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Originally Posted by JaBurns
Okay actionjackson another question; you tie your stats output to 1984 stats, I think I understand why, the how I will figure out, which boxes to check and leave unchecked.
The question is if you were to pick a season other than 1984 which season would that be in history?
My latest idea is in 19 I will start two different random debut leagues in 1901 one with historical stats and financials progression, the other with a frozen year for stats but historical financials. Both will have unaffiliated minors with the MLB teams having the option to purchase players. I will then see which one grabs me the hardest and keep the other as a fall back league because undoubtedly I will change my mind and want to mess with things.....
Any other comments, suggestions, pitfalls to watch for and avoid from either you or Mr. Watts will be gratefully accepted, I have 8 days left to clear up any issues with my experimental league in 18. I am worse than a kid at Christmas waiting for next Monday.
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Tying stats to one season will get a whole lot easier in OOTP19. Apparently, Markus put a setting in there that will allow you to tie stats to the season of your choice in perpetuity. It's a lot more complicated for him to do this with strategy settings so that's not feasible right now. There are two boxes each for stats output (or LTMs) and strategy settings. One is located on the Historical page, and one is located on the Stats & AI page. Same thing for strategy settings. Uncheck both boxes (or all four if you will). Then set the strategy settings to 1984 (
when you're setting the game up), and set the league totals to 1984
the day before Opening Day every season. One caveat though. Be sure to check your Financials after you input 1984 into strategy settings and league totals. For some reason, things got a little sticky in OOTP18, and your financials will be dragged into 1984 along with the other two. This did not happen in OOTP16, but it does with OOTP18.
Needless to say, it is not good to play with 1984 financials in 1901, so be sure to check anytime you set the strategy settings to 1984, or you reset the league totals to 1984. It's imperative that if you play with financials on that you allow them to progress historically. I would think not doing so could really mess things up, especially given the fact that stadium sizes have gone from 8,000 to 10,000 on up to 50,000, and now have settled back around 40,000ish.
As for seasons outside of 1984 that work for me, let's look at 1984: 4.26 R/G, with a .260/.323/.385/.708 slash line. I suggest looking at seasons with R/G between 4.20 and 4.30, but that's just my sweet spot. You may prefer more offense, or more pitching and defense than I do, if that's the case you'll have to find your own season of preference. Seasons between 4.20 and 4.30 include 1973, 1975, 2015, 1984, 1990, 1958, 2011, 1980, and 1982. Remember that if you pick a season from the 1980s (and even 1990), you will also get some of the highest stolen base totals of the modern era (say 1920 forward) if you like that sort of thing. There will also be a lot of CS (CS% around 1/3 of the time) in that time which may frustrate you too. See
this page for a breakdown of MLB batting totals by year, and choose your favourite.
I think that's it for now. If you have any other questions, fire away.