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Originally Posted by Matt Uk
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Thanks for that. Unfortunately, from reading that post of his I don't think Markus took into consideration that teams are usually built based on their era, just like they're built for their home parks. And that just because somebody will hit the same proportion of home runs relative to the league doesn't mean that it's a level playing field. Just think about it, would 5 HRs in 1905 have the same impact as 45 HRs in 2005? Of course not! I did some math and it looks like HRs were about 8.5 times more prevalent in 2005 than in 1905 while HR/R were only 6.5 times more. R/G were 4.75 to 3.68. Now yeah, comparing the deadball era to the modern era is probably where you see the biggest problem and the problem probably isn't nearly as bad comparing some other eras to each other, but for people for whom this is important it's probably too much of a problem to ignore.
The more I think about it, the more I think the game should use what Markus put in, but have the eras switch based on the home field.
EDIT: FWIW, those were AL-only numbers. I just quickly brought them up on BR.