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Originally Posted by Garlon
The big issue is that negro league stats are not accumulated under the same conditions as the National League and American League in those seasons. The talent level of those leagues are tough to compare.
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I think the issue will remain but until the OOTP database actually uses updated NeL stats from Seamheads, we don't know how they'll perform. Could be at a higher or lesser level than the current one but until the database is updated, we don't know. Start with accurate stats and then the conversation can begin.
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Originally Posted by Garlon
The compromise may be to report their real negro league stats and then use the a set of neutralized stats for their equivalencies. The equivalencies may be much stronger than what people want though.
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Even the neutralized stats on-hand were likely built off of stats that are out of date. Be it "neutralized" stats or MLEs, the starting point is the real-life stats being put in the OOTP database first. It's going to be a multi-year/edition effort but one worth undertaking.
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Originally Posted by Garlon
Another issue is that when you add 200 or do negro league players into the talent pool you are going to raise the level of talent available in the league without adding teams.
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Yup. As soon as the color-line is dropped, one is in what-if territory. But that's the beauty of the game
