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Originally Posted by Garlon
Joe will disagree with my use of 4-man strict rotation from 1903-1935.
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Well, yeah. I can't see using strict order as a rotation setting before around 1970, and even then I'd probably go with "strict order, occasionally highest rested."
But I think our divergent views on this point result from our different objectives. I think your focus is to make sure that the stats are distributed in a historically accurate way. I'm more focused on trying to have the players play in a historically accurate way. I think both perspectives are equally valid and equally valuable. Ideally, OOTP would satisfy both of us, with players getting historically accurate stats in a historically accurate playing environment.
I'll add that I'm probably less concerned about insuring that the stats shake out in an accurate manner because my ultimate goal isn't so much to improve historical leagues as it is to improve
fictional leagues. But, as I've explained in the past, the only way to make sure that fictional leagues are historically accurate is to make sure that historical leagues are historically accurate.
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Originally Posted by Garlon
Beginning in 1993 you see that the average team was getting more than 400 relief appearances from their relievers. So you need to consider how many appearances you are expecting from each reliever. If you try to play 1997 with 5 relievers, they each need to make over 90 appearances and they will not perform well because of that.
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In 1997 the average team used 19 pitchers. So it would be highly unlikely that a team would go through a season using only five relievers. The Dodgers used the fewest pitchers that season (16), and they still had 11 relievers who made a total of 407 relief appearances. I'd say that a staff of five starters and six relievers would be about average for a team in 1997.