FCM Vitals Median Average

[mattynokes]

Back when I was running Seattle, I took a look at the league's average vitals. I've now went much more in-depth. You can now see how your players stack up position-by-position and if they are above average, below average, just average, or even elite. Here's a things I based my research on:

• 2058 and 2059 Opening Day Files
• Only players rated 75+ Overall
• Pitchers:
• 65+ Endurance and 80+ Overall = SP
• Under 65 Endurance = RP

Certainly we have some sub-75 rated players who are useful. However, the vast majority of sub-75 players are not even close to major league material in FCM. Another thing you might notice is that this means pitchers rated 75-79 and with 65+ endurance did not qualify for either the SP or RP averages. This is because those type of players are in "pitcher purgatory." With the way the file works, generally SPs rated this low are not good enough for the rotation and are long relievers. As such, they would also throw off the true reliever averages.

How do I read these numbers?

You should go column-by-column to assess where your players stand to the league as a whole for each vital. A true above average leadoff CF is likely not going to rank in the entire above average row. He'll likely have some vitals that rank even better than above average and other that rank worse than average.

CATCHERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	91.7	94.1	89.3	74.4	95.1	94.4	80.1	94.7	88.7
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	85.8	88.2	84.2	69.3	90.0	94.0	75.1	84.4	88.0
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	83.0	82.5	80.0	67.7	85.5	94.0	71.6	77.9	87.3
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	80.0	77.0	76.7	66.2	80.4	89.1	70.3	74.9	87.0
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.6	72.7	72.8	65.0	75.5	82.3	69.0	74.0	85.7
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.3	70.4	68.8	63.7	73.2	79.6	68.0	73.1	84.3
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.9	67.4	62.7	62.4	69.4	75.3	65.0	70.6	79.8

FIRST BASEMEN	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	92.0	91.8	94.8	72.5	96.5	85.9	80.7	96.2	89.2
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	87.2	84.0	91.5	70.2	92.9	80.4	72.0	80.4	82.4
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	84.8	81.0	88.9	69.3	88.6	77.7	69.4	78.0	80.6
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	82.1	75.6	85.6	67.6	82.5	73.3	66.4	74.9	78.3
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	79.4	72.0	82.6	66.1	78.8	70.6	63.7	73.0	76.2
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	78.2	69.9	79.0	64.6	76.1	68.5	61.2	70.1	74.2
POOR	Filler	12.5%	76.0	66.9	75.3	62.9	72.3	63.5	57.9	66.3	72.5

SECOND BASEMEN	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	89.2	93.2	87.4	86.7	94.1	98.8	95.2	94.9	92.4
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	85.7	86.2	82.0	84.5	89.2	93.9	93.5	88.7	90.9
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	83.2	80.2	79.1	80.7	85.4	88.4	90.6	83.4	89.5
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	80.1	75.2	75.6	76.1	81.0	81.3	88.6	79.8	87.8
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.7	72.1	73.0	73.1	77.2	78.3	88.4	75.7	85.3
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.4	70.2	68.8	71.6	74.9	75.6	83.0	74.4	82.1
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.8	66.8	60.8	68.9	68.0	69.4	73.6	73.0	77.3

THIRD BASEMEN	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	92.8	89.4	94.0	77.4	96.8	99.1	95.1	98.4	93.0
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	87.4	83.7	90.0	74.4	93.7	96.8	89.4	91.8	91.2
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	84.0	80.1	85.8	72.5	87.5	93.7	84.7	85.5	87.9
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	81.4	76.2	81.6	70.3	80.4	87.0	79.2	81.3	84.1
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	79.3	73.2	78.5	68.7	75.5	80.5	73.1	78.8	81.5
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.9	70.4	76.3	67.3	71.8	75.7	69.4	77.4	79.4
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.5	65.7	70.7	64.2	67.3	68.6	62.6	74.3	74.4

SHORT STOPS	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	90.9	90.9	87.4	91.8	95.3	99.2	97.2	93.9	92.7
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	84.6	83.0	80.7	84.7	88.7	95.2	96.6	87.9	91.1
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	81.5	79.4	76.0	79.2	84.6	91.3	94.9	86.1	89.6
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	79.1	75.9	71.9	77.5	79.7	85.4	91.9	83.0	87.4
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.0	72.9	69.1	75.5	76.2	79.8	87.8	79.8	85.6
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.0	71.0	66.6	73.7	74.2	75.0	83.5	76.3	83.9
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.2	67.1	62.9	70.8	69.5	65.8	75.7	70.6	78.7

