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Originally Posted by pstrickert
Is HA related to defense, though? If Niekro or Hunter or Messersmith were backed by a stellar defense (as they were), they would give up less hits on balls put into play. Good defense up the middle (e.g., Belanger, Grich, Blair or Campaneris, Green, North) should make a significant difference in HA (and, presumably, ERA).
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I've only checked one sim so far, but in this one those players did pretty well defensively. Campaneris was exceptional and Green and North were pretty much the same. Grich was much lower in RF, but the others you mentioned were close. In fact, the A's and O's defenses were pretty close to the same, but pitching was worse. The Dodgers did suffer defensively in this sim however and they also did much worse than in RL (with regards to W-L record).