Hitting .400

MaCrawford · 06-21-2013, 06:59 AM

Have you ever had anyone hit .400?

I've simmed 60+ years (2013-2077) and never had anyone hit .400.

I had a guy hit .3992, which was insanely close. Rounded down to .399. Same guy came very close to .400 a couple of times.

Curve Ball Dave · 06-21-2013, 08:50 AM

Shoeless Joe Jackson has done it a couple of times in my fictional league which is made up of players from all eras including the current.

The Game · 06-21-2013, 10:35 AM

This is just since 1999 and spans 2 league MLB and a fictional league but I have had 4. Also on 13 not 14. Fictional league
1. Kevin France (clone of Eddie Collins) .419, 2004 (my team)
2. John Wayne .417 2003
3. Luke Skywalker .405 2004 (my team)
I also currently have a 1B hitting .459 thru 23 games no biggie there
MLB (full import of records)
6. Todd Helton .422 2000

I also had Barry Bonds hit .402 in 2004 but I had to replay that season He ended up then only playing 23 games.

Sweed · 06-21-2013, 11:38 AM

I have a league going from 2002 (started in v4) to 2025 (imported version to version now in v14) that is still on going. I have had one guy hit over .400.

Ken Householder hit .409 in 2021. For perspective league average was .262 in 2021.

Desmond Naquin hit .3990 in 2016. League average in 2016 was .268.

So neither guy did it in a pumped up offensive league.

The next closest is a minuscule

.3758

eriqjaffe · 06-21-2013, 11:59 AM

I had a guy hit .400 back in OOTP 6, but not since then.

It's a good story, actually. He was sitting at .400 with 2 days to go in the regular season. We had already clinched a playoff spot, so I sat him for the last two days. Somewhat foolishly, I simmed the last two games to get to the playoffs.

The AI used him as a pinch hitter in both games. He went 2-2 in those appearances.

BballDoc · 06-21-2013, 12:28 PM

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3. Luke Skywalker .405 2004 (my team)

Of course he was using 'the force' so he doesn't count.

(Sorry, couldn't resist).

canaveral · 06-21-2013, 12:30 PM

Ken Caminiti playing in Colorado hit .400. George Brett. But it's usually a marginal, less than full-time player, who spurts out for 1 year. Hasn't happened much at all over numerous historical replays.

r0nster · 06-21-2013, 12:45 PM

the best I seen was .361 so far in ALL my OOTP games. using original settings.

The Wolf · 06-21-2013, 01:31 PM

Ty Cobb and Shoeless Joe Jackson in my first 6.5 league. I think Cobb did it twice. No one since.

r0nster · 06-21-2013, 01:46 PM

hmm which is harder a no-hitter or .400 LOL

dmacgreg37 · 06-21-2013, 01:54 PM

I'm about 3.25 seasons into a fictional British Premier League. My first pick in the inaugural draft (4th overall) is a LF who's hit .374, .383, .409. It's 112 game seasons. He hasn't played more than 96 games in any of them due to injury, but has qualified for the batting title each year (2nd, 1st, 1st).

RonP · 06-21-2013, 01:59 PM

Ted Williams, .408.

Padreman · 06-21-2013, 02:09 PM

I had it happen 5 times with 4 guys my
League started in 1998 and its now in 2089
The highest was .425 lowest .402

CBL-Commish · 06-21-2013, 04:19 PM

The Continental League has had three .400 seasons. Yogi Seitzer did it in the first year of the league in '88, and Tim Long had a couple of .400 seasons in the 90s. The CBL is more-or-less on the same run context as modern MLB.

I do have several indy or foreign leagues in my universe with higher offensive levels where hitting .400 is not uncommon. And a Greenland Winter League where hitting as poorly as .400 gets you slotted in 8th or 9th in your team's lineup and probably sent to the reserve squad.

Padreman · 06-21-2013, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

The Continental League has had three .400 seasons. Yogi Seitzer did it in the first year of the league in '88, and Tim Long had a couple of .400 seasons in the 90s. The CBL is more-or-less on the same run context as modern MLB.

