Here's some stats for you slider guys. If you would like to make the game to produce stats similar to what you would find in real life, here you go. These were the MLB averages for last season (for the entire league, not team specific). Keep in mind, to make a determination on some sliders, you are going to need to play a minimum of 15 games to get a sample size that has any credibility (since ~600 plate appearances are what you need to evaluate a single player...15 games will give you nearly 600 total plate appearances as a team). These stats are for a single team, not a combined total.
Pitches per Game Started: 95
IP per GS: 5.8
Pitches per IP: 16.4
Pitches per Plate Appearance: 3.83
Runs per game: 4.61
Hits/9IP: 9.1
HR/9IP: 1.0
BB/9IP: 3.5
K/9IP: 7.0
Singles/G: 6.0
Strike % (called and swinging): 62%
Looking Strike % (out of all pitches): 28%
Swinging Strike % (misses - out of all pitches): 15%
Foul Strike % (all fouls - out of all pitches): 27%
Swing % (out of all pitches): 45%
Contact rate (fouls + balls in play): 80%
Strike on 1st pitch %: 58%
Strikeouts looking (aka called 3rd strike out of all K's): 25%
So basically, this should be your average line score for an average team:
4-5 runs, 9 hits, 6 singles, 2 doubles/triples, 1 HR, 3-4 BB, 7 K's
Pitchers should throw ~62% strikes (including swings on pitches out of the zone)
Pitchers should throw ~58% of their first pitches as strikes
1/4 of all K's should be looking
~80% of all swings should result in some form of contact
Again, to test your sliders to see if they are producing this kind of result, make sure to take an average of a minimum of 15 games (there were 38.5 plate appearances per game last season so 15 games at this rate would be 577 total team plate appearances). I would do all your evaluations in sets of 5 games to insure you go through your entire pitching rotation. So if 15 games are too few, then don't make an evaluation until after 20 games.
I hope this helps you guys. I'll be working on sliders of my own using these numbers.
Pitches per Game Started: 95
IP per GS: 5.8
Pitches per IP: 16.4
Pitches per Plate Appearance: 3.83
Runs per game: 4.61
Hits/9IP: 9.1
HR/9IP: 1.0
BB/9IP: 3.5
K/9IP: 7.0
Singles/G: 6.0
Strike % (called and swinging): 62%
Looking Strike % (out of all pitches): 28%
Swinging Strike % (misses - out of all pitches): 15%
Foul Strike % (all fouls - out of all pitches): 27%
Swing % (out of all pitches): 45%
Contact rate (fouls + balls in play): 80%
Strike on 1st pitch %: 58%
Strikeouts looking (aka called 3rd strike out of all K's): 25%
So basically, this should be your average line score for an average team:
4-5 runs, 9 hits, 6 singles, 2 doubles/triples, 1 HR, 3-4 BB, 7 K's
Pitchers should throw ~62% strikes (including swings on pitches out of the zone)
Pitchers should throw ~58% of their first pitches as strikes
1/4 of all K's should be looking
~80% of all swings should result in some form of contact
Again, to test your sliders to see if they are producing this kind of result, make sure to take an average of a minimum of 15 games (there were 38.5 plate appearances per game last season so 15 games at this rate would be 577 total team plate appearances). I would do all your evaluations in sets of 5 games to insure you go through your entire pitching rotation. So if 15 games are too few, then don't make an evaluation until after 20 games.
I hope this helps you guys. I'll be working on sliders of my own using these numbers.
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