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Originally Posted by DonMattingly
OK so if it's not determined to be a home run, then why would POW lower BA? It seems to me a player with a high POW and high BABIP (the rating) should be more likely to get a hit than a player with a lower POW and lower BABIP rating.
All you really need to look at if I am understanding this right is the AvoidK rating and the BABIP rating.
Unless what you mean is the higher a CON rating is, the higher one can infer the BABIP rating must be if the POW rating is low.
So there is nothing about the POW rating itself that lowers BA, it's just that given equal CON ratings, the lower the POW, the higher the BABIP rating should be. But you'd need to look in the editor to be sure.
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The reason POW ends up lowering AVG is because a certain player's POW is set to create, let's say 40 HRs per 600 ABs in a "neutral" environment.
But because of the lack of variability (all the POWs are high) and the high Pitcher MOV ratings as you move up, HRs/600 AB ends up getting pushed down. so instead of getting 40 HRs he's pushed down to 22.
Now he's lost 18 hits regardless of defense or anything. That will depress your average by 18/600 or .030 before anything else.
Also remember, HRs are not a ball in play, so they don't increase your BABIP