A little while ago I started a thread about pinch hitting. It was shot down however.
So I will try again.
I've been playing OOTP since v.10 and I've never had succes with pinch hitters. And with never I mean NEVER. Not ever. Absolutely never ever.
Obviously OOTP can be played in many ways and each way may have their own particular issues, so first let me explain how I play the game. (Note, if you play differently you may not encounter this problem.)
I play like this:- Major league quickstart.
- Play out every game.
- Use the warm-up rule for relievers.
In v.11 & v.12 I've played out 7 NL seasons like this. I do not have the data for all seasons but I recon my pinch hitters have hit about .120 with very few x-tra basehits and a ton of K's. Over these seasons my
pitchers have outhit my pinch hitters. I am aware of the concept of sample size, but thats over
SEVEN SEASONS. In real life pinch hitters hit probably about .220. The last 10 seasons in RL the lowest BA for a NL team pinch hitting is .152. One season of pinch hitting around .100, alright, could happen (sample size). But
SEVEN? Obviously something is wrong here. Could it be attached to the
warm-up rule? I'm so convinced something is wrong, seriously, I would feel fairly confident betting my life on it. Seriously.
One of the first things I did when I got v.13 was play out a month of the season to see how pinch hitters were doing. They were oh-fer-22 with 13 K's.
After the first two patches I've now started a new season with the intent to play it out and see how my pinch hitters are doing (
most likely).
Now the intent of this thread is to get feedback from other players.
Players who play the game the same way I do
must get simillar results. If not, and if I am the only one getting these results
(seven times in a row?), well the changes of that are so remote, I will buy a lottery ticket this week and I will share the winnings with all who respond to this thread! So please all who play the same way and get these results, please respond. Obviously this problem is not recognized right now. If it is, something might be done about it. I'm also interested to know if players who play the same way but
who do not use the warm-up rule get different results. Ofcourse I could play out a season not using the warm-up rule to see if the results are different but that's a
huge time investment I cannot make, I'm sure you understand.
Oh, by the way, below are the results of my pinch hitters so far.