Stolen Bases

[phillsphan]

In my fictional league under strategy-league totals the stolen base attempts is .926 and the stolen base Success % is .992. My questionis this... Seems like 50% or more of all SB in this league are failing/caught stealing. How can I make it more realistic?

[henry296]

Originally Posted by phillsphan

In my fictional league under strategy-league totals the stolen base attempts is .926 and the stolen base Success % is .992. My questionis this... Seems like 50% or more of all SB in this league are failing/caught stealing. How can I make it more realistic?

Is your perception that it is too high or low? You should be able to get actual rates by looking at the stats. Real life caught stealing percentages are around 65%.

[phillsphan]

I feel that the CS is too high in my league . Didnt know that 65% of attempts were failures in RL>. How can my players steal more bases?

[henry296]

I am an idiot. I had that backwards. About 70% of steals are successful.

[phillsphan]

what numbers can I change to incease the stolen base success rate?

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by phillsphan

what numbers can I change to incease the stolen base success rate?

Have you tested this a lot and feel its not going to get better?

For an immediate solution you could change stolen base percentage from .992 to a higher number probably 1.1 however you will need to watch this closely as it could mess things up later on(5-10 years)

[RchW]

Originally Posted by phillsphan

In my fictional league under strategy-league totals the stolen base attempts is .926 and the stolen base Success % is .992. My questionis this... Seems like 50% or more of all SB in this league are failing/caught stealing. How can I make it more realistic?

Remember how modifiers work. For SB attempts 0.926 just means that for every 1000 attempt in real life you would have approx 926 att

For the success rate if real life were 70% then the rate in your league would be 0.992 X 70 = 69.44%

Now this is where it gets variable. Depending upon the actual talent in your league you may get more or less than the settings suggest. Some better catchers some slower runners can reduce the success rate. You say it seems like....... but why don't you check the actual SB numbers in your team stats page and compare to what you expect.

[TommyHerr]

Originally Posted by RchW

Remember how modifiers work. For SB attempts 0.926 just means that for every 1000 attempt in real life you would have approx 926 att

For the success rate if real life were 70% then the rate in your league would be 0.992 X 70 = 69.44%

Now this is where it gets variable. Depending upon the actual talent in your league you may get more or less than the settings suggest. Some better catchers some slower runners can reduce the success rate. You say it seems like....... but why don't you check the actual SB numbers in your team stats page and compare to what you expect.

There is no room for logic and statistics in baseball.

[endgame]

Originally Posted by phillsphan

what numbers can I change to incease the stolen base success rate?

The way I accomplish these adjustments is through the engine file in the config folder. Easiest way there is through Preferences, Troubleshooting, Open folder that contains app file. Open the engine file with Notepad and you'll see various settings. One of them is Stolen Base Success. Personally, I run mine at 115 instead of the default 100, and in addition I up the Defensive Influence to 130, along with Double Plays to ~115 as well. Save the file, then close it and you'll return to the game.

It's not a hard percentage, but it's close and it's an easy tool.

[phillsphan]

Originally Posted by endgame

The way I accomplish these adjustments is through the engine file in the config folder. Easiest way there is through Preferences, Troubleshooting, Open folder that contains app file. Open the engine file with Notepad and you'll see various settings. One of them is Stolen Base Success. Personally, I run mine at 115 instead of the default 100, and in addition I up the Defensive Influence to 130, along with Double Plays to ~115 as well. Save the file, then close it and you'll return to the game.

It's not a hard percentage, but it's close and it's an easy tool.

Does this work. has anyone tried this? Open folder containing file app.cfg &engine.cfg?