No Home Runs

codelode84 · 07-17-2015, 08:24 PM

I am playing as the 1976 Cincinnati Reds and the guys on my team are virtually hitting no home runs. The only home runs I have are from players that I traded for during the season and after being on my team for a while they don't hit home runs either.

I am currently 51 games in and have 12 HR's.

Parker 8
Bench 2
Griffey 1

All of Parkers happened within 2 weeks of getting him. He hasn't hit one now in 3 weeks.

Any ideas what is happening this is causing my team to really suck. I am for the most part playing games out. I didn't change any settings.

Please help

mainstreet · 07-17-2015, 08:27 PM

Sample size issue. Give your players time to work out of their slumps.

Sometimes players just don't perform up to par. (See: 2015 Padres.)

codelode84 · 07-17-2015, 08:36 PM

I have to be honest this seems impossible. If it wasn't for Parker's 8 within the first week I had him that leaves me with 4 homers.

This team has:
Bench 34 last year
Perez 29 last year
A. Dawson Rookie year was hitting them before i got him.

I led the league in HR's last year.
I am 3 in extra base hits.

Something weird going on. Only team close to me right now is the Padres with 17. But like I said take Parker out and I have 4 over 52 games. This is a team that average almost one a game the prior year.

seven · 07-17-2015, 08:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mainstreet

Sample size issue. Give your players time to work out of their slumps.

Sometimes players just don't perform up to par. (See: 2015 Padres.)

Is this low rate just your team, or does it happen to other teams as well? If not, then it might well be a sample size problem. If all teams show that problem, then maybe your Modifier value for home runs under Game settings / League settings / Stats and AI might be wonky.

codelode84 · 07-17-2015, 08:46 PM

It appears to be mainly my team.

It may be sample size but I have played a ton of games and haven't seen anything like this in the past.

I am hoping this is changing I just hit two HR's in my last game. No joke it was my first HR's in 3 weeks.

ttaka808 · 07-18-2015, 01:33 AM

Check the league and Hrs against you. Did you accidentally change your HR modifiers for the league? Or your home ballpark?

codelode84 · 07-18-2015, 01:38 AM

I got tired of the lack of HR's and I started simulating instead of playing. The second half of the season my team hit triple the hr's of the first half. I feel like it was some sort of bug. While I was playing hardly any homers once I simulated guys where hitting their normal pace. Weird.

Airdrop01 · 07-18-2015, 11:32 AM

Bro, your answer shows it is sample size.

Just like actual baseball.

I mean, I have guys like Bruce Chen throw a sub 2 ERA out there for 50 games....

Even if your guys ended up lower than you expected for the year that's okay. Bo hit 56 HR for me in 1989 one sim I did. That same year Bill Pecota had like 12 and Brett had like 11.

RchW · 07-18-2015, 12:36 PM

I suspect both sample size and a LT LTM issue. In a ballpark comparison based on MLB approx 4600-5000 HR are hit in 4860 games. Take a look at team stats in game and compare the HR totals vs games played. If it is well below 1 then you have an issue that can be easily corrected.

codelode84 · 07-19-2015, 09:54 AM

I'm not going with the sample size. My team led the league in hrs the year before. Then once I started simulating again my team was hitting at a clip of 2 hrs a game. Now you can say it is regression I'm not buying it. Some setting got messed up because I went back and looked at the stats. The clubs only homers for a 2 month period were from Dave Parker who I traded for, then after hitting 8 within 8 games he doesn't hit one for 2 months.

3 months worth of baseball is not a small sample size.

Bench had 2
Perez had 1
The pace of homers would be fine if this was the 80 cardinals without their power hitting 1b but this was the big red machine. A slump would be like 25-50% drop for 3 months but all players having a power drop of 90 to 100% I'm not buying it. I play the game both as a gm and manager. I don't have the time to play and just watch my team suck. The other think that leads me to an issue was my team was hitting fine. I was second in average and third in extra base hits while being dead last in hrs. This team daily lineup consistsed if all 4 and 5 star player many of which had power.

markprior22 · 07-19-2015, 10:13 AM

It does seem like something is messed up. Did you mess with any modifiers at all? Did your ballpark modifiers get changed? Even if you didn't change anything, you might want to look at all the modifiers just to make sure. Does the other team seem to get a normal amount of HR's in games you play out? Very strange if it is just your team but it seems like a setting is off somewhere.

RchW · 07-19-2015, 10:15 AM

If you don't look at league stat output you will never know where to start solving the problem.

The Game · 07-19-2015, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codelode84

I'm not going with the sample size. My team led the league in hrs the year before. Then once I started simulating again my team was hitting at a clip of 2 hrs a game. Now you can say it is regression I'm not buying it. Some setting got messed up because I went back and looked at the stats. The clubs only homers for a 2 month period were from Dave Parker who I traded for, then after hitting 8 within 8 games he doesn't hit one for 2 months.

3 months worth of baseball is not a small sample size.

Bench had 2
Perez had 1
The pace of homers would be fine if this was the 80 cardinals without their power hitting 1b but this was the big red machine. A slump would be like 25-50% drop for 3 months but all players having a power drop of 90 to 100% I'm not buying it. I play the game both as a gm and manager. I don't have the time to play and just watch my team suck. The other think that leads me to an issue was my team was hitting fine. I was second in average and third in extra base hits while being dead last in hrs. This team daily lineup consistsed if all 4 and 5 star player many of which had power.

