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Originally Posted by MightyVotto
This seems to be happening in all seasons from around 1940 to 1953. It seems as if all fielding ratings are neutralized for those seasons. It may have started in the late 1930's, but I didn't notice it until 1940. Once I saw it in my quick historical replay, I made sample test leagues for each season to 1954 and saw the fielding ratings act the same way.
I'm using 1-year recalc with no development engine. Real lineups and transactions turned on. Prior to 1940, there are usually a wide range of player fielding ratings. Several blues, greens, yellows, etc. Beginning in 1940, the highest Outfield range is 71, and all the good fielders are given that. Each year until 1954, these ratings are not changing either. Dimaggio's range is 71 throughout the entire decade no matter what year is chosen.
Beginning in 1954, it seems, the ratings go back to being tied to true performance. There's a wide range again, and blue ratings are once again assigned.
Is this a bug or were the 40's/early 50's really this bland and boring for defense?
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If you start a 1901 replay, you'll see the same thing in 1901. Just for grins, I started up a 1919 replay and got the same thing for both majors and minors. This may be an effect of a recent patch, and the only reason you didn't see it earlier was that you were continuing a game started before the patch and wouldn't be affected until you started another season.
Start a 1925 historical replay and see what the 3rd basemen look like. Spritze is right that you get varying results with different outfield positions. But if all of the starting 3rd basemen and shortstops have the same rating, it has to be a bug.