Foul Ball Rate
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The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
Playing or simming? I use manage mode. The purest way to play the game because with no user input it's the game as programmed.
Several years ago they changed gameplay to cause balls to curve foul. Unfortunately they didn't replace hits that were changed to foul balls and offense has declined.
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@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
Playing or simming? I use manage mode. The purest way to play the game because with no user input it's the game as programmed.
Several years ago they changed gameplay to cause balls to curve foul. Unfortunately they didn't replace hits that were changed to foul balls and offense has declined.
Playing with no simming at all. Have you noticed any unusual foul ball rates when simming?
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I use manager mode also. I sim regular season and manage playoff games. In the playoff games, I don’t notice high foul ball rates. The most I notice is any count that goes 3-1 always goes to 3-2 because the batter always fouls off the pitch.
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
Playing or simming? I use manage mode. The purest way to play the game because with no user input it's the game as programmed.
Several years ago they changed gameplay to cause balls to curve foul. Unfortunately they didn't replace hits that were changed to foul balls and offense has declined.
Playing with no simming at all. Have you noticed any unusual foul ball rates when simming?
I don't sim. Currently in April of 2026 having played every game in my franchise.
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@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
Playing or simming? I use manage mode. The purest way to play the game because with no user input it's the game as programmed.
Several years ago they changed gameplay to cause balls to curve foul. Unfortunately they didn't replace hits that were changed to foul balls and offense has declined.
Playing with no simming at all. Have you noticed any unusual foul ball rates when simming?
I don't sim. Currently in April of 2026 having played every game in my franchise.
I meant using manage mode.
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@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
@sullivanspring_MLBTS said in Foul Ball Rate:
@fubar2k7_PSN said in Foul Ball Rate:
The number of foul balls in this game is just out of hand. So much so that I decided to actually track them over a 50 game period. The rate for the CPU was 35.8% over those 50 games. I looked up real game data and latest I could locate was the rate was 17% in 2022.
Playing or simming? I use manage mode. The purest way to play the game because with no user input it's the game as programmed.
Several years ago they changed gameplay to cause balls to curve foul. Unfortunately they didn't replace hits that were changed to foul balls and offense has declined.
Playing with no simming at all. Have you noticed any unusual foul ball rates when simming?
I don't sim. Currently in April of 2026 having played every game in my franchise.
I meant using manage mode.
I haven't done any detailed numbers crunching but it is a fact balls down each foul line that used to land fair now curve foul and it's been that way for several year.
What I have noticed in manage mode is pitchers with a low K/9 number tend to have high pitch counts because batters foul off a lot of pitches but as I said I haven't kept track of it. Unfortunately I can't help. Haven't kept detailed records.
