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Old 08-22-2021, 04:24 PM   #2
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I would use the factors supplied by silvam with the parks. Pretty sure after he took the time to build the parks he either...

A. took the time to set the parks up with factors based on historical stats

or

B. used, with permission, somebody else's historical factors. Again based on historical stats.

When done correctly each factor's category will add up to 1.0 (IE in it's simplest form for every park that has a +.1 there is another that has a -.1). If you autocalc all of these parks again, based on those criteria autocalc uses, you will unbalance your league.

Keep in mind OOTP is not based on physics and the autocalc ballpark factors feature was requested by users to try to manufacture factors based on some physics. I'm sure it uses some formulas that will produce realistic results but, the autocalc factor feature is more of a shortcut for those making fictional ballparks. Where the historical ballpark factors file uses the real historical stats to determine the factors for each park.
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