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Classic fan · 05-14-2018, 05:06 PM

Beatles, Thanks for the response. I have played many of the sims you mentioned, starting with APBA when I was a kid. I have also been fascinated by a book I read a while back called "Leveling The Field." Its premise is the use of relative average to recast the stats of the great players and teams. So my goal would be to create a version of OOTP that would start in 1901 and play until each season using this relative average concept. I think the only way it could be done easily with OOTP is to choose a season that reflects, more or less, these "relative averages." So perhaps some season in the 50's would be my choice. It would be a season with reasonable hitting, power stats and pitching. Then use that season to set up the universe starting in 1901. Not sure how this would work out for players like Ruth, who seemed to really start a new era. I would be curious to find out if Ty Cobb would hit more home runs and perhaps bat .340 lifetime instead of .368. Cobb once said in his later years he may only hit .300 in the then current league. Then he said, "Of course I am 60 years old." Anyway, it would be fun to find out how the results would sort themselves out.

Can you think of any other way to do this in OOTP?

I still would like to wait until the old time park issue gets sorted out in OOTP19. Evidently, this has not been done yet.

05-14-2018, 05:06 PM	#6
Classic fan Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2018 Posts: 3	Historical Season Play Beatles, Thanks for the response. I have played many of the sims you mentioned, starting with APBA when I was a kid. I have also been fascinated by a book I read a while back called "Leveling The Field." Its premise is the use of relative average to recast the stats of the great players and teams. So my goal would be to create a version of OOTP that would start in 1901 and play until each season using this relative average concept. I think the only way it could be done easily with OOTP is to choose a season that reflects, more or less, these "relative averages." So perhaps some season in the 50's would be my choice. It would be a season with reasonable hitting, power stats and pitching. Then use that season to set up the universe starting in 1901. Not sure how this would work out for players like Ruth, who seemed to really start a new era. I would be curious to find out if Ty Cobb would hit more home runs and perhaps bat .340 lifetime instead of .368. Cobb once said in his later years he may only hit .300 in the then current league. Then he said, "Of course I am 60 years old." Anyway, it would be fun to find out how the results would sort themselves out. Can you think of any other way to do this in OOTP? I still would like to wait until the old time park issue gets sorted out in OOTP19. Evidently, this has not been done yet.