S*** happens. Did anyone expect anyone on the White Sox to suck this bad? I also have a team where I edit most of my players stats and i have 3 guys that were supposed to hit 35 HR a piece this year and none are even at 25. Last year was last year. Simming does tend to help stats in my opinion vs playing out games.

Post your team stats. I do see the '76 Reds hit 141 HR (#1 NL) vs the '75 Reds had 124 (#3 NL) What did you have different each year?

codelode84 · 07-19-2015, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Game

S*** happens. Did anyone expect anyone on the White Sox to suck this bad? I also have a team where I edit most of my players stats and i have 3 guys that were supposed to hit 35 HR a piece this year and none are even at 25. Last year was last year. Simming does tend to help stats in my opinion vs playing out games.

Post your team stats. I do see the '76 Reds hit 141 HR (#1 NL) vs the '75 Reds had 124 (#3 NL) What did you have different each year?

I'm not home right now. I normally play a game until I'm 3 up or 3 down. I guess crap happens but it seems really weird. I was mainly wondering if something like this ever happened to anyone else. I did look at league average hrs compared to normal half way through the season and it was 96 %. This drop from my math was completely because of my team. I also check how it looked on the other side my team gave up 36 hrs and minus d Parker I had 6. I didn't notice this until about two weeks into the season the lower home run rate. That is why I traded for Parker who was killing it. Almost like Parker saw the team didn't have power and wanted to fit in. I wonder what the chances are in real life a team with this much power would take a half year break on power and then go crazy once I start simulating. I need to buy a lottery ticket. Lol.

07-18-2015, 12:36 PM	#9
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	I suspect both sample size and a LT LTM issue. In a ballpark comparison based on MLB approx 4600-5000 HR are hit in 4860 games. Take a look at team stats in game and compare the HR totals vs games played. If it is well below 1 then you have an issue that can be easily corrected. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

07-19-2015, 10:15 AM	#12
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Toronto ON by way of Glasgow UK Posts: 15,629	If you don't look at league stat output you will never know where to start solving the problem. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

07-17-2015, 08:24 PM	#1
codelode84 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	No Home Runs I am playing as the 1976 Cincinnati Reds and the guys on my team are virtually hitting no home runs. The only home runs I have are from players that I traded for during the season and after being on my team for a while they don't hit home runs either. I am currently 51 games in and have 12 HR's. Parker 8 Bench 2 Griffey 1 All of Parkers happened within 2 weeks of getting him. He hasn't hit one now in 3 weeks. Any ideas what is happening this is causing my team to really suck. I am for the most part playing games out. I didn't change any settings. Please help

07-17-2015, 08:36 PM	#3
codelode84 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	HR drought I have to be honest this seems impossible. If it wasn't for Parker's 8 within the first week I had him that leaves me with 4 homers. This team has: Bench 34 last year Perez 29 last year A. Dawson Rookie year was hitting them before i got him. I led the league in HR's last year. I am 3 in extra base hits. Something weird going on. Only team close to me right now is the Padres with 17. But like I said take Parker out and I have 4 over 52 games. This is a team that average almost one a game the prior year.

07-17-2015, 08:46 PM	#5
codelode84 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	It appears to be mainly my team. It may be sample size but I have played a ton of games and haven't seen anything like this in the past. I am hoping this is changing I just hit two HR's in my last game. No joke it was my first HR's in 3 weeks.

07-18-2015, 01:33 AM	#6
ttaka808 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 278	Check the league and Hrs against you. Did you accidentally change your HR modifiers for the league? Or your home ballpark?

07-18-2015, 01:38 AM	#7
codelode84 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	I got tired of the lack of HR's and I started simulating instead of playing. The second half of the season my team hit triple the hr's of the first half. I feel like it was some sort of bug. While I was playing hardly any homers once I simulated guys where hitting their normal pace. Weird.

07-18-2015, 11:32 AM	#8
Airdrop01 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2009 Location: Lenexa, KS / Wilson, WY Posts: 1,354	Bro, your answer shows it is sample size. Just like actual baseball. I mean, I have guys like Bruce Chen throw a sub 2 ERA out there for 50 games.... Even if your guys ended up lower than you expected for the year that's okay. Bo hit 56 HR for me in 1989 one sim I did. That same year Bill Pecota had like 12 and Brett had like 11.

07-19-2015, 09:54 AM	#10
codelode84 Bat Boy Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 7	I'm not going with the sample size. My team led the league in hrs the year before. Then once I started simulating again my team was hitting at a clip of 2 hrs a game. Now you can say it is regression I'm not buying it. Some setting got messed up because I went back and looked at the stats. The clubs only homers for a 2 month period were from Dave Parker who I traded for, then after hitting 8 within 8 games he doesn't hit one for 2 months. 3 months worth of baseball is not a small sample size. Bench had 2 Perez had 1 The pace of homers would be fine if this was the 80 cardinals without their power hitting 1b but this was the big red machine. A slump would be like 25-50% drop for 3 months but all players having a power drop of 90 to 100% I'm not buying it. I play the game both as a gm and manager. I don't have the time to play and just watch my team suck. The other think that leads me to an issue was my team was hitting fine. I was second in average and third in extra base hits while being dead last in hrs. This team daily lineup consistsed if all 4 and 5 star player many of which had power.

07-19-2015, 10:13 AM	#11
markprior22 All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: springfield, illinois Posts: 1,245	It does seem like something is messed up. Did you mess with any modifiers at all? Did your ballpark modifiers get changed? Even if you didn't change anything, you might want to look at all the modifiers just to make sure. Does the other team seem to get a normal amount of HR's in games you play out? Very strange if it is just your team but it seems like a setting is off somewhere.