Rating players - drafting Topic

Curious as to how people deal with some different issues when ranking/rating players.

First, Dur/Sta - I think you can deal with this on a straight line scale to a point.  For example, let's say you make it 5-10% of total rating for regulars and more for pitchers.  But it doesn't work well once you get below a certain point - and what is that point.  It seems having a STA of under 10 is nearly worthless (so even if he is 100-5, that is much worse than a 50-55 guy or even a 5 - 100 guy, who is worse than the 50-55 guy).  Instead, I guess you could use the rating as a % percentage of their total rating (lets say guy two guys have "skills" of 100, with player one have a 100 DUR and player 2 having 75, Then they get a rating of 100 (100 *100%) and 75).  I've tried giving penalties for low ratings, but this makes for arbitrary breaking points.

Second - very low and very high skill ratings.  I'm not sure that the ratings work in a linear fashion.  Take Power.  A guy with 100 power is hitting way more than twice as many HR as a guy with 50 power (other skills being the same).  So how do you account for this.  Is there a nonlinear formula that gives a larger factor the farther from 50 you go (positive or negative)? Maybe every point added is worth 1-5% more (or less) than the last point added (would this be rating = (skill-50)*1.01^(skill-50).  That would not be the right calc, but I hope you get the point. 

Just interested how people handle this and am trying to start a fun discussion.
1/7/2011 10:40 PM
A 100 rated 75 Durability player is worth more than an 80 rated 100 Durability guy.  So what I do is have 80 as my base durability.  Every point above 80 results in a 0.5% increase in ability rating.  Every point below 80 results in a 0.5% decrease in ability.  So:

100 (100) =  110
100 (75)   =  97.5
80 (100)   =  88
1/7/2011 11:50 PM
That's interesting.  Would you take away some points for being below a certain threshold.  say 70? or 65?
1/8/2011 9:48 AM
Rating players - drafting Topic

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