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I think the way the game is engineered, it struggles with pitchers from that era. I found Philadelphia A's ace Lefty Grove (1931) to be only slightly better than mediocre when playing in his era.
Same with Lefty Gomez. Same with Red Ruffing.
Since the 1920s to late 1950s were not really a power pitcher's era, every pitcher suffers on his "stuff" rating. The top power pitchers had only average "stuff" ratings, but their movement and control ratings were excellent.
But if you play an exhibition series with any of these pitchers on MODERN settings, they become really dominant. They come to life.
It's worth trying, as an experiment, with Warren Spahn.
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