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St Louis was 45-38 in the 1st half, and 31-48 in the 2nd half.

Midway through the season, I switched the league totals to move from "average 1980s" to the "average totals of my lifetime", the last 50 years, 1970-2010s. I don;t know whether this was a major factor, but the Shires are not setup to be as dominant in a more strikeout heavy era. I switched to the league totals because I noticed that "stuff pitchers" were nowhere near as dominant as they should be, and BABIP guys were "over successful" on the mound, so to speak.