2005 ROM ratings thread

[Stock]

per RBI rules?  mind you, i am drunk right now...but what players that were inured and didn't apepar in the posteason made it into the starting lineups in RBI?  are any even on the roster?  it doesn't make sense to me.  i mean, Frank THomas has better stats than any bench guy on the White Sox besides Everett, but since he was only around for like a month, it just didn't feel right to include him, especially since he hasn't played since liek july.

DH hater!

[Attezzobal]

Jack Clark is the only one, and he played 1 game in the 87 ALCS.

Maybe I'm missing something as well.

[Attezzobal]

Burks didn't appear, neither did Sullivan (although neither are starters)

I can't find anyone else.

[JoeDirt]

per RBI rules? mind you, i am drunk right now...but what players that were inured and didn't apepar in the posteason made it into the starting lineups in RBI? are any even on the roster? it doesn't make sense to me. i mean, Frank THomas has better stats than any bench guy on the White Sox besides Everett, but since he was only around for like a month, it just didn't feel right to include him, especially since he hasn't played since liek july.

Tony Armas missed a lot of games in '87, so they used his '84 season (his last full season, mind you), for example.  I 'm pretty sure there's more, but that is just off the top of my head.

[JoeDirt]

I don't think they simply took those who played in the playoffs; rather, I think they took those who were the best choice per position.  I definitely do not think they factored in "who played the most," either.  And they certainly didn't factor in how much one played to get their ratings.

[ultimate7]

BTW, Burks was never on the RedSox roster in 1986

[OctoFranco]

Why would Francouer's contact be that low?  He struck out once every 4.4 AB's while Andruw was every 5.2 AB's

And for this year at least, shouldn't Andruw also have the highest Power rating?

Guess it was just a bonus to the starter with the highest batting average.  Also K's were only a slight factor for me.  And Andruw does have the highest power rating for the Braves, or did you mean among the entire league?  I only made it 955 because I believe that is about as high as the strongest power hitter in the orginal RBI.

[BeeJay]

Japanese programmers in the mid 80's didn't know much about Major League Baseball.

[Big Hath]

And Andruw does have the highest power rating for the Braves, or did you mean among the entire league?

Yeah, it was just a general question to everyone - I meant for the entire league

As for pitchers, I'd like to see Smoltz, Hudson, Reitsma and Farnsworth

[OctoFranco]

Thanks for the reminder in the other thread, Strassy.  I've finally gotten off my ass to do Atlanta's rotation, and have edited it into my original post.  I repeat it here for convenience:

No Name   R/L    ERA     Sf    Sr     Ss   Cl  Cr  Dr  En
======================================================
01 Smoltz  RHP  3.06   204  188  153  10  6  10  50
02 Hudson RHP  3.52   194  168  147  8   7   6   50
03 Ritsma  RHP  3.93   190  164  145  7   5   7   15
04 Fnswth  RHP   1.98   208  177  173  5   3   4   15

I gave it some thought, but in the end decided to model these pitchers not so much after how they throw in real life, but more in line with whom I think their closest RBI-matches are.  For instance, I used Gooden as a basic model for Smoltz's numbers, but did tweak a few of things I thought were particular to Smoltz (such as a higher drop rating given Smoltz's commanding splitter).  The other basic models were a right-handed Viola (for Hudson), Stanley (for Reitsma) and a combination of Garrelts/Robinson (for Farnsworth).  Overall I think this staff should be more or less playable, despite its lack of lefties (although there are staffs in RBI which are all-righty, so I guess that's not a problem anyway).

Comments?

And before any lazy rats bitch at me solely for the RBI'ers I chose to base my pitchers on, please compare how my guys differ from their RBI models before commenting.

I would be most ecstatic if we could get this thing up and running shortly after the WS is completed, perhaps giving a small bonus to whichever team winds up taking it all (although I realize that might be a departure from RBI tradition)...

Also Strassy, could you please rearrange your pitching attributes to the same order that I have mine in (which is the same way they're listed in the team pages)?  I'm having a little trouble reading yours.

(Edited to improve stat alignment... This showing up all right for everyone else?)

[TempoGL]

i have just been copying them the same way they appear if you generate the text file from the ROM.  i do think this makes more sense, because when we finalize all values, they should be organized in a way that is easy for us to accurately enter into the editor.

[nightwulf]

For what it's worth, when you're posting information that's lined up with spaces (like the text output of the editor), use the tt tag. That is ...

[ tt]
This
Information
  Is
   Lined
  Up
Properly
.
[/ tt]

(Just remove the spaces)

[JoeDirt]

test
is
this
information
lined
up
properly?
that
damn
nightwulf
is
such
a
genius.
plus,
he's
tall.

[Attezzobal]

WHY ARE WE WISPERING??

[Attezzobal]

I'm very excited about what's about to be posted.

[Attezzobal]

I'm very disappointed about what  c10ud5tryf3 ended up not posting after all.

Can we start a campaign to get c10ud5tryf3 on Wumpst's ticket?

c10ud5tryf3 for VP!!!

[RedBarron]

let me see what i can do with those speed ratings and pitcher ratings . . . .

[TommyD (MrOJ)]

When this ROM is finished, are you having some kind of mass shipment from that guy who creates NES carts?  If so, how much and how do I get one?

[ultimate7]

With shipping it was $35

[JoeDirt]

The issue is that he will only ship to one address...that is why I headed up project arcade cart.

I'm not sure I can get behind this one, though...mostly because I do not agree with the way the ratings are being so subjectively assigned (no offense to anybody).