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Post ID	Date & Time	Game Date	Function

#7992	06/02/2014 3:30:08 pm
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8	After 100 so far games in the Legends League there have been 26 SB, 21 CS (CS 55.3%) that is 0.47 steal attempts per game In the 960 games during the 2017 season there were 1212 SB, 680 CS (CS 64.1%) that is 1.97 steal attempts per game Last year's top three base stealers Allen Tanner has had 3 attempts in 17 games Edgar Howel has had 3 attempts in 16 games Dustin Haynes has also had 3 attempts in 17 games I don't know if this is reflected elsewhere but a drop from 1.97 to 0.47 steals per game feels significant. Is this reduction in attempted steals just normal statistical variance, a deliberate change in coding or possibly an unintended cause of some other change. Is it possible to determine whether there has been the impact on extra base attempts? I know there was a concern about the number of attempts in brokenbat so I have included stats from the current mlb season as a comparison. There were 844 MLB games at the point of sampling; 988 SB, 353 CS at a CS% of 36% and 1.59 steal attempts per game (Dee Gordon of the LA Dodgers leads with 34 from 37 in 54 games)

#7998	06/02/2014 5:39:56 pm
Spoonerific Joined: 01/17/2013 Posts: 339 Inactive	I have noticed a drastic drop the last two seasons in stolen bases... maybe due to the change in the batting algorithm. I'm not sure. I know there were complaints about making it more like modern MLB were base running, advancing runners and stealing bases take a back seat to home runs. 2018 - 1/6 2017 - 69/151 2016 - 129/223

#8042	06/04/2014 7:55:59 am
Mig2012 Joined: 09/26/2012 Posts: 547 Inactive	We can't expect the game engine to mimic MLB base stealing stats when there's an option in the management page where every team can specify how often they want each player to attempt stealing.

#8044	06/04/2014 1:44:08 pm
MrTwoPlums Joined: 04/14/2012 Posts: 213 Inactive	I've cranked a few of my guys up to ++ to compensate for the drop in steals, it hasn't done much. I have 3 total attempts for my team all season. Attempts just aren't down, they're almost non-existent, and that's kinda crippling to all us small ball clubs.

#8046	06/04/2014 10:59:02 pm
admin Joined: 01/27/2010 Posts: 5023 Administrator	I have looked at the overall numbers and they are significantly lower. Some of the drop off is definitely due to the changes in hit & run. I will look into whether additional adjustments need to be made. My goal is for the bot stealing rate & percentage to be similar to MLB. For managed teams, that should be up to the player management settings (so will vary). Steve

#8047	06/04/2014 11:46:16 pm
Spoonerific Joined: 01/17/2013 Posts: 339 Inactive	Thank you, Steve.

#8048	06/05/2014 1:04:44 am
crackit Joined: 05/15/2013 Posts: 315 Anchorage Lawless V.8	Cheers Steve