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Originally Posted by dynaboyj
Love this kind of thing. I did my own 1871-end of 2011 replay through simming, and I've studied so much into it I treat it practically as if it were real life. Maybe one day I'll post it to the forums.
How did Cal Ripken do?
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I do the same, dynaboyj...it can become quite engrossing.
The Iron Man was drafted by the Houston Astros in 1980 and spent his first seven seasons with the Astros, winning the NL gold glove at shortstop in both 1981 and 1986. After the 1987 season, he signed a minor league free agent contract with the Dodgers then was out of baseball from 1989 through 1992 before resurfacing with the Orioles in 1993, as a utility infielder.
From 94 through 96 he played as a backup for the Phillies, Indians, and Red Sox before finally retiring after the 1996 season.
Overall, Cal only had just over 3900 at bats in the majors and was a career .245 hitter. Not once did the real life Iron Man ever play a complete 162 game season in this replay.
Again, this career would have to be termed a disappointment in comparison to real life, but I guess I should have changed the settings if I wanted a "true replay" to get similar results to our MLB.
It's good to see another possibility of how things could have gone though!