Low HR Ratings Fictional Players Historical Lg

[congokurtz]

I've created a league of fictional players in a historical league starting in 1920 and I'm currently in 1931. The league was created by starting a historical league in 1920 and then deleting all the real players and then creating fictional players. I have the league setup to evolve just as the Major Leagues did. With the current settings, the league stats seem to be correct but my problem is I have no players who stand out with their power ratings. Through 11 seasons, the maximum power rating a player has achieved with a scout rating of 20-80 is 45, resulting in a HR leader board in its low 20s. It seems the league has modified the player ratings average to ensure the league averages are correct. I would like to get players to stand out more with their power, such as Babe Ruth, Gehrig, Hack Wilson, Roger Hornsby, Mel Ott, Chuck Klein, Jimmie Foxx, etc...

Does anyone know if there is some setting I can turn off or on to achieve this?

I have the following settings on
automatically import historical player-creation modifiers
automatically adjust league strategy when advancing to next season
automatically adjust league totals modifiers for accuracy

I have this setting setting off:
automatically control in game engine

Thanks to anyone with answers

James

[Lukas Berger]

Hi James,

Basically you'd want to check your PCM's, which you'll find under 'league settings' > 'players'.

I'd guess your batting power (if you're using traditional) and/or homeruns (if sabermetric) PCM's are set too low, which would cause this to happen.

If you adjust them upwards, to closer to 1.000 (which would give you roughly the spread of ratings you'd expect in a modern league), then you should see the players power ratings rise, and things should end up more at the spot you're looking for.

[tcblcommish]

Part of the problem might sit in how you created the fictional players. If it was just a mass creation of average players, your home runs won't be terribly high. After 20 years thoigh, that should have sorted it out so it's probably what was said already about the pcm.

For the first batch of players though which would be the first 8 years probably, they might be lower in power

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[congokurtz]

Originally Posted by Lukas Berger

Hi James,

Basically you'd want to check your PCM's (which you'll find under 'league settings' > 'players'.

I'd guess your batting power (if you're using traditional) and/or homeruns (if sabermetric) PCM's are set too low, which would cause this to happen.

If you adjust them upwards, to closer to 1.000 (which would give you roughly the spread of ratings you'd expect in a modern league), then you should see the players power ratings rise, and things should end up more at the spot you're looking for.

Thanks Lukas for the response. And yes, since I have automatically import historical player-creation modifiers on, I'm using traditional player creation modifiers. For the 1920 season, the homers are set at 1.000 but the batting power is .438. I'll play around with the batting power modification and see if I can get a few more players with a little more power. I assume that since I have automatically just league totals modifiers after each season for accuracy and automatically import historical player-creation modifiers on that I will have to make adjustments after each season.

Thanks,

James

[congokurtz]

Originally Posted by tcblcommish

Part of the problem might sit in how you created the fictional players. If it was just a mass creation of average players, your home runs won't be terribly high. After 20 years thoigh, that should have sorted it out so it's probably what was said already about the pcm.

For the first batch of players though which would be the first 8 years probably, they might be lower in power

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The fictional player/historical league I'm questioning I've already played 11 seasons, starting in 1920 and I'm currently in 1931. I never saw a player above a power rating of 45 on a scale of 20-80. Just to see if what you say might happen, I'll play out another 9 seasons.

Thanks,

James

[tcblcommish]

Originally Posted by congokurtz

The fictional player/historical league I'm questioning I've already played 11 seasons, starting in 1920 and I'm currently in 1931. I never saw a player above a power rating of 45 on a scale of 20-80. Just to see if what you say might happen, I'll play out another 9 seasons.

Thanks,

James

I was just throwing it out there as a possibility. I missed the part where you said no one was above 45 power. It does sound just like the pcm.

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[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by congokurtz

but the batting power is .438. I'll play around with the batting power modification and see if I can get a few more players with a little more power. I assume that since I have automatically just league totals modifiers after each season for accuracy and automatically import historical player-creation modifiers on that I will have to make adjustments after each season.

Thanks,

James

The .438 batting power would be the culprit!

As far as adjustments go though, you shouldn't have to make any manual adjustments after each season. In theory the game should take care of it once you get the initial settings how you want them. In practice that might not always work out, but if you keep an eye on things you'll probably be able to tell pretty quickly if the game is keeping things at around the levels you want.