League Stat Totals

D-BacksJosh · 04-14-2018, 06:31 PM

Okay, I run a fictional league 66 games per season. I am using 1999 league totals for stats at the moment as that is the closest I could find in the modern era for higher offense. I would really like to have college stat totals with the higher BA, homeruns, etc. and still have pitchers that dominate. any way to accomplish this?

NoOne · 04-14-2018, 08:39 PM

make a spreadsheet or find mine in forums..

you can make a set of League Totals that fit what you want.. just make sure the #'s you choose add up to correct BABIP and whatever else... they all have to add up and jive for best results.

on my spreadsheet, the stuff that amounts from an equation is done for you and you type in the other variables. so babip, ba, obp, slugging all adjust as you change things.

hits is easy.. i wanted a particluar ba and simply do the math and start there... i knew roughly what i wanted for XBH and type dthose in.. same with bb and so... then i'd adjust until i got the babip, obp and slugging i wanted to see.

the # of AB you use is irrelevant for the most part. it will scale. use 100k and go from there or use something more akin to a 66g schedule... i've even tried 1,000,000 thinking it might give it a better resolution... didn't see much of a difference.

it's all about the resulting rates and ratios of various things.. e.g. hits:2b:3b:hr.. or hits/ab for estimated BA.

so make them jive, type them in, then "autocalculate" the modifiers at least one time as near to opening day as you can remember.

any era change or shift from seed players to created players may require additional auto-calculate button presses. otherwise, you may only need minor adjustments to teh modifiers if any one related stat gets too far from the mean in either direction. with a smaller schedule expect greater volatility.. which means adjusting is more difficult to have any confidence in what you reacted to.

seed players = players at game creation in a fictional league -- not the same as what will be created, bt similar.. therefore a shift in stats is inevitable.. smaller now than in years past. this is why some,like me, suggest simming out 20-30 years by pre-dating league and then erasing history to start fresh at intended start date.

same idea with historical players and a change of era... it comes with new LTM/LTs and different player ratings distributions... stats will shift. maybe in ways you don't expect nor want.

D-BacksJosh · 04-15-2018, 01:45 AM

Thanks for the advice. I decided to use Mexican League stat totals, I think this will get me the balance that I need and higher offense. Used a BABIP calculator... its at .329 so league average .290/.361/.426 that should work lol.

04-14-2018, 06:31 PM	#1
D-BacksJosh Banned Join Date: May 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 875	League Stat Totals Okay, I run a fictional league 66 games per season. I am using 1999 league totals for stats at the moment as that is the closest I could find in the modern era for higher offense. I would really like to have college stat totals with the higher BA, homeruns, etc. and still have pitchers that dominate. any way to accomplish this?

04-14-2018, 08:39 PM	#2
NoOne Banned Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 7,273 Infractions: 0/1 (3)	make a spreadsheet or find mine in forums.. you can make a set of League Totals that fit what you want.. just make sure the #'s you choose add up to correct BABIP and whatever else... they all have to add up and jive for best results. on my spreadsheet, the stuff that amounts from an equation is done for you and you type in the other variables. so babip, ba, obp, slugging all adjust as you change things. hits is easy.. i wanted a particluar ba and simply do the math and start there... i knew roughly what i wanted for XBH and type dthose in.. same with bb and so... then i'd adjust until i got the babip, obp and slugging i wanted to see. the # of AB you use is irrelevant for the most part. it will scale. use 100k and go from there or use something more akin to a 66g schedule... i've even tried 1,000,000 thinking it might give it a better resolution... didn't see much of a difference. it's all about the resulting rates and ratios of various things.. e.g. hits:2b:3b:hr.. or hits/ab for estimated BA. so make them jive, type them in, then "autocalculate" the modifiers at least one time as near to opening day as you can remember. any era change or shift from seed players to created players may require additional auto-calculate button presses. otherwise, you may only need minor adjustments to teh modifiers if any one related stat gets too far from the mean in either direction. with a smaller schedule expect greater volatility.. which means adjusting is more difficult to have any confidence in what you reacted to. seed players = players at game creation in a fictional league -- not the same as what will be created, bt similar.. therefore a shift in stats is inevitable.. smaller now than in years past. this is why some,like me, suggest simming out 20-30 years by pre-dating league and then erasing history to start fresh at intended start date. same idea with historical players and a change of era... it comes with new LTM/LTs and different player ratings distributions... stats will shift. maybe in ways you don't expect nor want.

04-15-2018, 01:45 AM	#3
D-BacksJosh Banned Join Date: May 2011 Location: Arizona Posts: 875	Thanks for the advice. I decided to use Mexican League stat totals, I think this will get me the balance that I need and higher offense. Used a BABIP calculator... its at .329 so league average .290/.361/.426 that should work lol.