Individual Pitch Ratings

Erik · 01-25-2012, 09:52 AM

I'm playing a historical league and I'm in 1930. Out of curiosity I looked at all the pitchers individual pitch ratings in my league and the highest rated pitch for any category is a 65 on a 20-80 scale.

I'm just curious - does that sound about right? Should the highest pitch rating in the league be 15 points less than the max on the scale? I've seen screen shots on this forum of peoples pitcher ratings have 7's or 8's and I'm assuming its on a scale of 10 - so maybe a 65 on a scale of 80 is about right?

Or should I be seeing better pitch ratings? I should also mention that a 65 is RARE (only one pitcher in a couple of categories has a rating that high).

Thanks

Biggio509 · 01-25-2012, 10:17 PM

Probably so haven't played much in the 1930's but this is part of the historic player creation modifiers. It essentially means there were not near as many strikeout pitchers in the 1930's. So the ratings are smaller than today's players to reflect fewer Ks.

If you look at deadball particularly 6 or 7 stuff is awesome for a SP in the 19th century most SPs have 4 or 5 stuff. The same thing applies with CH, PH, etc. You often find green or blue CH in the 19th century and always just 1 or 2 maybe 3 PH to reflect the high BA and low HRs. Fielding ratings are similar prior to gloves all historical players have horrible error and range, fictional players created with the PCM do not though.

The ratings are just reflective of the stats of the era.

OutS|der · 01-26-2012, 04:59 AM

A score of 50 is major-league average, 60 is above-average (also referred to as “plus”), and 70 is among the best (“plus-plus”). 80 is top of the charts, and not a score that gets thrown around liberally

But as Chicagofan said the era makes it so a 65 in the 30's is better then what a 65 today would be. If everyone has lower ratings then it all evens out in the end

01-25-2012, 09:52 AM	#1
Erik All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 505	Individual Pitch Ratings I'm playing a historical league and I'm in 1930. Out of curiosity I looked at all the pitchers individual pitch ratings in my league and the highest rated pitch for any category is a 65 on a 20-80 scale. I'm just curious - does that sound about right? Should the highest pitch rating in the league be 15 points less than the max on the scale? I've seen screen shots on this forum of peoples pitcher ratings have 7's or 8's and I'm assuming its on a scale of 10 - so maybe a 65 on a scale of 80 is about right? Or should I be seeing better pitch ratings? I should also mention that a 65 is RARE (only one pitcher in a couple of categories has a rating that high). Thanks

01-25-2012, 10:17 PM	#2
Biggio509 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,027	Probably so haven't played much in the 1930's but this is part of the historic player creation modifiers. It essentially means there were not near as many strikeout pitchers in the 1930's. So the ratings are smaller than today's players to reflect fewer Ks. If you look at deadball particularly 6 or 7 stuff is awesome for a SP in the 19th century most SPs have 4 or 5 stuff. The same thing applies with CH, PH, etc. You often find green or blue CH in the 19th century and always just 1 or 2 maybe 3 PH to reflect the high BA and low HRs. Fielding ratings are similar prior to gloves all historical players have horrible error and range, fictional players created with the PCM do not though. The ratings are just reflective of the stats of the era.

01-26-2012, 04:59 AM	#3
OutS\|der Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In A Van Down By The River Posts: 2,761 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	A score of 50 is major-league average, 60 is above-average (also referred to as “plus”), and 70 is among the best (“plus-plus”). 80 is top of the charts, and not a score that gets thrown around liberally But as Chicagofan said the era makes it so a 65 in the 30's is better then what a 65 today would be. If everyone has lower ratings then it all evens out in the end