[Cool Papa Bell]

I think you need to decide what it is you're trying to develope maybe. As Spritze pointed out, if it is pitching dominated, that may be due to the fact that you are rating players from different era's that may affect numbers, along with the fact that in a more All-Star dominated league you have deeper pitching staffs. If you are trying to come up with a historical NeL only, then the addition of more sub-par pitchers maybe spread over more teams may thin it out some. Or you may have to bump up hitters stats to better reflect the top hitters of the set. Or tweek your league numbers a bit so the better hitters perfrom better.

But if you are trying to develope a set of players that could be incorporated into a MLB roster set, then you may be on the right track. Again, I am no expert on stats, just my 2cents. The way I developed mine was to "integrate" year by year the players that came along, which spread out the talent and let them develope in a MLB historical career.