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Old 05-19-2009, 09:52 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by aewin View Post
Just wondering if there is any evidence out there as to what, if anything, these batter ratings affect.

An obvious thing would be if a RH pull hitter hit more balls to the left side (perhaps evidenced by more HRs in a park with a short LF fence, but I suspect that the park HR factor for RHB has more to do with that).

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I would think the way the game assigns that info has to do more with making sure the fielding numbers are more realistic, meaning the attempts/9 innings per position. That is just a guess.

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