Primary Position Options

The Primary Position Options dialog makes it possible to specify how the computer manager determines a player's primary position.  You can access the Primary Position Options by selecting the Options->Primary Position Options menu item.

The Primary Position Options dialog box allows you to specify the minimum number of fielding chances required for a position to be considered as a primary position.  When a computer manager attempts to determine a player's primary position, it will look for a position that the player played in real life and had at least the specified minimum number of fielding chances.  For example, in the figure above a player must have had at least 450 fielding chances at first base for the computer manager to consider first base as the player's primary position.  If a player qualifies for more than one position, the computer manager will select the one with the most fielding chances.  If a player does not qualify for any position, the computer manager will select the position played by the player with the most fielding chances.

The minimum number of fielding chances  that you may wish to specify in this dialog box may vary depending on the year or type of season (majors/minors).  For this reason, users of Digital Diamond Baseball way wish to maintain several different sets of primary position options.  To help with this, the Primary Position Options dialog makes it possible to save options to a file and recall them at a later time.  To create a new set of options, click on the New... toolbar button and provide a name for you new set of options.  Next, enter the new values and click on OK to save your changes.  You can specify which set of options you want to use when you are playing games by selecting the set in the Primary Positions Options File drop-down list box.

The default values listed in the Primary Positions Options dialog box were calculated using data from the 2011 major league season.