[Jason Moyer]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Subby:
<strong>If we get to a point where we can get accurate winshares, then I think there would be good uses for such a utility...unfortuntely we are not there yet...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">There were 3 statistical obstacles that I remember while compiling the formulas.

1. As you mention, the lack of team splits for players.
2. The lack of Runs/Earned Runs/ERA for Catchers.
3. The lack of accurate league/team double play totals (well, and fielding info in general on a league/team scale).

2 isn't particularly necessary, since you don't use it to distribute win shares among catchers before the 1980's anyway. 1 and 3 kill the entire idea, unfortunately.

There are other things that make the process much more tedious than it should be. Having team totals and league totals for every stat tracked in the game would make the process simple. Having team fielding totals split by position would be even better. Ultimately I hope in a future version that it is possible to pull this info from with in the game. For instance, being able to look at putouts on a league scale, then filter them down to putouts made by third basemen, then filter them down to putouts made by third basemen by team. Same thing with all the fielding stats and all the minor hitting stats (SH, SF, etc).

Edit: That said, you could accurately calculate Win Shares in HH2k3, and with the way the league leaders boards are setup (absolute genius, IMHO) you could do it easily.

Jason

<small>[ 06-04-2002, 03:30 PM: Message edited by: Jason Moyer ]</small>