Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

[Dumbangel67]

I wasn't quite sure where to post this. Last night I played a game against the New York Mets against R.A. Dickey. The strike to ball ratio was 89 strikes and 13 balls. I chased only 6 pitches that game. I thought that perhaps it was just one of those games that happens every once in a while but nonetheless I decided to play the game over again. Well, very similar results. This time 94 strikes and 11 balls with me chasing only 4 pitches. I know that there are only a few primary knuckleball pitchers in baseball and you may only face two or so a season, and this could be overlooked very easily... but, has anybody else noticed this? What is the typical ball to strike ratio for a knuckleball pitcher? I always assumed knuckleballer or not, they throw nearly as many balls out of the strike zone as anyone else.
Thanks
(If anybody needed to know, I'm using Jgainseys slider set so it's not like I'm on rookie or anything)

[Glenn33]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

Hush yo mouf!

If this thread somehow leads to the developers making a change to my most effective pitcher I will not be happy!

[vln13]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

Dickey is that good!

[Dumbangel67]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

Come on, are you really saying his strike to ball ratio is nearly 90%? lol Nobody is that good, let alone enough to throw that many strikes and not get bombed! No offense.

[nomo17k]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...uckleball.html

[Dumbangel67]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

A little Dickey bias? lol You're the Mets I assume for your team so I don't blame you for not wanting the settings changed. Play against Dickey for one game and let me know what the box score looks like, even the strike to ball ratio. That would be helpful. I'm not requesting or demanding some sort or patch to change that, I don't even know if it really is an issue. I just thought feedback from others who've went up against the knuckleballers may have fill us in on how their games went.

[Siddo4ty4]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

took me some practice to get used to hitting the Knuckler but after Im tuned in its bombs away. that K ration is ridulous though lol

[Dumbangel67]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

See, I don't mind having a hard time hitting against Dickey. He is a decent pitcher. I flew out a bunch. It's just people work so hard on sliders and roster adjustments to keep them consistent to real life statistics, that to me seems sort of out of place with all the work people have done (Who work for the game and Show heads like us on this forum) I just thought somebody else would have mentioned it already. Unless it was just a 2 game fluke.

[Dumbangel67]

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I've also never played a game so near to MLB stats before in my life. The Show really has gone above and beyond this year in every single format. The knuckleballers though, stick out like a sore thumb.

[Dumbangel67]

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http://www.operationsports.com/forum...uckleball.html

I read through it, though as informative as it was, just cpu strike percentages was all I was wondering. High 60% even mid 70% I could understand. But high 80%? Thanks for sending me the link Nomo. I had no idea so many knuckleball pitchers were in the minors these days.

[nomo17k]

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I read through it, though as informative as it was, just cpu strike percentages was all I was wondering. High 60% even mid 70% I could understand. But high 80%? Thanks for sending me the link Nomo. I had no idea so many knuckleball pitchers were in the minors these days.

I think it's basically the same problem, Dumbangel. Most of the time you just let knuckleball do its own thing by aiming down the middle, but for some reason this year the command and/or movement on that pitch isn't as dramatic. So if the pitch is aimed down the middle, it hardly ever becomes a ball...

I ran a bunch of CPU vs CPU games and I see the same thing as you do. Kncucklers (Dickey & Wakefield at majors) throws waaay more strikes. 80 - 90% is the norm.

[Dumbangel67]

Re: Knuckleballers Strike Percantages

I think it's basically the same problem, Dumbangel. Most of the time you just let knuckleball do its own thing by aiming down the middle, but for some reason this year the command and/or movement on that pitch isn't as dramatic. So if the pitch is aimed down the middle, it hardly ever becomes a ball...

I ran a bunch of CPU vs CPU games and I see the same thing as you do. Kncucklers (Dickey & Wakefield at majors) throws waaay more strikes. 80 - 90% is the norm.

So what you are saying is that you simed and they threw with those results, or was the 90 percent the real life percentages?

[nomo17k]

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High strike % is just in sim (gameplay). IRL they shouldn't be THAT high for knuckleballers. Certainly not in 80 - 90% range.

[Heroesandvillains]

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I think his issue was while facing Dickey. Not pitching with Dickey.

If he only chased in the neighborhood of 5 pitches, in each game, that says that the knuckle "dancing or not dancing" isn't the only issue here. It's wildness, or lack there of.

This assuming he hasn't bumped strike frequency or control, fwiw.

[Dumbangel67]

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I was facing Dickey.