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Originally Posted by sflcat61
Started a historical season in 1871 and noticed that most of the pitchers have velocities of 90+. I realize that even though pitchers still threw underhand at this point, the game had evolved to the point it resembled fast-pitch softball, but I'm thinking 90+ is a little extreme. Do you historical players try to tweak the ratings to get this down, or do you just leave it alone?
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I just leave it alone. Not sure when overhand pitching became the norm, but I do know the first guy to throw a curve was from back then. I also happen to know it's very difficult to throw an underhand curveball. Also it wasn't until the late 1930s (Bob Feller to be exact) that the pitching speeds were actually measured (or attempts made along those lines) so no real evidence to my knowledge exists on how fast any pitcher threw back in the day. Also and again I not sure of this but I believe the pitching speeds from a game perspective are simply window dressing. They might have something to do with a pitchers Stuff rating but I'm not sure. If they do I wouldn't want to tweak them anyway.