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02-16-2015, 08:46 PM | #1 |
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Fictional League Concern: Too Many .400 Hitters?
I've been running a league going on 40 seasons now, and the teams play 126 game seasons. I'm a bit gobsmacked at the high standard deviation in certain stats among the players.
In a league that hits anywhere from .253 to .289, it seems there is always someone who hits .400, and occasionally way over .400. But the thing I am also noticing is that the high average guy was between 44% and 61% higher than league average in my seasons 1923-1930, while in the American League by comparison, it had gone done to about 35% higher on average. That makes sense, because as baseball progressed and the very best talents were funneled to the big leagues more efficiently, the variation in stats among the players became a lot narrower. Here is how the American League evolved between 1901 and 1930, showing by year the league batting average, the batting average for the batting champ, and how much higher the champ beat the league average by: Code:
Year League Champ Diff 1901 .277 .426 54% 1902 .275 .378 37% 1903 .255 .344 35% 1904 .244 .376 54% 1905 .241 .308 28% 1906 .249 .358 44% 1907 .247 .350 42% 1908 .239 .324 36% 1909 .244 .377 55% 1910 .243 .384 58% 1911 .273 .420 54% 1912 .265 .409 54% 1913 .256 .390 52% 1914 .248 .368 48% 1915 .248 .369 49% 1916 .248 .386 56% 1917 .248 .383 54% 1918 .254 .382 50% 1919 .268 .384 43% 1920 .283 .407 44% 1921 .292 .394 35% 1922 .285 .420 47% 1923 .283 .403 42% 1924 .290 .378 30% 1925 .292 .393 35% 1926 .281 .378 35% 1927 .286 .398 39% 1928 .281 .379 35% 1929 .284 .369 30% 1930 .288 .381 32% 1901-30 .266 .381 43% Code:
Year League Champ Diff 1901 .282 .417 48% 1902 .284 .401 41% 1903 .289 .423 46% 1904 .284 .397 40% 1905 .288 .436 51% 1906 .278 .420 51% 1907 .286 .433 51% 1908 .262 .414 58% 1909 .257 .355 38% 1910 .256 .426 66% 1911 .263 .412 56% 1912 .256 .385 51% 1913 .260 .426 64% 1914 .256 .402 57% 1919 .265 .390 47% 1920 .253 .383 52% 1921 .273 .422 54% 1922 .270 .390 45% 1923 .275 .416 51% 1924 .278 .399 44% 1925 .274 .432 58% 1926 .279 .410 47% 1927 .270 .433 61% 1928 .271 .393 45% 1929 .283 .436 54% 1930 .275 .421 53% 1901-30 .272 .410 51% Has anyone else ever noticed that about their own fictional leagues taking place in the early 20th Century? |
02-16-2015, 10:10 PM | #2 |
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It may just be because you're playing pre-1930 so far, when that happened in real life more often. Stan Musial in 1945 has been my only real-life big leaguer to hit over .400, and that was only at .401.
I haven't yet played any leagues pre-1944, save for one that started in 1888 but got fried after one season. I'm planning to start a 1901-? league when OOTP16 comes out, though, so it should be interesting to see if my results are like yours. I assume you're using real-life players, correct? Recalc, or no?
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02-17-2015, 12:26 AM | #3 |
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I agree that the 1920's see too many .400 hitters. Here is my list of .400 hitters in my ABF league. yes the majority were by 3-4 real players with neutralized stats but still too many compared to rL.
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02-17-2015, 07:05 PM | #4 |
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Jeez, Ty Cobb hit .489 in 1913? That's beyond nuts. I would tear my hair out if any of my guys got that close to .500.
I'm guessing that's probably going to be a thing in OOTP 16. Maybe I should export on of the game files I have from before 1920 and sim that out? |
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