Fewest runs scored and least given up, every year.

[Gagnon39]

Every year in The Show I consistently rank in the top 3 in team ERA (most often first) and I am always the team with the lowest runs scored. The result, low scoring games very, very often.

For those who may ask I play on All-Star for hitting (zone), and Hall of Fame for pitching (pure analog).

Does anyone else fall into this and have you changed anything to make it so you don't have both extremes? I'm looking for a solution because by the end of the year it will be unrealistically low on both ends.

[erod550]

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Yep, same for me. I've cranked up the contact and timing sliders to max and the solid hits to 7 and still almost never score more than 4 runs. Averaging 3.5 runs/game. This is not a small sample size (40 games) and I don't suck at the game. I've been playing since 07 and have pretty good discipline. My chase % is around 30% which is pretty close to real life (28%). I have a .44 BB/K ratio (.43 MLB average).

I've got starters on my team with 3 RBI in mid-May. The bottom of the lineup struggles to even hit .200. Yet I'm right at .500 because the pitching keeps the games close but it's so frustrating not scoring runs and I don't know what to do to fix it. And no, dropping down to Veteran is not the answer because the game plays completely differently with the CPU throwing 80% strikes when you lower the difficulty. All-Star the game plays perfectly I just need more hits which should lead to more runs. But just like last year no matter what I do or what sliders I change it doesn't seem like I can get those couple extra hits in key spots each game.

I use Timing hitting, Classic pitching.

[Gagnon39]

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I feel like my hitting will come around, eventually. I can deal with being dead last in the majors in runs scored because I play with the Cubs and their lineup is laughable right now. However, I've given up the second-fewest runs in the Majors with at best, an average pitching staff. My team ERA is somewhere around 3.20 right now. I've given up the fewest amount of hits in the league as well. I'm like you in that I don't want to change the difficulty setting. I pitch on Hall of Fame.

[Jr.]

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Have you tried lowering HUM control or consistency? I've been having a pretty solid mix of games on HOF. I still have the ability to dominate if my pitcher is on, but it's more rare than it used to be.

[Gagnon39]

Re: Fewest runs scored and least given up, every year.

Have you tried lowering HUM control or consistency? I've been having a pretty solid mix of games on HOF. I still have the ability to dominate if my pitcher is on, but it's more rare than it used to be.

That is definitely the slider to issue some more walks, no doubt. But I don't want to do it at the expense of me giving up bombs left and right. I have always played with it slightly lowered. I have HUM consistency and control both at 4. What are your settings for these? I'm thinking about lowering consistency to 3 and seeing how that works out.

[Greencollarbaseball]

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I use classic pitching and give up plenty of walks and home runs (25th), but I'm still 1st in era and K's and 5th in opponent average. So I don't know what to make of it. I'm Oakland btw.

On the hitting side I'm 20th in BA, 5th in home runs, 25th in runs and 7th in steals. I know that my lack of runs comes from not hitting with runners in scoring position and my t-ball like ability to draw walks.

[@legendm0de]

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what is your team batting avg are you not able to score runs or just not able to get hits completely?

[Greencollarbaseball]

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@legendmode, If your asking me, my team BA is .243 but its .226 with RISP I also have 717 hits. To put that into perspective, I'm 6 games ahead of the real life schedule, in real life Oakland is hitting .254 and have 711 hits. They have 331 walks compared to my 145. Again, I've played 86 games and Oakland has played 80.

Now to the OP, have you tried quick counts? It has brought my numbers to within realistic on both sides of the ball.

[KingV2k3]

Re: Fewest runs scored and least given up, every year.

I've played this title a lot since it's inception and one of my main gripes was the "Groundhog Day" feel I got from a disproportionate amount of 2-1 outcomes...

This year, Dynamic Difficulty and Quick Counts have given me better overall stats and a MUCH wider variety of outcomes than ever before...without sending me into a downward "slider spiral"...



I also play one game for every four I sim, so there's a balance between played and simmed games...

Yup, not for everyone I'm sure...but it's DD / QC for me!

[Heroesandvillains]

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A lot of factors go into determining run totals.

Hits/extra base hits are usually the most obvious, but when I look at my own game, I try to look at everything.

Stolen base attempts and success rates are very important. This advances runners into scoring position which is obviously advantageous to runs.

Errors per game are important too. These add baserunners and give the offensive more attempts to create chaos. Around 0.56 per team per game is a nice area to be in.

K/9 rate is another one I look at. When a batter strikes out, it's one of the few outcomes that never allows the ball into the play out field. Even grounding out or popping the ball up can sometims result in an error or a runner advancing a base or bases, bettering their opportunity to score. Look at this in tandem with BABIP.

GIDP's are actually worse than strikeouts. These kills rallies for obvious reasons.

Though the last one is hard to "slider," knowing why runs are or aren't scoring is an asset because it gives you - the player - a graspable way to articulate your areas of concern or the information you need to seek out help with.

Basically, check out mlb.com or baseball reference for some team and league averages, look over everything and compare it to your Franchise. I think you'll be surprised how clear the answer usually is.

[HustlinOwl]

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no issues here, early in the season 2nd in ERA and 5th in Runs (Reds -OS Ride The Pine)

http://theshownation.com/franchises/62900/team_rankings?stat=Runs

[Jr.]

Re: Fewest runs scored and least given up, every year.

That is definitely the slider to issue some more walks, no doubt. But I don't want to do it at the expense of me giving up bombs left and right. I have always played with it slightly lowered. I have HUM consistency and control both at 4. What are your settings for these? I'm thinking about lowering consistency to 3 and seeing how that works out.

I believe I have both of mine at 4 as well, but I'll double check and update this if one is different.

[@legendm0de]

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@legendmode, If your asking me, my team BA is .243 but its .226 with RISP I also have 717 hits. To put that into perspective, I'm 6 games ahead of the real life schedule, in real life Oakland is hitting .254 and have 711 hits. They have 331 walks compared to my 145. Again, I've played 86 games and Oakland has played 80.

Now to the OP, have you tried quick counts? It has brought my numbers to within realistic on both sides of the ball.

That is interesting, you're to me doing fine as a hitter but you'll have to get over the hump with risp. Or hit more solo HRs. My approach with risp is I 80% of the time ignore the baserunners and focus on my at bat, and I only employ baserunning strategy in concentrated situations. It's impossible though to split your attention between baserunners and being at the plate.

[Mrmagoo]

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I become even more picky at the plate with risp

[Greencollarbaseball]

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That is interesting, you're to me doing fine as a hitter but you'll have to get over the hump with risp. Or hit more solo HRs. My approach with risp is I 80% of the time ignore the baserunners and focus on my at bat, and I only employ baserunning strategy in concentrated situations. It's impossible though to split your attention between baserunners and being at the plate.

For the most part I ignore the runner, unless it's Coco or another speedy guy. My main problem on hitting with risp, is I press too much and try to do more than I should and swing at bad pitches. That's why Donaldson and Moss are hitting .221 and .186 (total avg) on the season. The guys that I just go up there and relax with are doing well (well, relatively) with risp.

Now, I'm not blaming anything on sliders or gameplay things, it is plain and simple me not doing what I need to do to. I actually really, really like my game and slider setup. I just need to draw more walks and not press with risp.

Edit:
I also want to add that my record through 87 games is 52-35, which is also very close to Oakland's record through 81 games of 51-30.