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khucke · 05-17-2004, 04:45 AM

I tried to find an answer to this question by setting up a test league. I created an 8-team league in replay mode with injuries, trades and financials turned off. The players were fictional and there was an initial draft.
I then picked one team randomly, in this case the Baltimore club, and changed the fielding ratings of the shortstop players, there were 3 with a SS rating, to 50. I simulated 10 seasons. Then I put the ratings of these players at 100 and then at 1 , simulating 10 seasons with each setting.
Here are the results:
average team wins standard deviation
SS at 100 : 79.1 4.1
SS at 50 : 81.9 5.7
SS at 1 : 78.6 7.9

I have to conclude that defense at the SS position, generally regarded as the most crucial, does not have a recognizable effect on winning games in an OOTP baseball season, espcially if you take the high value in the standard deviation into consideration.
One might argue that the sample of 10 seasons is too small, I plan to expand that sample sample to 20 seasons and will post the results then.

05-17-2004, 04:45 AM	#1
khucke All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Düsseldorf, Germany Posts: 657	Does defense matter in OOTP6? I tried to find an answer to this question by setting up a test league. I created an 8-team league in replay mode with injuries, trades and financials turned off. The players were fictional and there was an initial draft. I then picked one team randomly, in this case the Baltimore club, and changed the fielding ratings of the shortstop players, there were 3 with a SS rating, to 50. I simulated 10 seasons. Then I put the ratings of these players at 100 and then at 1 , simulating 10 seasons with each setting. Here are the results: average team wins standard deviation SS at 100 : 79.1 4.1 SS at 50 : 81.9 5.7 SS at 1 : 78.6 7.9 I have to conclude that defense at the SS position, generally regarded as the most crucial, does not have a recognizable effect on winning games in an OOTP baseball season, espcially if you take the high value in the standard deviation into consideration. One might argue that the sample of 10 seasons is too small, I plan to expand that sample sample to 20 seasons and will post the results then. Last edited by khucke; 05-17-2004 at 04:48 AM.