Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

[capa]

Thought it might help some of you slider makers going for realism. The latest data I have seen shows that there is an average of 46 foul balls per game. Sounds like a lot, but avgs out to about 5 per inning.

Not sure how that correlates to the slider setting of 5 in the Show.

C

[NAFBUC]

Re: Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

Thought it might help some of you slider makers going for realism. The latest data I have seen shows that there is an average of 46 foul balls per game. Sounds like a lot, but avgs out to about 5 per inning.

Not sure how that correlates to the slider setting of 5 in the Show.

C

capa.........do you have a link to the foul ball data - thanks

[capa]

Re: Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

capa.........do you have a link to the foul ball data - thanks

I browsed around this site: http://foulballz.com/blog/

[Bobhead]

Re: Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

Keep in mind that pitch counts can vary significantly. a pitcher's duel can produce as few as 10 foul balls in 250 pitches. A slugfest could produce 60 or 70 foul balls in 400 pitches. For this reason, when comparing foul balls in The Show to the tendencies of real life, I prefer to express the average as a ratio of batted balls. For every 100 pitches batted, 49 of them will be foul.

[KBLover]

Re: Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

Not to mention the foul slider is just one ingredient in the puzzle.

Hitter timing and swing location vs pitch location are also important - perhaps more so.

I find I get a lot of foul balls - even on 0 foul frequency for both sides. When I use 10, it's more like 70/100 batted balls are foul.

[capa]

Re: Slider makers - avg number foul balls per game

Like I said in OP, I am not sure how to account for this stat in the sliders. Just raw data.

C