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Markmeister · 07-15-2006, 02:58 PM

Okay, did some more research and testing.

First the testing - increasing the PCMs to closer to 1.0 after 1920 did not help create great power hitters. The most I saw was a single occurance of 40 HR in a season. Instead of getting league leaders with 45-55 HR for the time period, I am getting leaders with 30-40 HR. A 15 HR drop.

I think I found the problem though. It is the lack of power in the average player during 1930 to 1939.

Comparison of historical 2005 to 1935:

Year,AB,HR,AB per HR (league average),AB per HR (league leaders)
1935, 86437, 1325, 65.24, 19.98
2005, 166335, 5017, 33.15, 13.14

If you take 1935 and project out to 166,355 AB you would end up with 2,550 HR. Roughly 50% of 2005 - that's reflected in the AB per HR figures.

The reason that great power hitters aren't being generated is the disparity between the AB per HR for the league average and league leaders. A difference of 32.09 vs. 6.84. I don't think that OOTP can't compensate for this disparity using the default PCMs and League Totals. If you try to generate great power hitters by increasing the individual player power modifier, OOTP looks at the league-wide HR totals and makes sure that those numbers are correct. This essentially negated my adjustment to the power modifier preventing great power hitters from showing up.

I have a couple more ideas to try, but won't get around to trying them for a couple of days.

07-15-2006, 02:58 PM	#18
Markmeister Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 463	Okay, did some more research and testing. First the testing - increasing the PCMs to closer to 1.0 after 1920 did not help create great power hitters. The most I saw was a single occurance of 40 HR in a season. Instead of getting league leaders with 45-55 HR for the time period, I am getting leaders with 30-40 HR. A 15 HR drop. I think I found the problem though. It is the lack of power in the average player during 1930 to 1939. Comparison of historical 2005 to 1935: Year,AB,HR,AB per HR (league average),AB per HR (league leaders) 1935, 86437, 1325, 65.24, 19.98 2005, 166335, 5017, 33.15, 13.14 If you take 1935 and project out to 166,355 AB you would end up with 2,550 HR. Roughly 50% of 2005 - that's reflected in the AB per HR figures. The reason that great power hitters aren't being generated is the disparity between the AB per HR for the league average and league leaders. A difference of 32.09 vs. 6.84. I don't think that OOTP can't compensate for this disparity using the default PCMs and League Totals. If you try to generate great power hitters by increasing the individual player power modifier, OOTP looks at the league-wide HR totals and makes sure that those numbers are correct. This essentially negated my adjustment to the power modifier preventing great power hitters from showing up. I have a couple more ideas to try, but won't get around to trying them for a couple of days. __________________ It's not that baseball has ever had a shortage of ways to embarrass yourself -- dropping an easy flyball, being the one guy Heathcliff Slocumb actually struck out, realizing you're Bud Selig... Jersey style logos Vintage letter logos Vintage uniforms Last edited by Markmeister; 07-15-2006 at 03:03 PM.