Dave Silvestri IF Andy Stankiewicz SP Jeff Fassero SP Pedro Martinez SP Rheal Cormier SP Kirk Reuter SP Ugeth Urbina RP Omar Daal RP Barry Manuel RP Dave Veres RP Mike Dyer CL Mel Rojas Florida Marlins C Charles Johnson 1B Greg Colbrunn 2B Quilivo Veras SS Edgar Renteria 3B Terry Pendleton LF Jeff Conine CF Devon White RF Gary Sheffield DH Kurt Abbott ------------------------- IF Alex Arias OF Joe Orsulak 2B Luis Castillo C Rob Natal OF Jesus Tavarez SP Kevin Brown SP Al Leiter SP Pat Rapp SP John Burkett SP David Weathers RP Chris Hammond RP Jay Powell RP Terry Mathews RP Yorkis Perez CL Robb Nen New York Mets C Todd Hundley 1B Butch Huskey 2B Jose Vizcaino SS Rey Ordonez 3B Jeff Kent LF Bernard Gilkey CF Lance Johnson RF Alex Ochoa DH Edgardo Alfonzo ------------------------------- OF Carl Everett 1B Rico Brogna C Brent Mayne IF Tm Bogar OF Chris Jones SP Mark Clark SP Bobby Jones SP Pete Harnisch SP Jason Isringhausen SP Paul Wilson RP Dave Mlicki RP Jerry DePoto RP Doug Henry RP Paul Byrd CL John Franco Philadelphia Phillies C Benito Santiago 1B Gregg Jefferies 2B Mickey Morandini SS Kevin Stocker 3B Todd Zeile LF Pete Incaviglia CF Ricky Otero RF Jim Eisenreich DH Lenny Dykstra ---------------------- OF Mark Whiten C Mike Lieberthal 3B Scott Rolen OF Wendell Magee IF Kevin Jordan SP Curt Schilling SP Mike Williams SP Terry Mulholland SP Mike Mimbs SP Mike Grace SP Sid Fernandez RP Russ Springer RP Toby Borland RP Ken Ryan RP Steve Frey CL Ricky Bottalico St. Louis Cardinals C Tom Pagnozzi 1B John Mabry 2B Luis Alicea SS Royce Clayton 3B Gary Gaetti LF Ron Gant CF Ray Lankford RF Brian Jordan DH Ozzie Smith ----------------------- OF Willie McGee C Danny Sheaffer OF Mark Sweeney IF David Bell IF Mike Gallego SP Andy Benes SP Todd Stottlemyre SP Donovan Osborne SP Alan Benes SP Mike Morgan RP T.J. Mathews RP Cory Bailey RP Rick Honeycutt RP Tony Fossas CL Dennis Eckersley Houston Astros C Rick Wilkins 1B Jeff Bagwell 2B Craig Biggio SS Orlando Miller 3B Sean Berry LF Derrick May CF Brian Hunter RF Derek Bell DH James Mouton ------------------------ C Tony Eusebio OF John Cangelosi IF Ricky Gutiererrez 3B Bill Spiers OF Mike Simms SP Shane Reynolds SP Daryl Kile SP Doug Drabek SP Mike Hampton SP Donne Wall RP Xavier Hernandez RP Blly Wagner RP Alvin Morman RP Anthony Young CL Todd Jones Cincinnati Reds C Joe Oliver 1B Hal Morris 2B Bret Boone SS Barry Larkin 3B Willie Greene LF Eric Owens CF Eric Davis RF Reggie Sanders DH Thomas Howard ---------------------------- C Ed Taubensee IF Jeff Branson OF Eric Anthony 3B Lenny Harris OF Kevin Mitchell IF Chris Sabo SP John Smiley SP Dave Burba SP Mark Portugal SP Kevin Jarvis SP Roger Salkeld SP Pete Schourek RP Lee Smith RP Jeff Shaw RP Hector Carrasco RP Johnny Ruffin CL Jeff Brantley Chicago Cubs C Scott Servais 1B Mark Grace 2B Ryne Sandberg SS Rey Sanchez 3B Leo Gomez LF Luis Gonzalez CF Brian McRrae RF Sammy Sosa DH Tyler Houston --------------------------- OF Doug Glanville OF Scott Bullett IF Dave Magadan IF Jose Hernandez OF Ozzie Timmons SP Jaime Navarro SP Steve Trachsel SP Frank Castillo SP Jim Bullinger SP Amaury Telemasco SP Kevin Foster RP Terry Adams RP Rodney Myers RP Kent Bottenfield RP Bob Patterson CL Turk Wendell Pittsburgh Pirates C Jason Kendall 1B Mark Johnson 2B Carlos Garcia SS Jay Bell 3B Charlie Hayes LF Al Martin CF Jermaine Allensworth RF Orlando Merced DH Jeff King ------------------------------- C Keith Osik OF Mike Kingery IF Nelson Liriano OF John Wehner OF Dave Clark SP Denny Neagle SP Danny Darwin SP Zane Smith SP Paul Wagner SP Esteban Loaiza RP Jon Lieber RP Dan Miceli RP Marc Wilkins RP Dan Plesac CL Francisco Cordova San Diego Padres C John Flaherty 1B Wally Joyner 2B Jody Reed SS Chris Gomez 3B Ken Caminiti LF Rickey Henderson CF Steve Finley RF