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Originally Posted by majesty95
Are you using the Lahman DB or Spritze/Gambo? It sounds like you are using Lahman and selected "neutralized" stats when setting up the league?
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Yes. I used the default database and neutralized the stats.
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Originally Posted by majesty95
I was told not to do this although I'm not sure the reason.  |
If the reason is because the stats are not park adjusted, that would be a good one. The game does not park adjust OPS+ or ERA+ that results from play, either, which is a separate issue from any database selection.
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Originally Posted by majesty95
However, if not using neutralized stats in a historical replay then the Rockies hitters and Safeco pitchers are always going to be far ahead of even their RL bloated stats, right?
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Of course. However, that is the case even using neutralized stats. Troy Tulowitski has better OOTP neutralized stats compared to BBREF and Ichiro has poorer neutralized OOTP RL stats compared to BBREF.
This is a problem. The user (ok, maybe it is just me) is led to think that by neutralizing stats he is putting historical players on a level playing field in regards to the era in which they actually played and the home park environment in which they actually played. The OOTP neutralization process only addresses the first aspect.