Newbie HOF question

BrokenNails · 04-28-2002, 09:05 PM

I'll start out by saying that my baseball knowledge is limited to what I catch on satellite TV occasionally (not being from the US). Combine that with being new to the game, and I have the following question:

My top 3 starters are arguably the best in my fictional league - 53-23 W/L record and a combined ERA of 2.15 in the season just gone (yes, the scorching ERA did not quite convert to wins as my batting is fairly dismal...). Each of these players has managed just one 20 win season in each of the last 3 years, and the league as a whole has only seen 3 others in its four year history. The default HOF qualifying criteria state that a pitcher must have 300 wins or 250 wins plus an ERA under 3.50.
Now assuming a typical career might start at age 25 and run for (I would think at most) 15 years, a pitcher must average 17 wins/season (plus a good ERA) to qualify. Throw in the odd injury and maybe a shorter career and things are looking pretty tough. Obviously a HOF is meant to be hard to get into, but the requirements still looked a little steep. Is this just bad math on my part or do things turn out differently in reality?
The batting qualifications seem more reasonable - 3000 hits translates to 200 per season for 15 years which seems fairly 'routine' for a quality player.
So are a few tweaks required for the qualifying criteria or am I just overthinking things?

JWay · 04-28-2002, 09:37 PM

You can change it to what you want, and or you can manually induct your hall of famers. Its all up to you. its your league its your rules =D

Big Bruno · 04-29-2002, 08:16 AM

Hi fellas...quick question. How do you manually induct retired players into the HOF?

BFats · 04-29-2002, 09:37 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Big Bruno:
Hi fellas...quick question. How do you manually induct retired players into the HOF?<hr /></blockquote>go into your HOF section, hit retired players, and from that list right-click on the name

04-28-2002, 09:05 PM	#1
BrokenNails Bat Boy Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3	Newbie HOF question I'll start out by saying that my baseball knowledge is limited to what I catch on satellite TV occasionally (not being from the US). Combine that with being new to the game, and I have the following question: My top 3 starters are arguably the best in my fictional league - 53-23 W/L record and a combined ERA of 2.15 in the season just gone (yes, the scorching ERA did not quite convert to wins as my batting is fairly dismal...). Each of these players has managed just one 20 win season in each of the last 3 years, and the league as a whole has only seen 3 others in its four year history. The default HOF qualifying criteria state that a pitcher must have 300 wins or 250 wins plus an ERA under 3.50. Now assuming a typical career might start at age 25 and run for (I would think at most) 15 years, a pitcher must average 17 wins/season (plus a good ERA) to qualify. Throw in the odd injury and maybe a shorter career and things are looking pretty tough. Obviously a HOF is meant to be hard to get into, but the requirements still looked a little steep. Is this just bad math on my part or do things turn out differently in reality? The batting qualifications seem more reasonable - 3000 hits translates to 200 per season for 15 years which seems fairly 'routine' for a quality player. So are a few tweaks required for the qualifying criteria or am I just overthinking things?

04-29-2002, 09:37 AM	#4
BFats Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 38	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Big Bruno: <strong>Hi fellas...quick question. How do you manually induct retired players into the HOF?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">go into your HOF section, hit retired players, and from that list right-click on the name

04-28-2002, 09:37 PM	#2
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,031	You can change it to what you want, and or you can manually induct your hall of famers. Its all up to you. its your league its your rules =D

04-29-2002, 08:16 AM	#3
Big Bruno Bat Boy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6	Hi fellas...quick question. How do you manually induct retired players into the HOF?