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Old 04-19-2018, 03:08 PM   #14
Syd Thrift
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Just to follow up with my 19 league, I again don't have anywhere near enough time spent to have a Hall of Fame but I did notice that of the top 10 players in the league in WAR, *maybe* 1 or 2 of them play first. I don't have the computer I run that league on at work, unfortunately.

Again, I *suspect* that what's happening is that if a player starts his career at age 20 in center field, moves to left at age 33, and then plays first base for the last 2 years of his career, the game puts him into the Hall of Fame as a first baseman because that was the last main position that he played at. If this is the issue, this part of things is easy enough to fix: the game already looks at the most games (I think? Maybe it's WAR) a player had per team to determine who he goes in the Hall with. It should be able to do the same with positions.

The issue with catchers is well noted (and I think that anecdotally speaking I've seen this) but I think is separate.
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