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Originally Posted by Giants44
to me this is a problem. I believe the game should look at a players career as a whole to decide what position he should play - not simply what he was able to do very briefly as a rookie.
In his entire career he played 6 innings at second, and 10 at third. over 7,000 innings at 1B and another 500+ games as a DH. Big Cecil should not be considered anything but a 1B/DH
Cecil Fielder Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com |
Well, I'll take a look at it today with some other players (like Biggio, Sheffield, etc) and see how their defense imports at different stages. Maybe there can be a threshold of like X games or something needed to attain a rating.
I just think this is the fun part about OOTP. What if Sheffield had stayed at SS, or Fielder had played more at 3B and didn't gain 50 pounds? Guys like Fielder are obviously not normal (Sheff too) in that the very beginning of their career they were much different physically and defensively. But for historical accuracy, I agree this could be a problem for somebody who just wants to exactly recreate history. Like I said, I don't mind alternative paths.