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Originally Posted by KingDavis
It’s a stat for both, as well as (to some degree) a skill. It’s much less of a skill than say plate discipline because you can’t control where to hit it that much. At times you can of course but it’s not repeatable or baseball wouldn’t work.
But I’m simply asking what goes into it. From my understanding some of the ratings, like those I’ve highlighted, don’t seem to make that much sense. I just wasn’t sure if there was some was missing.
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It is a stat for both, but it is a solid skill for hitters, and barely one (if it really is) for pitchers.
In the older OOTPs (i.e V23 and earlier), pitcher BABIP did not exist for any pitchers but knuckleballers, but it did exist for hitters. In other words, when the results got tabulated, pitchers used the game's league average as defined in the league totals as their skill level, and hitters had their actual rating. Now, mostly (I think) because PT wanted something to differentiate mega-pitchers seasons, OOTP pitchers are given a BABIP rating that is used rather than "league average." Theoretically that number is supposed to be very close to league average, but I admit Im not really sure it is.