example:


Ozzie Smith 1982 NL team Offended by Offensitivity 23-9-0= +14
Ozzie Smith 1982 AL team Leather Heroes 15-19-1= -5



This is unexpected. Modern pitchers may not have a positive influence on Smith being that he is a modern fielder but I would at least expect a negative influence with a pre 1920 pitcher (NL) team. Seems he got better with an NL influence.

With a player like '82 Ozzie Smith, I wonder how
much of that difference isn't due to one playing fatigued.

that's a good point just. Maybe the owners can report on that for us. Sure need some kind of explanation why the difference. Maybe I'll put this in the league forum....

For whatever it's worth, modern pitching doesn't appear to have helped my team's errors. Everyone is either on pace to match or beat their performance histories.

The worst offenders: '06 VMart averages 4 errors over 111 games, he has logged 10 in just 105. And of course '08 Nap Lajoie has eased off his blistering pace, but still has 20 errors over 105 games, he goes for 22 over 160 games on his performance history.

Everyone else is either right on or just slightly over. I think Pete Ward and Billy North are the only ones to ever play at less than 100%

A tale of two Doppelgangers...the only difference is the pitching staff...both teams in the Astrodome

D-70 110+ 104 E 1-

D-20 110+ 150 E 4-

For me, the pre-1920 pitchers are having a huge impact...a 50% increase in errors, which is what is supposed to happen, right? What is interesting to me, is that the pitching era has had virtually no impact on +/-. And D-20 has won 3 more games than D-70.

I haven't played my Ozzie fatigued at all for Offended by Offensitivity. I see that Leather Heroes has been playing his Ozz consistently at 97 fatigue. But it's hard to believe that slight change is impacting his error rate so dramatically.

I see that it's not just the FP that is different; also the range factor, boosting up my Ozz's + plays. That part must be due to the difference in pitchers. Pre-1920's would generate a lot more ground balls, I should think.

Nope; busted! Leather heroes GB/FG = 1.21, OBO = 1.18. I'm back to contemplating a park effect.

Home Games
W L D
33 14 7

+ - e score - OBO
40 3 43 -6

+ - e score - Visitor
32 8 67 -43

Away Games
W L D
22 14 13

+ - e score - OBO
43 3 29 11

+ - e score - home
37 8 47 -18

"errors/ home game" = 2.04 "errors/ away game"= 1.55

The numbers above suggest a higher error rate when playing at my home field, Palace of the Fans, which has the largest OF area I could find.

So this confuses things further. Unless the Palace selectively increases the error rates selectively for OFs, Ozz ought to be doing even worse because of all the games played at the Palace. I'd love to have an actual count of whether his errors occurred home or away, but I haven't been tracking that. I will eventually have enough data collected to see if Palace selectively impacts OF vs IF error rates though.

(+) minus (E) minus (-)= Point total
__________________Game 106____________________________

National League


East Division
Dads Tigers 93 .. (Bud4875) 34-74-25= -65
Rime of the Ancient Hurler . (JFranco77) 138-51-5= +82
Fielders (Johnnyd0303) 26-93-17= -84
Not sure I thought this through well (Just4me) 52-71-29= -48

Central Division
Offended by offensitivity (mmiller989) 87-74-5= +8
Scratch & Claw (nhsteven) 84-33-14= +37
Pentagon Farm Center (north of 49) 117-76-7= +34
Doppleganger '20 (seamar_116) 113-154-4= -45

Western Division
Golden Gloves ( tegesta) 66-80-16= -30
The unusual suspects ( 10_cents) 68-117-17= -66
Battleship Potemkin (whoscraig) 92-124-5= -37
Don't be so defensive (winnetka1) 23-70-23= -70

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division
Astro Oddities (Alleyviper) 126-84-7= +35
Death to rolling things (Gyroball) 79-103-5= -29
Modern Pitchers for the win (Msheaf1) 61-75-11= -25
take one for the team (Pinotfan) 56-39-16= +1

Central Division
I find this offensivitive (redwingscup) 62-88-10= -36
2010 Can't touch this ( ruperts) 53-77-11= -35
Doppleganger '70 (seamar_116) 114-104-1= +9
Leather Heroes ( tegesta) 59-60-7= -8

West Division
hand in glove (trenchfoot) 103-69-0= +34
fits like a glove (unrulydog) 76-39-7= +30
P&D Kaos (uncleal) 41-98-41= -98
Birds Foil None (zubinsum) 45-58-11= -24

League averages 66-70-11= -15

Divisional POINT leaders in bold