[RMc]

(Repost from the main board, as I haven't heard about this being fixed yet...)

Well, I ran 1871-2009, using the stats package that came with OOTPX. Everything looked good until I glanced at the pitcher's all-time leaderboards, and saw John Murphy with an amazing 775 career wins, not to mention 501 losses and over 11,000 innings pitched! Not bad for a guy won exactly five games in his real career, all in 1884. In my sim, though, Murphy pitched 41 seasons (hello), from 1883-1924, winning 20 games nineteen times (Warren Spahn, get outta here).

Then I looked at Murphy date of birth: 5-5-1882. Uh oh.

Checking the Master file, apparently someone decided to give all the players with unknown DOBs the same birthdate: 5-5-1882, including guys who debuted as early as 1871! Oops.

Also, a number of players have no first names; not just the 19th century guys lost in the mists of time, but several contemporary players, like Tim Raines, Jr., who name is simply given as "Raines". (Now, where have I heard that name before?)

In short, the stats file is screwed up. I'll go back to using last year's stats folder (or Lahman 2009) until this gets fixed...