[Garlon]

Suggestion
New pitcher Endurance rating calculation based on historical stats.

Pitcher Endurance rating
We need an option to have pitcher endurance be evaluated on a 3-yr span basis or on a career basis. The Endurance rating we need to calculate is for a pitcher’s primary role, SP or RP. However, pitchers who are primarily starters often pitch some games in relief and pitchers who are primarily relievers do start games from time to time. We can adjust for this by eliminating the IP from their non-primary role. We will assume that a SP who pitches in relief throws 3 IP, and a reliever who starts throws 6 IP. For SPs (a SP is a pitcher who stats at least 50% of his Games Pitched) we take Games Pitched minus Games Started to find his relief appearances, then we multiply his relief appearances by 3 IP (9 IPouts), then subtract these relief innings from his total IP to get his IP as a SP, divide by Games Stated and we have his IP per GS or Endurance as a SP. For relief pitchers, multiply their GS by 6 IP (18 IPouts) and subtract this from their total IP to get their IP in relief, then take Games Pitched minus Games Started to get their relief appearances, divide Relief IP by Relief Appearances to get a pitcher’s IP per Relief Appearance which is his relief Endurance.

SP Endurance: {[IP - ((G - GS)*3)]/GS}

RP Endurance: {[IP - (GS*6)]/(G - GS)}

Reason
Endurance will be more representative of what a pitcher did in his primary role and will result in better pitcher selection and usage by the AI.

Priority
High (MUST have)