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Originally Posted by Brad K
In my current game Roberto Clemente was 293/324/435 versus real life 317/359/475. Circa 10,000 PAs in each situation is certainly a large sample. More illustrative is 65.5 WAR in the game versus 94.8 real life, a huge difference. It certainly would not have been safe to give him a ten year contract with an amount based on his real life performance.
Also in the same game Willie Stargell won Rookie of the Year and his ratings at the time supported his achievement. And, as reported above, he had a chance to be the all time HR leader.
So maybe I'm misattributing the cause, but something in my settings is resulting in substantial rating deviations during a time where RL data is available.
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I'm mispeaking and potentially coming across as if I am questioning your observations. That is not my intention.
There are a lot of things that can cause decent sized shifts in stats. I'm simply referring to comparing one player to another when I am determining who is more valueable... or for how long a player will be successful. For example I KNOW that Nolan Ryan will be successful into his 40s and will have no qualms signing him to a 10 year contract when he is 32. I also know that Catfish Hunter at age 29 will only have 1 good season left if he has not already sharply declined (3 year vs 5 year)... and will not sign him to even a 5 year contract. I, in no way, would place a money bet on the approximate ERA of either player in any given season.