RandyChase -> Strike Outs... (9/24/2006 6:28:52 AM)
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I've been away from PS for a while (too busy with work to have much play time), but I was curious about the latest build and updated it a couple of nights ago and set up an association and let it run. It started in 1919 - historical players - and I'm just about at the end of the '42 season. Reviewing the stats tonight, most things looked pretty good. (Even though the Babe did not pan out and retired with under 300 HR's.) Here's what's got me astonished, however. Paul (Daffy) Dean made his debut in '32 and was an ok pitcher his first four years. He did lead the league in K's in '34 with 178. Then then in '36 it appears he got hooked up with Barry Bonds trainer! (When did sterioids get invented?) In '36 hi had 247 K's. Ok, that is a reasonable jump. But look at the following years: K's W/L '37: 414 29-5 '38: 585 30-7 '39: 698 28-9 '40: 832 24-13 '41: 825 25-11 And in the first week of August in '42 he's already racked up 561 K's. He's only 29, and already has passed the 4,000 mark for his career. I've never seen a statistical abnormality like this in PS with K's - at least not dating back to the earliest days. I just thought I'd post it so that Shaun could see it when he gets back in town.
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