Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

I just noticed Edgar Martinez has a "2" injury on his 1996 card (from 1990's mystery card set) yet he had 499 at-bats and 123 BB's. What gives?

He only played in 139 games that year. Also, SOM will assign a higher injury rating to someone who got injured a lot compared to someone who got injured once for a long time.

coyote303 wrote:He only played in 139 games that year. Also, SOM will assign a higher injury rating to someone who got injured a lot compared to someone who got injured once for a long time.

So the 600 ab's + BB's isn't set in stone? I always heard that if a hitter accrued 600 PA's then he could only be injured up to three games at any given die roll (because he'd be a "1" injury) so you're telling me that's just another myth from my Strat prehistoric ancestors?

I did too, good question...... Also Bill Madlock's 1979 card says he is an injury "0" and yet he got hurt, I think that one must be a mistake. But what gives with Edgar Martinez and his 600 plate appearances?

fredpaii wrote:So the 600 ab's + BB's isn't set in stone? I always heard that if a hitter accrued 600 PA's then he could only be injured up to three games at any given die roll (because he'd be a "1" injury) so you're telling me that's just another myth from my Strat prehistoric ancestors?

His injury limit should still be three games per injury. However, his injury frequency is still twice the chance of a 1-rated injury player--thus the "2" rating.

The injury rating number is the number of chances per 216 that a chance for injury is rolled. It is very rare for a someone with a "2" rating to have 600+ PAs.

coyote303 wrote:

fredpaii wrote:So the 600 ab's + BB's isn't set in stone? I always heard that if a hitter accrued 600 PA's then he could only be injured up to three games at any given die roll (because he'd be a "1" injury) so you're telling me that's just another myth from my Strat prehistoric ancestors?

His injury limit should still be three games per injury. However, his injury frequency is still twice the chance of a 1-rated injury player--thus the "2" rating.

The injury rating number is the number of chances per 216 that a chance for injury is rolled. It is very rare for a someone with a "2" rating to have 600+ PAs.

That would make sense. Very interesting. Thank you.