MLB.COM I just copy/paste and let Excel do the math.

Year	Runs	Hits	2B	3B	HR	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008	753	1466	300	30	163	0.264	0.333	0.416	0.749
2007	777	1499	307	31	165	0.268	0.336	0.422	0.758
2006	787	1502	305	32	180	0.269	0.336	0.432	0.768

Trending downward. One might say it's due to the removal 'roids.

i might agree. thanks for those numbers. there really is a glaring difference in the number of doubles between these hbd worlds and mlb

FYI: This is a recent ticket response I got to an inquiry regarding the past season performance of a few players from one of my worlds.

1/16/2010 3:28 PM Customer Support
Thanks for the note. We don't need to look at those players. We have concluded our own review. HR totals have dipped below what our target was. An adjustment is needed to bring it back up a bit. This will go out with our next update.

Squeaky wheel. As anyone can see, homers are in line with MLB. As is everything except doubles. If they really wanted to "fix" anything, they'd screw around with the doubles part of the engine. But chicks, and HBD owners, dig the long ball.

Quote: Originally posted by MikeT23 on 1/17/2010Squeaky wheel.   As anyone can see, homers are in line with MLB.  As is everything except doubles.   If they really wanted to "fix" anything, they'd screw around with the doubles part of the engine.   But chicks, and HBD owners, dig the long ball.

Mike, homers may be in line with MLB currently, but owner usage is not.

Those "in line" HR are a product of Worlds where there is fatigued pitching, where there are DH playing C, where owners still sacrifice the above average D for the poor D above average bat the majority of the time. If MLB managers did the same thing, HR would be higher there too.

That said, personally, I'm not a huge fan of the HR and generally (over)focus on D, so I just hope the attempt to bring HR back up "a bit" isn't another overcorrection that Admin re-examines for the next next update.

I'm a newby...but seems more like real like baseball now.



I like it.



Keith

zbrent, I fully understand what you're saying. But, under the current engine with the current "strategies", homers are in line with MLB. When WifS tweaks the power engine again, you'll see more DH at C, 1B in LF and LF in RF because it will be worth it.

I don't like it... I put a team together that has pretty much dominated the last 2 seasons and it NOT based on those 99power guys with no contact or anything else.. Mine is based on speed, contact and batting eye.. Won over 100+ games and went to the WS last season.. I'm not even above .500 with about 60 games in.. I've done very little to the team that would effect it that much.. But looking at what you've put up here the HR totals are going down..

Look anything like this:

1	MikeT23	ML	87-75	.537	2nd	No	No
2	MikeT23	ML	74-88	.457	3rd	No	No
3	MikeT23	ML	90-72	.556	2nd	Yes	No	no	no	no
4	MikeT23	ML	93-69	.574	1st	No	Yes	no	no	no
5	MikeT23	ML	88-74	.543	2nd	Yes	No	no	no	no
6	MikeT23	ML	87-75	.537	1st	No	Yes	no	no	no
7	MikeT23	ML	106-56	.654	1st	No	Yes	yes	no	no
8	MikeT23	ML	94-68	.580	1st	No	Yes	no	no	no
9	MikeT23	ML	92-70	.568	2nd	Yes	No	no	no	no
10	MikeT23	ML	65-97	.401	3rd	No	No
11	MikeT23	ML	80-82	.494	3rd	No	No
12	MikeT23	ML	78-84	.481	3rd	No	No

Season 10 wasn't much different than season 9. Sometimes you have an off year. It happens.

6 tomhighway ML 107-55 .660 1st No Yes yes no no
7 tomhighway ML 109-53 .673 1st No Yes yes yes no
8 tomhighway ML 30-32 .484


this is a big down year lol

It happens. FWIW, your team built on "contact" has two guys with 80+ contact ratings. So I'd say you've built a chair with two legs. It's gonna be a little wobbly sometimes.

I see your point however I tend to think 70+ contact is pretty good when some of the guys have 100 speed. But my point was it's not built on power. I guess having such a bad season just could be coincidence .. Nobody likes to lose lol

Anybody could randomly add worlds to get whatever results they wanted. This information is useless.