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actionjackson · 01-09-2018, 01:06 PM

One other point re: Mr. Ramsey. I always use 1984 for my stats output (even this test league) in my leagues. In 1984, the K/9 rate was 5.4. Given Ramsey's 6.5 K/9, in an era and league where the K/9 rate was about 3.8, he should register a K/9 rate of about 9.2. Therefore, that 10.2 is not that far out of line really. It's only about 10% inflated, which is reasonably acceptable. It's just somewhat jarring seeing 350-400 K seasons, but it makes sense coming from Toad Ramsey.

Al Pratt OTOH is a different matter altogether. He had a RL career K/9 rate of 1.1 K/9 in a league where the K/9 rate was 0.7. That would lead to an expected K/9 rate of 8.5 (keeping in mind that my league K/9 rate should be somewhere around 5.4), but he posted a career 11.2 K/9 rate, which seems a bit out of line to me. He also holds the season strikeout record in this test league with a whopping 419. But if I want the 19th century hitters (and I do), I've got to take the 19th century pitchers.

01-09-2018, 01:06 PM	#394
actionjackson Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 6,179	One other point re: Mr. Ramsey. I always use 1984 for my stats output (even this test league) in my leagues. In 1984, the K/9 rate was 5.4. Given Ramsey's 6.5 K/9, in an era and league where the K/9 rate was about 3.8, he should register a K/9 rate of about 9.2. Therefore, that 10.2 is not that far out of line really. It's only about 10% inflated, which is reasonably acceptable. It's just somewhat jarring seeing 350-400 K seasons, but it makes sense coming from Toad Ramsey. Al Pratt OTOH is a different matter altogether. He had a RL career K/9 rate of 1.1 K/9 in a league where the K/9 rate was 0.7. That would lead to an expected K/9 rate of 8.5 (keeping in mind that my league K/9 rate should be somewhere around 5.4), but he posted a career 11.2 K/9 rate, which seems a bit out of line to me. He also holds the season strikeout record in this test league with a whopping 419. But if I want the 19th century hitters (and I do), I've got to take the 19th century pitchers.