I'm looking to do a little basic modding to even out some aberrant historical results. What I'd like to do is simply change some of the historical stats shown on the "League Totals and Modifiers" section of the Stats & AI page. The online game manual, however, says this:
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OOTP generates a league total for each category, noted in the left column. The league total acts as the basis for the calculation engine. In historical leagues, these are the real league totals from the imported year. In fictional leagues it's the major league totals from the most recently completed season. The league totals do NOT directly equate to how many of these events you will see in your league! They are simply a basis for calculation, which ensures the ratios of these events remain accurate compared to real life. Adjusting league totals is a little counterintuitive. The results in your league are inversely related to the league totals. In other words, if you increase the triples total from 1,000 to 2,000, it would actually result in FEWER triples in your league! We do not recommend adjusting your league totals directly unless you're just messing around, or you are experienced in working with our league totals!
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Can someone explain this? As the manual notes, the game lists actual statistics from every season in the League Totals section. For instance, there are more home runs listed for 2019 than there are for 1919. There's no kind of inverse ratio there - those are the actual numbers. So if I imported the 1919 home-run numbers into a 2019 game, I should expect to get 1919 results, shouldn't I? In other words, if I reduced the home run total for my 2019 game from 6776 to 447, should I really expect a home-run explosion as a result?
I know I can change the modifier to achieve the result that I'm looking for, but, for a variety of reasons, I'd prefer to change the league totals. Surely this can't be as arcane and complicated as the manual suggests.