[matttb324]

Well, after learning my lesson about backing up the league more often, I think I am going to start over at 1901 and try again this time with more backups and less mistakes.

I want to build on the concept I was working on, which was to try to even things out between the eras. For instance, starting in 1901, I want to use real players, mix them up and have them play 162 games each year. Black players would play from the start, a handful of clubs would play on artificial surface and everyone in a modern stadium, I will have free agency from the start and pretty much any other way I can even things out, I will do.
But here are my questions:

1. What, if anything, can be done to even out the eras? For instance, what things could I do in the game to bring up averages in the 60s, bring them down in the 30s?
2. Is it possible to kind of normalize home runs. For instance, could Dead Ball HR leaders like Frank Baker be in the 40s or 50s for homers?
3. Can I move Dead Ball and later teams to a 5-man rotation and get managers to use relievers more or would the lack of players on the roster just mess this up?
4. Can i normalize strategy a bit so teams run and bunt about the same in the 50s as in the 10s and 80s?

I doubt I'm the first person to think of this (I even read a book years ago that evened out all baseball stats through the eras) but I would be very curious to see the numbers if the eras were more evened out.

Sorry for all the questions and thanks in advance!