Tony Gwynn DH Brian Johnson ----------------------------- IF Scott Livingstone OF Marc Newfield IF Archi Cianfrocco OF Rob Deer IF Luis Lopez SP Joey Hamilton SP Bob Tewksbury SP Fernando Valenzuela SP Andy Ashby SP Sean Bergman RP Scott Sanders RP Tim Worrell RP Willie Blair RP Doug Bochtler CL Trevor Hoffman Los Angeles Dodgers C Mike Piazza 1B Eric Karros 2B Delino DeShields SS Greg Gagne 3B Mike Blowers LF Todd Hollandsworth CF Wayne Kirby RF Raul Mondesi DH Brett Butler ------------------------------ OF Roger Cedeno IF Chad Fonville IF Juan Castro C Tom Prince OF Billy Ashley SP Hideo Nomo SP Ismael Valdez SP Pedro Astacio SP Ramon Martinez SP Tom Candiotti RP Chan Ho Park RP Antonio Osuna RP Mark Guthrie RP Darren Dreifort CL Todd Worrell Colorado Rockies C Jeff Reed 1B Andres Galarraga 2B Eric Young SS Walt Weiss 3B Vinny Castilla LF Ellis Burks CF Quinton McCracken RF Dante Bichette DH Larry Walker ---------------------------- C Jayhawk Owens OF John Vander Wal OF Eric Anthony IF Jason Bates IF Neifi Perez SP Kevin Ritz SP Mark Thompson SP Armando Reynoso SP Marvin Freeman SP Jamey Wright SP Bryan Rekar RP Darren Holmes RP Steve Reed RP Curt Leskanic RP Mike Munoz CL Bruce Ruffin San Francisco Giants C Tom Lampkin 1B Mark Carreon 2B Steve Scarsone SS Rich Aurilia 3B Matt Williams LF Barry Bonds CF Marvin Bernard RF Glenallen Hill DH Shawon Dunston ------------------------------------ 2B Robby Thompson OF Stan Javier C Kirt Manwaring IF Bill Mueller OF Jacob Cruz SP Allen Watson SP William VanLandinham SP Shawn Estes SP Mark Leiter SP Osvaldo Fernandez SP Mark Gardner RP Mark Dewey RP Jose Bautista RP Rich DeLucia RP Doug Creek CL Rod Beck MLB ALL STARS AL ALL STARS Cal Ripken Jr. Wade Boggs Joe Carter Chuck Finley Mark McGwire Jeff Montgomery Jay Buhner Edgar Martinez Jose Mesa Brady Anderson John Wetteland Roberto Alomar Sandy Alomar Jr. Ken Griffey Jr. Albert Belle Greg Vaughn Charles Nagy Travis Fryman Frank Thomas Roberto Hernandez Chuck Knoblauch Ivan Rodriguez Troy Percival Andy Pettitte Alex Rodriguez Dan Wilson Roger Pavlik Kenny Lofton Mo Vaughn NL ALL STARS Ozzie Smith Tony Gwynn Fred McGriff Todd Worrell Barry Larkin Barry Bonds Greg Maddux Kevin Brown Matt Williams Ellis Burks Lance Johnson Ken Caminiti Tom Glavine Al Leiter Dante Bichette Craig Biggio John Smotlz Gary Sheffield Todd Hundley Jeff Bagwell Mark Wohlers Henry Rodriguez Eric Young Mike Piazza Pedro Martinez Chipper Jones Steve Trachsel Ricky Bottalico Mark Grudzielanek Jason Kendall |
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This looks awesome...i enjoy old school mariner teams!
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Weird to see a Rockies lineup without Todd Helton. Seems like he's been around since before baseball :tongue: (although he WAS drafted in 95 and was in their system already).
Good luck on the project. I tried doing this with Madden and it turned into quite a time-consuming ordeal. |
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Why not just put players on the correct opening day rosters so we can play franchise with these?
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I have officially started the process this morning. So far, so good appearance wise.
I almost have all of the Twins position players done and would like to have the full team completed tonight. I will post pictures later. |
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The Twins are done.
It took around 4-5 hours to complete, but that's one team down. Below are some pictures of the team, albeit a very weak team that year :jpshakehe =============================================== Ron Coomer staying ready Chuck Knoblauch doing the same Paul Molitor ready to add another hit |
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