sac bunt percentage low?

Tom the Fish · 04-09-2015, 09:30 PM

Playing out my games, I've been getting thrown out quite a bit at second and third when attempting bunts. Small sample size, but still often enough to start to be a concern.

I checked the modifiers under league settings and the sac bunt percentage seems to be low at .418. Is this an error or correct? This is for the 2015 real rosters, by the way.

Thanks,
Tom

RchW · 04-09-2015, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom the Fish

Playing out my games, I've been getting thrown out quite a bit at second and third when attempting bunts. Small sample size, but still often enough to start to be a concern.

I checked the modifiers under league settings and the sac bunt percentage seems to be low at .418. Is this an error or correct? This is for the 2015 real rosters, by the way.

Thanks,
Tom

That is not a percentage it modifies the occurrence rate. There is a file engine.cfg where you can modify the success rate.

Tom the Fish · 04-10-2015, 01:47 AM

Well, it's at default 100.... Not sure what to do. Either have the pitchers swing or restart with a DH team if it continues.

Questdog · 04-10-2015, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom the Fish

Well, it's at default 100.... Not sure what to do. Either have the pitchers swing or restart with a DH team if it continues.

Real life bunting probably fails a lot more than you realize.....I checked this with a season-long tally kept by hand against real life numbers in OOTP15 and they matched very closely. And nothing has changed in this regards in OOTP16.

Dyzalot · 04-10-2015, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Questdog

Real life bunting probably fails a lot more than you realize.....I checked this with a season-long tally kept by hand against real life numbers in OOTP15 and they matched very closely. And nothing has changed in this regards in OOTP16.

This year is the first version of OOTP that I ever saw a sac bunt attempt result in a fielder's choice. I probably played out 100 seasons or so last year where I observed maybe 10-15 games per season and I had never seen it happen until I started a new season in this version.

Tom the Fish · 04-10-2015, 02:16 AM

Yeah the other teams have around 8-17 sac hits in 40 (or so) games. I'm playing SD and we have 2. Probably a small sample abnormality but man is it weird to be afraid to press the bunt button with no one out, two men on and a pitcher with bunt rating of 4 or 5 at bat.

JMGC · 04-10-2015, 01:47 PM

Bunting seems alright in my game, most of the time they are successful but sometimes they get the out at second or third.

RchW · 04-10-2015, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom the Fish

Yeah the other teams have around 8-17 sac hits in 40 (or so) games. I'm playing SD and we have 2. Probably a small sample abnormality but man is it weird to be afraid to press the bunt button with no one out, two men on and a pitcher with bunt rating of 4 or 5 at bat.

Tom, bumping the success rate 10%-15% in the engine.cfg file will not break the game. Give it a try. Remember it will apply to your opponent as well.

The Wolf · 04-10-2015, 02:34 PM

I bump it up 20 and it doesn't break the game one bit.

04-09-2015, 09:30 PM	#1
Tom the Fish All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jingu Stadium Posts: 507	sac bunt percentage low? Playing out my games, I've been getting thrown out quite a bit at second and third when attempting bunts. Small sample size, but still often enough to start to be a concern. I checked the modifiers under league settings and the sac bunt percentage seems to be low at .418. Is this an error or correct? This is for the 2015 real rosters, by the way. Thanks, Tom __________________ "Any talk of rebelliousness has to begin with one's profound appreciation and understanding of tradition." - Lu Shoukun

04-10-2015, 01:47 AM	#3
Tom the Fish All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jingu Stadium Posts: 507	Well, it's at default 100.... Not sure what to do. Either have the pitchers swing or restart with a DH team if it continues. __________________ "Any talk of rebelliousness has to begin with one's profound appreciation and understanding of tradition." - Lu Shoukun

04-10-2015, 02:16 AM	#6
Tom the Fish All Star Reserve Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jingu Stadium Posts: 507	Yeah the other teams have around 8-17 sac hits in 40 (or so) games. I'm playing SD and we have 2. Probably a small sample abnormality but man is it weird to be afraid to press the bunt button with no one out, two men on and a pitcher with bunt rating of 4 or 5 at bat. __________________ "Any talk of rebelliousness has to begin with one's profound appreciation and understanding of tradition." - Lu Shoukun

04-10-2015, 01:47 PM	#7
JMGC Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 69	Bunting seems alright in my game, most of the time they are successful but sometimes they get the out at second or third.