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Garlon · 12-11-2020, 03:19 PM

The Earl Wilson I posted did this in more than one game and I was using neutral park factors for all teams. He was the league leader in 9 out of his 10 seasons in BABIP by a wide margin. BABIP is more like .300 for the league and he was .211 for 10 seasons. Try going to your career leaderboard for pitchers and look at the H/9 and you may see some pitchers on that list such as Earl Wilson. Take a look at their pitch repertoire. I do not think any pitcher should import without a fastball as one of their pitches. Moreover, the effect of BABIP by knuckleballers is probably way too much as well. This is not affecting every pitcher without a fastball in their repertoire, but some are certainly putting up ridiculous results.

12-11-2020, 03:19 PM	#14
Garlon Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 4,267	The Earl Wilson I posted did this in more than one game and I was using neutral park factors for all teams. He was the league leader in 9 out of his 10 seasons in BABIP by a wide margin. BABIP is more like .300 for the league and he was .211 for 10 seasons. Try going to your career leaderboard for pitchers and look at the H/9 and you may see some pitchers on that list such as Earl Wilson. Take a look at their pitch repertoire. I do not think any pitcher should import without a fastball as one of their pitches. Moreover, the effect of BABIP by knuckleballers is probably way too much as well. This is not affecting every pitcher without a fastball in their repertoire, but some are certainly putting up ridiculous results.