[nyy26wc]

I decided to run a test. I started a new random debut league in 2012. I simmed to the day after the 2012 draft and then looked at the ages of the 1st round draftees, comparing them to their real life 1st year in the majors.

Let's go crazy and look at the whole entire first round.

The first number will be age drafted in the OOTP draft, the second number will be age in his IRL year in the majors.

First up, a league using the OOTP default database--

1) Barry Bonds, 19, 21
2) Roger Connor, 20, 22
3) Bill Joyce, 22, 24
4) Home Run Baker, 20, 22
5) Beals Becker, 19, 21
6) Joe Harris, 21, 23
7) Bobby Mitchell, 19, 21
8) Cliff Johnson, 22, 24
9) Roger Clemens, 19, 21
10) Herb Score, 20, 22
11) Benny Kauff, 20, 22
12) Jim Burns, 20, ????
13) Mo Vaughn, 21, 23
14) Paul Molitor, 19, 21
15) Frank Fennelly, 22, 24
16) Rob Dibble, 22, 24
17) Sandy Griffin, 23, 25
18) Pedro Guerrero, 20, 22
19) Ryan Braun, 21, 23
20) Chief Meyers, 26, 28
21) Rico Carty, 21, 23
22) Julio Franco, 21, 23
23) Cal Ripken, 18, 20
24) Al Wingo, 19, 21
25) Ray Grimes, 24, 26
26) Chief Zimmer, 21, 23
27) John Montefusco, 22, 24
28) Turk Farrell, 20, 22
29) Robin Ventura, 19, 21
30) Homer Hillebrand, 23, 25

We don't have date of birth for Jim Burns, who is one of the 19th century players with missing data. But, among the other 29 players, all 29 of them entered the random debut draft exactly 2 years younger than they were for their 1st major league season. 29 out of 29 can not possibly be explained by random chance.

So, I was wrong about players entering the random draft at the same age they debuted in the majors. They enter the draft 2 years younger.

Next up, I'll see what happens if I run the same test, this time using the Gambo/Spritze database.