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Originally Posted by jcard
I do not wish to confuse the issue with misinformation, so I hope that someone better versed on the matter than I will correct or confirm the ensuing as necessary:
My understanding was that the neutralized database comprises adjusted totals that have been translated into a specific uniform context, such that if you use a neutral ballpark file for your league the relative performances of the players will reflect the numbers in this database. The real stats database, conversely, comprises raw statistics that upon game creation are run through the OOTP historical ballpark and era files to adjust for the context in which the raw data was produced. So, ultimately, either database is in effect neutralized, but the neutral context and methodology of translating to it differ somewhat.
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If this is true, the $64 question would be how real stats are so neutralized. Would this mean that + stats such as wRC+, FIP-, K9+, etc., still be valid informers of OOTP ratings in a real stats-based game? Meaning, because of K9+, is 1941 Feller with the 6.8 K9 still a much better strikeout pitcher than 2019 Berrios with the 8.5 K9?
And the $65 question, of course, is whether this is true in the first place, because this would suggest that real stats are also neutralized, just not as neutralized as neutralized.