The numbers from strikeouts and walks divided by innings pitched seem to be pretty accurate. Would anyone agree that this is a good way to help determine a pitchers year?
Take a look at [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/player.html?player_id=3370&year=1690]John Smoltz[/url].
I divided his simulated walks (8) by innings pitched (31) to get .26 and then divided his strikeouts (39) by innings pitched to get 1.26. Below are the numbers of the five possible years:
.38 .74
.34 .65
.33 .87
.41 .86
.22 1.09
Despite his 6.89 ERA and 1.53 WHIP, 1996 could possibly be the year.
For comparison, I checked the numbers of [url=http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/stratomatic/league/player.html?player_id=5218&year=2009&group_id=110365]Chris Carpenter[/url] from the 2009 set
and his actual walk and strikeout ratio was .20/.75. Here's a list of some simmed seasons:
.21 .67
.27 .69
.26 .80
.21 .73
.25 .77
As you can see, the ratios from the simmed seasons are quite accurate.