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Old 02-09-2010, 08:12 PM   #274
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Originally Posted by Qwerty75 View Post
This is good news that individual fielders come into play. However, couldn't there be the issue of having those fielders count twice, once when the entire defensive setup is factored in a the beginning of the plate appearance, and then again with the specific fielder? I've seen some very low team BABIPs (for example, one in the .250s in my current solo league where the league average is .294) ... perhaps the double accounting is exaggerating the effect of having good or bad fielders at key positions? Having fielders count twice would also be logically flawed aside from any issues with the realism of results ...
Is this what happens? If so, it's news to me. You seem to be pretty sure of it, though. Where did you obtain this information? Just askin'.
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