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Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:03 pm
Thanks for the update, rburgh. Much appreciated, along with the effort that went into selecting / pricing the new cards.
Couple of questions regarding the new cards that you identified: (1) For the Fingers '73 card-- it seems odd that he's listed as a starting pitcher. According to the game logs on baseball-reference.com, he only had two starts that season, and was knocked out in the second inning in one of them (the other was a 6-inning no decision). http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=fingero01&t=p&year=1973 I don't quite get how he qualifies for a starting pitcher card based on that -- and even if he's listed as a S5 or S6, that will probably affect his price enough that the card wouldn't be used in his true role, in relief. Other pitchers in the ATG set had much higher usage rates as a starter, but still only are classified as a RP - for instance, the 3.98M Tom Hughes card is based on a season with 13 starts in 40 appearances, and the R5 Mellie Wolfgang had 14 starts and 6 complete games in his 27 appearances. Does SOM have any sort of consistent rule for how a starter is classified?
(2) For Jocko Milligan- why is he classified as bulletproof if he missed over 20 games? Looks like a very strong offensive card, but the throwing error/ passed ball ratings are scary.
Please don't take these questions as criticism -- I'm just curious how these classification decisions were made, and we're certainly not going to get a substantive explanation from SOM. Thanks again.
Couple of questions regarding the new cards that you identified: (1) For the Fingers '73 card-- it seems odd that he's listed as a starting pitcher. According to the game logs on baseball-reference.com, he only had two starts that season, and was knocked out in the second inning in one of them (the other was a 6-inning no decision). http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=fingero01&t=p&year=1973 I don't quite get how he qualifies for a starting pitcher card based on that -- and even if he's listed as a S5 or S6, that will probably affect his price enough that the card wouldn't be used in his true role, in relief. Other pitchers in the ATG set had much higher usage rates as a starter, but still only are classified as a RP - for instance, the 3.98M Tom Hughes card is based on a season with 13 starts in 40 appearances, and the R5 Mellie Wolfgang had 14 starts and 6 complete games in his 27 appearances. Does SOM have any sort of consistent rule for how a starter is classified?
(2) For Jocko Milligan- why is he classified as bulletproof if he missed over 20 games? Looks like a very strong offensive card, but the throwing error/ passed ball ratings are scary.
Please don't take these questions as criticism -- I'm just curious how these classification decisions were made, and we're certainly not going to get a substantive explanation from SOM. Thanks again.
