Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:43 pm
Good job, Tim! That is an accomplishment I never achieved. Well done! I think it is pretty cool, and a reflection of good player choice(s) to exploit the advantages of a given home park.
I enjoyed Sutter and super-relievers as much as anyone, but the change there was more pressing than anything to do with what a power hitter can do in a power park.
Back of the (bio-degradable, of course) napkin math:
Max HRs in MLB (61-75) Max in Strat 114
Max RBIs in MLB (190 or so I think) max in Strat 282
That's not too bad, as compared to the relief disparity.
Mike Marshall I think has the innings record for a reliever at 208. Some us were able to over double that number, and creep over 450. In the modern game, relievers don't even hit the 100 inning mark, so folks were generating reliever numbers of maybe 5x the current maximum. Whereas in baseball on any given year someone hits 50-55 home runs, so Bonds-in-Strat hitting 110 is about only about 2x that.
I could be looking at this wrong. Others are welcome to weigh in.