OOTP Baseball:Creating Games/Historical Games

Creating new Historical games can be found, starting on OOTP's main page, clicking on "New Game".

On the next page you will select the "New Historical Game" link. You will be asked if you would like to play the game in Challenge Mode or to continue with a new game.

Your first options are to choose what eras you would like to play in.

The Early Years (1871 - 1900) You can choose any year in the drop down box from 1871 to 1900 to start your season in. There are no minor league teams in the Early Years and the reserve clause is in effect.
The Deadball Era (1901 - 1920) The beginning years of modern baseball where the National League merged with the American League to create the MLB. You can choose years from 1901 to 1920 to start your season in. in 1915 the Minor Leagues are created. Reserve Clause still in use.
Baseball's Rebirth (1921 - 1945) In the years where home runs became a mainstay because of the likes of Babe Ruth,, Lou Gehrig, Hack Wilson, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and many other legends. Also experience the years when baseball had to deal with players going off to war. You can start you season by choosing the years of 1921 to 1945. Reserve Clause still in use.
The Golden Years (1946 - 1960) Following the years of World War II, the return of many greats like Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Stan Musial. We also had the breakage of the color barrier where in 1947 the great Jackie Robinson, took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Choose what year to start your season between 1946 to 1960. Reserve Clause still in use.
The Baseball Boom (1961 - 1979) The first expansion teams of the Los Angeles Angles and Washington DC taking on a new iteration of the Washing Senators, after Calvin Clark moved his Senators to Minnesota taking on the new moniker the Minnesota Twins. This was the first time the MLB expanded since it's creation in 1901. Choose from the years of 1961 to 1979 to start your season. reserve Clause in use until 1976 when Free Agency is introduced into the MLB.
The Defensive Era (1980 - 1992) Come play in the years of Hall of Famers George Brett, Mike Schmidt, Rickey Henderson, Kirby Puckett, Don Mattingly. The Decade the Yankees did not win a World Series. The last time that happened was in the 1910s. Choose the from the years of 1980 to 1992 to start your season.
The Power Years (1993 - 2004) The Blue Jays win back to back World Series Titles, the Player strike of 1994 causes the first World Series not to be played since the World Series started to be played in 1903! We got the Florida Marlins and the Colorado Rockies as expansion teams and seen fan favorite players like Ken Griffey Jr, Frank Thomas, and Barry Bonds, hit home runs like we had never seen before and the Home Run record chase of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Ken Griffey Jr! Choose from the years of 1993 to 2004 to start your season.
Modern Times (2005+) The Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Boston Red Sox (Known as the curse of the Bambino) win their first world series breaking some of the longest World Series droughts in MLB history. The Cubs in 2016 (Year 1908, 108 years) and White Sox in 2005 (Year 1917, 88 years) and Red Sox 2004 (Year 1918, 86 years). You can choose to start your season in the years of 2005 to 2023.

In OOTP 25 the new Historical Creation Wizards were added to the game, streamlining game setup to make it quicker and easier for the user! The four new modes are, Default Mode, Replay Mode, Career Mode, and Random Debut Mode.

Default Mode - This game mode is meant for players who want historical accuracy with some flexibility. Players are recalculated each season based on real life historical stats. Use of Real Transactions, Historical Lineups, and the Player Development Engine, are all disabled.
Replay Mode - The game mode is meant for players who want historical accuracy. Please will be assigned to their teams, historical lineups will be used, historical transactions will take place, players will retire according to history, players will miss season according to history. Players are recalculated each season based on real life historical stats and the Development Engine, Amateur Draft, and other settings maybe disabled.
Career Mode - This mode aims to play through history from the year you start your season, letting things play out differently from how things did in real life. Players will not miss seasons, players will retire, but they retire differently from history. Players that we lost because of medical reasons, will play full careers. This mode uses the OOTP Development Engine, so players also develop differently. They will get hurt differently, they will be drafted and sign with different teams and will join the league as rookies the same years they were drafted and signed their minor league contracts. Players can be traded to different teams. Players can be picked up in free agency. The Development Lab and Development Sliders will be of use in career mode because of the use of the OOTP Development Engine.
Random Debut Mode - This is the ultimate fantasy mode. Players like Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Mark McGwire will be pulled into the game and randomly appear in your inaugural or in any subsequent year's amateur draft. Aside from those appearing in the inaugural draft, the players will debut at the age they debuted in their first game at the MLB level. You can choose to play with the development system enabled or you can disable it and play with recalc mode. Default is set at recalc and OOTP development Engine on together which provides in-season variance with guardrails to keep players relatively in-line with their historical performance. Use of recalc and the development engine at the same time also allows users to disable "Retire According to History" and instead allows players to age as dictated by the development engine.