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As I always say in these cases, we can create a setup where Ruth and Bonds are hitting 60 HR a season, and Gwynn and Cobb are hitting .370, but if we give that to you, you can't complain that Maddux and Pedro have ERAs of 8, and that the average score is 14-9. Something has to give, so the way we handle league totals does a pretty good job at that.
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I spent 10 years playing the online strat-o-matic game. That game IS hitter driven. Player cards are assigned fixed salaries, and leagues are run at various hard caps. At the highest level, the HOF starting pitcher cards would routinely put up 5+ ERA's and the top HR hitters would often hit 80 or 90 HRs in that environment.
Here's a season final stats page for the hitters in one of those leagues.
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----BATTING AVERAGE---- --------AT BATS-------- ------RUNS SCORED------
N.Lajoie CAR .380 S.Musial BUR 709 B.Bonds EVE 160
A.Vaughan SMA .363 A.Simmons NOT 658 M.Mantle AMA 153
H.Wagner BUR .352 J.Beckwith AUD 656 B.Ruth BUR 152
A.Simmons NOT .345 E.Delahanty AUD 653 F.Thomas BRO 146
J.Beckwith AUD .329 R.Hornsby NAZ 651 L.Gehrig SMA 140
J.Gibson THU .325 T.Stearnes SMA 649 H.Wilson THE 136
H.Aaron NAZ .325 L.Gehrig SMA 648 J.Foxx BRO 134
R.Hornsby NAZ .324 T.Speaker CAR 645 W.Mays NOT 133
T.Speaker CAR .324 H.Aaron NAZ 644 A.Vaughan SMA 132
E.Delahanty AUD .323 W.Brown SEA 642 A.Simmons NOT 129
L.Gehrig SMA .323 J.Foxx BRO 633 J.Dimaggio AUD 128
J.Dimaggio AUD .322 J.Gibson THU 633 R.Hornsby NAZ 128
----------HITS--------- --------DOUBLES-------- --------TRIPLES--------
A.Simmons NOT 227 R.Yount SEA 51 B.Dahlen NOT 18
S.Musial BUR 218 L.Gehrig SMA 50 L.Gehrig SMA 18
N.Lajoie CAR 216 N.Lajoie CAR 46 G.Brett EVE 17
J.Beckwith AUD 216 J.Dimaggio AUD 46 S.Musial BUR 17
H.Wagner BUR 214 T.Speaker CAR 45 A.Simmons NOT 16
E.Delahanty AUD 211 C.Ripken THE 43 W.Brown SEA 15
R.Hornsby NAZ 211 E.Delahanty AUD 42 E.Delahanty AUD 15
T.Speaker CAR 209 A.Simmons NOT 42 T.Stearnes SMA 15
H.Aaron NAZ 209 B.Ruth BUR 42 T.Speaker CAR 12
L.Gehrig SMA 209 J.Wilson CAR 40 B.Hamilton NAZ 12
J.Gibson THU 206 N.Garciaparra AUD 40 R.Alomar THE 12
A.Vaughan SMA 205 H.Wagner BUR 39 OTHERS TIED WITH 11
--------HOMERUNS------- -----RUNS BATTED IN---- ---------WALKS---------
B.Bonds EVE 86 B.Bonds EVE 180 B.Bonds EVE 153
R.Kiner BRO 70 L.Gehrig SMA 165 B.Ruth BUR 146
W.Mays NOT 70 W.Mays NOT 158 J.Giambi AMA 124
H.Wilson THE 65 M.Mantle AMA 158 J.Morgan NOT 123
M.Mantle AMA 62 F.Thomas BRO 154 F.Thomas BRO 122
F.Thomas BRO 61 M.Schmidt NOT 152 B.Giles BUR 119
M.Schmidt NOT 59 H.Wilson THE 150 J.Clark AUD 115
A.Simmons NOT 57 R.Kiner BRO 148 T.Williams THE 111
H.Greenberg NAZ 57 A.Simmons NOT 144 M.Mantle AMA 104
L.Gehrig SMA 56 J.Dimaggio AUD 141 C.Yastrzemski BRO 103
OTHERS TIED WITH 55 J.Beckwith AUD 140 M.McGwire THU 103
T.Stearnes SMA 140 C.Jones SMA 97
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And here's the final pitching stats page.
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----------WINS--------- ---------LOSSES-------- ------WINNING PCT------
K.Brown NOT 22 S.Koufax EVE 25 L.Corcoran BUR .765
R.Clemens NOT 21 T.Keefe BRO 24 C.Bender CAR .731
W.Johnson AMA 21 E.Walsh SEA 22 F.Sullivan NOT .706
G.Maddux THE 21 C.Young BRO 22 G.Maddux THE .700
E.Reulbach CAR 20 J.Marichal EVE 19 K.Brown NOT .688
C.Bender CAR 19 T.Brown THU 19 R.Clemens NOT .677
D.Gooden EVE 19 P.Martinez SEA 18 E.Reulbach CAR .667
E.Walsh SEA 18 E.Cicotte SEA 17 B.Sutter THE .654
C.Mathewson BRO 18 D.Sutton NAZ 17 W.Johnson AMA .636
T.Brown THU 18 D.Gooden EVE 17 J.Pfiester SMA .593
A.Joss THU 18 D.McNally AMA 17 T.Seaver AUD .577
OTHERS TIED WITH 17 L.Tiant *** 17 OTHERS TIED WITH .556
----------ERA---------- ----INNINGS PITCHED---- ----------TBF----------
H.Wilhelm AMA 4.19 E.Walsh SEA 345.0 E.Walsh SEA 1501
D.Leonard AMA 4.44 D.Gooden EVE 327.1 D.Sutton NAZ 1444
E.Reulbach CAR 4.49 D.Sutton NAZ 311.2 D.Gooden EVE 1412
G.Maddux THE 4.71 G.Maddux THE 311.1 S.Koufax EVE 1342
C.Bender CAR 4.75 T.Brown THU 300.2 P.Martinez SEA 1341
G.Hecker BUR 4.96 P.Martinez SEA 299.2 J.Marichal EVE 1337
D.Gooden EVE 4.98 J.Marichal EVE 296.1 T.Brown THU 1336
T.Brown THU 5.00 S.Koufax EVE 295.2 G.Maddux THE 1320
W.Johnson AMA 5.26 W.Johnson AMA 292.1 W.Johnson AMA 1255
E.Walsh SEA 5.40 C.Mathewson BRO 285.1 K.Brown NOT 1251
R.Johnson THE 5.43 K.Brown NOT 279.1 C.Mathewson BRO 1248
P.Martinez SEA 5.50 E.Reulbach CAR 278.2 E.Reulbach CAR 1205
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Sorry about the formatting, but they use a typewriter font and this site uses a variable letter width font. Note that Ed Walsh threw 345 innings to a 5.40 ERA - he would have started 41 games, most likely. And Wilhelm would have been a reliever who pitched enough innings to qualify for the ERA title, a flaw that this site does NOT have AFAIK.