First of all, I have read through the forum and I want to thank all those for their help, .. However a have a couple of questions which will really help out defining normalization between era's

Is Bob Hazel (57) worth it?
For my second question, I will just give an example:

Jake Stahl led baseball with 10 HRs in 1910... Would I expect him to have 53 HR's in 2019, like Alonso? Should I expect the top pitchers of 1930 to equate to the best pitchers in any year?

Thank you

Gordy

Hazle is definitely a bit pricey for an open league, but he can very much be worth using depending on the league.

No, Stahl won't hit anywhere near 53 home runs in 2019. He has a HR/100# of 3. If you do an advanced search in the draft center you can see 2019 players who have a similar normalized rate. It translates to 27 to 30 HRs in 2019 terms for a similar number of PAs. Also keep in mind that 3 could be anywhere from 2.501 to 3.499, so it's not perfect but def in the ballpark.

The normalized rates you can find by searching for things with the # in them are the best way to compare players across eras.

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In theory Stahl should not hit as many HR as Alonso. On a player's profile page, or in the draft center, you can see a player's normalized HR numbers (HR/100#). Stahl's number is 3, Alonso's is 6. Then again, I just clicked on their Performance Histories and saw that Alonso's averaging 23 HR per season used (17 uses), and Stahl 22 (2 uses). It's a crapshoot, is what it is! But seriously, small sample size there. My money would be on Big Meat Pete to hit more HR.

As for Hazle, it depends. I wouldn't draft him for an Open League because his defense is terrible. But in a prog league, or a league where the salary cap was very high, sure, why not have a pricey pinch hitter.

Ha, I said almost the exact same thing as 06gsp. All of us are beginning to sound alike.

cept for bagchuker

hes 1 of a kind

haha, too many years on this site I guess...

also snowballs, the sim doesn't care at all about someone being the best in the league in any given year. it just looks at their performance and compares it to the league average.

for example, the best starting pitcher of 2000 was Pedro Martinez, with an ERC# of 1.18. the best starting pitchers of 1930 were Lefty Grove and Dazzy Vance, with ERC# of 2.40. Pedro is miles better than Grove and Vance in the sim, as his raw numbers would have been great in any era and he did it in an extremely hitter-friendly season. Vance and Grove's less than elite raw numbers are improved a lot due to pitching in an all=time year of the hitter, but are still far from great.

Crazy touched on it, but my biggest recommendation is to look at the player’s performance history. You can check it by clicking the players name in question, and then click the link “performance history” on the upper portion of the screen.

while not an exact science, it gives a general idea of the highs, the lows, and the in-betweens. If I’m deciding between 2-3 players, unless I have a personal preference due to past experiences, I’ll generally always use the PH as a tie-breaker.

Welcome Gordy, my name is Gordon(Gordie)!

We are a special breed!

OK then, would Alonzo have 10+ homers in 1910? He should then have more than Stahl right?? and yes, I'm Gordon too..

I would guess he'd have 15 to 20