One week is done, and I am pretty happy with the process and the results so far. It is still a pretty small sample size to start drawing any real conclusions from, but like I said, I think it is a good start.
As far as game results so far, well, it's just like any week in baseball in any era. 1930 was an explosive season for offense, and I have had several offensive explosions so far, but plenty of good pitching. The eight shut-outs so far may be a little out of whack, but not every game ended up as a high-run slugfest. There were plenty of low-scoring games and plenty of good pitching performances in 1930, but I do expect this to level out over the course of the season.
The batting average for each league is right around .280, which is actually a little low. Individually, after one week several teams are hitting over .350, while some are stuck under .250. This too will level out as the year progresses. For example, I don't expect Rick Ferrell to hit .857 (7 for 9) or Heine Manush to hit .733 (11 for 15) for the remainder of the season for the Browns.
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig combined for five homeruns in a doubleheader at Boston, but there are several teams that still don't have any. Something I hadn't considered when getting the replay prepped was that there would more triples that one would see today. And the other thing I hadn't really considered - pitchers who can actually hit. There have been several occasions already where a key hit from a pitcher has been the difference in a game
I have a goal of one Sacrifice Hit (SH) per team per game, but these need to be a successful SH's, not just an attempt. Not all SH attempts provide equal results - I have bunted into two double plays so far, or simply just fouled off a pitch or two and had to re-think my strategy. I have had a couple of squeeze plays be successful, but also had a couple fail.
The target is three stolen base attempts per every four games. I might be overdoing this, that, plus my stolen base percentage in both leagues is below 40%. I have been careful to pick and choose my attempts carefully (i.e., better than 50% success possibility), so perhaps this is just the result of a spate of unfortunate dice rolls. When doing my prep work I did notice that almost all catchers have a positive Throw Rating, but I am not going to re-do all of these after one week (or at all). I am just going to chalk this up to "bad luck" so far.
I have seen plenty of errors so far but they seem to be within reason. Interestingly, I have had two Catcher's Interference calls already. I am still trying to figure out what hits are "deep" or not and adjust my baserunning risks accordingly. I have played pretty conservatively so far, maybe a little more aggressive with two outs or when trying to score, especially late and in a close game. I have had 3-4 players thrown out trying to take an extra base, which seems reasonable.
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