Historical Ballpark Splits

native son · 04-12-2013, 02:50 PM

Markus, congrats on the release!

Can you throw in the ability to import lefty/righty ballpark splits from the historical database for avg. and HR? I was hoping that would make it into this version.

native son · 04-14-2013, 09:04 PM

squeaky wheel theory ... anybody else?

native son · 04-17-2013, 09:02 PM

bump - hoping for an answer.

Charlie Hough · 04-18-2013, 04:13 PM

I don't think this is going to happen. Unless there are complete and comprehensive splits for all stats an not just AVG and HR, OOTP probably isn't going to use them.

As it is, the game creates fictional splits for individual players. I don't foresee this changing because I don't think splits data exist for all of baseball history.

native son · 04-18-2013, 11:16 PM

Actually, I was talking only about the ballpark splits that are imported each year from the database when playing historical. The game only imports one factor each for avg, 2b, 3b, and HR - even though in the game the stadium factors have fields for LH and RH batters in avg and HR. So for example, although Yankee Stadium has historically been a much better HR ballpark for left-handed hitters than righties, the game imports the factors from the database as the same. It's far too tedious to overwrite these for every ballpark year over year, especially when it seems like a couple of fields can be added to the import database and handle it nicely automatically. I've requested this several times over a couple of different versions, but still haven't had a response as to why it seems this isn't do-able. For those who play historical fiction, or even historical with real players, I'm surprised that this hasn't been more of a priority to request a quick fix.

04-12-2013, 02:50 PM	#1
native son Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 100	Historical Ballpark Splits Markus, congrats on the release! Can you throw in the ability to import lefty/righty ballpark splits from the historical database for avg. and HR? I was hoping that would make it into this version. __________________ life in lowercase

04-14-2013, 09:04 PM	#2
native son Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 100	squeaky wheel theory ... anybody else? __________________ life in lowercase

04-17-2013, 09:02 PM	#3
native son Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 100	bump - hoping for an answer. __________________ life in lowercase

04-18-2013, 04:13 PM	#4
Charlie Hough Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,644	I don't think this is going to happen. Unless there are complete and comprehensive splits for all stats an not just AVG and HR, OOTP probably isn't going to use them. As it is, the game creates fictional splits for individual players. I don't foresee this changing because I don't think splits data exist for all of baseball history. Last edited by Charlie Hough; 04-18-2013 at 04:19 PM.

04-18-2013, 11:16 PM	#5
native son Minors (Double A) Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York, NY Posts: 100	Actually, I was talking only about the ballpark splits that are imported each year from the database when playing historical. The game only imports one factor each for avg, 2b, 3b, and HR - even though in the game the stadium factors have fields for LH and RH batters in avg and HR. So for example, although Yankee Stadium has historically been a much better HR ballpark for left-handed hitters than righties, the game imports the factors from the database as the same. It's far too tedious to overwrite these for every ballpark year over year, especially when it seems like a couple of fields can be added to the import database and handle it nicely automatically. I've requested this several times over a couple of different versions, but still haven't had a response as to why it seems this isn't do-able. For those who play historical fiction, or even historical with real players, I'm surprised that this hasn't been more of a priority to request a quick fix. __________________ life in lowercase