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RonCo · 08-11-2006, 11:50 AM

Andymac is correct. Actual statistical performance is based on:

1) League totals
2) Park factors (which are different in OOTP than in Sabermetrics)
3) Talent levels in the league

Talent levels are constantly changing, and can be completely out of whack if you're using edited players/rosters--something I haven't heard many folks talk about.

And if you want to use league totals to "accurately" adjust composite stats, the system is designed to assume that the league average of any OOTP park factor is 1.00. [i.e. all doubles factors average out to 1.00] If this isn't true, then you'll get odd skewings of totals required to acheive your goals. This in itself isn't bad so long as you know what you're doing.

The whole thing is poorly understood around the community, though...or maybe it's just me. I had to work on it for weeks and weeks, and read a ton of board posts before the mechanism sunk into my thick head.

08-11-2006, 11:50 AM	#6
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,502	Andymac is correct. Actual statistical performance is based on: 1) League totals 2) Park factors (which are different in OOTP than in Sabermetrics) 3) Talent levels in the league Talent levels are constantly changing, and can be completely out of whack if you're using edited players/rosters--something I haven't heard many folks talk about. And if you want to use league totals to "accurately" adjust composite stats, the system is designed to assume that the league average of any OOTP park factor is 1.00. [i.e. all doubles factors average out to 1.00] If this isn't true, then you'll get odd skewings of totals required to acheive your goals. This in itself isn't bad so long as you know what you're doing. The whole thing is poorly understood around the community, though...or maybe it's just me. I had to work on it for weeks and weeks, and read a ton of board posts before the mechanism sunk into my thick head. Last edited by RonCo; 08-11-2006 at 01:23 PM.