ATB Era Change

I've decided to tinker with the 'era' we use to simulate games in ATB.  Normally when we speak of era's, we mean the year in which the original batter or pitcher played.  For our purposes today, the era refers to the  ATB league itself.  I have the ability to adjust this era to make it play like the dead ball era, the homer happy late 1990's, or anything in between.

In the 79 resims batters collectively hit

9.39 hits per game
1.12 doubles
0.22 triples
0.75 home
3.32 walks

To put this in comparison, the 2012 AL hit:

8.72 hits per game
1.68 doubles
0.16 triples
1.11 home runs
3.02 walks

Those end up being striking differences.  The 79-resim batting average was over .270 while the AL hit just .256 last year.  Similarly, the AL on-base percentage was .320, but the 79-resim average was .335.  Home runs were (thankfully) suppressed, and the 79 resim slugging was .381 versus an AL average of .412.

I'll be making changes to the ATB era to bring them more in line with current 2012 statistics.  I'll likely do a batch of published resims as well.