Individual Player Ratings

[richjone]

I've been trying to search for this myself but aren't coming up with anything. I have MVP 2003 which I still love and which my old computer can still handle haha, but I wanted to put some new players into it from the Tigers, like Scherzer, Sizemore, Austin Jackson, Galarraga, etc but cannot find individual ratings to use to base them off of in my game as created players. MVP 2003 has right and left handed contact, power, bunt, plate discipline, durability, speed, SB agressiveness, SB ability, Defense, range, throw power, throw accuracy. Think that's it, so any kind of help to make it realistic would be cool, rather than me guessing.

Anyone know of a site or spreadsheet somewhere that might help me out? I figured if anyone would know, it would be you folks.

Thanks!

[MarkB]

Moving to MVP '05 forum.

[emath2432]

Try Dylan Bradbury's ratings calculators. They are made for MVP 05, but may still work for you. They are separate applications, and do not require MVP 05 to be installed. The only issue may be the difference in formulas used by EA to make their players in 2003, vs what were used when Dylan made them for 2005.

I'll get a link for you in a bit.

Try this link... This is the tools section for MVP 05. Dylan has quite a few different calculators listed if you check the first few pages. He has one for pitchers, hitters, and defensive ratings.

[DylanBradbury]

I've been trying to search for this myself but aren't coming up with anything. I have MVP 2003 which I still love and which my old computer can still handle haha, but I wanted to put some new players into it from the Tigers, like Scherzer, Sizemore, Austin Jackson, Galarraga, etc but cannot find individual ratings to use to base them off of in my game as created players. MVP 2003 has right and left handed contact, power, bunt, plate discipline, durability, speed, SB agressiveness, SB ability, Defense, range, throw power, throw accuracy. Think that's it, so any kind of help to make it realistic would be cool, rather than me guessing.

Anyone know of a site or spreadsheet somewhere that might help me out? I figured if anyone would know, it would be you folks.

Thanks!

MVP 2003 is a great game. Glad to know some folks are still enjoying it. Without it, I would have never picked up MVP 04, or 05.

I loved how it has like an "Inactive Roster" section, where all the people in the minors are. I remember having a heart attack discovering David Cone was in the game. Haha.

It also had the best soundtrack of any game I played.

Try Dylan Bradbury's ratings calculators. They are made for MVP 05, but may still work for you. They are separate applications, and do not require MVP 05 to be installed. The only issue may be the difference in formulas used by EA to make their players in 2003, vs what were used when Dylan made them for 2005.

I'll get a link for you in a bit.

Try this link... This is the tools section for MVP 05. Dylan has quite a few different calculators listed if you check the first few pages. He has one for pitchers, hitters, and defensive ratings.

Thank-you very much for the shout-out emath.

[richjone]

MVP 2003 is a great game. Glad to know some folks are still enjoying it. Without it, I would have never picked up MVP 04, or 05.

I loved how it has like an "Inactive Roster" section, where all the people in the minors are. I remember having a heart attack discovering David Cone was in the game. Haha.

It also had the best soundtrack of any game I played.

Thank-you very much for the shout-out emath.

Thanks guys, I'll try it out. Dylan, I totally agree, although the graphics aren't so hot compared to current games, I still love this one. The inactive roster is cool. Too bad someone couldn't figure out how to port a current MLB roster to that old format (just comma separated files I believe) so that could be the default rosters. If I had to do it i'd be doing it all by hand haha.

I downloaded a 2007 (i believe) roster someone made on here, but the game has caveats when you use it (game crashes when playing certain teams, created pitchers dont track stats, etc). but its cool because it gives more current rosters even though the ranking are out of whack, since they're from 2007 (Pedroia, Greinke, Zobrist are not so good and have low star ratings for example).

[jollydodger]

I think MVP 04 had the lefty-hitting issue, right? Was there any problem with 03? I still update 05 myself, although its getting harder and harder. Hope you find what ur looking for.

[DylanBradbury]

I think MVP 04 had the lefty-hitting issue, right? Was there any problem with 03? I still update 05 myself, although its getting harder and harder. Hope you find what ur looking for.

Only MVP 2004 had the lefty-hitting issue. 2003 was a pretty watered-down version of MVP; for instance, instead of a minor league system, each team had an inactive roster.

[SubwayGuy]

Only MVP 2004 had the lefty-hitting issue. 2003 was a pretty watered-down version of MVP; for instance, instead of a minor league system, each team had an inactive roster.

The other quirk I remember about 03 was that while it was impossible to hit balls up out of the strike zone, down in the dirt, or away off the plate...it was possible to hit pitches in off the plate quite far. I remember homering with Todd Hundley on a ball halfway between the inside of the zone and the batter, and doubling off the wall with Barry Bonds on a pitch that was actually going at his head.