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Originally Posted by tpaine
I have been following the posts reporting this dynasty sim and find them and the concept to be fascinating. Thanks very much.
I could not tell from the posts, however, whether the ratings for original PCL players that you introduced towards the start of the sim - such as Ox Eckhardt, Jigger Statz, and Ike Boone -- were derived from their real life stats or whether they were created as fictional players whose names you changed for the sim. If they were based on real life stats, did you use the players' minor league stats or the stats generated in their brief major league careers. Judging from the sucess of these players during the successive seasons, I can't imagine that the ratings for these players were derived from MLB stats.
Any insights would be appreciated. Thanks for doing this sim and these posts.
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I'll be honest; I didn't derive the ratings for players like Eckhardt, Statz, or Boone in any truly systematic fashion. I looked at their PCL stats and formed an impression of them as players. Then I looked at the ratings of major leaguers they resembled and worked from there.
I assumed that these guys were very good baseball players, despite the fact that they didn't produce the major portion of their body of work in the major leagues. Anybody who hits .370 or so in the PCL, like Eckhardt did, could rake. He hasn't hit .370 in my dynasty, but he's hit .325. Statz didn't get 4000 career hits in my world, but he got 3000.
I follow the same kind of logic when I create Negro League and Japanese players. Whenever I want to bring a non-major leaguer into my universe, I create a fictional player who plays his position and edit his ratings and attributes to fit the profile I've decided fits the player best. I've been happy with the results so far and, most of all, I've had a tremendous amount of fun playing the games and writing about them.
Thanks for your post, tpaine. I hope you continue to enjoy the story, and I hope you found my comments helpful.
