(For batters) Runs, Singles, Doubles, Triples, Homers, RBI, BB, K, GIDP, Assists, Errors, OPS, Net Stolen Bases, Outfield Assists and Double Plays Turned. (For pitchers) Wins, Losses, Saves, IP, Outs, Runs, Homers, BB, K, Wild Pitches, K/9, BB/9, Quality Starts and Blown Saves.

Go to this link, and see if this format would be acceptable.

Quantifying Grit and then coming up with a fair point value for it.

However, you can create your league however you like.

Having 10 closers and 10 starters in your top 20 is not realistic, if that’s what you are looking for. If I were to look at the top 20 paid pitchers in baseball, I think you’ll only find one closer in 2008, and none in 2007. A listing by WAR would likely give you a similar result.

I presume the rationale for giving 2 points for SB and 1 for walks and singles is to account for speed? Still, that is quite an impact.

We were looking to strike a balance for those who wanted to draft closers and those who did not. We didn’t take in to account the real life salaries, look at Johan Santana. He was a bargain for the Twins for years.

As far as steals, yes, that was the idea. This league was run on paper for a few years, then Excel after that, and in the earlier seasons speed players were discounted. Bumping up steals was a way to add more value to Kenny Lofton and his ilk. Our league averages are pretty close to even between the 6 pitchers and the 9 batters. I’d be happy to discuss off line as to not hijack this thread, my email is in my profile.

(To answer obvious questions: Vancouver, WA is where we are based out of, our auction is Saturday the 22nd, we have 12 teams now, we may entertain the idea of adding more. Send me an email for details.)

I presume the rationale for giving 2 points for SB and 1 for walks and singles is to account for speed? Still, that is quite an impact.

It’s a decent starting point, that can be tweaked and played around with, especially with ace relievers.

Using linear weights, you can make an accurate points scoring system. But as someone alluded to above, any season long system (points or roto) punishes players whose teams fall out of contention early. Head-to-head is a better guaranteer of people’s interest. Unfortunately, yahoo doesn’t do H2H points leagues.

(sorry for what I am guessing will be bad formatting)

Scoring for Batting Categories
1B – Singles 1 point
2B – Doubles 2 points
3B – Triples 3 points
BB – Walks 1 point
HP – Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR – Home Runs 4 points
IB – Intentional Walks 1 point
KO – Strikeouts -1 point
R – Runs 1 point
RBI – Runs Batted In 1 point
SB – Stolen Bases 2 points

Scoring for Pitching Categories
BBI – Walks Issued -1 point
BS – Blown Saves -5 points
CG – Complete Games 6 points
ER – Earned Runs -1 point
HD – Holds 8 points
IBBI – Intentional Walks 1 point
INN – Innings 2 points
K – Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
QS – Quality Starts 4 points
S – Saves 12 points
SO – Shutouts 8 points
W – Wins 5 points

The wins and saves end up balancing out over the whole season – we try to get it so the top 20 pitchers are split between closers and starters. We have gone as deep as 16 teams without issues.

I’d be happy to help run a league.