Scoring System Finalized for 2010

[Colby]

After over five months of negotiations, the RC has concluded not just a scoring system for Franchise GM, but a standardized system to be permanent in MLFB for leagues that wish to use it.  In the Scoring Categories thread, plenty of work was done by M.J. (mjmezetti), Ben (Brewers GM), and I among Chad (clidwin) and Jake (Jake) as well as other non-RC members. 

The H2H points idea was originally M.J.'s, and the big downside of it originally was that Fantrax didn't support H2H with uneven divisions (NL Central has 6 vs. AL West with 4), but that appears to be a dead issue.

We found a way to value player's contributions to run creation and run prevention in a Bill James manner that correlates to the game as much as possible.  James' research concluded that 47% / 17% / 36% of wins comes from hitting / fielding / pitching, respectively.  You will see these ratios in the breakdown of the stats in ranges of players.

The batting stats were largely based on the old metric Runs Created, but it was tweaked to reflect more consistent hitters who have higher AVG / OBP.  The weights for batting are:

At-Bat, AB: -10
Hit, H: 10
Single, 1B: 24
Double, 2B: 36
Triple, 3B: 48
Homerun, HR: 60
Walk, BB: 20.4
Grounded-into-Double Play, GIDP: -18
Hit-by-pitch, HBP: 20.4
Sacrifice Fly, SF: 6
Sacrifice Hit, SH: 6
Stolen Base, SB: 6
Caught Stealing, CS: -12

Fielding was the toughest one to mimic as players may be open to multiple positions.  In the end, we kept eligibility at 20 games played in this season and last season for any one position.  Defensive weights had to be different per position though.

Catchers
Error, E: -32
Games Played, GP: 4.8

Corner Infielders
Assist, A: 4.48
E: -32
Putout, PO: 0.48

Middle Infielders
A: 1.28
E: -32
PO: 2.4

Outfielders
A: 6.4
E: -32
GP: 4.8

There are no defensive points awarded to players in the Utility position or for pitchers.  Pitching stats are much more simple and rely on four metrics: Ground Balls, Walks, Home Runs Allowed, and Strikeouts.  The stats are designed so there is no bias given to control nor power pitchers.

Ground Balls Allowed, GB: 3
Home Runs Allowed, HR: -15
Walks Issued, BB: -5
Strikeouts, K: 9

This system is effective immediately and affects the positional rankings for 2008 and 2009.  Contract extensions are now available and will start to be processed starting tomorrow. 

[h4cheng]

Good work guys on getting the scoring system going. Quick question about the CI fielding scores:

Corner Infielders
Assist, A: 4.48
E: -32
Putout, PO: 0.48

It seems that if you have a fielding % of (32/4.48 / (32/4.48+1)) =87.7% then you come out even in the scoring system (without even taking into consideration the PO's). That seems to be a pretty low field %, espciall when compared to the break even fielding % needed for MI (95.1%), assuming they get roughly the same amount of chances for assists and putouts.

[rcankosy]

Guys,

I went to the Fantrax site to see how this new scoring system affected my players and the site didn't seem to use the new categories.  Please advise.

Thanks.

[Colby]

Guys,

I went to the Fantrax site to see how this new scoring system affected my players and the site didn't seem to use the new categories.  Please advise.

Thanks.

It does -  it is a points based H2H system.  You will see players with their fantasy points for the season (or scoring period).