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Originally Posted by GCCWolverine
Yeah, I understand - but one of the shortcomings of this database (and I don't know of any others that would work around this)
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The Spritze db 4.0 works around this by including MLE equivalents for all major leaguers ACTUAL minor league records (1945 through 1974 so far - working on 1944 at the moment). These players start when they really did and quit when they really did so they will also appear in the "draft" or be available for signing in the correct years.
I am in the process of finishing up ver 5.0 which takes all the players I have not got to yet and gives them careers from age 20 to 30 at minimum.
My current plan is to use a players career average for half a season and the "coffee cup player" stats I used when creating the neutralized stats included in the game for half a season and then adjusting for age. Closer to 28/29 means closer to peak so more like career average and farther away means more like "coffee cupper". This should allow for proper player development irregardless of what year you choose to start your league.
I need to do something like this since as all of you have noticed OOTP assumes all the stats it is given are Major League. So MLE's are required.
My question is simply this "Does anyone have a better idea?"