[David Watts]

Originally Posted by VanillaGorilla

A couple more thoughts.

For this league I am not aiming to have any sort of target for single season leader results. The HOF model should function no matter what environment the players actually play.

To touch base with how things are shaping up, 12 players have hit 600 HRs. All of them are inducted. The most any active player has is 555. There are four others active with 500 who have less than 15 years service time.

27 players have hit 500 HRs. 500 HR is not a HOF lock. There are three players with 500 HR who have not been inducted but are eligible.

60 HRs in a season will get you a tie for 39th place. 70 Hrs will get you a tie for 9th. 2 players have broken 80 HRs (Willie Stargell and Hack Miller).

5 players have reached 3000 hits. Two of those are still active. The others are in the Hall (Aaron, Brett, Cepeda).

On the pitching side, 2 players have won 300 games. One is still active and the other is not yet eligible for induction. 7 players have won 250. All that have become eligible with 250 wins have been entered into the HOF.

10 players have 4000 career strikeouts. 2 are active. 6 are in the Hall. 1 was eligible before the 5 year wait went into effect, but currently is not and another has yet to be selected.

So, yes, in this league both HR and K totals are up, while the career hit numbers are perhaps a little on the down side. Stolen bases are definitely down.

60 should be special and hardly ever ever happen. 70 is stupid and 80 is video game fluff. I will scrap any league that such a thing happens.