Overall Formulas

[Figment]

Does anybody know the formulas used in the game to determine the overall ratings? I have been searching all over google and have been unable to find it so far.

Thanks

[bp4baseball]

Re: Overall Formulas

Does anybody know the formulas used in the game to determine the overall ratings? I have been searching all over google and have been unable to find it so far.

Thanks

No I don't think they have ever, or will ever, be released. I do know that you don't necessarily have to be 99 in any category to be 99 overall, and really the overall is more of a cosmetic thing (each individual ranking is what factors into gameplay)

[dingleberryfinn]

Re: Overall Formulas

They'd tell you,




but then they'd have to kill you

[seanjeezy]

Re: Overall Formulas

Overalls are weighted by position so there isn't one set formula. If you have access to Baseball America's prospect handbook, they list which tools are more important to each position.

[Bobhead]

Re: Overall Formulas

Not even the NSA knows these formulas!

[nomo17k]

Re: Overall Formulas

I have a friend at NSA and he's a big fan of The Show. He claims that he has installed an eavesdropping device in SCEA and was successfully able to decipher the secret language that they have devised to communicate top secret information among the developers. According to his spy activity, the OVR for third basemen seems to follow the following formula:

OVR(3B) = ( (RTContact + LTContact) x 18 
            + (RTPower + LTPower) x 18
            + (Vision + Discipline + Clutch + Durability) x 4
            + (Speed) x 5
            + (ArmStrength + ArmAccuracy + Reaction) x 8
            + (FieldingAbility) x 5
            + (BRAbility) x 4 ) / 99

If the resulting OVR is over 99, it's ceiled at 99. He claims the formula is not exact (after all it's a top secret which could potentially compromise the national security, so information obtained is incomplete to recover the true formula), but will get an OVR for a third baseman to within a point or two.

[Mike3207]

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In the older games the overall was increased by these ratings:

Position Player-Contact, Power, Speed, Fielding.

I haven't seen the other ratings increase it much at all.

[Steven78]

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Nomo nice knowin you.

[dingleberryfinn]

Re: Overall Formulas

In the older games the overall was increased by these ratings:

Position Player-Contact, Power, Speed, Fielding.

I haven't seen the other ratings increase it much at all.

It seems to me Vision & Discipline have moved ahead of Speed & Fielding.

[raneman85]

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Nomo, you're friends with Edward Snowden? Didn't know he played The Show.

I don't put much stock in the overall ratings system as certain players would filter down based on speed alone. I've rerated guys with some 80s attributes with no 90s and it bumped them to 90s because of speed and baserunning.

[nomo17k]

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Nomo, you're friends with Edward Snowden? Didn't know he played The Show.

No, he's a janitor.... He knows inside out how to find hidden spots and install tiny mics in buildings...

I don't put much stock in the overall ratings system as certain players would filter down based on speed alone. I've rerated guys with some 80s attributes with no 90s and it bumped them to 90s because of speed and baserunning.

I think what you saw is for a player playing a more speed-oriented position. Like seanjeezy wrote earlier, OVR formulas vary depending on the position, so a position like CF weighs speed more. For example, in the formula I wrote down earlier, the multiplier for Speed rating (about 5 for 3B) would be greater for CF than that for 3B... since CF is a speed-oriented position and 3B is not.