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Originally Posted by Spritze
I have seen lots of cases of perpetual youth in OOTP11 (both with development off and on) but not in OOTPx so something must have changed. In my current league Mel Ott played until the mid 1950's and had ratings of 80/80 at that age (on a 80 point scale).
I think this may be a bug, not a game settings issue.
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Unfortunately, I think you're right, Spritze. Typically I use the setting for players to retire according to history, so maybe I hadn't played much without that option since OOTP10. Now it appears that some players are hanging on indefinitely.
I just ran a test game starting in 1946 and stopped after 1954. Hank Greenberg is still playing at the age of 44, and his ratings have remained the same since 1948, which was the first season after his real life stats ended. He just had a season at .248 with 33 home runs and 92 RBI in 456 at bats.
A truly glaring example is Nate Andrews. His real life stats ended after 1946, the first year of my game. His ratings have remained the same ever since and he's still pitching at the age of 41. He even had Tommy John surgery in 1949 and remained unaffected. He has played eight seasons longer than his real life MLB career, and he has shown no signs of decline.
Fortunately, many players who exhibit this perpetual youth play a few seasons beyond their careers and then retire. One example is Nels Potter. His real life stats ended after 1949, and his ratings in OOTP remained the same after a slight downgrade in control heading into 1950. He pitched for four more seasons until the age of 43. But he just retired. This despite having a 4.5 star overall rating and finishing 7-5 with a 3.21 ERA in 58 relief appearances.
This definitely needs to be addressed.