New sim 1901-2010
 

I ran a sim from 1901-2010.
From 1901-1960 I used 20 teams instead of 16, from 1961-1968 I used 24 teams, from 1969-1976 I used 28 teams, and from 1977-2010 I used 32 teams. Injuries disabled, position player fatigue on high, 162 game seasons, neutral stats with 3-yr recalc, all ballparks set to neutral park factors. I put all the teams into a single league and used DH from 1973-2010.

Let me know if you want me to post results of any particular player.

1901-1960
Use RP: Very Rarely
Use CL: Very Rarely
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 4
Rotation Mode: Strict
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

1961-1968
Use RP: Very Rarely
Use CL: Rarely
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 5
Rotation Mode: Highest Rested
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

1969-1976
Use RP: Rarely
Use CL: Normal
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 5
Rotation Mode: Highest Rested
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

1977-1992
Use RP: Rarely
Use CL: Often
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 5
Rotation Mode: Highest Rested
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

1993-1997
Use RP: Rarely
Use CL: Very Often
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 5
Rotation Mode: Highest Rested
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

1998-present
Use RP: Normal
Use CL: Very Often
P Stamina: Very Low
Rotation: 5
Rotation Mode: Highest Rested
PH for Pitchers: Very Rarely
PH for Players: Rarely
D Sub: Normal
SB: Normal
H&R: Very Rarely
Bunting: Normal

Career Totals
Ted Williams .337/.459/.599; 753 HR; batted .409 in 1942
Tony Gwynn .334/.379/.455
Ty Cobb .350/.418/.480; batted .400 twice
Lou Gehrig .342/.444/.614
Ernie Banks .277/.319/.497
Mickey Mantle .299/423/.535
Babe Ruth .339/.459/.639; 758 HR; 4 seasons of 50+ HR
Roberto Clemente .319/.357/.495; 2934 hits
Rickey Henderson .273/.400/.406; 1709 SB
Rogers Hornsby .353/.433/.561
Mike Schmidt .266/.378/.500
Yogi Berra .283/.341/.456
Joe DiMaggio .316/.392/.556; 495 HR; 422 K
Mark Grace .302/.380/.444
Vince Coleman .266/.331/.348; 1079 SB
Mel Ott .311/.414/.522
Willie McCovey .281/.378/.514

Greg Maddux 370-229; 3.23; 1.17 WHIP
Roger Clemens 344-266; 3.17; 1.21 WHIP
Randy Johnson 318-212; 3.23; 1.18 WHIP

Walter Johnson
Steve Rogers
Bill Gulickson
Rod Carew


To name a few. :p

Johnson 291-242, 2.56, 1.18 WHIP, 5038 IP, 2949 K
Rogers 187-137, 2.72, 1.19 WHIP, 3046 IP, 397 GS, 122 CG
Gullickson 165-166, 3.82, 1.31 WHIP, 392 GS

Carew .321/.387/.414, 3060 Hits, 441 2B, 338 SB, 190 CS

I noticed you have pitching stamina set at very low even during the early years. I'm curious as to why you did so?

Stan Musial
Bob Gibson
Ken Boyer
Lou Brock


Interesting results. Did you have financials on? What team won the most world championships? What player won the most MVP awards?

David Watts - I set {itcher Stamina to Very Low because I think it makes the results for hitters a bit more accurate. On very low relievers should tire faster and some SP's will tire sooner, when that hapens the best hitters tend to feast. Even so, the in game modifiers adjust things automatically regardless. I also set the config file to use IP/GS as the sole basis for calculating the SP Endurance Modifier instead of a 50/50 split between IP/GS and CG%.

Musial .319/.399/.523; 535 HR
Boyer .267/.325/.422; 276 HR
Brock .288/.333/.404; 1097 SB

B. Gibson 252-189; 2.77 ERA; 1.20 WHIP; 4030 IP; 3255 K; 2.45 K:BB

No Financials. Only 1 league, No AL and NL.

Ted Williams won 11 MVP's
Pedro Martinez won 4 Cy Young Awards

Randy Johnson had a 20K game.

Mark McGwire had a 4-HR game.

There were 10 seasons of 60+ HRs with McGwire topping it with 68 in 1998.

Triple Crowns Winners: Ruth, Ott, F. Howard, K. Mitchell, Ba. Bonds, A. Rodriguez.

Longest Hitting Streak: 47 games by Cy Williams in 1921.

The Cleveland Indians won 9 Championships

I am coming back to OOTP after a few years away and I always focused on Historical play so thanks for this post as it gives me a great place to start as I setup my league.

Couple of questions:
~Do you normally play with no injuries or was it just for the purpose of testing your player totals against historical player totals?
~Do you think playing a single league impacted your results compared to if you would have played in 2 leagues?
~I saw your reply about what you did with the SP Endurance Modifier, do you feel like that setting really helped with the accurate results you got?
~Are there any other initial settings I should be aware of that I will need to adjust? I am not looking for a perfect replay of history, I just like the league to have the "feeling" of whatever time period I am playing (usually 1980s-2000s).
~Is player recalc along with player development turned on the way to go if I want to see player's develop somewhat as they did in real life while still allowing for the possibility of an anomaly here and there?

Any feedback would be great, thanks!

I usually have bunting and hit and run very often from 1901-1922 It makes the pitcher's pitch count go up somewhat and if you watch the cpu play each other, it is realistic of the time period...alot of SB's and CS and hit and runs galore with OFs getting nice assist totals when a plyer tries to score from 1st on a H&R

Fergie Jenkins
Mike Cuellar
Luis Tiant
Dave Stieb

I'm curious about the modern players
Jim Thome
Ken Griffey Jr.
Derek Jeter
Barry Bonds
Frank Thomas
Also I almost spewed out my drink when I saw Ted Williams home run numbers:ohmy: