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out of curiosity, i looked at the award winners (batting) and compared the history of this sim vs MLB. i know i have personally seen what i thought was a slightly disproportionate number of 1B winning the batting crown and i think a few other people mentioned this as well. so....did a little number checking:
MLB AL (n=51) OOTP AL (n=50)
C 10% C 0%
1B 15% 1B 32%
2B 2% 2B 8%
3B 6% 3B 4%
SS 12% SS 18%
OF 43% OF 36%
P 12%
MLB ML (n=52) OOTP NL (n=50)
C 8% C 6%
1B 12% 1B 24%
2B 8% 2B 10%
3B 15% 3B 24%
SS 10% SS 6%
OF 42% OF 30%
P 5%
for MLB, the years were 1953-2003.
an obvious thing to keep in mind is that pitchers are also eligible for the MVP in the majors, while OOTP is batters exclusively.
also, in OOTP, there were a number of times one player dominated for a significant stretch of time. example: juan ayo who won 6(!) consecutive MVB's as a SS. several years later, he won a 7th. that player alone accounted for 7 of 9 (78%) awards from a SS. i think there were several other position in which one player accounted for a good chunk of awards. The majors had no players with more than a 2 year MVP winning streak.
eras of play is probably a factor. the ootp sim presumable was set on modern and not changed over the duration of the sim. in MLB, we can still see some important distinctions, like 1968, when hitting was as low as it had been in a long time, and introduction of the DH in 1973.
that said, there was a noticeable difference between OOTP and MLB at the 1B position; actually, OOTP had twice as many firstbasemen winning the award in both leagues. the high percentage of SS in the OOTP AL was due to juan ayo's 7 awards. and amazingly, no catcher won an award in the 50 year OOTP history. most of the other positions are pretty close to each other.
what does this mean? maybe the game overvalues 1B (like middle relievers)? or the player creation algorithms makes 1B a little too offensively skilled? this is based on only 1 50 yr sim, be interesting to see some others. and this is probably moot for you, unless yr going after a more realistic MLB environment. ive no problems with the number of times a player wins an award, but cant help wonder if theres a specific reason on why so many are won by 1B.
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