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tayloraj · 03-21-2017, 01:21 PM

Upon starting a new historical game (fielding ratings based off entire career, historical minors on) in 1909, I was surprised to find a. almost everyone's ratings as fielders were rather low, with almost nobody having a position rating higher than 55 on a 20-80 scale (although it wouldn't surprise me if that were by design for some purpose of ensuring historical statistical accuracy in a way I cannot at this time discern) b. players with great defensive reputations having mediocre at best ratings. 21 year-old Tris Speaker, for example, was barely playable as a LF and not at all as a CF.

After this, I went through a few different permutations of ratings calculations basis, with broadly similar results. Looking to see if this were merely a Deadball Era-related fluke (since the game was so different), I started a 1960 game...in which I found Richie Ashburn to be one of the game's better-fielding shortstops, despite his having never played the position in real-life.

03-21-2017, 01:21 PM	#1
tayloraj Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 165	Historical Fielding Ratings Weirdness Upon starting a new historical game (fielding ratings based off entire career, historical minors on) in 1909, I was surprised to find a. almost everyone's ratings as fielders were rather low, with almost nobody having a position rating higher than 55 on a 20-80 scale (although it wouldn't surprise me if that were by design for some purpose of ensuring historical statistical accuracy in a way I cannot at this time discern) b. players with great defensive reputations having mediocre at best ratings. 21 year-old Tris Speaker, for example, was barely playable as a LF and not at all as a CF. After this, I went through a few different permutations of ratings calculations basis, with broadly similar results. Looking to see if this were merely a Deadball Era-related fluke (since the game was so different), I started a 1960 game...in which I found Richie Ashburn to be one of the game's better-fielding shortstops, despite his having never played the position in real-life.