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[skislut]

I have some important questions.

1.  Do various fielders have greater arm strength than others, or a better glove, and/ or range?
1a. If there is a discrepency in fielding ability are pinch hitters then inserted to the field as well as the batting order?
 
2.  When batting does d- pad direction have an impact on batting, like a fly ball VS a grounder or pulling a pitch VS going op field?

3. does fielding a grounder with your pitcher and throwing the ball to a base contribute to pitcher fatigue. If so, does running the ball to the base save his arm?

4. Are some players faster in the field than others. 

    thanks and good luck on the diamond

[Attezzobal]

No to all of those.

[OctoFranco]

Well, not quite so simply.  Let me try my hand at this.

1)  All fielders are generic in their fielding range and error rating.  It was once commonly held that pitchers were more prone to BOPs, however further analysis has demonstrated that this is not the case.  As for arm strength, there are certain times when a player throwing from one spot on the field to a certain base has a throwing advantage, but I do not know whether these advantages are based on the position they play in the field (although I doubt it).  For instance, when fielding a batted ball in right-center field, and the batter tries to stretch the hit into a double, it is possible to make a stronger throw if your fielder is lined up with 2nd and 3rd base, and "throwing the ball to third" instead of to second.  The ball will be thrown much faster and will hit the second baseman in the air, and also cause the runner to fail to slide.

1a)  The game takes no account of pinch hitters and fielding position whatsoever -- again, all fielders' attributes are identical.

2)  It seems that the trajectory of a batted ball is 100% random and cannot be controlled by the batter.  However, whether the ball is pulled or hit opposite field is, on the other hand, wholly dependent on the timing of the swing, and thus the player himself.  It is clear that a pulled ball will be hit much harder than one hit to the opposite field, but it is unlikely that that has any impact on whether the ball goes in the air or stays on the ground.

3)  The ONLY thing that affects a pitcher's stamina is throwing pitches to the batter.  There is a common superstition that leaving the pitcher motionless on the mound decreases stamina (thus prompting a player to pause the game when taking a bathroom break, etc), although this belief has no basis on game coding.

4)  I am not positive about this, but I believe I read on the forum before that outfielders commanded to run to a base will do so at a faster rate than an infielder given the same task.  I am not sure whether this is based on the natural fielding position of the player (highly unlikely) or merely the distance from his starting point to the intended destination (more probably, if this is indeed the case.  For instance, if you walk your first baseman to the left field corner, then command him to run to home plate, he would do so at a faster rate than he would have had you commanded him to do the same when he was still by 1st).

Many other answers to these kinds of questions can be found in the FAQ.

[ultimate7]

No to the first 3, but I believe OFs are faster than IFs, but all IFs are same and all OF are the same.

[Guido13]

I have some important questions.

1.  Do various fielders have greater arm strength than others, or a better glove, and/ or range?
1a. If there is a discrepency in fielding ability are pinch hitters then inserted to the field as well as the batting order?
 
2.  When batting does d- pad direction have an impact on batting, like a fly ball VS a grounder or pulling a pitch VS going op field?

3. does fielding a grounder with your pitcher and throwing the ball to a base contribute to pitcher fatigue. If so, does running the ball to the base save his arm?

4. Are some players faster in the field than others. 

    thanks and good luck on the diamond

I imagine Fletch on an airplane fumbling with a tape recorder attempting to document these questions.