slow-pitch HRs, fast-pitch Ks, NHL All-Star Game scores!

swingkid19 · 10-30-2017, 12:37 AM

I like thinking of various environments in which to play. I just built a league of All-Star teams by decade, from the 1900s through the 2010s. So, one might expect a ton of offense from teams of elite hitters. However, the pitchers should be up to the task so it should all even out. After all, good pitching stops good hitting, right? Well, except when it doesn't.

My stats are crazy!! Top five hitters are all over .400. OK, but top five strikeout leading pitchers are averaging over 20 Ks per nine innings! Albert Belle has no doubles but is leading in HRs with 37. It is the 1st of May! That is a pace for over 200 HRs in a 162 game season. Babe Ruth has hit 34 HRs--94% of his 36 total hits! Today's scores included the following: 16-10, 14-12, 11-8, 19-12, 26-9. Hal Newhouser is the wins leader (7-1) with an ERA of 6.68! For most of the ERA leaders, 40-60% of their Hits Allowed have been home runs. Did I mention that I set up to play in 1905, which I have thought of as part of the Deadball Era.

Defensively, the game seems a little wonky as seemingly routine fly balls that don't leave the yard are allowed to drop in and there are few infield outs. Anything to the outfield wall is an inside-the-park homer. There are usually three or four of those per game and often multiple occurrences of back-to-back-to-back home runs over the fence.

I imported historical players so it seems that the results should not be so out of whack as they are. Is there some kind of switch to flip to restore some sanity? Do I have to manually go in and adjust all of the almost 500 players somehow? Maybe tick up the pitchers' groundball percentage? It would be great if there is some universal setting to level things out to something slightly more normal.

BTW, I have bought OOTP18 but am playing this in OOTP17 as I had already started it before buying '18."

10-30-2017, 12:37 AM	#1
swingkid19 Bat Boy Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Michigan Posts: 11	slow-pitch HRs, fast-pitch Ks, NHL All-Star Game scores! I like thinking of various environments in which to play. I just built a league of All-Star teams by decade, from the 1900s through the 2010s. So, one might expect a ton of offense from teams of elite hitters. However, the pitchers should be up to the task so it should all even out. After all, good pitching stops good hitting, right? Well, except when it doesn't. My stats are crazy!! Top five hitters are all over .400. OK, but top five strikeout leading pitchers are averaging over 20 Ks per nine innings! Albert Belle has no doubles but is leading in HRs with 37. It is the 1st of May! That is a pace for over 200 HRs in a 162 game season. Babe Ruth has hit 34 HRs--94% of his 36 total hits! Today's scores included the following: 16-10, 14-12, 11-8, 19-12, 26-9. Hal Newhouser is the wins leader (7-1) with an ERA of 6.68! For most of the ERA leaders, 40-60% of their Hits Allowed have been home runs. Did I mention that I set up to play in 1905, which I have thought of as part of the Deadball Era. Defensively, the game seems a little wonky as seemingly routine fly balls that don't leave the yard are allowed to drop in and there are few infield outs. Anything to the outfield wall is an inside-the-park homer. There are usually three or four of those per game and often multiple occurrences of back-to-back-to-back home runs over the fence. I imported historical players so it seems that the results should not be so out of whack as they are. Is there some kind of switch to flip to restore some sanity? Do I have to manually go in and adjust all of the almost 500 players somehow? Maybe tick up the pitchers' groundball percentage? It would be great if there is some universal setting to level things out to something slightly more normal. BTW, I have bought OOTP18 but am playing this in OOTP17 as I had already started it before buying '18." Last edited by swingkid19; 10-30-2017 at 11:10 PM.