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Alan T · 09-10-2003, 11:17 AM

Just did an export from two of my fictional leagues.. They had fairly similar stats.. Not sure if there is an easy way to clearly define a pitcher as a SP or a Reliever, so I used anyone who had SP duration as the decider..

average of the two leagues: 192 starting pitchers

Average of the two leagues: 47 Left handed starters.

This included major and minor leagues. So roughly on average somewhere between 20-25% of the SP seem to be Lefty in fictional leagues.. That number does not jump out as me as that off, but I have not done alot of research to see what the current MLB ratio is..

For different roster sets or historic leagues, I don't know if the sets used might impact it any or not.. I know in alot of the current day rosters that include alot of prospects, I see a high number of lefty sp prospects in there vs Righty pitcher prospects (higher than the normal ration of LHP to RHP)..

Anyhows hope this helps some..

09-10-2003, 11:17 AM	#2
Alan T All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mass. Posts: 1,963	Just did an export from two of my fictional leagues.. They had fairly similar stats.. Not sure if there is an easy way to clearly define a pitcher as a SP or a Reliever, so I used anyone who had SP duration as the decider.. average of the two leagues: 192 starting pitchers Average of the two leagues: 47 Left handed starters. This included major and minor leagues. So roughly on average somewhere between 20-25% of the SP seem to be Lefty in fictional leagues.. That number does not jump out as me as that off, but I have not done alot of research to see what the current MLB ratio is.. For different roster sets or historic leagues, I don't know if the sets used might impact it any or not.. I know in alot of the current day rosters that include alot of prospects, I see a high number of lefty sp prospects in there vs Righty pitcher prospects (higher than the normal ration of LHP to RHP).. Anyhows hope this helps some.. __________________ - Front Office Offseason League. (Fast Paced OOTP-X and OOTP11 leagues, sims one season every week)