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I realize it is a hitters park. And I understand about statistical anomalies. But 16 homers from Eddie Collins? That is 3 less than Cepeda. He had 4 in real life and a career high of 6. Don't get me wrong I love strat but this is a little bogus.

I once had Collins hit either 21 or 23 (can't recall exact #) in a season.

If it is thank HAL and throw a party when eddie hits his 20th! In the words of Crash Davis "Never question a streak!"

That's a GREAT argument for the fact that "N" power is given out much too liberally.

I don't think this case is "bogus". Your taking a player that played in the deadball era Cominsky and putting him in Liveball Yankee stadium with probably at least a few other hitting parks. It's what I would expect.

Indeed, what durantjerry said. In particular, Gavvy Cravath should have a full-bore contingent of #s gracing his card, and then some. The man hit 24 mushballs out? He'd kill in a bandbox with a rabbitball.

Remember, too, that Ty Cobb won the Triple Crown in 1909. We think of him as a singles-hitter, but in the context of his time he was a power hitter.

Eddie hit 29 dingers for team #49144 playing in Fenway '67.

Maybe Jose was hanging around the bathroom stalls but it was a regular 80M league.

Maxie

Davey Johnson hit 40 homers in real life, once. And Boggs hit 24 in real life, once. Anomalies happen in real life, too.

But we will all take mays hitting 78-90 hrs in a hr park as ok

Again, you have to look at the enviroment in which Mays hit his 49 HR's. He played in the toughest park to homer in and was able to hit almost 50 HR's. I would expect to see better numbers in a HR park. I'm not trying to say it's realistic, although it may be, but it makes sense to me when looked at in context.