ERA's Very Low ....

svensk · 02-21-2011, 05:46 PM

I'm in the fourth season of an historical league. Most everything is great & realistic. Batting averages are a bit low (only a handful of players batting over 300 in both leagues). That's ok .... But the ERA's seem unrealistically low. Every one of my 12 pitchers has an ERA of under 3.00!!

Can anything be done to tweak this?

tejdog1 · 02-21-2011, 06:45 PM

Chalk it up as a 1968?

TribeFanInNC · 02-21-2011, 06:57 PM

Add the DH? Lower the mound?

mjj55409 · 02-21-2011, 07:19 PM

What do you consider "too low?" ERAs are, of course, relative to the overall offensive/defensive environment. And with low batting averages, I would also expect low ERAs.

So the more important question is, what kind of era (not ERA, but era, as in time period) are you trying to replicate?

02-21-2011, 05:46 PM	#1
svensk Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 44	ERA's Very Low .... I'm in the fourth season of an historical league. Most everything is great & realistic. Batting averages are a bit low (only a handful of players batting over 300 in both leagues). That's ok .... But the ERA's seem unrealistically low. Every one of my 12 pitchers has an ERA of under 3.00!! Can anything be done to tweak this?

02-21-2011, 06:45 PM	#2
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,654	Chalk it up as a 1968? __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

02-21-2011, 07:19 PM	#4
mjj55409 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,166	What do you consider "too low?" ERAs are, of course, relative to the overall offensive/defensive environment. And with low batting averages, I would also expect low ERAs. So the more important question is, what kind of era (not ERA, but era, as in time period) are you trying to replicate? __________________ FABL -- Chicago Chiefs

02-21-2011, 06:57 PM	#3
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	Add the DH? Lower the mound?