What happens if i choose a team in the 1920s

cytotoxictcell · 05-06-2012, 10:00 PM

im think about starting a random debut era team in the 1920s. What would happen if i select the brooklyn dodgers. Would i automatically be moved to los angelous or do i have a choice when the time comes when they relocated?

Cras · 05-06-2012, 10:11 PM

Just keep the automatic evolution stuff off. I know you can do it. I have all that stuff off and no body will move unless I am the one that does it, which is actually how I prefer to do it anyway.

I am not sure what the exact setting(s) triggers the league to evolve according to real life MLB history.

Tycobbler · 05-08-2012, 02:55 AM

First off, what a great franchise to do a replay. Eventually you'd move out in '58, but at the same time what a great replay that would be. If however you set your league to follow relocation, then yes you'd shoot to cali and play your games out in L.A.

Bluenoser · 05-08-2012, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cytotoxictcell

im think about starting a random debut era team in the 1920s. What would happen if i select the brooklyn dodgers. Would i automatically be moved to los angelous or do i have a choice when the time comes when they relocated?

That's entirely up to you.

You can have the league follow real evolution such as relocation and name changes, in which case the Dodgers will move to LA according to history.

Or you can disable the real evolution and keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn for as long as you like.

mgom27 · 05-08-2012, 10:16 AM

You have to turn on Historical Transactions and so on.

Charlie Hough · 05-08-2012, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mgom27

You have to turn on Historical Transactions and so on.

No, historical transactions are only for trades and free agent signings. There is a separate setting for automatically expanding the league. This also causes teams to relocate and change names as they did historically.

mgom27 · 05-08-2012, 03:21 PM

Yes that what I meant.

Ajaxab · 05-08-2012, 10:22 PM

If you move forward with this, I would be curious to see what happens beginning in 1923. In my random debut league where I recently finished the '25 season, things radically changed after two years. The league went from being a league with a lot of contact hitters (John Kruk hit over .400 in '21) to a league full of power pitchers and windmill hitters. Hitting has become feast or famine as it seems like everyone is swinging for the fences when the '23 season begins.

Pitcher strikeout numbers zoomed up after '23. In 1924, Al Pratt mowed down a league record 645 hitters. 22 pitchers have recorded more than 500 k's in a season. 56 pitchers have bested Old Hoss Radbourn's real world NL 1884 record of 441 and 89 pitchers have done better than Nolan Ryan's 383 from the AL in '73.

The power numbers also increased exponentially as well. Jose Canseco hit 27 in 1921, but Kent Hrbek and Babe Ruth came in as rookies in '23 and hit 62 and 59 respectively. Ruth ended up hitting 71 in '24, but only batted in 113 runs. Everyone ahead of him was striking out so there were rarely runners on base when he hit his home runs.

There wasn't a single no hitter in either '21 or '22. From '23-'25, there have been 23 no hitters and 3 perfect games. The lowest number of strikeouts for any of these no hitters was 10.

I'm wondering if things will level out a bit as the seasons progress, but this sudden change has been a bit strange.

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Ajaxab Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 27	If you move forward with this, I would be curious to see what happens beginning in 1923. In my random debut league where I recently finished the '25 season, things radically changed after two years. The league went from being a league with a lot of contact hitters (John Kruk hit over .400 in '21) to a league full of power pitchers and windmill hitters. Hitting has become feast or famine as it seems like everyone is swinging for the fences when the '23 season begins. Pitcher strikeout numbers zoomed up after '23. In 1924, Al Pratt mowed down a league record 645 hitters. 22 pitchers have recorded more than 500 k's in a season. 56 pitchers have bested Old Hoss Radbourn's real world NL 1884 record of 441 and 89 pitchers have done better than Nolan Ryan's 383 from the AL in '73. The power numbers also increased exponentially as well. Jose Canseco hit 27 in 1921, but Kent Hrbek and Babe Ruth came in as rookies in '23 and hit 62 and 59 respectively. Ruth ended up hitting 71 in '24, but only batted in 113 runs. Everyone ahead of him was striking out so there were rarely runners on base when he hit his home runs. There wasn't a single no hitter in either '21 or '22. From '23-'25, there have been 23 no hitters and 3 perfect games. The lowest number of strikeouts for any of these no hitters was 10. I'm wondering if things will level out a bit as the seasons progress, but this sudden change has been a bit strange.