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bigfoot555

Can someone explain how the hits totals work?

I add up the singles, doubles triples and HR for my players but the number is greater than the number of hits that that player has. Why does this happen?

Are the extra singles walks? This is what I thought at first but I know that my players have not recieved enough walk to make up for the difference.

Bigfoot

Wookie8662 · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:19 am Post subject:

The way SB calulates hits, is the base a hitter reaches safely.

Example: Runner on 1st, batter hits a ground ball, with a force play at 2nd base for an out.

Even though its not a hit, the batter is credited with reaching 1B.
So it will show as no hit, but a 1B is added to his stats.
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Beaner · Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

There is now way to figure out the logic behind those numbers. I have players all the time who have more hits than they have at bats.
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bigfoot555

I was wondering if it might be tied to RBIs.

For example that same guy who 22 more hits than would be expected, also had 23 RBIs.

4 of the RBIs are his own from HRs. But if one of his HR had a man on base it may be an explanation. For each RBI you recieve an aditional single. This allows you to figure out a sort of sluggin percentage.

Of course this is only conjecture without talking to the programers.

Bigfoot.

Gooser · Pro Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Location: Iowa Forum ID: 3754

Wookie has it half right. The Smallball batting average is really the on base %. If he hits into a force his batting average improves and he gets credit for a single. If a batter hits a real single he gets another one added to his totals, if the next batter strikes out he gets another "single" added to his totals, but his batting average does not change. Same for doubles and triples. If a batter hits a double but gets thrown out at third trying to stretch it, he gets credit for nothing. This is why you'll see in the box scores how a guy goes 1 for 4 and yet has 3 doubles. This means he hit a double and the next two hitters struck out. Note: if it is the third out of the inning the above does not apply (except trying stretching a double to a triple). Confused? It's Smallball not baseball.