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Originally Posted by pfholden
I read a couple old posts about stat modifiers but came away with a question I didn't see answered. I've never adjusted these modifiers in the middle of a sim, only before the first season. Is there any reason to not adjust the modifiers a few years into a sim? I started present day and am in 2023. The amount of offense is a bit more than I'd like so thinking of adjusting to 2017 or something along those lines. Before doing so, just wondering if there's any reason to advise against doing this multiple seasons in. Thanks!
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What you're seeing is why people do this. When one plays a fictional game, or one plays historical or standard, and goes past 2020 (2019 in the case of historical, since that's where the numbers end), the game will start to lean further and further towards offense over time. I've never understood why this is, but it is, and the only way (IMHO) to correct this is to select the historical season from 1871 through 2019 that matches up with the level of offense that you want to see in your game. It's incredibly good at normalizing offense to your preference, so that's why those of us that use it, use it.
Offensive averages for all seasons here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l.../MLB/bat.shtml
Pitching averages (including BABIP, which should be reduced to what it actually was, as the game inflates it by 2 or 3 points) for all seasons here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...LB/pitch.shtml
Fielding Averages for all seasons here:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l...LB/field.shtml
I can dig up a post or two that explain the way to use and setup this method if you want me to. My preference is 1984 (sounds like yours might be 2017), and I make the adjustment every season on the day before Opening Day. Some folks do it on Opening Day before playing any games, but it cannot be done once the first games are played. Another benefit of using this method is that it allows me to compare players across seasons because they're basically playing in the same batting, pitching, and fielding environments. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.
