Statistical Accuracy?

geneaber · 07-30-2015, 06:05 PM

How accurate is OOTP in simulating real life results for seasons (individual player stats, team results, etc)? Examples would be appreciated.

battists · 07-30-2015, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by geneaber

How accurate is OOTP in simulating real life results for seasons (individual player stats, team results, etc)? Examples would be appreciated.

At work, can't give examples. But generally speaking, it depends on what you're looking to accomplish, and what your expectations are.

By that I mean, OOTP can be configured many different ways, and it's a simulation engine, not a PREDICTION engine. So, you might run the 2016 MLB season 10 times, and Chase Utley might suck in 9 of them, but in the 10th he might have a resurgence and bat .280 for the season or something. It's not intended to precisely mimic what happened in real life.

Generally, though, OOTP generates extremely realistic statistic overall. You're not going to see people hitting 90 HR a season or anything (unless you tweak your setup to make that happen).

I don't play MLB-style, but from what I understand OOTP has really good statistics compared to other similar games on the market.

Not sure if that helps...

RchW · 07-30-2015, 09:40 PM

Although it can be played as a replay type sim, OOTP is not a dedicated season disk or chart type replay. If individual statistical purity is your goal OOTP may not satisfy. However as a baseball sim and as a representation of realistic statistical output it's as good as, probably better than anything out there.

The Game · 07-31-2015, 09:36 AM

I have played in the World Series with the 1906, 1917,1919,1959, 1983 & 2005 White Sox across 5 versions of OOTP. !917, 1919 & 2005 won it, The rest lost the WS. 1993 still lost to Toronto and i have not played 2000 or 2008. Stats were in line with the actual year but some players performed better some performed worse. Luis Aparicio hit like .229 in 1959.Jack McDowell won 20 in 1993. Frank Thomas went uninjured in 2005 and hit .297 29 HR 109 RBI. I simmed all of 2005. The rest i played most games.

geneaber · 07-31-2015, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Game

I have played in the World Series with the 1906, 1917,1919,1959, 1983 & 2005 White Sox across 5 versions of OOTP. !917, 1919 & 2005 won it, The rest lost the WS. 1993 still lost to Toronto and i have not played 2000 or 2008. Stats were in line with the actual year but some players performed better some performed worse. Luis Aparicio hit like .229 in 1959.Jack McDowell won 20 in 1993. Frank Thomas went uninjured in 2005 and hit .297 29 HR 109 RBI. I simmed all of 2005. The rest i played most games.

Thanks for the feedback. Only thing holding me back is that the database used to generate results does not use actual lefty /righty splits.

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