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Originally Posted by David Watts
Wonder why home runs are so inflated when playing random debut? I find myself using 1976(a down year for home runs) as a base year to avoid seeing guys drilling 60+ bombs on a regular basis.
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In particular to this league, I turned off the statistical adjustment when I hit 2013. What I found was that by leaving this on as the league progressed past a historical reference point that any changes introduced to increase or decrease offense were nullified.
Currently both leagues have the DH and the mound was lowered for the 2043 season. HR and scoring are up about 10% each over the 2012 base.
In general, guys like Stargell and Frank Howard who played in the pitching dominated years put up raw numbers in current climes that seem out of this world, but I am fine with that. The ball parks of the 60s were so much different, as a whole, than today. What the sluggers of that era did is absolutely incredible. Throw 1966 rosters into a 2007 game and it will be "Barry Who?"...ok, maybe not QUITE that, but heck, give Hank Aaron a batting helmet for his entire career and you may be looking at 855+.
Back to the particular for this league, with the Very High injuries, the sluggers that stay healthy are getting bumps when their counterparts go down. The way the game is structured will create outlying seasons from the studs who avoid injury attrition as they game keeps it's statistical output on an aggregate base and Stargell gets 89 HRs instead of Jimmy Rollins getting 30.
This response is of the top of my head. I am no certified expert on any matter regarding anything. Caveat emptor.