[krownroyal83]

Originally Posted by actionjackson

Here are your options:

2002: .261/.331/.417/.748, 4.62 R/G, 4.27 ERA, .293 BABIP
2005: .264/.330/.419/.749, 4.59 R/G, 4.28 ERA, .295 BABIP
1987: .263/.331/.415/.747, 4.72 R/G, 4.28 ERA, .289 BABIP
2009: .262/.333/.418/.751, 4.61 R/G, 4.31 ERA, .299 BABIP
2016: .255/.322/.417/.739, 4.48 R/G, 4.18 ERA, .300 BABIP
1993: .265/.332/.403/.736, 4.60 R/G, 4.18 ERA, .294 BABIP
2008: .264/.333/.416/.749, 4.65 R/G, 4.32 ERA, .300 BABIP
2017: .255/.324/.426/.750, 4.65 R/G, 4.35 ERA, .300 BABIP
2018: .248/.318/.409/.728, 4.45 R/G, 4.14 ERA, .295 BABIP

Given your desire to stick around .250 with a 4.25 ERA, I would say 2016, 2017, and 2018 are your best bets. I'd rank them 2016, 2017, and 2018, but you may see it differently. Don't forget to grab the BABIPs, and put them in the space provided when you import your numbers for testing the day before Opening Day, just in case the game doesn't get it right.

Thanks for looking into it. The only reason why I have not set it to a historical year already is the fact that my league has a short season (68 games) and because of that i've upped my HR modifiers to make the league leaders in any given year get 25+ home runs, instead of around 15-20 HR's if I left them alone. I did this because it makes the HR race a bit more entertaining. I'm planning on making a new fictional league with a much longer schedule then i'm going to use a historical year. Looks like i'll use something like 2016, but i'm going to do a bit of testing before i make my actually league.