[David Watts]

Originally Posted by Carlton

I do

and I have had guys like Hank Greenberg and Spud Chandler fall off the cliff at 33
Had guys like Charlie Gilbert of the Dodgers have 3 great years of 30 HRs and 30 Sbs then fall to 16-8-2 Hrs

I had Red Durrett, who had 48 career Abs with the Dodgers and was created as a poor player spend 4 years in the Cardinals Minor Leagues and come out as the top HR hitter of the 40's and 50's, winning 4 WS with them and 3 MVP+ 2 WS MVPs later getting traded to the pirates who happened to luck into getting Kiner and setting team HR records with 52 HR for him and 50 for Kiner on the way to 2 more MVPs and another WS MVP award

Joe Medwick stayed strong until 42, bouncing around the league in PT duty, while chasing the doubles record and making the HOF, as he was part of 10 WS teams

I've also had Don Newcombe converted to a RFer

I've had Mort Cooper become a mainstay for the early 40's Cardinals dynasty run by Billy Southworth, but a wrist injury and then shoulder woes made him half the P he was, yet he stayed in the league 6 more years mainly as a RP. With recalc on, I don't think his role would have been reinvented, he'd have started like the injury was time off, and not the 3rd pitch drain that it was. A SP must have 3 pitch ratings over 30 and a stamina over 50 I've noticed. He went from a curve ball at 48 to an 28 curveball and was regulated to #2 MR who spot started 20% and did well.

Those things are very hard to do with recalc on and as you can see, they aren't overdone. I still had Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio (although he got injured quite often in the 40's) Arky Vaughn, Luke Appling, The Waners, Bob Feller, Satchel Paige as dominant HOFers

But I had enough of 'wow, who is that guy? type scenarios, if even for one season like Pat Seerey of the Reds hitting .228 and slugging 50 Hrs playing CF (his worst position) in 1946 or Allie Reynolds spending 80% of his career in AAA where it makes it less predictable and fun

The OOTP development engine is pretty good, just be sure to lower the randomness to 90 or 80

I don't think I could play deadball with recalc on. Just too many short career players involved. I love using development and seeing guys that only played a few years get to stick around. I started my latest in 1904 and I'm now in 1912. Christy Mathewson dominated to start out, but he hit the wall at 30. Going to be interesting to see how many more years he sticks around. Walter Johnson is on a horrible Atlanta team and has had some flashes of greatness, but hasn't totally gelled yet. Rube Waddell has been the most dominant pitcher in the league Home Run Baker has strung together 3 amazing seasons, hitting a new record 19 home runs in 1911.