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chucksabr · 01-31-2023, 01:26 PM

I've been googling around like crazy trying to find the answer on my own and I am coming up dry, so I am going to ask here and hopefully I get an answer I can work with.

I am joining an online league where innings pitched under 25/100 (RP/SP) and at bats under 200 (which I understand are the defaults and can be changed by the league owner/commissioner) will be adjusted.

In the manual, where it discusses adding historical leagues, this is what is written about adjustments:

This setting forces the game to adjust the pitching ratings for players who did not play very much in the selected season. For example, this would prevent a player who pitched well, but in just 5 innings of play, from being rated very highly by making them closer to the league average. By default, players with fewer than 25 innings pitched will be adjusted. The game will multiply the entered IP by four when adjusting starting pitchers.

I understand the manual is talking about pitcher ratings here, but I would assume a pitcher who is rated at league average would have Stats+, like wRC+ and OPS+ as well as ERA- and FIP-, at the league average, which is 100, as well.

I would like to know how this adjustment is applied on a practical, technical basis. So, for example:

If Gary Peters' FIP- in real life for his first three seasons are 171, 24, 49, and his innings pitched for those three seasons are 1.0, 3.1, 10.1 — all well under the IP threshold for adjustment — does that mean his adjusted FIP- in the game for those three seasons get converted to league average, meaning 100, 100, 100?

Same with Gene Moore: his FIP- for his first three seasons are 180, 110, 134 with IP of 2.0, 17.1, 14.2. Does he also get adjusted back to a 100 FIP- for each of those three seasons?

IOW, are Gary Peters and Gene Moore considered to be equal in the eyes of the game for their first three seasons because they both had all three seasons under 25 IP, and are thus considered to be average pitchers against the league, and equal to one another?

I don't think I have to give any examples for hitters because in principle, the question is the same.

I am doing calculations based on this so I want to make sure I have the technical understanding of it correct.

01-31-2023, 01:26 PM	#1
chucksabr Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: In the canyons of your mind Posts: 3,194	How Exactly Does "Adjust Pitchers/Hitters with Fewer than X Innings/At Bats" Work? I've been googling around like crazy trying to find the answer on my own and I am coming up dry, so I am going to ask here and hopefully I get an answer I can work with. I am joining an online league where innings pitched under 25/100 (RP/SP) and at bats under 200 (which I understand are the defaults and can be changed by the league owner/commissioner) will be adjusted. In the manual, where it discusses adding historical leagues, this is what is written about adjustments: This setting forces the game to adjust the pitching ratings for players who did not play very much in the selected season. For example, this would prevent a player who pitched well, but in just 5 innings of play, from being rated very highly by making them closer to the league average. By default, players with fewer than 25 innings pitched will be adjusted. The game will multiply the entered IP by four when adjusting starting pitchers. I understand the manual is talking about pitcher ratings here, but I would assume a pitcher who is rated at league average would have Stats+, like wRC+ and OPS+ as well as ERA- and FIP-, at the league average, which is 100, as well. I would like to know how this adjustment is applied on a practical, technical basis. So, for example: If Gary Peters' FIP- in real life for his first three seasons are 171, 24, 49, and his innings pitched for those three seasons are 1.0, 3.1, 10.1 — all well under the IP threshold for adjustment — does that mean his adjusted FIP- in the game for those three seasons get converted to league average, meaning 100, 100, 100? Same with Gene Moore: his FIP- for his first three seasons are 180, 110, 134 with IP of 2.0, 17.1, 14.2. Does he also get adjusted back to a 100 FIP- for each of those three seasons? IOW, are Gary Peters and Gene Moore considered to be equal in the eyes of the game for their first three seasons because they both had all three seasons under 25 IP, and are thus considered to be average pitchers against the league, and equal to one another? I don't think I have to give any examples for hitters because in principle, the question is the same. I am doing calculations based on this so I want to make sure I have the technical understanding of it correct. __________________ The (English) Baseball League (est. 1888): A History The 1932 Season is Underway Dynasty Mission \| Creation Story \| Subscribe 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 (Great War Hiatus) 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 The OOTP Interview about the Baseball League Last edited by chucksabr; 01-31-2023 at 02:38 PM.