[BPS]

Thinking perhaps my one game file was weird, I started a fresh game with defaults for stats and with "automatic adjustment of league modifiers" check marked. I didn't change anything created automatically by the game but left all at the defaults.

Here's what I got for league average BA for 1871 to 1874:

ML: .287, .287, .288, .274
COL: .269, .266, .280, .260
HS: .307, .308, .331, .303

These three leagues seem okay, although HS is perhaps a bit high

but I also get for league average BA:
AAA: .253, .178, .181, .181
AA: .222, .149, .157, .172
A: .212, .132, .150, .159
SA: .214, .143, .147, .151
R: .233, .150, .146, .147

And here's part of the history listing of one minor league pitcher (who in one game stuck out 31 players!): [edit: note he was not good enough to ever be identified as a top prospect...just a run-of-the-mill player]

Player History
04-06-1872 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Union Night Hawks with 15 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
04-21-1872 Pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Glendale Backburners with 16 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
04-25-1872 Injured (torn back muscle), out for 2-3 months.
07-29-1872 Pitches a NO-HITTER against the Louisville Titanics with 22 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
08-04-1872 Strikes out 16 against the Chesapeake Traders.
08-10-1872 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Corpus Christi Stealers with 18 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
01-01-1873 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 9 (10); Movement: 15 (15); Control: 17 (18).
05-18-1873 Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Norfolk Militia with 18 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed!
05-28-1873 Strikes out 24 against the Davidsville Redcaps.
06-09-1873 Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Baton Rouge Kingfishers with 20 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
06-18-1873 Strikes out 20 against the Norfolk Militia.
07-01-1873 Strikes out 24 against the Atlanta Swallows.
07-29-1873 Pitches a NO-HITTER against the Baton Rouge Kingfishers with 20 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
08-04-1873 Strikes out 20 against the Chula Vista Jailbreakers.
08-11-1873 Strikes out 20 against the Union Night Hawks.
08-16-1873 Strikes out 16 against the Atlanta Swallows.
08-17-1873 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Atlanta Swallows with 17 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed!
08-23-1873 Strikes out 23 against the Glendale Backburners.
08-30-1873 Pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Chula Vista Jailbreakers with 18 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed!
08-31-1873 Won the 1873 FBL Single A Round 1 with the Cleveland Threshers!
01-01-1874 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 10 (10); Movement: 14 (14); Control: 17 (18).
04-22-1874 Strikes out 18 against the Madison Pirates.
04-26-1874 Strikes out 17 against the Bakersfield Salamanders.
05-02-1874 Strikes out 15 against the Louisville Leprechauns.
05-04-1874 Strikes out 31 against the Madison Pirates.
05-24-1874 Strikes out 15 against the Tampa Sinks.
06-20-1874 Pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Arlington Albacores with 13 strikeouts and 7 BB allowed!
06-24-1874 Strikes out 18 against the Mount Healthy Spearmen.
06-30-1874 Strikes out 15 against the Bakersfield Salamanders.
07-06-1874 Pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Louisville Leprechauns with 17 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed!
07-09-1874 Strikes out 20 against the Birmingham Bayonets.
07-12-1874 Strikes out 21 against the Birmingham Bayonets.
07-24-1874 Pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Bakersfield Salamanders with 14 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed!
07-25-1874 Strikes out 21 against the Bakersfield Salamanders.
07-29-1874 Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Louisville Leprechauns with 20 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed!
08-06-1874 Strikes out 16 against the Mount Healthy Spearmen.
08-12-1874 Strikes out 15 against the Arlington Albacores.
08-18-1874 Strikes out 18 against the Tampa Sinks.
08-23-1874 Strikes out 17 against the Louisville Leprechauns.
08-26-1874 Pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Bakersfield Salamanders with 28 strikeouts and 8 BB allowed!