I do have several indy or foreign leagues in my universe with higher offensive levels where hitting .400 is not uncommon. And a Greenland Winter League where hitting as poorly as .400 gets you slotted in 8th or 9th in your team's lineup and probably sent to the reserve squad.

Sounds like your modifiers are a bit off

The Game · 06-21-2013, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by r0nster

hmm which is harder a no-hitter or .400 LOL

In my league a no hitter. Some scrub just threw a no hitter in my main league but none for any of the top 10 pitchers. On 12 my best pitcher had 4 in 6 seasons, my #2 had 3 and my #4 had 1. I have yet to have one in game that i managed or for anyone on my team in 13. Has this changed in 14 Wolf? Might give me reason to buy it sooner before my top 3 pitchers retire.

r0nster · 06-21-2013, 05:05 PM

In my league there has been only 2 no-no's. starting 2013 now just finishing 2016 season (4 seasons) I have yet to have a player on my team since the version from 2001 pitch a No-no. NOT complaining but when I do get one I will post it big time as some sort of celebration LOL. As stated above never in any of my older versions of OOTP of .400 either. ALL in good fun

CBL-Commish · 06-21-2013, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Padreman

Sounds like your modifiers are a bit off

If by "off" you mean not matching modern MLB, then yes, absolutely. It's on purpose. I find it kind of boring to have a 45-league universe with 45 leagues that approximate the conditions of modern MLB.

I designed the Greenland Winter Ice Baseball League to have a BABIP over .400, and ludicrously poor fielding to approximate playing baseball on a frozen pond in -30 degree weather.

I like that the Sao Tome Baseball Conglomeration has a .914 league OPS, and one team has scored 1200 runs through the 168th game of a 240-game schedule. And that the Timberline League is all in high-altitude parks with home run rates comparable to the more extreme parks in the California League. My Mexican League is like the real Mexican League, where hitting .400 is not uncommon, where the real Julio Franco hit .437 there as a 42-year-old. And the Portland Municipal League has a .601 OPS so far and a 3.13 league ERA.

SunDevil · 06-21-2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by CBL-Commish

If by "off" you mean not matching modern MLB, then yes, absolutely. It's on purpose. I find it kind of boring to have a 45-league universe with 45 leagues that approximate the conditions of modern MLB.

I designed the Greenland Winter Ice Baseball League to have a BABIP over .400, and ludicrously poor fielding to approximate playing baseball on a frozen pond in -30 degree weather.

I like that the Sao Tome Baseball Conglomeration has a .914 league OPS, and one team has scored 1200 runs through the 168th game of a 240-game schedule. And that the Timberline League is all in high-altitude parks with home run rates comparable to the more extreme parks in the California League. My Mexican League is like the real Mexican League, where hitting .400 is not uncommon, where the real Julio Franco hit .437 there as a 42-year-old. And the Portland Municipal League has a .601 OPS so far and a 3.13 league ERA.

Do you have a quickstart, I would love to look at your league setup?

jldante56 · 06-21-2013, 09:13 PM

My league started on OOTP 13 and is now in 2058...I've never had a .400 hitter...closest I came was Will Clark Jr. (Cloned from a computer generated guy), who hit .392 in his best season, but went on to break Pete Rose's career hits record.

I've had 43 no-hitters during this same time...but never mor than two by any individual pitcher.

06-21-2013, 06:59 AM	#1
MaCrawford Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 34	Hitting .400 Have you ever had anyone hit .400? I've simmed 60+ years (2013-2077) and never had anyone hit .400. I had a guy hit .3992, which was insanely close. Rounded down to .399. Same guy came very close to .400 a couple of times.

