This post will be kept up to date with the most recent set of sliders I'm using. Further explanation will be ongoing in later posts in this thread.
BIG THANKS to BIGFNJOE96, this set was based on his and then tweaked to my personal preference.
Also want to thank NLD230 for providing average game data from last year that will help tweak our sliders to achieve realistic results. That information is posted below so it is all in one place.
REAL MLB 2010 AVG. Stats PER TEAM, PER GAME:
Stat - Average - Top 5 - Bottom 5
HR - 0.95 - 1.28 - 0.69
2B - 1.75 - 1.99 - 1.52
BB - 3.25 - 3.32 - 2.75
K - 7.00 - 5.93 - 8.28
H - 8.75 - 9.46 - 8.16
R - 4.38 - 5.01 - 3.67
E - 0.62 - 0.45 - 0.78
I play with the Braves who are a national league squad so I recently looked at season totals and averages for national league teams only who do not have the DH. The numbers do vary significantly in some categories.
Real MLB National League 2010 Avg., Top and Bottom Team Stats Per Game:
Cat. - AVG - Top - Bottom
Hits - 8.65 - 9.35 - 8.04
Runs - 4.33 - 4.88 - 3.62
HRs - 0.93 - 1.16 - 0.67
2Bs - 1.72 - 1.92 - 1.46
K's - 7.31 - 6.33 - 8.22
BB's - 3.07 - 3.73 - 2.57
You can check out all of my recent box scores in my franchise online via 2k's website here:

Here are some house rules I use for when to swing and what type of swing to use:
- First of all, I usually take until strike 1. If you look at a lot of the high on base percentage MLBers, they do this too. I did it when I played baseball. I do it when I play baseball video games.
- 0-0 and 1-0 counts I pre-load a power swing but will only swing if batters eye lights up and shows it to be a pitch down the middle. This is to jump on those pitchers who groove a first pitch fastball to get an early strike one. Other than that, I'm taking.
- On 2-0, 3-0 and 3-1 counts I power swing freely, as in, if the pitch looks good I will power swing to crush it. No left stick influence. As a real batter does, I'm looking for a good pitch here, probably let something on the corners go by. May also let those big 12-6 curve balls go by because they are a pain to time and usually lead to pop ups.
- On 0-2 and 1-2 counts I'm swinging defensively. Anything close I foul off trying to work the count to more of a hitters count to get a better pitch to hit. Need a good eye here to let the balls go by. I do end up taking some called third strikes here and there.
- On "regular" or "even" counts I contact swing. This includes 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2. Of course on the 2 strike counts I swing at anything that looks to be a strike. On a 1 strike count I'm a little more selective and might let a strike on the outside corner at the knees go by to wait on a better pitch to hit.
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Settings:
Total Control Batting, Total Control Pin Point Pitching
Base Running Camera: Zoom 1, Height 10
Batting Camera - Default, Zoomed in 1 tick
Pitching Camera - Default (Broadcast)
Fatigue: 40
Injury Frequency: 15
User Batting:
Batting Contact 25
Batting Power 55
Bunt Contact 50
Bunt Success 50
Batter Eye Frequency 50
User Pitching:
Pitch Meter Speed 75
Pitch Speed 75
Pitch Break Influence 45
Pitcher Composure Influence 5
Pitcher Control 30
User Fielding:
Throw Accuracy 5
Gather Error Frequency 75
Throwing Error Frequency 100
Outfielder Throw Speed 60
Infield Throw Speed 60
Outfield Run Speed 30
Infield Run Speed 30
User Running:
Base Runner Speed 35
Pick Off Success 40
Catcher Arm Strength 45
Catcher Arm Accuracy 45
CPU Batting
Batting Contact 45
Batting Power 75
Bunt Contact 60
Bunt Success 60
CPU Pitching
Pitch Speed 75
Pitch Success 60
Strike Zone Tendency 40
Pitch Break Influence 45
Pitcher Composure Influence 0
CPU Fielding
Gather Error Frequency 100
Throwing Error Frequency 65
Outfield Throw Speed 60
Infield Throw Speed 60
Outfield Run Speed 30
Infield Run Speed 30
CPU Running:
Base Runner Speed 35
Hit N Run Tendency 100
Sacrifice Bunt Tendency 75
Squeeze Tendency 50
Base Running Aggression 50
Steal Aggression 50
Catcher Arm Strength 40
Catcher Arm Accuracy 40
ENJOY!

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