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Originally Posted by Spritze
FYI: I have been using the database and notice Babe Ruth only had 385 career HR's which is still the most. The reason for this is that adding Josh Gibson, Mule Suttles, Turkey Stearns and the other negro players sucks up many of the available HR's. The league totals are not out of line.
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You well know how OOTP works, off the totals modifiers, so bring in more good players, and the stats of those players will drop to keep the total.
When I used your database, because there were so many other good players, I played with 8 more teams than required. So the pre 1960's I had 24 teams running, and then added teams when they came in after that, so my modern era ending would be 38 teams.
The individual stats for players tended to turn out much better .
Give that a shot. Play out the 1920's with 8 more teams and see if Ruth gets closer to 700 hr and the new negro league players put up more exacting stats.
As I say I tested a few things long ago and found 8 additional teams to be about the optimal number.
Also, becuase of how pitching stats get imported. Each year I would take who should be the 4-5 best starting pitchers, and gave them a 7-10 point rise in GB%. A 55 to 65 for example. That was enough to keep Cy Young, Mathewson, Grove or whatnot near the top of the list- otherwise (with so many more pitchers, and often real high rated guys who played only a few years but become great in OOTP engine) the star pitchers were about 70% as effective as real life.
That shift too made a big difference.
Anyway, just passing that along to you in case any of it could be of use to you.
Cheers