Joe D.

[djskcsams]

Is the 41 Joe D card really better than the 39? The 39 has some greater numbers on it

[Roosky]

The 41 card is more because it has 600 ab's and he also has a cannon for an arm. The 41 is slightly better against leftys but 39 is a little better against rightys. It really just depends on what salary cap the league you are in is and if you can live with the chance of the 15 game injury. I have had a lot of luck with both of those cards over the years.

[Roosky]

He is also 1-16 running in 41 versus 1-14 in 39. How he got a stronger arm and faster over a 2 year span is a little confusing to me.

[WeatherNut]

[quote:c56d535a53]He is also 1-16 running in 41 versus 1-14 in 39. How he got a stronger arm and faster over a 2 year span is a little confusing to me.[/quote:c56d535a53]

He only got better in Strat-O-Matic's feeble mind. His arm/speed were just as good in '39.

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[Roosky]

My pont exactly WeatherNut. I would be curious to know if there was some kind of reasoning for it.

[PotKettleBlack]

Joe was injured in 39, missing all but two games in May.

That might explain both the slower rating and the weaker arm.

Funny thing that builds on the case of DiMaggio being the best player to ever be miscast in the wrong part. In 39 his home/road splits:
Home: .348/.408/.569 w/ 12 HR in 244 AB
Road: .410/.481/.764 w/ 19 HR in 234 AB

I suppose that Kiner probably had a 200 point gap in slugging between home and road games for most of his career. I'm sure you all know that Stan Musial had exactly as many hits at home as on the road for his career.

[Valen]

Might be interesting to know what his arm rating was in 36-38. Historically Strato starts a guy's career off with low defense and lags a year or two behind as the player's reputation grows. Might be different now in recent 200x seasons with more defensive stats available to establish a fielders rep quicker. But when I first started playing Strat defensive stats were basically fielding percentage and nothing. Strat fielding ratings were based as much on reputation as any statistical analysis.

[Outta Leftfield]

[quote:14ce67e3d9="Valen"]Historically Strato starts a guy's career off with low defense and lags a year or two behind as the player's reputation grows. [/quote:14ce67e3d9]

Same thing happens with the Gold Glove Award, of course. :wink:

[Roosky]

I always thought Musial's home and road hits is one of the most amazing stats in history.

[rburgh]

[quote:147fdc486a]Same thing happens with the Gold Glove Award, of course.[/quote:147fdc486a]

Reminds me of Davey Lopes. A career butcher wins a gold glove by accident (or idiocy) and they jacked his fielding rating for a year. As I recall, he was the first gold glover to NOT get a 1.