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Le Grande Orange · 10-05-2007, 02:54 PM

Suggestion

Scale park capacities for minor league teams as a percentage of the major leagues in a manner similar to the way league attendances would scaled in the suggestion in post #84 above.

Reason

To make setting up affiliated minor leagues quicker. The player no longer has to manually select lower and more appropriate park capacities for the minors; instead the values are scaled automatically as percentages of major league park capacities. The player would still be free to change park capacities in the minors after the league is created if they wish.

Priority

Medium.

The Proposal in Detail

As mentioned, the reason for and workings of this scaling is similar to that proposed for scaling average attendances. Below are the actual park capacity values for the 2007 season for each classification:

Code:

      Average  Median  Smallest Largest

MLB    46,396  45,400    33,871  57,545
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AAA    12,472  11,336     8,400  24,000
AA      7,470   6,500     6,000  11,003
A-Adv   5,861   6,053     4,000  10,386
A       5,800   5,200     3,200  11,000
A-SS    4,859   4,497     2,600   7,500
R-Adv   2,888   2,500     1,500   5,000
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Ind.    4,745   4,500     1,500   9,725

In the AAA minor leagues, the park capacity on average was 26.9% of the major league average, and 25.0% of the major league median. In the AA level, the average park capacity were 16.1% of the major league average and 14.3% of the major league median. And so on.

When creating the minors, such percentages would be used to scale the typical park capacities of the teams in the minors so as to provide for real-world like figures without the user having to do so manually.

10-05-2007, 02:54 PM	#85 (permalink)
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Scheduleslovakia Posts: 6,029	Suggestion Scale park capacities for minor league teams as a percentage of the major leagues in a manner similar to the way league attendances would scaled in the suggestion in post #84 above. Reason To make setting up affiliated minor leagues quicker. The player no longer has to manually select lower and more appropriate park capacities for the minors; instead the values are scaled automatically as percentages of major league park capacities. The player would still be free to change park capacities in the minors after the league is created if they wish. Priority Medium. The Proposal in Detail As mentioned, the reason for and workings of this scaling is similar to that proposed for scaling average attendances. Below are the actual park capacity values for the 2007 season for each classification: Code: Average Median Smallest Largest MLB 46,396 45,400 33,871 57,545 --------------------------------------- AAA 12,472 11,336 8,400 24,000 AA 7,470 6,500 6,000 11,003 A-Adv 5,861 6,053 4,000 10,386 A 5,800 5,200 3,200 11,000 A-SS 4,859 4,497 2,600 7,500 R-Adv 2,888 2,500 1,500 5,000 --------------------------------------- Ind. 4,745 4,500 1,500 9,725 In the AAA minor leagues, the park capacity on average was 26.9% of the major league average, and 25.0% of the major league median. In the AA level, the average park capacity were 16.1% of the major league average and 14.3% of the major league median. And so on. When creating the minors, such percentages would be used to scale the typical park capacities of the teams in the minors so as to provide for real-world like figures without the user having to do so manually. __________________ . "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our abilities and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." . Last edited by Le Grande Orange : 10-05-2007 at 02:56 PM.