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03-17-2015, 07:59 PM | #1 |
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Does OOTP follow MLB rule 10.22a?
MLB Rule 10.22a allows for batters who do not have the required number of plate appearances to be eligible to win the batting title by unofficially charging the batter with enough hitless at-bats to qualify. This is sometimes referred to as the Tony Gwynn rule, in reference to 1996, where Gwynn batted .353 in 498 plate appearances -- 4 PAs short of the required 502. He was still awarded the NL batting title, since if you added an imaginary 0-for-4 to Gwynn's season (to get him to 502 PAs), his batting average would have been .349, which is still higher than Ellis Burks, who hit .344 to finish second.
My question is does OOTP follow MLB rule 10.22a, or does it strictly follow the '3.1 PA per team game' qualifying standard such that anyone who falls short is ineligible for the batting title, no matter what? Does anyone know? Please? I'm in the final stretch run of my current season (162 games), and there's a player in my league who is on track to easily win the batting title. The thing is that he was injured for a good stretch in mid-season, such that there's a very real chance he might not reach the 502 plate appearances to formally qualify -- basically, if he plays all of the games left, he'll make it. (Probably.) My concern is that the AI may choose to sit him, or may pull him out for a defensive replacement, and he'll fall a few plate appearances short of 502. If OOTP follows 10.22a, no problem -- he'll still win the batting title. But if it doesn't -- I'd just hate to see him lose the batting title because he was a few plate appearances short of qualifying. I don't really want to do a commissioner override and force him into the lineup -- I want the teams to play out the season without my intervention -- but if OOTP doesn't follow 10.22a I might have to. (From a baseball perspective, there's no real reason why the AI should ever be taking him out at this point. His team has been eliminated, so there's no real urgency for defensive replacements to protect a lead. He's under contract for next year, so it's not like the team will be on the hook for an extra pay hike if he wins the batting title. And he's extremely popular -- one of the biggest stars in the game. Benching him and having him fall short of the 502 PAs would more or less be just screwing him over for no reason, which would be scandalous.) |
03-18-2015, 02:45 AM | #2 |
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10.22a
Its up to you.
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03-18-2015, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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Well, no, not really (unless there's a Game Settings option "Follow Rule 10.22a" that I can toggle on or off).
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03-18-2015, 03:08 PM | #4 |
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Is there any reason to believe that it doesn't? Pretty sure it does.
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03-18-2015, 03:38 PM | #5 |
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Well I'm inclined to think not. For it to work internally OOTP would continuously have to add AB to every batter not qualified and store that amended BA somewhere. It would then rearrange the league leaders on the standings screen and show a different BA from the leaders listing on player pages lineup pages and reports. I sympathize with the plight of the op but just don't think it happens right now. I'd be happy to be wrong.
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03-18-2015, 03:58 PM | #6 | |
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However, he still won the overall Batter of the Year award
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