Is this Normal? 4 Season Ending Injuries in 13 Days

BKL · 04-23-2016, 01:06 PM

I don't know what's going on, but there have been 4 season ending injuries in the first 13 days of the season. I always adjust the injury database to lower the number of injury days because I only play an 80 game season. I also double-checked this and it is identical to what I used in OOTP16 (basically, I cut the injury days by 30%).

Has something changed, am I missing something, or is this just random?

Hammercraft · 04-23-2016, 01:09 PM

That's not 'normal' because it's more than average, but it can happen.

BKL · 04-23-2016, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammercraft

That's not 'normal' because it's more than average, but it can happen.

Well, I decided to copy the league and run a few season to see if the averages play out over time. I want to make sure there isn't anything I did wrong when I adjusted the injury database and re-imported it.

BKL · 04-23-2016, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Hammercraft

That's not 'normal' because it's more than average, but it can happen.

I simulated five seasons and the range of "season ending injuries" for players were from 6 to 12, with an average of 9.4. So around 10 season-ending injuries each year. However, since I run a short season - June through August - I considered a season-ending injury anything that was more than 4 months. So a two-week injury the last week of August is not considered season ending even though that player would be out for the last two weeks of the season.

My league has 24 teams. So, I guess that would mean about every 2.4 teams experience having one player gone for the season.

Just wondering how the stacks up to "real life". How many players are typically out for 4+ months in a regular baseball season?

Do you think my settings are correct, or should I try to look into something?

jpeters1734 · 04-23-2016, 03:08 PM

Your injury rate is absolutely realistic. But the great thing about this game, if you personally feel like there's too many injuries, lower the setting.

injury log · 04-23-2016, 03:23 PM

Lowering all the injury durations in the injury database by 30% will not lower the duration of all your injuries by 30%. With the way the injury db works, there's no way to get that result. You've probably only prevented the absolute longest injuries from ever occurring with your injury db edits. Otherwise, you'll have the same number and duration of short injuries (under 9 months anyway) as anyone else).

mitchkenn · 04-23-2016, 05:35 PM

Better to start the season with those injuries than to have it happen in Sept. when you're in a pennant race (or was) like i had in my last season ....

fcabanski · 04-23-2016, 07:41 PM

That usually happens to my team near the end of seasons. Even if I start resting people in mid-September, I usually lose 2 of my starting pitchers and at least 2 position starters before the end of the season.

2016 MLB Cubs: All of this happened from mid-September

Jake Arrieta out three weeks with a shoulder strain.

Jason Heyward broke a rib sliding into second base. He was out for 10 weeks.

Lester out for 5 months with a torn shoulder.

Bryant out for 3 months...don't recall the injury.

Solar out 5 months with a knee injury.

04-23-2016, 01:06 PM	#1
BKL All Star Reserve Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 941	Is this Normal? 4 Season Ending Injuries in 13 Days I don't know what's going on, but there have been 4 season ending injuries in the first 13 days of the season. I always adjust the injury database to lower the number of injury days because I only play an 80 game season. I also double-checked this and it is identical to what I used in OOTP16 (basically, I cut the injury days by 30%). Has something changed, am I missing something, or is this just random?

04-23-2016, 03:08 PM	#5
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04-23-2016, 05:35 PM	#7
mitchkenn Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Oregon, not by design Posts: 2,872	Better to start the season with those injuries than to have it happen in Sept. when you're in a pennant race (or was) like i had in my last season .... __________________ "This is my opening farewell " - Jackson Browne “They make a desolation and call it peace.” ― Agha Shahid Ali "Maybe she just has to sing, for the sake of the song - And who do I think that I am to decide that she's wrong." - Townes Van Zandt "I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch - He called out to me, 'Don't ask for so much' And a young woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?' " - Leonard Cohen "Hello darkness, my old Friend ...." - Paul Simon Before Mays, before DiMaggio, there was Oscar Charleston. "All the lies about Babe Ruth are true." - Waite Hoyt Avatar is the late great Townes Van Zandt. rip.

04-23-2016, 01:09 PM	#2
Hammercraft All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 728	That's not 'normal' because it's more than average, but it can happen.

04-23-2016, 03:23 PM	#6
injury log Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,162	Lowering all the injury durations in the injury database by 30% will not lower the duration of all your injuries by 30%. With the way the injury db works, there's no way to get that result. You've probably only prevented the absolute longest injuries from ever occurring with your injury db edits. Otherwise, you'll have the same number and duration of short injuries (under 9 months anyway) as anyone else).

04-23-2016, 07:41 PM	#8
fcabanski Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 170	That usually happens to my team near the end of seasons. Even if I start resting people in mid-September, I usually lose 2 of my starting pitchers and at least 2 position starters before the end of the season. 2016 MLB Cubs: All of this happened from mid-September Jake Arrieta out three weeks with a shoulder strain. Jason Heyward broke a rib sliding into second base. He was out for 10 weeks. Lester out for 5 months with a torn shoulder. Bryant out for 3 months...don't recall the injury. Solar out 5 months with a knee injury.