As stated in the game manual:

Platoon Factor: Players (batters) who are rated Platoon L (Stats/Rosters-ratings page) are limited to their
actual plate appearances versus LHP. After those actual plate appearances, they will become very poor
hitters versus LHP. This is to avoid the phenomenon of a left-handed batter who batted over 300 times
versus RHP and only 10-15 versus LHP and got lucky for that very small sample of plate appearances.
The same thing applies to Platoon R for their plate appearances versus RHP.


I just got finished playing a game against a team with Jeff Reed as their catcher. Reed is a platoon player
since he had only 18 AB's in 98 vs LHP. After losing the game in the 9th inning to Reed hitting a game winning homer, I decided to
look up this team's usage of Reed and found that he has already had 18 AB's versus LHP. In fact, he has 43 AB! What was more shocking
is that Reed's LOPS for this team is a staggering 1.085. If this platoon factor rule is actually in the sim, why isn't it taking affect?
I know this is a one time instance, small sample size, etc...but I'm posting this to see if any of you have also witnessed this phenomena with
your platoon players.

Thanks,
Jon

St. Louis Trash, TRAD2