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Originally Posted by Childress
You wonder how OOTP could do justice to a player like Mickey Mantle. This was a player with a lifetime SB rate of 85% and ran the fastest recorded time from home to 1st of his time: 3.1 seconds. But (IIRC) he never stole more than 20 bases or so a season; Mantle's bat was too important and his managers were reluctant to risk his fragile knees. Does the game incorporate a higher risk of injury in SBAs?
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OOTP included an opportunity for injury during steals, so, yes, a guy who steals a lot will be more likely to get injured than one who doesn't.