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Originally Posted by statfreak
I believe this is an inaccurate statement. From what I read on the main page, players will develop using the OOTP engine if /when no statistics exist in the database. So, players with injury-reduced careers or went to war and missed a couple seasons will develop using the OOTP development engine even with recalc on.
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From what I've seen so far, your statement is certainly accurate for war-players (which I wasn't discussing) and players who suffered a quick 'terminal' injury (but even then, perhaps only when it was in the offseason or late season).
Many injured players don't simply have "no statistics" in the database - they have 1 (or more) years of reduced appearances (and usually poor stats). What seems to be happening is that if one of these years coincides with a recalc year (every year, if set to yearly recalc), then their ratings
are affected. I suspect also that the 'adjust for less than 200 ABs, weaken for less than 50 at bats' from the import setup may be applying on recalc, so that severely injury hit years see the player nerfed entirely: so much so that he is then cut and retires at about the same time as IRL, despite the way in which recalc in the absence of stats is supposed to work.