Contact is off in the historic league
I ran a historical league with players from all era starting in the power era 1993-2004. Noticed a large amount of the hitters with their contact rating in the 20-30 range. I wasn't sure if the rating system changed so I played out a full season. I had Barry Bonds with a 22 contact rating 100 power 98 eye at age 24. He batted .099 24 HR 18 SB. Similarly Ryan Braun at age 30 batted .099. Meanwhile Addie Joss, a pitcher, lead the league in hitting at .378 with a .446 obs playing CF when he didn't pitch.
I also ran a new standard game to see who the game thought would win this year. The contact rating issue in the historical league wasn't there.
The only major aberration was that jumped out at me was Justin Turner. He has 32 career stolen bases and is 34 years old. Never more than 7 in a season. He stole 28 of 32 attempts for the Dodgers.
Neither of these 2 leagues did I change any of the modifiers.
Yankees beat the Dodgers 4-2.
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