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I may be wrong, but here's how I think it works. Each player is rated RELATIVE TO others in a particular season. For example, in 1968, Carl Yastrzemski led the league with a .301 batting average. In OOTP, he will import with a high contact rating (20 out of 20, perhaps, since he was the best hitter RELATIVE TO everyone else). If we import the 1968 Red Sox into a modern league, Yastrzemski's contact rating should be the same (20 out of 20). He might hit .350 or so (whatever a 20 out of 20 contact rating would produce in a modern environment). He would still be one of the best hitters RELATIVE TO everyone else. He will not be penalized for having played at a time when offense was suppressed. Likewise, if Yastrzemski had hit .238 in 1968, he would import with a contact rating of (about) 10 out of 20. Why? Because the LEAGUE batting average in 1968 was .238. He would then import into a modern league with the same contact rating (10 out of 20) and probably hit about .267. Why? Again, because the LEAGUE batting average in 2009 was .267. Does this make sense?
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