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Originally Posted by gem
Has anyone studied OOTP numbers to make sure:
Games played at catcher shorten playing careers and/or it causes such a sharp drop in defensive skill behind the plate that players must be moved to 1B/DH?
Reason I ask, I am playing a historical league right now and I have a 34 year old Bench that is still a 4 behind the dish and plays 132 games a year there.
Now I know OOTP doesn't know names and only numbers. But shouldn't catcher ability drop considerably after 10+ years of catcher duty? Maybe even faster? Does OOTP account for that because my (albeit limited) study suggests not.
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My similarly flawed study shows fairly rapid drop off. The catcher model seems to be one of the better more robust ones in the game.
Edit; does your historical league have development/aging on? If not it isn't a good example for catcher aging.
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Last edited by RchW; 01-18-2015 at 12:15 PM.
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