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Originally Posted by ifspuds
Seriously though -- wow. Lots of players headed off to the big one. Matt, I wanted to make sure you had my grandfather-in-law Ogden Wing down to go off to the Pacific at some point.
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30% of all players who played in the majors in 1942 headed off to war. Doing the math, that means every team lost 7.5 players. Next year (1944), every team will lose 6.25 players as 25% of all players from the '43 season go off to fight. In 1945 as the war nears an end, each team loses 4 players, which was the same number from 1942. By the 1946 season, all but a very small % are back, and all players that are coming back will be back by 1947. I will do up a more lengthy writeup on this soon.
As for Wing, yes I have him. And to all of you who signed up ancestors to fight, those who have not gone yet will go next season. Except for those who requested that their ancestors go right away, those who left this year were random. Everyone who asked to go and is still here will be gone next year.
For ancestors and all players at war, go to the team's roster page & look at the DL to see how long they will be gone. Some return after just one missed season, some miss 2, 3 or 4.
Also, I decided that all ancestors who were not given instructions to stay or go are left up to fate just like the rest of the non-ancestors. That's why you see some ancestors going who were not asked by their descendant to go.
More coming soon btw, but I have been swamped lately & I still need to test the league settings.