1st Inning Woes

daveyk · 10-20-2004, 06:53 PM

In the solo league I am playing (my first season), I sim pretty much everything except I play out all games pitched by the ace of my staff. That way I always look at everything on the team, waiver wire, etc,. every 5 days or so, can adjust lineups, etc.

I would have to dig out the stats to prove it, but from observation of 30+ games started, this guy struggles to get out of the first inning EVERY GAME. Puts me in a 1-4 run hole almost every game.

Mind you, after that he is nails. He finished the year with 18 wins and a ~3.50 ERA.

So I am not complaining about the simulation.

I am wondering, however, (and assuming my observed experience would be borne out by stats if I chose to dig them out) if there is some sort of rating (hidden or otherwise) that controls whether a player starts slowly in a game.

Or was this just a wild string of luck amounting to an improbable possibility occuring?

UngratefulDead · 10-20-2004, 07:08 PM

I'm pretty sure that first inning tend to have a lot of scoring in real life and I've noticed a propensity for it in the game as well, though not specific to pitchers.

HolyCow98 · 10-20-2004, 07:40 PM

Yeah....some pitchers IRL seem to have a hard time earlier and get stronger as the game progressive. Being a long-time Braves fan...Tom Glavine was are guy that was like that.

10-20-2004, 06:53 PM	#1
daveyk Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 24	1st Inning Woes In the solo league I am playing (my first season), I sim pretty much everything except I play out all games pitched by the ace of my staff. That way I always look at everything on the team, waiver wire, etc,. every 5 days or so, can adjust lineups, etc. I would have to dig out the stats to prove it, but from observation of 30+ games started, this guy struggles to get out of the first inning EVERY GAME. Puts me in a 1-4 run hole almost every game. Mind you, after that he is nails. He finished the year with 18 wins and a ~3.50 ERA. So I am not complaining about the simulation. I am wondering, however, (and assuming my observed experience would be borne out by stats if I chose to dig them out) if there is some sort of rating (hidden or otherwise) that controls whether a player starts slowly in a game. Or was this just a wild string of luck amounting to an improbable possibility occuring?

10-20-2004, 07:40 PM	#3
HolyCow98 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Douglasville, GA Posts: 2,735	Yeah....some pitchers IRL seem to have a hard time earlier and get stronger as the game progressive. Being a long-time Braves fan...Tom Glavine was are guy that was like that. __________________ NPBL Enjoying its 60th season Georgia GM

10-20-2004, 07:08 PM	#2
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	I'm pretty sure that first inning tend to have a lot of scoring in real life and I've noticed a propensity for it in the game as well, though not specific to pitchers.