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Originally posted by SpaceMonkey13
What a fantastic project, Metsgeek.
I've read all 58 pages the last 2 days :-)
Some observations...
I waited 137 years (2004 - 1918 + 1952 - 1901) for Boston (Red Sox/Americans) to finally win it all. And freaking Joe Dimaggio was responsible.
Bret Barberie - Hall of Famer?
Did you not allow grounds keepers to raise the mounds in the late '60's? Haven't seen any sub-2 ERAs for awhile.
I'm surprised you didn't comment on the irony when (some team) blew a 5-4 lead with 2 outs, bases empty in the 9th with a chance to win the WS and were subsequently closed out by Calvin Schiraldi.
Shoeless Joe should be banned from this league for hitting with a tennis raquet. .469?! .392 lifetime?! Are averages high across the board or are the # of .400 & high .300 hitters outliers?
Anxiously awaiting '71......
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Thanks for the comments, SpaceMonkey.
To be honest, I think some of the high results (like Joe Jackson's batting average) are a direct result of using the Random database with the historical era settings.
I have a theory (no real science involved) about the results. Hopefully I can explain it.
In the actual early history of baseball, there were many players who would translate to having hit ratings of 8, 9 or 10. Thus the league settings would spread out the hit chances evenly among those hitters. A couple may eclipse .400 occasionally, but most of the top hitters hit around .370 or so in their best season.
In Random Chaos, these hitters are spread out over the entire history of baseball. The ones who were still lucky enough to be playing in the era of high averages had a much higher proportion of poor hitters (and poor pitchers for that matter) playing with them. Thus, you have Joe Jackson who has a 10 in hits playing with only a few batters who have 6, 7, or 8 in Hits. The League Settings help predetermine a range of amount of hits for the entire league, so Joe Jackson would get the lion's share since he is leagues ahead of his competitors.
I've regularly checked the league totals vs. the historical league totals, and they are generally within 5% of each other. Jackson's .469 was simply a monstrous year, but the rest of the league was pretty much in order.
I also think that the lack of sub-2.00 ERA's result from similar reasons. A higher total quality of pitchers = more parity.
Keep on reading....and don't forget to check out my
Doubleday Federation thread. Link is in the sig below.....