06-21-2013, 11:59 AM	#5
eriqjaffe Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Under The Christmas Fish Posts: 7,695	I had a guy hit .400 back in OOTP 6, but not since then. It's a good story, actually. He was sitting at .400 with 2 days to go in the regular season. We had already clinched a playoff spot, so I sat him for the last two days. Somewhat foolishly, I simmed the last two games to get to the playoffs. The AI used him as a pinch hitter in both games. He went 2-2 in those appearances. __________________

06-21-2013, 04:19 PM	#14
CBL-Commish All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,999	The Continental League has had three .400 seasons. Yogi Seitzer did it in the first year of the league in '88, and Tim Long had a couple of .400 seasons in the 90s. The CBL is more-or-less on the same run context as modern MLB. I do have several indy or foreign leagues in my universe with higher offensive levels where hitting .400 is not uncommon. And a Greenland Winter League where hitting as poorly as .400 gets you slotted in 8th or 9th in your team's lineup and probably sent to the reserve squad. __________________ For the best in O's news: Orioles' Hangout.com

06-21-2013, 08:50 AM	#2
Curve Ball Dave Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,370	Shoeless Joe Jackson has done it a couple of times in my fictional league which is made up of players from all eras including the current. __________________ "Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

06-21-2013, 10:35 AM	#3
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,937	This is just since 1999 and spans 2 league MLB and a fictional league but I have had 4. Also on 13 not 14. Fictional league 1. Kevin France (clone of Eddie Collins) .419, 2004 (my team) 2. John Wayne .417 2003 3. Luke Skywalker .405 2004 (my team) I also currently have a 1B hitting .459 thru 23 games no biggie there MLB (full import of records) 6. Todd Helton .422 2000 I also had Barry Bonds hit .402 in 2004 but I had to replay that season He ended up then only playing 23 games.

06-21-2013, 11:38 AM	#4
Sweed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 6,746	I have a league going from 2002 (started in v4) to 2025 (imported version to version now in v14) that is still on going. I have had one guy hit over .400. Ken Householder hit .409 in 2021. For perspective league average was .262 in 2021. Desmond Naquin hit .3990 in 2016. League average in 2016 was .268. So neither guy did it in a pumped up offensive league. The next closest is a minuscule .3758

06-21-2013, 12:30 PM	#7
canaveral Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Space Coast FL Posts: 194	Ken Caminiti playing in Colorado hit .400. George Brett. But it's usually a marginal, less than full-time player, who spurts out for 1 year. Hasn't happened much at all over numerous historical replays.

06-21-2013, 12:45 PM	#8
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,053	the best I seen was .361 so far in ALL my OOTP games. using original settings.

06-21-2013, 01:46 PM	#10
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,053	hmm which is harder a no-hitter or .400 LOL

06-21-2013, 01:54 PM	#11
dmacgreg37 Major Leagues Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 492	I'm about 3.25 seasons into a fictional British Premier League. My first pick in the inaugural draft (4th overall) is a LF who's hit .374, .383, .409. It's 112 game seasons. He hasn't played more than 96 games in any of them due to injury, but has qualified for the batting title each year (2nd, 1st, 1st).

06-21-2013, 01:59 PM	#12
RonP Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 226	Ted Williams, .408.

06-21-2013, 02:09 PM	#13
Padreman Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2013 Location: Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico (formally San Diego, CA.) Posts: 4,138	I had it happen 5 times with 4 guys my League started in 1998 and its now in 2089 The highest was .425 lowest .402

06-21-2013, 05:05 PM	#17
r0nster Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 3,053	In my league there has been only 2 no-no's. starting 2013 now just finishing 2016 season (4 seasons) I have yet to have a player on my team since the version from 2001 pitch a No-no. NOT complaining but when I do get one I will post it big time as some sort of celebration LOL. As stated above never in any of my older versions of OOTP of .400 either. ALL in good fun

06-21-2013, 09:13 PM	#20
jldante56 Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 376	My league started on OOTP 13 and is now in 2058...I've never had a .400 hitter...closest I came was Will Clark Jr. (Cloned from a computer generated guy), who hit .392 in his best season, but went on to break Pete Rose's career hits record. I've had 43 no-hitters during this same time...but never mor than two by any individual pitcher.