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Originally Posted by Aumakua
Okay so if using the HS database it's best to start in 1871 if starting mid history and wanting real historical stats we should use the real debuts rosters...
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If starting mid-history you could begin with the std Lahman stuff but many players would be skipped and never enter the league, OOTP uses ALL the stats it finds as Major League stats. That is just how it works. That is why you see the minor league neutered stats mixed in with the "real" stats. The old Gambo db left the extra 1's blank and required one to use neutered stats only I think. I never used it so I don't really know for sure and I don't know for sure what his new ones does or how it functions yet since it doesn't yet exist. I believe it may exist fairly shortly though.
Best bet is to always start in 1871 and sim to where you want to start actually playing?
Bottom line is that since ALL stats in OOTP are Major League stats whether they really are or not, there will be mixing, but since using a mod db really adds a lot of fictional elements to historical play I don't know how worked up I should get over it. I mean having Paige pitch to anyone in a major league game in 1930 is fairly unhistorical from the getgo so if Cy Young has 577 Wins instead of some other number..........