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SCOUTING REPORT
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I: Player Vital Stats The average major league salary in the modern era is about $2,500,000. Salary values for any league tend to break down as follows:
Note that for Historical Seasons, such as 1927 or 1941, Baseball Mogul adjusts salaries and revenues for inflation. For example, the top salary in 1925 will be about $50,000 per year. Player Happiness A player's mood is indicated by the "happy face" in the upper right corner of the Scouting Report. Clicking on the smiley face will give you more information about a player's current mood and popularity. Click here for more information on player happiness Fan Favorites Players shown with the 'thumbs up' icon are significant fan attractions, regardless of how much they are helping the team win. This most often applies to veteran players with "Hall Of Fame" numbers (for example, some fans will show up to see a player try for 700 home runs, even if the team is in last place). Players with personalities such as "fan-friendly" and "charitable" also earn popularity. Section
II: Talent Assessment A good scout can notice changes in a player before the stats bear out those changes, so pay your scouts well. The inaccuracy in the Scouting Report is shown after the phrase 'Ratings are'. For example, if your Scouting Report says "Ratings are +/- 7" then it means that a score of 77 might indicate a true rating as low as 70 or as high as 84. To reduce this inaccuracy, increase your Scouting expenditure (choose 'Expenses' from the Budget Menu). The ratings shown are different for batters and pitchers: Summary Ratings (all players)Overall: The player's current ability level, calculated by combining all other ratings (and weighting them appropriate -- for example, 'power' is more important than 'speed'). Peak: The player's current ability level, calculated by combining all other ratings (and weighting them appropriate -- for example, 'power' is more important than 'speed'). Batting Ratings (batters only)Contact: The ability to make good contact with a pitch, leading to a good number of line drives and few strikeouts. Contact hitters tend to have a strong batting average due to their ability to hit the ball cleanly. Power: Power is best reflected by a batter's ability to hit the ball out of the park. But good power also shows itself in a good number of extra base hits and sacrifice flies. Speed: This refers to a player's speed on the basepaths. It is best seen in his stolen base numbers (and his likelihood to not be caught stealing). Fast players will also get a greater number of doubles and triples and will beat out some ground balls for hits. Eye: This is the skill of choosing to swing at good pitches and not swing at bad ones. A player with an excellent batting eye will walk more often than he strikes out. Bunt: A
player's ability to lay down a bunt is crucial to advancing the
runner in a close game. When combined with excellent speed, this
can also be an effective tool in getting on base. Range: This measures a players ability to get to and catch a batted ball. This is often correlated with a player's speed. But some players with good instincts and experience will get to more balls than their speed would suggest. Good range is especially important 'up the middle' (at 2B, SS and CF), where a lot ground needs to be covered. Fielding: This measures the overall skill and consistency of a player's fielding. A good rating indicates a player that should make few errors, relative to other players at his position. Pitching Ratings (pitchers only)Endurance: The endurance rating gives a rough indication of the number of pitches the player can throw in a game before becoming tired and losing effectiveness. In the modern era, the average starting pitcher will last into the 7th inning, while a real workhorse can consistently pitch eight or more innings.
Hitting: The pitcher's overall batting skills, compared to other pitchers. This is a combination of the Contact, Power and Eye ratings used for batters. Health Rating (all players) Pitchers will have a complete list of their current pitch arsenal, with a rating from 1-100 indicating the quality of each pitch. Note that pitches are rated primarily according to their movement: the "hop" on a fastball, the "late break" on a slider, or the way a cutter "jams" the hitter. Therefore, pitchers with high-quality pitches will tend to have high movement ratings, and vice versa. It is possible to be successful without high pitch ratings, if you have sufficient power or control. Pitch ratings are only listed for batters if that batter has a strength or weakness against one or more pitches. Strength against a pitch will be shown with a '+' and a weakness will be shown with a '-'. For example, a batter shown with 'Curveball +15' is better-than-average at hitting curveballs. The '+15' essentially means that a 90-rated curveball thrown t to this batter will be as effective as a 75-rated curveball thrown to a batter without this bonus. Section
IV: Five-Year Graph Note: Graphs will not always display on top of a player photo. Check "Always Show Graphs" in League Options if you always want to see 5-year graphs for all players.
If the majority of playing time for any given year occurred in the minors, the entry for that year will be shown in blue. For the first month of any season, stats will be displayed through the previous season only, until enough time has passed for the current season's stats to be meaningful.
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