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Originally Posted by RchW
Steve, thanks for both comments. You've piqued my interest in this. Where do you find the data in the game for runs scored from 3rd on GB outs? I assume that RL data is found at BR or Retrosheet?
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Unfortunately, there are some stats for which there is no shortcut. I collected a list of them at one time, and actually kept track of them while playing out a season, and compared what I found to what I could get from real life box scores and game logs. In some cases, I could get multiple season info, but I decided that single season data was quite sufficient for many of the things I was looking at. I was able to use this data to convince Markus to take another look at basestealing behavior and get that fixed. In other cases, I just use it as a benchmark for adjusting settings in the game.
In this case, I thought it was quite evident that there was too much scoring from 3B, and my data collection confirmed that. Of course, I think others would have to do what I did in order to test my conclusions. However, doing that does not seem to appeal to very many people.
My preference would be to have more plays at Home (which would be the most realistic change, and I know it could be done with the existing programming) but I am OK with just keeping these run stats closer to real life even if the way to do that may seem a bit unrealistic.