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Originally Posted by Scoman
23 game winner, 328 IP, 248 hits, whip of 1.01. And finished 2nd in the CY Young voting. Yet in the game he is a mere 73. In about 15 starts in pre season had a era of about 5 and a half for me. And so far this season has a ERA of over 7 in 5 starts.
Anyone else have Hunter having any luck? Seems to me a lot of historical players are underrated. Maybe this is done on purpose to create a following and interest on current players ,I'm not sure.
Nevertheless enjoying the mode and you have created a gem.
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Just remember that OOTP runs a DIPS engine, so it doesn't care about hits except as relates to the performance of the defense.
Catfish Hunter in 1975 compared to AL Average:
FIP: 3.30 vs. 3.82
HR/9: 0.7 vs. 0.8
K/9: 4.9 vs. 4.9
BB/9: 2.3 vs 3.5
Short version? Catfish Hunter in 1975 was a good pitcher, half a run better per 9 than league average. But his stuff was league average, his Movement was just above league average; only his control is clearly much better than league average. And control is the worst attribute of the 3 to be good at. 73 is not unreasonable.
1975 Catfish Hunter benefited from a good defense and a lot of luck in his BABIP. If you're indignant about how OOTP sees Hunter, don't ever look at any Oriole pitchers from the 60s and early 70s; take out the super-defense behind them and suddenly they look pretty weak.