Pitchers’ Ground ball percentage

bbgods · 08-10-2022, 05:17 PM

Every since I started playing MLB Manager, I noticed that pitchers’ ground ball percentages are usually way higher than their statistics on FanGraphs. It has said average=54% the whole time, which is much higher than it should be.

Is this a different stat than the usual GB%?

Matt Arnold · 08-12-2022, 04:50 AM

The game generally displays GO% (ground out percent). That number tends to end up about 10% higher than groundball percent, just due to the nature of counting outs vs all balls. GO% has an average value around 54%, whereas GB% tends to be around 44% if I recall correctly.

bbgods · 08-12-2022, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt Arnold

The game generally displays GO% (ground out percent). That number tends to end up about 10% higher than groundball percent, just due to the nature of counting outs vs all balls. GO% has an average value around 54%, whereas GB% tends to be around 44% if I recall correctly.

Thank you, Matt. Really appreciate the clarification.

08-10-2022, 05:17 PM	#1
bbgods Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 422	Pitchers’ Ground ball percentage Every since I started playing MLB Manager, I noticed that pitchers’ ground ball percentages are usually way higher than their statistics on FanGraphs. It has said average=54% the whole time, which is much higher than it should be. Is this a different stat than the usual GB%?

08-12-2022, 04:50 AM	#2
Matt Arnold OOTP Developer Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Here and there Posts: 15,866	The game generally displays GO% (ground out percent). That number tends to end up about 10% higher than groundball percent, just due to the nature of counting outs vs all balls. GO% has an average value around 54%, whereas GB% tends to be around 44% if I recall correctly.