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Originally Posted by markmcghee
By bad pinch hitting I mean situations in which the AI's team is down at least a run in the 8th or later, and the pitcher comes to bat and the AI decides to let the pitcher hit.
Sorry for the vagueness. I was talking about too little late-inning pinch hitting for pitchers when the pitcher's team is losing. I will see if I can screen-capture a couple game logs.
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In 1938 it may be normal for a pitcher to bat in the 8th down one run. In 1970 it may be very dependent on the pitcher. Jenkins, Seaver, Hunter et al might have batted often.
FYI PH plate appearances (calculated from AB) in 1938 were at a rate of 0.56/game. That's just over 1PH PA every 2 games. You should be overjoyed that PH are low. That means the game is working as designed.
in 1970 PH PA were higher approx. 1.44/G.