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jbeannie · 10-19-2007, 01:32 PM

I know it has statistics's, but how does it work? Do you count up stuff? How do you keep score during a baseball game?
Besides how many runs, or wins, or losses. Someone, please help me out here.

Vlad's The Man · 10-19-2007, 02:34 PM

I play fantasy baseball in a head to head format. Where statistics add up each week and who ever has the most or least in one category, gets a win in that category. I'll explain.

The statistics that are involved in the fantasy baseball I've played include:

1.For Offense- rbi's, runs, batting average, strikeouts, gidp, sb's, and home runs.
2.For Pitching- wins, saves, era, whip, and strikeouts.

When the season begins, you draft players to your team. The player's statistics for the week get added into a total for the week. Then your stats are compared to another team (the person who is facing you; head to head). The categories you are better in (have more rbi's than the other team, have the least amount of gidp's, lowest era) receive a win, and, naturally, the ones you are worse in you get a loss. In the end of that week your wins and loses would add up to 11, because there are 11 categories, thus if you win every category you would be 11-0 on the week.

As the season progresses, your wins and loses are added up, giving you a winning percentage on the year. Those with the top percentages go to the playoffs, which consist of the final 3 weeks or so of the actual baseball season.

I hope I didn't confuse you. I can't really tell if this post was very clear. Since I have knowledge of fantasy baseball I can't tell if I gave enough info about the process.

jbeannie · 10-19-2007, 02:44 PM

And don't people keep track of the negative's in that game that they are watching, like strikout for your team -1, or something like that, do people do this in fantasy baseball?

If so, how would one keep track of the negative's and postive's, and also which one's?

Vlad's The Man · 10-19-2007, 07:30 PM

I'm not sure about that, that's not how my fantasy league did it, but it could be done like that in other ones.

In my league, strikeouts were a stat that was added up. So if your team got the most k's on offense you lost that category.

jbeannie · 10-19-2007, 08:23 PM

Do you need only offense and pitching?

What about Defense?

Is that included?

Vlad's The Man · 10-19-2007, 08:52 PM

I've never heard of a fantasy league using defense. But there certainly could be one. All I know for sure is that offense and pitching are definitely used.