Question About Pitcher Ratings
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Hi,
I’m a new member to this forum. I have a question about pitcher ratings in regard to the A, B, C, D ratings based on a pitchers season.
I recently played a game involving the 1927 Yankees and the 1970 Baltimore Orioles.
Jim Palmer faced Waite Hoyt. Palmer had an A rating on his card and Hoyt had a B rating on his card. I am a bit confused as to why APBA gave Hoyt a B rating.
When I looked up their stats on Baseball Reference .com, Hoyt had better stats in two key categories for their respective seasons.
Palmer W L Record: 20-10 for a 66% win rate
Hoyt W L Record 22-7 for a 75% win ratePalmer ERA 2.71
Hoyt ERA 2.63Can anyone educate me on why one pitcher earned an A and another earned a B
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@APBABASEBALLFAN I think there is a batting average against component that goes into the formula as well as some comparison to other pitchers in the league that year. No proof of either on my part as I have never seen the formula, but those are my guesses. I am fairly confident the opponents batting average against factors into it. Less sure about the comparisons.
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Thanks. I appreciate the info/
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@APBABASEBALLFAN Fridge is correct. The year matters.
Let’s compare two pitchers from the GTOP sets: One from a good hitter’s season (the 1930 Cardinals, GTOP-4), and one from a good pitcher’s season (1968 Tigers, GTOP-2).
Over approx the same number of innings pitched, Sy Johnson (Cardinals) had an ERA of 4.65, while Joe Sparma (Tigers) had an ERA of 3.70. Sparma’s ERA was significantly better. Yet, both are rated C’s. In fact, Johnson is a much more attractive C-YZ than Sparma’s C-W.
Some will argue that’s why they don’t like to pit teams from different era’s. And they’ve got a point, I suppose. Personally, the beauty of APBA is being able to play teams from 1930 & '68 against each other… and enjoy it for what it is.