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Eugene Church · 08-13-2003, 01:52 PM

Henry and adventureran:

After many forum searches and much time, I became aware that once you import a player from the Lahman db, the game "develops" that player and he may not perform as he did in "real life" unless you choose "replay" instead of "career". I also learned much to my chagrin that the 18 to 22 year olds don't perform anywhere near "real life" in the game. That's why I changed all of the players ages to 24 in my leagues hoping that they would develop sooner. About age 29, I intend to move their age back to 24 and then let them play out their careers. Hope this doesn't screw up the game.

I choose "career" so that the game will accumulate career stats.
Not sure if it does it in the "replay" mode.

My point about the Lahman is that you only get the player's stats for the year you import him. The batting and pitching ratings seem to be accurate for that year only, but many times not close to their career averages, but range and arm ratings, and perhaps fielding averages, seems to be randomly assigned and are not accurate...therefore much research and editing is required. It took me 6 months to set up 4 separate leagues...a total of 2000 alltime allstars.

If I download Ankit's Career Average Db, will that import the players with ACCURATE career averages...batting, pitching, fielding...including arm, range and speed ratings?

I realize that after importing a player, the game will "develop" him and he will not always play as he performed in "real life".

I wish I had known it when I first started my leagues.

It would have saved me much time and confusion.

08-13-2003, 01:52 PM	#9
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,205	Henry and adventureran: After many forum searches and much time, I became aware that once you import a player from the Lahman db, the game "develops" that player and he may not perform as he did in "real life" unless you choose "replay" instead of "career". I also learned much to my chagrin that the 18 to 22 year olds don't perform anywhere near "real life" in the game. That's why I changed all of the players ages to 24 in my leagues hoping that they would develop sooner. About age 29, I intend to move their age back to 24 and then let them play out their careers. Hope this doesn't screw up the game. I choose "career" so that the game will accumulate career stats. Not sure if it does it in the "replay" mode. My point about the Lahman is that you only get the player's stats for the year you import him. The batting and pitching ratings seem to be accurate for that year only, but many times not close to their career averages, but range and arm ratings, and perhaps fielding averages, seems to be randomly assigned and are not accurate...therefore much research and editing is required. It took me 6 months to set up 4 separate leagues...a total of 2000 alltime allstars. If I download Ankit's Career Average Db, will that import the players with ACCURATE career averages...batting, pitching, fielding...including arm, range and speed ratings? I realize that after importing a player, the game will "develop" him and he will not always play as he performed in "real life". I wish I had known it when I first started my leagues. It would have saved me much time and confusion.