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CLUTCH PITCHING RATING

PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:43 pm
by DGF102052
I would like to see clutch pitching rating just as there is batting clutch rating.
The top pitchers seem to get harder to hit when there are men on base.
Its the difference between 2 pitchers with similar ERA and Whip but one goes 20-6 and the other goes 13-12.

Re: CLUTCH PITCHING RATING

PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 1:49 pm
by andycummings65
I thought the gbA on pitcher cards was somewhat the equivalent of Batter clutch.

Re: CLUTCH PITCHING RATING

PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:14 pm
by coyote303
The Windows version of SOM Baseball has Starting pitcher clutch as a maximum rule option. However, this option is turned off in our online game.

Re: CLUTCH PITCHING RATING

PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:50 pm
by milleram
A similar thing since the first days of L/R advanced cards (1971) is the N-HR on pitchers cards----why can't there be P-HR on batters cards when you have a pitcher that gave up no or very few HRs (then the pitchers HR rating could be similar to balk & wild pitch ratings--say 0 for a pitcher that gave up no HR's or 2 or so for a pitcher like Sanchez.

I think the biggest issue is all the HR's off batters cards against the better pitchers--this year with just 57 games on a 2014 team Aaron Sanchez has given up 6 HRs in and has a 3.72 ERA--for a guy with 1 HR allowed and none on his card.

I had Greinke give up 69 HR's one league in 2012--he had 1# vs lH and no BP HR vs RH.

Re: CLUTCH PITCHING RATING

PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:10 pm
by Valen
I believe it is true that there is an option available for pitcher clutch. I also believe it was turned on when the game launched back in 2001. But was turned off due to complaints. I think the objection by most was due to the black box nature of the adjustment. No way of knowing if your pitcher is benefiting from the clutch or not. No way of knowing when the clutch adjustment is being made by reading the box score.

What I would like to see is some sort of visible clutch rating such as the S8 or R3 rating or the F7 rating so we could see what pitchers are impacted and have some idea of when they are being impacted.