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Originally Posted by Mifr44
How is " Peak Seasons of Career" calculated? An older discussion for OOTP 10 indicated it was the average of the best three seasons, however those are defined by OOTP. The three seasons could be non-consecutive. Is this still true for OOTP 21? |
Still in search of answers for the above.
As my research is starting to indicate, having an all-time greatest league going back to prior to 1900 is not trivial. It's the primary reason for asking the above questions. OOTP, DMB, and Action PC! all "normalize" their statistics differently.
Action PC! in their Baseball History Collection sets a "peak seasons" normalized HR rate for Babe Ruth at 40 HRs, while Frank Thomas is at 42, Hack Wilson is at 45, and Barry Bonds is at 58 (from a list of top 100 normalized averages). Even though the methodology for this is explained, a lot of assumptions take place. I'm not sure I agree with some of it.
Conversely, according to some, Babe Ruth routinely hits 65-85 HRs a season in DMB using their All-Time Greatest Players set (using a peak stretch of 10 seasons for Ruth: 1919-1928) against some all-time great pitchers in that set. I think this is primarily due to Ruth being an outlier for many seasons before the league caught up to him. Honestly, I would rather have Ruth consistently hit 75 HRs a season than 40 HRs, but my belief is somewhere in the high 40s through 50s is more palatable.
Sorry about going off tangent. Like many who tweak (sometimes heavily) certain players' careers, especially those from the Negro Leagues, there are times where adjusting a player may make sense (or maybe that's a preference?). It's why I am trying to understand the various simulators in how they calculate career/peak settings for players.