Historical Replay Stats vs Real Life

[KG Erwin]

With a month and a half yet to go in my 1947 replay, the overall league BA and ERA isn't far off the mark of the real-life season. Now, individual stats vary widely, as is to be expected. My Dodgers are much more aggressive on the basepaths than the real-life equivalent. Jackie Robinson is my leadoff man, and I use him to steal bases much more frequently than he actually did. In 1947, he had 29 SB. On my team, it's only mid-August, and he already has 63 SB.

However, I've noticed that the amount of trading (overall) is surprisingly low. I haven't altered the Brooklyn team too much from the historical roster, but the key trade was getting Wally Westlake from the Pirates. He's added the homerun threat that the '47 team didn't have.

All of the veteran Puresimmers know that the game is not an exact recreation of a given season, and I'm glad it isn't. The thing is, if you play fairly realistically, the end results shouldn't be in the fantasy realm. Using the correct historical parks/schedules play a huge part in this.

Now, as I go on to successive seasons, and new players come in (not necessarily to their historical teams), the historical simulation curve will significantly change. That's exactly what I desire to occur.

This is something that newer players need to keep in mind, especially if you use drafted teams. It's a simple concept: the further you go from the historical conditions, the more drastic the changes in individual stats will be. This is as it should be.

[Nukester]

I agree. I play the game for the "what if" factor. As long as the league totals as a whole are close to real life, I really dont care much about the individual stats, unless its WAY off, then I might do a little editing or something, but most of the time Ill leave it as it is. In one sim, Frankie Frisch became one of the best power hitters of his time, and also became the 1st 20-20 play in my league. I dont mind that. I think of it as maybe he worked out better in my league. Maybe he had some outside infuences that caused his power to be better than real life (different coaches, managers, teamates, teams, friends, etc....)

[motnahp]

Amen, bruddas. I enjoy taking the actual rosters, changing a variable or two, and watching the magic of Pure Sim unfold. One of my favorites was an AL association without free agency or the DH.

It's also fascinating to take a young Dwight Gooden or Vida Blue and let them enjoy a full career without encountering drug abuse. For a more modern slant, one could take a young Barry Bonds or Roger Clemens and see how they perform without their obvious, ahem, enhancements.