|
Editor's Note: I have decided that there is no reason to hide certain statistics just because the real baseball pioneers did not think to keep track of them. They happened just the same, whether they recorded them or not.
There is no reason why we cannot choose to believe that some farsighted individual in the Liberty League thought to record stolen bases and times caught and how many times players grounded into doubleplays, etc.
The only stats one is accustomed to seeing in a player's line that we will not display are the ones that did not exist at the time.
This includes being hit by a pitch. At the time, players were not awarded first base when plunked, so they do not happen in the Liberty League (via properly adjusted league modifiers)
This also includes sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies. They DID happen just as today, however, players were not awarded a sacrifice on the stat sheet, but were charged with an at bat just like any other time they made an out. So, we charge our players with at bats whenver they would today get an SH or an SF.
We'll change these rules when the real baseball pioneers changed them.
P.S. Balks are a new item for 1883, but I forgot to change the pitcher's stat sheet to include them. I will do this for the next monthly update. However, balks are extremely rare for 1883. They were not what we know as a balk, but were called on pitchers for raising their arms above their shoulders during their delivery. I am not certain the rule was even adopted in the American Association (none were called) and only 1 was called all season in the National League. So far, none have been called in the Liberty League and none have or will be called in the Grand National Association.
|