[Syd Thrift]

Weird because my experience has been pretty much exactly the opposite of this for pitchers. Starters don't throw enough games per season, particularly once the game decides that everyone is in a 5 man circa 1961 to the 1980s, and then the good ones get injured a *lot* on Realistic - Modern Day settings. Right now in my save, which started in 1946 and which I've taken over since 1969 (now 1972) the all time leader in wins got into the low 230s before he just plain couldn't stay in games anymore and then retired. I think the active leaders are just over 200 Ws although the post-69 crop of guys are racking up a lot more numbers since I switched the game to go with a 4 man rotation (I GM/manage every team because I am anal I guess, but that also means that some teams run a 4 man and others run a 5 man... and with early 70s schedules being what they are, in effect everyone runs a 4 1/2 man anyway).

Hitters are... better, although of course half my save is clouded over by the low-hitting 60s. The all-time HR guy is approaching 500 with a couple guys in the low 400s/high 300s behind him. I think the hits guy retired in the 2700s. Again, when the league is hitting like .240 this isn't super out of whack... but I'm definitely not seeing guys with 4,000 or anything.