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Bears5122 · 05-21-2017, 05:59 AM

Interesting question. I know at the major league level you're looking at BABIP being at .303. Now in real life that goes up a bit in the minors although I'm not sure if OOTP accounts for that aspect.

I did run a couple simulations and noticed that minor league BABIP was coming in higher across the board than the majors. This makes sense as fielders are not as developed. Although it seemed to differ a lot based on what league it was.

My theory (and correct me if I'm wrong) is you're seeing a mix of playing with worse fielders in the minors along with perhaps park factors playing a role too. For instance, the parks in the Pacific Coast League (AAA) are very hitter friendly and their offensive numbers in real life tend to be higher than their counterpart the International League (AAA). For instance the PCL has an average 17 points higher than the IL and score about 0.7 more runs per game. Running a few simulations today, this is quite close to what I'm seeing in OOTP.

So my first suggestion would be to see how your overall BABIP is stacking up against other teams in the same league (it's available under team pitching stats for the league). Then I'd see if you're by chance playing in a hitter friendly park by looking at the stadium factors for the team (believe it's under the settings tab on the team home page). If it still seems really far off, it could be something wrong with your defense that I'd look into. I know sometimes in the minors I get caught playing guys at positions they aren't skilled at so they can improve. But that will hurt your pitchers BABIP. If everything looks good there, it's either bad luck or some weird bug.

I'm curious to see what you find as it's something I haven't looked into that much till now. So please let me know what you discover. As for the poor stats, I'm not sure it really matters as long as stuff like K/BB rate are good.

05-21-2017, 05:59 AM	#2
Bears5122 All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 847	Interesting question. I know at the major league level you're looking at BABIP being at .303. Now in real life that goes up a bit in the minors although I'm not sure if OOTP accounts for that aspect. I did run a couple simulations and noticed that minor league BABIP was coming in higher across the board than the majors. This makes sense as fielders are not as developed. Although it seemed to differ a lot based on what league it was. My theory (and correct me if I'm wrong) is you're seeing a mix of playing with worse fielders in the minors along with perhaps park factors playing a role too. For instance, the parks in the Pacific Coast League (AAA) are very hitter friendly and their offensive numbers in real life tend to be higher than their counterpart the International League (AAA). For instance the PCL has an average 17 points higher than the IL and score about 0.7 more runs per game. Running a few simulations today, this is quite close to what I'm seeing in OOTP. So my first suggestion would be to see how your overall BABIP is stacking up against other teams in the same league (it's available under team pitching stats for the league). Then I'd see if you're by chance playing in a hitter friendly park by looking at the stadium factors for the team (believe it's under the settings tab on the team home page). If it still seems really far off, it could be something wrong with your defense that I'd look into. I know sometimes in the minors I get caught playing guys at positions they aren't skilled at so they can improve. But that will hurt your pitchers BABIP. If everything looks good there, it's either bad luck or some weird bug. I'm curious to see what you find as it's something I haven't looked into that much till now. So please let me know what you discover. As for the poor stats, I'm not sure it really matters as long as stuff like K/BB rate are good.