Quick question -- How to cut down on strike outs

[rink23]

It's a continuing trend, but my St. Louis Cardinals, continue to strike out at a mind-bogging trend.
Yes, the players who have high K rates whiff like crazy but players who have avoid K ratings in the 60s through 80s also are on track for a career-high in strike outs.
Can a change in hitting coach make a difference, maybe look at one more who preaches contact.
After 50 games, I have struck out 553 times -- 11.06 times per game -- ranking us 30th in terms of strike outs.
The next highest are the Marlins -- 473 through 50 games 9.46 -- a huge differential.
I am at wits end in trying to figure this out.
This is the third season in a row this has happened.
Although, last season, thanks to our pitching we actually won the World Series.
So I should not complain.
Anyway, just needed to vent.

[Brad K]

Originally Posted by rink23

Although, last season, thanks to our pitching we actually won the World Series.
So I should not complain.

Correct. Your team won the World Series and you're complaining about how they did it.

[md40022]

For what it's worth, 11.06 per game seems astronomically high

The all time record is 1,596 strikeouts in a 162 game season -- 9.8 per game.

If your pace keeps up for the full season, you will shatter that record with 1,792 strikeouts.

I don't even want to go down this rabbit hole, but if it has been like that 3 seasons in a row then something with the auto-calc and modifiers might be off. Now I will say, the only time I ever tried to manually do anything with those numbers I created huge problems (if anyone remembers that BABIP thread from last year).... So you would need someone smarter than me to help you there. But honestly, 3 straight years of record breaking strike out numbers do sound like something in the auto-calc modifiers being a little off.

[uruguru]

Originally Posted by md40022

For what it's worth, 11.06 per game seems astronomically high

The all time record is 1,596 strikeouts in a 162 game season -- 9.8 per game.

If your pace keeps up for the full season, you will shatter that record with 1,792 strikeouts.

I don't even want to go down this rabbit hole, but if it has been like that 3 seasons in a row then something with the auto-calc and modifiers might be off. Now I will say, the only time I ever tried to manually do anything with those numbers I created huge problems (if anyone remembers that BABIP thread from last year).... So you would need someone smarter than me to help you there. But honestly, 3 straight years of record breaking strike out numbers do sound like something in the auto-calc modifiers being a little off.

Pick a season you like, lock the stats, and then turn on control of the in-game engine (that's recommended only for minors).

[Brad K]

We have deviant stats for a single team and solutions that affect the entire league but no mention of what the entire league is doing. This is a mismatch..

[Reed]

Yes, the first question should be is this league wide or just your team.