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Originally Posted by kq76
Nicely done figuring this out, uruguru! I exit and resume a fair bit too so I appreciate you trying to get it fixed (I didn't notice it).
Boxscore relatedly, as someone who scours those lines religiously as you said, do you wish the HR column was for that game and maybe the AVG and 2nd RBI columns were replaced with something else for that game, like XBH and SB? I do.
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Would you like to hear my 2 cents?
A hard no, to all of those changes.
And the reason(s)
A lot of those stats are only going to be filled with a zero for most players because of the one game window and are already available in the current box score.
All of those stats are covered for that game in the "game detail" in the middle section of the box score. A look at the pitcher's line will show HRA for that game so easy to see how many were hit. Simple matter then of checking the details. XBH are also easy to find though not noted on the pitcher's line, as they should not be. At least my understanding is P's don't have a measurable affect on doubles and triples.
SB has it's own section that will list the "normal" one or two that actually get one, but even if five guys swiped a bag they are all there in an easy to see place. What's better.. all batters season total of SB or 17 players, that played that day showing zero and one guy showing a 1? Keeping in mind that 1 SB is shown in the details.
When one looks over box scores the season totals are much more telling than one game stats. They keep one more informed of the big picture. IE how players that don't play for you are doing whether stars, average players, or fillers. Instead of seeing a SS, that seems to be playing for his defense, batting .219 with 2 HR in Sept the user now sees a SS that went 1-5, no xbh, no HR for that one game. The immersive big picture is lost, IMHO, with no real gain.
What you are hoping\looking to change puts the same information in two places and removes information that adds "value". Again IMHO.
I suppose one could argue about RBIs but if those are removed from one section, shouldn't all instances be removed? The in game RBI is no more a player skill than the season RBI total. FWIW I would not be in favor of removing RBI as it still tells a story about the game that was played. YMMV.
Now if OOTP ever added a proper score sheet to go along with the log and box score? Yeah, that could include columns for a lot of stats we don't currently get. Along with more batting stats for that game, FA, E, Assists come to mind.