Player ratings question
 

Are player ratings in the game (speaking about The Show 12) somehow based on real life stats, or are they "guestimated" in most cases?

For example, I took the top 10 pitchers rated for H/9. I then compared real life H/9 stats for their last year (starting with 2011 for the 2012 game rating), their last 2 years combined (2011 and 2010, etc), and finally their last three years combined (2011, 2010, and 2009). As I compared players with the same H/9 game rating, I could not find many instances where the numbers seemed to indicate why a player had a certain game rating.

If the number rating is based on a set range of numbers, as the Bahnzo calculator is, the game ratings did not come out to a consistant real life number. In other words, one pitchers 97 H/9 was not consistant with another pitchers 97 H/9, no matter what year, or combination of years I compared. :brickwall

I only ask this because I'm trying to get some accurate player ratings for some of the legends that I have created. For players like Maddux and R Johnson, I did not take career numbers, I took averages for their 10 best years (basically I want them to dominate in my league with realistic Cy Young stats according to their real life best seasons).

Also, while H/9 or HR/9 is pretty evident as to what the ratings are judged by (I'm assuming H/9 is based on real life H/9 and nothing else), does anyone know what Stamina or Clutch is based on? I would assume that Stamina is based somewhat on IP/GS, but I find innacuracies there as well. I have no idea what constitutes "Clutch".

Thanks in advance for any and all replies....

Re: Player ratings question
 

Player ratings are based on the last 3 years stats with more weight being placed in the most recent season. So in mlb 2012 the 09, 10 and 11 seasons are factored in.

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If you want a rosters that are spot on as far as ratings and simulations go, download the OSFM rosters.

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That's what I did, and the numbers didn't match up.

Maybe I'll try something like 2011 = 50%, 2010 = 25%, and 2009 = 25%, or 2010 = 66% and 2009 = 33% (if the player only has 2 years) and see how that comes out compared to each other...

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Yeah, that's what I use for my real rosters. I also have "fantasy rosters" with a lot of legends on them. The legends aren't in the OSFM rosters.

I've downloaded a lot of legends from the player vaults, but I find most of them rated too low for my tastes. I don't want Greg Maddux to be a struggling "mid level" pitcher in my game. I basically want Maddux, Clemens, R Johnson, etc having Cy Young type numbers each year (but keep it realistic based on their best years). These are some of the best pitchers ever, and I want them to dominate. Especially when I only make it through a year or two of Franchise, or RTTS with them imported in...

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5/3/2 is better than 5/2.5/2.5

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I do find it somewhat odd how games always tend to put so much emphasis on the postseason...Cody Ross anyone?