by ClowntimeIsOver » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:59 pm
FYI:
The 15-game maximum involves possible injuries from "none" to "remainder of game" to various numbers from 1 to 15. The numbers above 3 are changed to 3 for max-3-game players.
On average in a 162-game season, each injury for less-than-600 AB+W players is 3.454 games. For more-than-599 AB+W players, the average injury is 1.829 games. (Both are "not counting the remainder of the game he got injured.")
These numbers account for the fact that end-of-season injuries are shortened if the season ends before the injury "runs out," thus lowering the overall average.
The above is statistically accurate no matter what other variables are factored in -- they're based entirely on the injury tables.