Well, I hope last season was as good for you as it was for me. Even though I lost the championship series in seven, I won 72 out of 100 games (league record). Not bad for a team (picked by our league newspaper) as an almost ran.
I've been getting a good flow of formulas from fellow prognosticators. David Freeman, from Minnetonka, Minn. has sent some formulas I'd like you to review.
My gift to all our wonderful readers, in light of this very special issue, is to print all the formulas (to date) in one place. I hope this answers the many, many requests for individual formulas. These formulas have the DEFAULT VARIABLE in them, and to be most accurate, you will need the previous articles to exact the league adjustments:
FORMULA #1: BATTER'S WALK
somW = (((W - IW) * 216) / (AB + ( W - IW) + HBP)) -9
FORMULA #2: HIT BY PITCH
somHBP = ((HBP * 216) / (AB + (W - IW) + HBP))
FORMULA #3: BATTER'S HIT
somH = ((( BA - .265 ) + BA ) * ( 108 - ( somW + somHBP )
FORMULA #4: BATTER'S DOUBLE
somD = (( 4320 * DOUBLE ) / ( AB + ( W - IW ) + HBP ) - 90
FORMULA #5: BATTER'S TRIPLE
somT = (( 4320 * TRIPLE ) / ( AB + ( W - IW ) + HBP ) - 15
FORMULA #6: BATTER'S HOMERUN
somHR = (( 4320 * HOMERUN ) / ( AB + ( W - IW ) + HBP ) - 50
FORMULA #7: BATTER'S PATTERN CHART
see previous articles
FORMULA #8: BATTER'S STRIKEOUT
somK = (( K * 216 ) / ( AB + ( W - IW ) + HBP )) -17
FORMULA #9: BATTER'S GBA
somGBA = (( 1140 * DP ) / ( AB + ( W - IW ) + HBP )
FORMULA #10: BATTER'S 1ST SB LEAD #
som1SB = (( SB / ( SB + CS )) + .13 ) * 20
FORMULA #11: BATTER'S 2ND SB LEAD #
som2SB = ( 1SB / 3 ) +1
FORMULA #12: BATTER'S LEAD CHANCES
somSBlead = (36 * ( SB + CS )) / ((( H + ( W - IW ) + HBP ) * .85 ) - ( D + T + HR ))
FORMULA #13: ASTERISKS
som* = @IF ( 1SB + SBlead ) > 24
FORMULA #14: FIELDING ERRORS
somE = ( E * 1458 ) / INNINGS FIELDED ( at that pos )
NOTE: LF, CF, & RF is all added together to make OUTFIELDER
FORMULA #15: PITCHER'S TBF
pTBF = ( IP * 2.95 ) + HITS + ( W - IW )
FORMULA #16: PITCHER'S WALK
sompW = (( W - IW ) * 216 ) / ( TBF - IW )) - 9
FORMULA #17a: PITCHER'S HIT
sompH = ((( HIT / TBF ) * 216 ) - 29.4 ) + XF
(XF = Xchart FACTOR; DEFAULT = 4.9)
FORMULA #17b: PITCHER'S HIT
sompH = ((( HIT * ( 168 - sompW ) / (( TBF - IW ) * .265)) + (((( 2 * oppBA ) - .265 ) * 30 ) - XF)
FORMULA #18: PITCHER'S DOUBLE
sompD = (( D * 216 ) / (TBF - IW )) - 90
PRE 1990 FORMULA #18
psomD = psomHR * 1.8
FORMULA #19: PITCHER'S TRIPLE
sompT = (( T * 216 ) / (TBF - IW )) - 15
PRE 1990 FORMULA #19
sompT = sompHR * .4
FORMULA #20: PITCHER'S HOMERUN
sompHR = (( HR * 216 ) / (TBF - IW)) - 50
FORMULA #20: PITCHER'S PATTERN CHART
see previous issue
FORMULA #21: PITCHER'S STRIKEOUT
sompK = (( K * 216 ) / ( TBF - IW ))
FORMULA #22: PITCHER'S HOLD
sompHOLD = (( SB / ( SB + CS )) - .6666 ) * 20
FORMULA #23: PITCHER'S POINT OF WEAKNESS
sompPOW = IP / APP
FORMULA #24: PITCHER'S ERROR
sompERROR = ( E * 1458 ) / IP
FORMULA #25: PITCHER'S BALK
sompBALK = ( BALK * 290 ) / IP
FORMULA #26: PITCHER'S WILDPITCH
sompWILDPITCH = ( WP * 200 ) / IP
FORMULA #27: PITCHER'S CLOSER RATINGS
sompCLOSE =0=N; 1-3=0; 4-6=1; 7-9=2; 10-14=3; 15-19=4; 20-29=5; >30=6
FORMULAS #28:W POWER HR ADJUSTMENT
somHR = (((leagueHR/leaguePA)*20)*(108-somHBP-somW))+somHR(under 10)