Okay, so I got this idea the other day. I’m a big baseball fan, you know? And sometimes, just for kicks, I like to randomly think about different players. So, I figured, why not make a “random MLB player wheel”? Something quick and easy I could spin whenever I felt like it.
Getting Started
First thing’s first, I needed a list of players. Like, a decent amount to make it properly random. I hopped online and just searched for lists of current MLB players. Found a few websites, some sports stats pages. Didn’t need anything too fancy, just names.
Copying and pasting was… well, it was a bit of a chore. Some sites had weird formatting. I ended up pasting everything into a basic text file first, just to clean it up. Removed extra spaces, checked for any weird characters. Wanted a clean list.
Making the Wheel
I wasn’t about to code something from scratch for this. Nah, too much effort for a simple fun thing. I knew there were websites out there that let you make these spinning wheels. So, I searched for something like “online random name picker wheel” or “spinner wheel maker”.
Found a few options. Most of them work pretty much the same way. You get a box, you paste your list of names in, and boom, it generates a wheel you can spin.
- Found a simple-looking site.
- Looked for the input area. Usually just a big text box.
- Pasted my cleaned-up list of MLB player names into it.
Important part: Make sure each name is on a new line. Most tools need that to separate the entries on the wheel. My text file prep made this easy.
Trying it Out
Once the names were in, the site just… made the wheel. It popped up right there on the screen, all colourful with the player names filling the segments. Looked pretty cool, actually.
Time for the test spin! Clicked the ‘Spin’ button. The wheel whirred, slowed down, and landed on… Shohei Ohtani. Okay, nice! Spun it a few more times. Got Aaron Judge, Mookie Betts, some pitchers I vaguely recognized. Seemed to work just fine. The randomness felt right.
Final Thoughts
And that was basically it. Didn’t take long at all. Now I’ve got this random MLB player wheel bookmarked. It’s pretty basic, just names, but it does exactly what I wanted. Sometimes I spin it when I’m bored, or maybe use it to pick a player to look up stats for. Simple stuff, but kinda fun.
Could I add more? Sure. Maybe filter by team, or position, or add retired players. But for now, this simple version is good enough. Just a quick little project that worked out.
