Whalehead League Baseball

From the Commish

Join the Whalehead League!

May 24, 2024 The Commish 1

The Whalehead League is a longtime league with a rich history of over 30 years. The league has played various simulations over the years. We switched over to OOTP in 2019.

WLB is a shadow MLB league. We play with only current players, whose ratings get updated to OOTP Live Update Ratings at the completion of our World Series and after the MLB season ends. This update schedule allows us to begin the off-season with player values close to their real-life values. […]

How to Use your Scout’s Draft List in StatsPlus!

November 10, 2021 The Commish 0

It’s possible to use your team’s Scout to generate a draft list of his top 200 500 players in StatsPlus. If you have Excel, here’s how. (Please be aware your version of Excel might be […]

Old Economics 2019-2023

November 26, 2023 The Commish 0

The WLB Economics set up was changed for the 2024 WLB season. What follows is a description of the previous setup. As long-time league members know, our league has always had an economic component. Initially, […]

New Competitive Balance Picks to be Awarded!

December 18, 2022 The Commish 0

Smallest Market WLB Teams to Get a Little Help! Our economic system, compared to MLB, is designed to compress the differences between the largest market team (the Yankees) and the smallest market team (the Marlins) […]

How to: Add New League and Team Logos

October 4, 2022 The Commish 0

In online leagues regular logos don’t automatically get added to each GM’s game. I’ve discovered a fairly easy way to get league logos updated. There are a few steps. 1. With the game not loaded, […]

2022-2023 Players to Retire

September 21, 2022 The Commish 0

ORG Lg Count ATL AAA 2 ATL AA 3 ATL A+ 6 ATL A 8 ATL R 21 BAL AAA 4 BAL AA 6 BAL A+ 3 BAL A 4 BAL R 4 BOS AAA […]

Before OOTP and after Dynasty Dice

February 24, 2022 The Commish 0

The Dynasty League Baseball Computer Years

Understanding WLB Player Ratings Updates

November 27, 2021 The Commish 1

UPDATED: 4/6/2023 The Whalehead League was created over thirty years ago as a test of real-life baseball knowledge. With that goal in mind, we have generally tried to incorporate as much realism as possible. Moving […]

2022-2023 Realignment

November 19, 2021 The Commish 0

Update: 9/5/2022 With the expansion, the realignment is up in the air. It will be discussed in Discord as more GMs get added. Updated: 11/22/2021 We need an established rule in place before I start […]

November 2021 Rookie Draft Tips

October 24, 2021 The Commish 0

As I mentioned previously, because of some issues with running the draft through OOTP, we’ll once again conduct our draft exclusively through StatsPlus. Rounds 1-5 will be conducted live. Rounds 6-15 will be conducted using […]