LEFT FIELDERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	92.3	93.9	92.5	83.8	93.6	91.6	91.0	81.0	83.6
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	86.5	87.5	86.2	77.5	89.0	83.8	87.1	79.0	81.4
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	83.1	83.8	83.1	74.5	84.9	79.8	83.5	77.2	79.7
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	80.3	80.6	79.1	71.4	81.2	72.5	75.9	74.6	77.5
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.9	76.5	75.8	69.7	77.0	66.8	69.5	72.4	75.5
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.4	73.3	73.2	68.0	73.5	62.1	66.7	71.2	73.3
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.7	68.3	67.5	64.0	69.7	58.4	61.0	68.3	69.9

CENTER FIELDERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	89.7	94.4	89.7	92.2	94.2	94.1	96.2	91.5	88.2
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	84.9	88.8	82.5	87.2	88.7	89.7	93.0	83.6	85.6
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	82.4	84.5	79.1	83.5	83.4	84.6	90.1	81.6	85.0
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	79.8	79.4	73.9	79.8	79.8	77.9	86.8	78.8	83.6
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.3	74.2	68.1	75.5	77.0	68.6	84.6	76.3	81.5
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.0	71.2	64.4	73.3	74.5	66.5	82.3	74.5	80.1
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.6	66.7	61.6	70.6	69.8	61.9	75.6	72.7	77.0

RIGHT FIELDERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	Arm	Rng	Fld	Def
OUTSTANDING	Elite	87.5%	91.5	94.5	91.7	83.8	94.7	92.5	93.4	87.9	86.4
WELL ABOVE AVG	All-Star	75.0%	86.5	87.7	85.1	77.4	90.0	87.0	87.0	79.8	83.5
ABOVE AVERAGE	Starter	62.5%	83.5	82.8	81.9	74.3	86.0	83.3	82.9	77.6	81.3
AVERAGE	Platoon	50.0%	80.2	77.5	79.4	71.6	81.4	76.5	76.0	75.3	79.1
BELOW AVERAGE	Tier 1 Bench	37.5%	78.6	73.5	76.9	68.7	77.8	70.5	70.7	72.6	76.2
WELL BELOW AVG	Tier 2 Bench	25.0%	77.3	71.4	74.3	67.1	73.8	65.7	67.0	71.3	74.0
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.4	67.8	65.3	63.1	66.7	58.9	64.3	68.5	71.1

STARTERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	End	Con	Pow	Mov
AMAZING	Premier Ace	91.7%	92.8	93.0	96.3	90.5	95.9
OUTSTANDING	Ace	83.3%	89.4	90.9	93.6	85.0	93.8
WELL ABOVE AVG	Top Roto	75.0%	87.2	88.3	91.0	82.0	92.5
ABOVE AVERAGE	Mid Roto	62.5%	84.8	85.7	87.8	79.7	90.5
AVERAGE	Bot Roto	50.0%	81.4	81.6	82.6	75.9	87.2
BELOW AVERAGE	Long Man	37.5%	78.8	72.5	77.5	72.9	84.1
WELL BELOW AVG	Bullpen	25.0%	77.3	70.7	74.2	70.7	82.0
POOR	Filler	12.5%	75.5	68.0	70.6	66.7	78.6

RELIEVERS	Roster	Pct	Overall	End	Con	Pow	Mov
AMAZING	Premier CL	91.7%	87.5	19.2	88.8	78.6	91.0
OUTSTANDING	Closer	83.3%	82.8	21.0	83.7	72.5	86.3
WELL ABOVE AVG	Setup	75.0%	81.2	22.3	81.1	70.2	83.4
ABOVE AVERAGE	8th Inn	62.5%	79.6	24.8	77.9	68.5	81.5
AVERAGE	7th Inn	50.0%	78.2	36.4	74.6	66.1	79.3
BELOW AVERAGE	Mid Man	37.5%	77.0	50.8	72.2	64.0	77.4
WELL BELOW AVG	Long Man	25.0%	76.0	56.0	69.9	61.8	75.7
POOR	Filler	12.5%	72.6	61.6	66.1	57.9	71.4