This thread will have a compilation of all the stats I can get on the players within the league.
GOALS: Here are the things I'd like this league to be able to contribute to:
- Increase our understanding of pitchers fatigue - specifically as it relates to the number of pitches thrown.
- How does performance decline at different levels of fatigue? 100%-90%, 90%-80%, 80%-70%, etc.
- Gain understanding about which stats are most impacted by fatigue.
- How big of an advantage (if any) do teams without fatigue have over teams with fatigue?
- Have fun!
BALLPARK: Whatifsports Park (neutral) - In order to control for the best results, I want to use a neutral park here. Though in theory, a
negative hit ballpark would be more beneficial to teams running the fatigue test outside of this experiment.
ALIGNMENT: There will be two different "groups" for the test. Group A (Control) and Group B (Test), 8 teams each. Each league will have 4 of each group, each division will have 2 of each group.
THE TEST: All Group A (
Control) teams and Group B (
Test) teams will roster identical pitching staffs with one exception; the Test teams will remove 1994 Brett Saberhagen from their roster. This will leave all Control teams with 1355IP and all Test teams with 1100IP.
Control teams must employ a 4-man rotation of Maddux, Saberhagen, Halladay, and Lee, while the
Test teams must employ a 3-man rotation of Maddux, Halladay, and Lee. In order to combat early season fatigue, you may start whomever you like the first two games, but rotations need to be set after that. For
Control teams, I would like your autorest to be between 90%-95%, for
Test teams, I would like your autorest to be between 70%-75%. Any micro managing/bullpen setup is up to the individual owner (If you wanna give Fister a spot start here and there to keep your guys from fatiguing too quickly, you can do so - just please consider the theme goals as you do so).
TEAM COMPOSITION:
| Role |
Player |
T |
W-L-S |
IP/162 |
ERA |
OAV |
WHIP |
K/9 |
BB/9 |
HR/9 |
K-BB |
Salary |
| SP |
1996 Greg Maddux |
R |
15-11-0 |
245 |
2.72 |
0.241 |
1.03 |
6.32 |
1.03 |
0.4 |
172-28 |
$8,407,161 |
| SP/RP |
2011 Roy Halladay |
R |
19-6-0 |
234 |
2.35 |
0.239 |
1.04 |
8.47 |
1.35 |
0.39 |
220-35 |
$7,857,245 |
| SP/RP |
2010 Cliff Lee |
L |
12-9-2000 |
212 |
3.18 |
0.24 |
1 |
7.84 |
0.76 |
0.68 |
185-18 |
$6,812,030 |
| SP/RP |
1994 Bret Saberhagen |
R |
14-4-0 |
255 |
2.74 |
0.254 |
1.03 |
7.26 |
0.66 |
0.66 |
143-13 |
$7,875,590 |
| SP/RP |
2011 Doug Fister |
R |
8-1-2000 |
70 |
1.79 |
0.206 |
0.84 |
7.29 |
0.64 |
0.51 |
57-5 |
$3,018,490 |
| SP/RP |
2015 Alex Wilson |
R |
3-3-2002 |
70 |
2.19 |
0.238 |
1.03 |
4.89 |
1.41 |
0.64 |
38-11 |
$1,866,761 |
| SP/RP |
2014 Scott Atchison |
R |
6-0-2 |
72 |
2.75 |
0.227 |
1.03 |
6.13 |
1.75 |
0.5 |
49-14 |
$2,110,181 |
| SP/RP |
2002 Mariano Rivera |
R |
1-4-28 |
47 |
2.74 |
0.203 |
1 |
8.02 |
2.15 |
0.59 |
41-11 |
$1,612,112 |
| SP/RP |
2017 Sean Doolittle |
L |
2-0-24 |
51 |
2.81 |
0.185 |
0.86 |
10.87 |
1.75 |
0.88 |
62-10 |
$2,092,862 |
| SP/RP |
1912 Carl Weilman |
L |
2-4-2001 |
51 |
2.79 |
0.227 |
0.93 |
4.47 |
0.56 |
0 |
24-3 |
$1,995,364 |
| SP/RP |
2008 Billy Wagner |
L |
2000-1-27 |
47 |
2.3 |
0.185 |
0.89 |
9.96 |
1.91 |
0.77 |
52-10 |
$1,920,067 |
As we go forward, I will attempt to highlight snapshots of performance every 40 games.