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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
Anybody who can play in the majors for that long has a little bit of luck on their side IMO. Obviously, Cobb was a heck of a player as well.
In related news, I had a guy hit .477 in a 154-game season 1901 replay. .477! I kid you not. He slipped a bit after that but finished his career with a .414 average in 11 seasons (1901 was the inaugural year so he missed his early 20s). I have to say, I have never seen that kind of individual player variation in the past. It always seemed like the league leader would hit 60 point or so above the league average and never any higher. One of the many little ways in which the engine has improved.
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I wouldn't consider the engine to be "improved" when guys are hitting .471 in a season and .414 for their career. I have seen numerous posts about players hitting over .400 for their career so it would look like the engine needs alot more work before it can be called improved.