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Hey Matt, query about the league.
What's going on with the power numbers? I know you said that your league totals end up mirroring the real life totals, but with the naked eye, it sure doesn't look like it. The year is now 1948, and we should be right in the middle of the power era stretching from The late 20s to te early 60s. But as of now, only 5 active players have as many as 225 homers, and their ages are 39, 37, 39, 38, and 35. Only 1 player on the top 25 active homer list is under 30 (Ray Kress) and he has only hit 88! Also, only 1 man has even hit 400 home runs.
I realize the war took some chunks out of people's careers, but isn't this a little out of whack? By 1948, DiMaggio had 303 and Teddy Ballgame had 197, with 13 years left to go for Williams. Here are a few other of the leaders as of 1948:
Greenberg - 331
Mize - 257
Ralph Kiner - 74 (at age 24)
Rudy York - 277
Ott - 511
Gherig - 493
Foxx - 534
If someone knows of a place where I can see the real "active leaders" as of 1948, I'd love to see it. Baseball-Reference doesn't seem to have this ability.
I guess I just don't understand the lack of power. Any explanations for this overasked question?
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