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First things first. My suggestion would be to see if an accurate "season disk" can be created for 1974 that would touch nothing but defensive ratings, and would do that objectively, using the metrics on baseball reference, or fielding win shares, or other available advanced stats.
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I'd love to see a "season disk". In fact, I re-edit 74 all the time for that. I'd suggest using the views of actual scouts and coaches as part of the equation, too.
STRAT-O-MATIC has had an excellent rep with professional baseball players over the decades. They dig into stats, but temper that with scouts, or tv commentators on their pay-roll.
I think that's important. Bill James writes about the shadow of the monster, how much is missing from the fielding math that we currently have. He says what's missing is important.
In other words, Math without Eyes may be as bad as Eyes without Math.
