Statiscal Accuracy

[giants1288]

I am very new to the game and still play it in demo version ,but I am about to purchase it .I understand that a lot of the fun is the flexibility to trade ,create universes etc.
I have several questions : Can i turn off the injury portion of the game assuming I want to just do a replay of a season ?
Can I also turn off the trades to keep a historical season intact?
Als can I watch every game of a season in play by play without interacting if I desire
The final question : do you find the classic seasons statistical accurate
Sorry for all the stupid questions .I appreciate any and all responses from the group

[Goldberg]

1. Yes, by turning injuries to -100%
2. Yes, by turning trades to -100%
3. Yes, the play by play allows you to play as the players, the manager, or the GM. From more involvement into the game to less.
4. It depends by what you mean by accurate. You can reduce the level of randomness and such things but Babe Ruth will not always hit 714 HR every sim.

Hope this help

[giants1288]

Thanks ,Goldberg .How do you reduce the level of randomness to get it as close as possible .I know you can never come in exact on stats but I am seeking to come in as close as possible .In other words in a sim where Gil hodges hits 47 and 36 hrs ,his actual was 21 .That is way of from a randomness standpoint .I just want to keep it in line
Anyone,please chime in

[OldYankFan]

The game is not a historical replay, so Hodges could hit 47 homers or 12 homers, if you play it often enough his average output will be near the actual (in theory). Just like in the real world homerun derby where the same batting practice pitcher throws the same pitch over and over to the same hitter, the result isn't always the same.

Besides, what fun would that be, if Hodges always did exactly what he did in real life, and so did everyone else. Why bother playing?

[HoustonGM]

Yeah, forgive me, but what's the point of replaying a season basically exactly?

[cfeedback]

Yeah, forgive me, but what's the point of replaying a season basically exactly?

Although I've never played it personally, isn't that the point of a game like DMB? I could see some value in a strict replay...could I manage the 1969 Cubs better than Durocher did, and keep them from collapsing down the stretch?

[ohms_law]

Yea, and that's exactly the "appeal".
I don't really get it, either. There's nothing really wrong with it, but I just don't see the fun in doing replays myself (which, incidentally, is probably part of the point).

[giants1288]

I can see all of your points .I do like the game the way it is ,however when doing historical replays I would like to be able to "manage" the players that perform close to their statistics. That being said in games like DMB and ACTION PC, there is an elemement of randomness .Your historical pennant winners do not always win ,your hr ,rbi etc leaders are not always there either ,in fact in most cases are not. However, the play close to their numbers for the most part.In SM I see wide variations and I would like to know if the full version has the capability to temper that
I really like the idea of being able to use any team in any year . The game is vey flexible in that regard.I am a replay freak I guess

[ohms_law]

No, it doesn't.

[Jeff Olsen]

One edition of Total Baseball has a great article on why computer baseball simulations cannot remove the element of randomness unless specifically programmed to do so. It mentions one game that was programmed to remove randomness, the title of which was mercifully left out.

[Jeffy25]

What? look at Albert

[BINGLEBOP]

Wow, he sucks. Couldn't even make the top 10 in home runs!

[reflections]

I can see all of your points .I do like the game the way it is ,however when doing historical replays I would like to be able to "manage" the players that perform close to their statistics. That being said in games like DMB and ACTION PC, there is an elemement of randomness .Your historical pennant winners do not always win ,your hr ,rbi etc leaders are not always there either ,in fact in most cases are not. However, the play close to their numbers for the most part.In SM I see wide variations and I would like to know if the full version has the capability to temper that
I really like the idea of being able to use any team in any year . The game is vey flexible in that regard.I am a replay freak I guess

Ummm. One thing.
You wouldn't be managing them. If you know what everyone is going to do or at least close to what they are going to do. That's not managing.
I'm uncertain how you think you'll ever be able to get seasons to perfectly match up. Baseball itself is a lot of randoms and what if and never happened.
It's been said time and time again that this game isn't a historical replay, that not every Hall of Famer is going to get there. One thing this game has really made me do, is appreciate the elite of the game. Players that even when playing with other Hall Of Famers...were light years above them.
As far as seeing what you can do with a certain team in a certain year, and trying to keep everything somewhat accurate.
Try this. Turn down the trades to -100 (as said before). And pull up Baseball reference. Look up the year you are simulating. And just follow the transactions page, making every transaction that comes up.
I tried this with a 1901 Superba dynasty. It's time consuming, but kinda fun. Injuries suck though. lol