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Originally Posted by dkgo
Its not the lack of homers since every league will have the same number hit in a season and Ruth will always get his share, but the way the ratings work when two players have similar contact then one with very high power will hit in the toilet for average
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Well, I disagree that the lack of homers is not a problem. I understand how the league normalization works to ensure roughly the same number of HR per season, and why that is necessary in a game that spans historical eras. But that doesn't entirely justify the results. Maybe some further fine-tuning around the edges could produce better results. Maybe the randomness is too high so collectively the low power guys are stealing Babe's homers, or something like that. I don't know. I'm just asking to look at it.
I absolutely agree there is a second issue with respect to high power hitters producing low batting averages. That is very true. Whatever portion of the contact rating that was derived from the power rating, essentially becomes worthless at high levels. This prevents guys like Bonds & Ruth from being the OBP machines they were in real life.
But it is also the power.