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cheo25 · 07-08-2016, 06:20 PM

My historical league started in 1969 and is in 1984. Players "retire according to history", and so J.R. Richard was done after 1980. And the AI retired his number, strangely as the only number it has retired so far. His record was 145-66 with a 2.61 ERA.

What's interesting about that is the Astros, who previously set a notoriously low on-field bar for retiring numbers and have seven (not counting Jackie Robinson) retired numbers with only one Hall of Famer who went in as an Astro, have not retired the real J.R. Richard's number. Granted, he won 38 fewer games in real life than in my league, but still, it's interesting.

07-08-2016, 06:20 PM	#7
cheo25 All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,340	My historical league started in 1969 and is in 1984. Players "retire according to history", and so J.R. Richard was done after 1980. And the AI retired his number, strangely as the only number it has retired so far. His record was 145-66 with a 2.61 ERA. What's interesting about that is the Astros, who previously set a notoriously low on-field bar for retiring numbers and have seven (not counting Jackie Robinson) retired numbers with only one Hall of Famer who went in as an Astro, have not retired the real J.R. Richard's number. Granted, he won 38 fewer games in real life than in my league, but still, it's interesting.