Balancing Points Leagues

[nettles3Ball-star]

Looking for examples of points leagues in order to create a balance between hitters and pitchers. If you're in a good one, please leave your stat categories and point values.

Also, considering the categories below: what values would you assign? would you add/delete any to make it balanced?

R, BB, HBP, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, SB, CAUGHT SB, E, GIDP

W, L, SV, HLD, K, ER, R, IP, H, CG

Thanks for your help!

[shortsavage]

Sorry for the chaos...

Scoring for Batting Categories
1B - Singles 1 point
2B - Doubles 2 points
3B - Triples 3 points
BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point
CSC - Caught Stealing by Catcher 1.5 points
CYC - Hitting for the Cycle 10 points
E - Errors -1 point
GDP - Ground Into Double Plays -1 point
HP - Hit by Pitch 1 point
HR - Home Runs 4 points
IB - Intentional Walks 1 point
OFAST - OF Assists 3 points
R - Runs 1 point
RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point
SB - Stolen Bases 2 points
SF - Sacrifice Flies .5 points

Scoring for Pitching Categories
B - Balks -1 point
BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -.5 points
BS - Blown Saves -4 points
CG - Complete Games 5 points
ER - Earned Runs -1 point
HA - Hits Allowed -.5 points
HB - Hit Batsmen -1 point
INN - Innings 2 points
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
NH - No-Hitters 20 points
PG - Perfect Games 30 points
PKO - Pick Offs 3 points
S - Saves 10 points
SO - Shutouts 5 points
W - Wins 10 points

My league built this system based on one that Sportsline had four years ago. Everyone likes it. Pitchers are worth about 95% as much as hitters.

[AuburnTigers]

Here is what my league uses. Some of the point allocations seem strange, but this sysytem weighs pitchers and batters very equally. In 2003 the average difference between the top 80 batters and top 80 pitchers was only 1/10 of a point. In 2004 the average difference was only 7 points.

Scoring for Batting Categories
2B - Doubles 2 points
3B - Triples 3 points
BB - Walks (Batters) 1 point
CS - Caught Stealing -1 point
CYC - Hitting for the Cycle 12 points
GSHR - Grand Slam Home Runs 3 points
H - Hits 1 point
HR - Home Runs 4 points
KO - Strikeouts (Batter) -.5 points
R - Runs 1 point
RBI - Runs Batted In 1 point
SB - Stolen Bases 2.5 points
SF - Sacrifice Flies .5 points
SH - Sacrifice Hits .5 points

Special Scoring for Starting Pitchers
BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
CG - Complete Games 3 points
ER - Earned Runs -1 point
HA - Hits Allowed -1 point
INN - Innings 3 points
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
L - Losses -5 points
NH - No-Hitters 15 points
PG - Perfect Games 20 points
QS - Quality Starts 3 points
SO - Shutouts 10 points
W - Wins 10 points

Special Scoring for Relief Pitchers
BBI - Walks Issued (Pitchers) -1 point
BS - Blown Saves -4 points
ER - Earned Runs -1 point
HA - Hits Allowed -.5 points
HD - Holds 5 points
INN - Innings 2 points
IRS - Inherited Runners Scored -1 point
K - Strikeouts (Pitcher) 1 point
RL - Relief Losses -4 points
RW - Relief Wins 10 points
S - Saves 12 points