Offense Level

[killad]

I think the Offense Level may have been decreased a bit too much.

In my league, Greatest of All Time, I am Arizona. I have 2 players with A+ A+ D- and A ratings. They are aged 25 and 27. My scouting is now at 70, but has been at 50 for about 15 years.

Through Sept 16, only one of them is hitting over 20+ homers, he only has 28, and LEADS! the league. His average is good, .370, and RBI's are good, but I think there is now a lack of homeruns in leagues that have gone 20+ years.

Last years season leader had 36 homers which isnt bad, but the second place person came in with only 28! Only 18 players last season came out with 20 or more homers in both leagues combined and 9 so far this season.

Here are the links to my players in case anyone wants to check them out (they hit 3rd and 4th in my lineup): Geronimo Siegel and Burt Duran

Anyone else noticing this in other leagues? Is there a fix in the works? I have heard about another update coming when they come out with the update for the CDROM version... is this new update going to address the problem?

Thanks for the feedback!

[John]

The NABL has these homer shortages as well. The newer leagues don't seem to have this problem...either it was fixed or this is a problem in the latter years. Is this true in EML and MLb equalized?

[dturkenk]

Here's how the HR leader fared in each of the league's I'm in (last full season's leader)

EML - 2020 - 32 homers
Expert Mogul - 2002 - 58
FDL - 2003 - 50
NABL - 2019 - 29
NABL Shuffle - 2007 - 47
NPL - 2024 - 31
NPL Again - 2012 - 42

It seems to be that there is some sort of power decreasing effect as time passes. It's hard to tell if it's based on league creation date or on game date. It could just be one of the normal swings in MLB to counteract from the power explosion that's currently happening.

[Seiryuu]

Historically... in MLB... the figures you quoted aren't that far off the norm. I think your concern is indicative of the slow pitch softball that MLB has been presenting us since 1995. As a statistical summary:

Between 1920 and 1994 (inclusive)

154 players hit 40 or more HRs in a season for an average of 44.8 HRs.

Between 1995 and 2000 (inclusive)

72 players hit 40 or more HRs in a season for an average of 45.3 HRs.

Looking it another way, in the 75 years prior to 1995 both leagues combined for an averaged of 2 players who hit forty or more HRs per season.

Since 1995, we have averaged 6 hitters per league per season with over 40 HRs.

In summary, I believe that the leagues averages quoted are realistic to MLB historically, but not to the totals posted recently.