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Originally Posted by LansdowneSt
Part of that is because the Editor shows a modern, neutral environment. Also, 61 HR was an outlier season. If the Editor showed 61 as his baseline and he got an in-game outlier season, he'd be in the upper 70s. That's what I understood that Editor line to reflect - not the literal line that player delivered in that historic year.
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That's why I brought up the Mantle comparison. I don't recall the exact numbers but last time I checked this Mantle got rated for the low 50s in HRs and Maris got rated for the low 30s. This is not due to modern neutral etc. This is due to Real Stats not being real stats!
Another thing that came out a year or so ago in a discussion Garlon and the devs is that real stats aren't real in another sense. Contrary to what is stated in the manual they are neutralized. The neutralization is done using the game's park factors.
No answer was provided concerning what park factors were used to create neutralized stats. Are the park factors the same? They should be, right? And if so why are there two choices for a rating basis database?
If so then the difference between real and neutralized isn't what would be concluded from the meanings of the words. The difference is that what are considered outlier real life performances on home runs are reduced for rating purposes.