Question About Left-Handed Hitters

knockahoma · 08-20-2008, 11:59 AM

Just bought the new game and am really enjoying it after a lay-off.

A few years ago, historical imports caused left-handed hitters to come out stronger than they were in real life. Is this still an issue? Seems to be as I was editing some players.

Just wanted clarification. Thanks.

Kelric · 08-20-2008, 04:03 PM

Before it would bring in lefties without proper splits. I think that it still does the same thing now. You can, however, tell the game to generate random lefty-lefty splits for the hitters. IIRC, the Lahman database doesn't track splits between LHP and RHP for hitters. If it does, OOTP doesn't import it.

Again, this is mostly guess work as I haven't really dug into OOTP in the 20th century yet with OOTP9. And we all know nobody was tracking splits in the 1800s.

Spritze · 08-20-2008, 05:30 PM

Basically you can think of it this way........

Splits are fictional in a historical setting.

knockahoma · 08-21-2008, 08:56 AM

Hi Fellas,

Thanks for the replies. I should have been more clear. In the past, OOTP imported players with a random lefty/righty split. But many OOTPers chose not to use that. The program read the left-handed player's stats and actually gave an unfair inflation to a lefty's ability against righties, failing to take into account some mathematical issue. So, the left hander who hit .275 against righties in real life would be assigned a rating allowing him to hit .300 against righties.

Editing some lefties I seemed to notice the same problem. Thanks again for the replies.

08-20-2008, 11:59 AM	#1
knockahoma All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 792	Question About Left-Handed Hitters Just bought the new game and am really enjoying it after a lay-off. A few years ago, historical imports caused left-handed hitters to come out stronger than they were in real life. Is this still an issue? Seems to be as I was editing some players. Just wanted clarification. Thanks.

08-21-2008, 08:56 AM	#4
knockahoma All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 792	Hi Fellas, Thanks for the replies. I should have been more clear. In the past, OOTP imported players with a random lefty/righty split. But many OOTPers chose not to use that. The program read the left-handed player's stats and actually gave an unfair inflation to a lefty's ability against righties, failing to take into account some mathematical issue. So, the left hander who hit .275 against righties in real life would be assigned a rating allowing him to hit .300 against righties. Editing some lefties I seemed to notice the same problem. Thanks again for the replies. Last edited by knockahoma; 08-21-2008 at 08:58 AM.

08-20-2008, 04:03 PM	#2
Kelric Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greater Boston Area Posts: 3,992	Before it would bring in lefties without proper splits. I think that it still does the same thing now. You can, however, tell the game to generate random lefty-lefty splits for the hitters. IIRC, the Lahman database doesn't track splits between LHP and RHP for hitters. If it does, OOTP doesn't import it. Again, this is mostly guess work as I haven't really dug into OOTP in the 20th century yet with OOTP9. And we all know nobody was tracking splits in the 1800s.

08-20-2008, 05:30 PM	#3
Spritze OOTP Historical Czar Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bothell Wa Posts: 7,253	Basically you can think of it this way........ Splits are fictional in a historical setting.