New RBI 3 hack in the works.... yes RBI3.

[BravesPaul]

@Gantry- Minimum playing time requirements (14 most-used hitters, with multi-team players going to the team they played with more, if they make that team's top 14 eligible). That said, Ryan Raburn and Evan Gattis hit 16 HR and 21 HR respectively, and their power is adjusted accordingly. They're more powerful than they would have been in the 1990 version.

@brahmy- Yep. The formulas work great for 2013 regular season data, and even the all-time all star version that uses career stats since no one maintained insaned numbers for too long (every franchise plays like the all star teams in the 1990 original, but slightly better). I may need to tone the power formula down a bit for the best-single-season version, since 2001 Bonds and several others are too powerful.

Pitching update! I knocked it out. Stamina formulas are simple. Using only innings from starts, starters' stamina is 9*IP/GS (most are in the 52 to 56 range. Using only innings and games from relief appearances, relievers stamina is 18*IP/G (most are in the 15 to 18 range). And of course, there are a few outliers, but there really aren't that many longmen or one-out specialists out there.

I got cute with the sink/curve formulas. I ignored their labels (they don't reflect a pitcher's pitch repertoire) and went for impact on gameplay to maintain the original game's feel. Formulas were based on ERA, strikeouts, walks, and HBP. I noticed that the sink values in the original ranged from 2 (worst) to 11 (best) in the original. They range from 3 to 12 in mine, with very few 10-12. The curve values are also mostly similar for most pitchers, but bigger strikeout pitchers with low ERA have a better curve value, and the values are similar to what we see in the original.

Team defense: Adjusted the values based on outs per ball in play with a slight adjustment for fielding percentage. Ranges from 0.50 to 5.01, with most teams in the 2.0-2.8 range. This is slightly improved over the original, and I don't like that many errors anyway...

Jersey colors: Doesn't affect gameplay but I do want to tackle this next. Anyone want to build an online form that lets us input color values, and it will split out an RBI 3 player in the batters box? Ha!

CSV ATTACHED! I simply renamed the csv extention to txt, so change it back to csv and try it out!

[BravesPaul]

Also, for pitch speeds, I used FanGraphs' pitch f/x velocity "leaders" to gather the average speeds of pitches.  I grabbed each pitchers fastest and slowest speeds, used formulas to generate values in the range of the original game, and the "normal" speed is just the midpoint.  Also, Aroldis Chapman throws a tad harder than anyone in the 1990 version.  I haven't tested this yet, but I imagine it will feel accurate.

The good news about the formulas is that I can plug in data for any years, so a complete 2014 edition update could probably be generated by the end of the Wildcard playoff games...

[AquaX101]

I'm getting a Bad Gateway error for a few days now.

[brahmy]

I don't have the time to fix it!

Remember the whole thing is open source... someone can always take our Google Code repo and make it live again...

[AquaX101]

How do you do that?

[PreDeadMan]

yeah i'm getting bad gateway also I really wish someone would fix it

[pkmenning]

Did you ever finish your "All-Time" rosters? I'd love a copy, if so!

[brahmy]

I think that bad gateway issue is fixed. My webhost was playing around with Python versions and ended up breaking it. Someone try making a new roster and let me know!

Me & my programming partner-in-crime have a new project idea bubbling... we aren't in a hurry, but we think it's going to be pretty cool