Customizable Stats

BMD · 03-06-2011, 05:46 PM

I would love to be able to create my own statistics that I could then add to the player screens or sortable statistic screens.

I have a couple I made up way back in the days of Earl Weaver Baseball that I used to calculate and track on paper when I was a kid. Being able to put them in OOTP would be great. The custom statistics would need to use statistics already tracked by the game (both individual player and team) manipulated using basic math functions.

If would be great if this found its way into an upcoming version.

Chicagofan76 · 03-06-2011, 05:50 PM

Whats your stat called EWB+?
or how about WEB?

PSUColonel · 03-06-2011, 07:29 PM

I'd like to customize which stats are displayed in the broadcast in game screen

ctorg · 03-06-2011, 11:45 PM

I asked for a very similar thing way back when OOTP merged with SI and the rewrite was going on. I think it would be very cool to have user-defined stats that calculate from the regular stats. I'd imagine that they couldn't be amazingly complex, if they're even realistic at all, but it would be interesting to see what people came up with.

The Wolf · 03-07-2011, 12:47 AM

I'd think it would be scary.

tejdog1 · 03-07-2011, 06:43 PM

I have two that I have in an Excel spreadsheet.

Kaaosaste · 03-08-2011, 03:36 PM

The old Front Page Sports Football had this feature, it was an open ended editor that let you create a stat using any of the game generated stats, as well as dimensionless numbers. Maybe this was implemented because QB rating is sort of a strange stat that isn't a simple calculation of raw stats. I'd love to see this in OOTP.

sicou2 · 03-18-2011, 03:29 PM

In a world where Sabermetrics is becoming more and more reliable (a lot less Pitching W/L and fielding E) this would be a feature where I would probably lose my job, my wife, and probably starve myself trying to find the next big stat. I could understand where primary stats could not be customized, but secondary stats seems like they could be something that could be changed in either the client itself or in some kind of .txt file; or can the latter be done already and I have just missed it?

Gambo · 03-18-2011, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaaosaste

Maybe this was implemented because QB rating is sort of a strange stat that isn't a simple calculation of raw stats. I'd love to see this in OOTP.

Actually the NFL QB rating is a calculation of raw stats. It's complicated yes but can be figured out by the average person. I used to have it saved on my High School scientific calculator where all you had to do was input Attempts, Completions, TD, Int and Yards and it would crank it out.

The college QB rating is a little different and "loose" hence the drastically different numbers. I don't have that formula but I believe main difference is in what college considers a run/sack compared to the pros so the different system.

Passer rating - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Other that that, I think a custumizable stat field would be good or even one for ratings. I'd like one for player value that I can base on what I'm looking for. I could set it up for a Power/Speed comparison (stats or ratings).

I personally can't stand alot of the new stats people come up with like sabermetrics as I feel alot are designed based with a result they want and then create the formula to prove it.

It's like the old arbitration story of Bob Stanley in the 1980s. Stanley's side appeared and claimed to the judge "We have statistics her to show Bob Stanley was one of the top 5 pitchers in the American League"... to this the Red Sox responded "Well, we have statistics to show he wasn't even one of the top 5 pitchers on the team".

Layton is my Homeboy · 03-18-2011, 08:05 PM

Having this feature in-game would be interesting, although it's worth pointing out that you can already do this outside of the game using a CSV or database dump.

ulrichsson · 03-20-2011, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMD

I would love to be able to create my own statistics that I could then add to the player screens or sortable statistic screens.

That would be awesome!

03-06-2011, 05:46 PM	#1
BMD All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Somewhere raising the Jolly Roger Posts: 515	Customizable Stats I would love to be able to create my own statistics that I could then add to the player screens or sortable statistic screens. I have a couple I made up way back in the days of Earl Weaver Baseball that I used to calculate and track on paper when I was a kid. Being able to put them in OOTP would be great. The custom statistics would need to use statistics already tracked by the game (both individual player and team) manipulated using basic math functions. If would be great if this found its way into an upcoming version.

03-06-2011, 11:45 PM	#4
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	I asked for a very similar thing way back when OOTP merged with SI and the rewrite was going on. I think it would be very cool to have user-defined stats that calculate from the regular stats. I'd imagine that they couldn't be amazingly complex, if they're even realistic at all, but it would be interesting to see what people came up with. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

03-07-2011, 06:43 PM	#6
tejdog1 All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Danbury, CT Posts: 1,647	I have two that I have in an Excel spreadsheet. __________________ It's amazing How you make your face just like a wall How you take your heart and turn it off How I turn my head and lose it all And it's unnerving How just one move puts me by myself There you go just trusting someone else Now I know I put us both through hell ~Matchbox 20, "Leave" Everyone knows it's spelled "TRAID", not trade

03-06-2011, 05:50 PM	#2
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	Whats your stat called EWB+? or how about WEB?

03-06-2011, 07:29 PM	#3
PSUColonel Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 13,106	I'd like to customize which stats are displayed in the broadcast in game screen

03-08-2011, 03:36 PM	#7
Kaaosaste Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 118	The old Front Page Sports Football had this feature, it was an open ended editor that let you create a stat using any of the game generated stats, as well as dimensionless numbers. Maybe this was implemented because QB rating is sort of a strange stat that isn't a simple calculation of raw stats. I'd love to see this in OOTP.

03-18-2011, 03:29 PM	#8
sicou2 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2	In a world where Sabermetrics is becoming more and more reliable (a lot less Pitching W/L and fielding E) this would be a feature where I would probably lose my job, my wife, and probably starve myself trying to find the next big stat. I could understand where primary stats could not be customized, but secondary stats seems like they could be something that could be changed in either the client itself or in some kind of .txt file; or can the latter be done already and I have just missed it?

03-18-2011, 08:05 PM	#10
Layton is my Homeboy Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Winnipeg, Mb Posts: 429	Having this feature in-game would be interesting, although it's worth pointing out that you can already do this outside of the game using a CSV or database dump.