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Old 03-20-2019, 02:50 PM   #38
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Batter strikeouts from 1901-1913 have been part of the database since the time when encyclopedias would just leave the number blank because the records were not official. The database solved the problem by giving all the players approximately the same ratio of strikeouts to plate appearances. Since then research has been done and Baseball-Reference has strikeout totals in place that differ considerably from those in the OOTP database.
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