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gaceves94 · 11-24-2020, 11:59 AM

Hi everyone, long-time reader but first time poster here on the OOTP forums.

Running a historical replay simulation starting in 1879.
- Advanced settings: 5 year totals, projection based on peak years of career
- Ghost Players included to fill out minor league rosters when they become available later on, but not allowed to make Major League roster.
- No changes to hitter/pitcher settings (default to era).

For the first 30 years, everything seemed to be fine. That was until 1913, when I was very surprised to see a rookie named O. Swain (no first name) hit 46 home runs! For context, nobody else in the league hit more than 10.

At first I thought he was some super-human ready to take the league by storm, but he settled in with an average of ~20 homers per year the next 4 seasons.

So I have a couple of questions:
1) Is this O. Swain a real person? Haven't been able to find anything about him from Google or Baseball Ref. If he isn't and is a ghost player, how could he make it to the bigs?
2) Has anyone seen an outlier of this magnitude? The real life 1913 home run champ, Gavvy Cravath, only hit 19.

Thanks in advance!

11-24-2020, 11:59 AM	#1
gaceves94 New User Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1	Random Outlier HR King Hi everyone, long-time reader but first time poster here on the OOTP forums. Running a historical replay simulation starting in 1879. - Advanced settings: 5 year totals, projection based on peak years of career - Ghost Players included to fill out minor league rosters when they become available later on, but not allowed to make Major League roster. - No changes to hitter/pitcher settings (default to era). For the first 30 years, everything seemed to be fine. That was until 1913, when I was very surprised to see a rookie named O. Swain (no first name) hit 46 home runs! For context, nobody else in the league hit more than 10. At first I thought he was some super-human ready to take the league by storm, but he settled in with an average of ~20 homers per year the next 4 seasons. So I have a couple of questions: 1) Is this O. Swain a real person? Haven't been able to find anything about him from Google or Baseball Ref. If he isn't and is a ghost player, how could he make it to the bigs? 2) Has anyone seen an outlier of this magnitude? The real life 1913 home run champ, Gavvy Cravath, only hit 19. Thanks in advance!