Weird Player (Ratings)

Mittal · 07-05-2008, 09:30 PM

Check out the ratings of the following guy and his stats.

This is easily the weirdist player I have ever seen (In real life or OOTP). The guy has amazing patience, rarely strikes out, has great speed, can bunt for hits, hits for power, yet his babip is a pathetic .216 right now in AA. Now I ofcourse don't know his real ratings and im not going to check them since im playing with scouting enabled, but his stats in AA kind of verify that those potential ratings are probably somewhat accurate. Only way I can think of to explain it is that he hits alot of high fly balls, but hes a spray hitter

Has there ever been a player like this in real life?

RonCo · 07-05-2008, 10:12 PM

These might be close...there are a bunch more, I just took the top 14 or so. Not much speed overall, but the rest fits pretty well.

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First	Last	yearID	Age	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	IBB	AVG	BABIP	OBP	SLG	OPS	HR/PA	BB/PA	SO/PA
Roger	Maris	1961	26	161	590	159	61	142	94	67	0	.269	.212	.372	.620	.993	.087	.135	.096
Ernie	Banks	1968	37	150	552	136	32	83	27	67	4	.246	.230	.287	.469	.756	.053	.045	.112
Joe	Pepiton	1969	28	135	513	124	27	70	30	42	11	.242	.218	.298	.442	.741	.048	.054	.075
Del	Crandal	1955	25	133	440	104	26	62	40	56	11	.236	.218	.311	.457	.768	.051	.079	.111
Yogi	Berra	1957	32	134	482	121	24	82	57	24	10	.251	.224	.341	.438	.778	.043	.103	.043
Jim	King	1963	30	136	459	106	24	62	45	43	3	.231	.209	.302	.444	.747	.047	.088	.084
Brooks	Robinso	1969	32	156	598	140	23	84	56	55	10	.234	.225	.307	.395	.702	.034	.082	.081
Lou	Skizas	1957	25	119	376	92	18	44	27	15	1	.245	.216	.296	.431	.727	.044	.066	.036
Paul	Konerko	2003	27	137	444	104	18	65	43	50	7	.234	.229	.315	.399	.713	.036	.086	.100
Graig	Nettles	1982	37	122	405	94	18	55	51	49	4	.232	.225	.323	.402	.725	.039	.110	.105
Oscar	Gamble	1976	26	110	340	79	17	57	38	38	4	.232	.218	.322	.426	.749	.044	.098	.098
Del	Crandal	1956	26	112	311	74	16	48	35	30	15	.238	.219	.335	.450	.785	.043	.094	.080
Matt	Lawton	2002	30	114	416	98	15	57	59	34	0	.236	.226	.341	.399	.740	.031	.122	.070
Ted	Klusze	1961	36	107	263	64	15	39	24	23	5	.243	.218	.315	.460	.775	.051	.081	.078

spitfire · 07-05-2008, 10:28 PM

Not sure about real life, but I've seen several guys like that in OOTP9. That 37 contact is usually the crucial rating that dooms them in my leagues. When they hit the ball it might go somewhere, but they just don't hit it often enough to make it. I always think of them as sort of like a Dave Kingman with speed and who doesn't strike out. Which come to think of it isn't much like Dave Kingman!!!!

RonCo · 07-05-2008, 10:58 PM

I can find a few guys in the minors this year that are closer matches to your OOTP guy because they have a little speed, too.

BMD · 07-06-2008, 12:00 AM

I am most amused by the fact he is speedy, a great 1b, and his nick name is lumpy.

07-05-2008, 09:30 PM	#1
Mittal Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 48	Weird Player (Ratings) Check out the ratings of the following guy and his stats. This is easily the weirdist player I have ever seen (In real life or OOTP). The guy has amazing patience, rarely strikes out, has great speed, can bunt for hits, hits for power, yet his babip is a pathetic .216 right now in AA. Now I ofcourse don't know his real ratings and im not going to check them since im playing with scouting enabled, but his stats in AA kind of verify that those potential ratings are probably somewhat accurate. Only way I can think of to explain it is that he hits alot of high fly balls, but hes a spray hitter Has there ever been a player like this in real life?

07-05-2008, 10:28 PM	#3
spitfire All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 543	Not sure about real life, but I've seen several guys like that in OOTP9. That 37 contact is usually the crucial rating that dooms them in my leagues. When they hit the ball it might go somewhere, but they just don't hit it often enough to make it. I always think of them as sort of like a Dave Kingman with speed and who doesn't strike out. Which come to think of it isn't much like Dave Kingman!!!!

07-05-2008, 10:58 PM	#4
RonCo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 10,394	I can find a few guys in the minors this year that are closer matches to your OOTP guy because they have a little speed, too.

07-06-2008, 12:00 AM	#5
BMD All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere raising the Jolly Roger Posts: 515	I am most amused by the fact he is speedy, a great 1b, and his nick name is lumpy.