SIM Stats Give A Perspective That's Unreal

One of the key aspects with Diamond Mind Online is distinguishing between players’ real-life career stats, or the simulated stats they’ve accumulated in Diamond Mind Online ® leagues, referred to as “sim stats."

I talk to a lot of our game players to help show the benefits of both when it comes to selecting their teams.  

When it comes to real-life stats, they are just that – a cumulative look at how the player performed over the course of his career.   However, as the game has changed over time, so too has the meaning of “average.”

To compensate for this within real-life stats, some categories are denominated by a “+,” which means they are “normalized stats,” with 100 representing the league average. So a pitcher with an "ERA+" of 120 had an earned run average 20 percent better than the league average.  Read more about Normalization here.

The “sim stats” can be particularly useful for assessing player characteristics that are difficult to gauge from real-life stats, like fielding range and proneness to injury.  Sim stats also come in handy when evaluating the 100 or so Negro Leagues players in the player pool for whom there are no real-life (major league) stats available. Limiting your sim stats searches to Standard Leagues only may provide a better basis for comparing players (since their performance in Custom Leagues may be distorted by the different salary caps and other unique rules applied in such leagues).

How good a player is represents just one-half of the equation; the other half being the player’s salary. In an upcoming post I’ll provide some insight on how to evaluate a player's salary -- and if he's worth it.

 - Dayne

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