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Yo Rob.

I have no idea what the injury rate was in 1901. But ignorance is a thing to be embraced, not feared. If you look at the team rosters for 01, that may give ya an idea.

The injury rate was bugging me in OOTP. I didn't want to set the rate at low unless that's how baseball was. Simultaneously, I just didn't remember seeing such carnage on the DL lists back when I was growing up.

A poster a while back reminded me that back in the 70s (the era I play most) the disabled list was 21 days, not 15. And, teams could have only 3 players at a time on that list. Now, were players back in the day tougher, or just more expendable with such small salaries? Take yer pick. Whatever the cause, you didn't see 7, or 8 players on DL, as I see sometimes with injuries set to normal.

I set my 70s league to low and seems most teams have a few players on the list at a time. Once in a while, a team might have four. But, don't forget to set your DL to 21 days; I believe that affects AI decisions on whether to put people on the list in the first place.

Orange had a thread somewhere detailing the DL rules in early baseball. Maybe he can point you to that.