FNFT History Database

I know that number crunching isn't for everyone so I doubt that many of you have the same reaction to the FNFT History Database that I do, nor appreciate the wealth of knowledge contained in it.

I have always thought it would be fascinating to apply Bill James type sabermetric principals to the data generated by FNFT.  I now have 10 years worth of data - certainly enough to start identifying patterns and figuring out - on paper - how to win an FNFT championship.

One of my weaknesses, I suppose, and perhaps a reason why I haven't won more championships than I have is that I put much more effort into running the league than I do running my own team.  I like to share the fruits of my efforts with everyone and give everyone else as much data as I have for myself.  It has been a dream of mine to create a database of all of my historical FNFT data and dive into analyzing it.  This file is the culmination of over 60 hours of work over the past 4 or so weeks, and years of record keeping and planning.  You may download it for yourself in about 15 seconds.

"So what?", you're all saying.  And if you're not saying that, you certainly don't want to waste your valuable time crunching FNFT data.  No matter - I'll do it for you.  Over the next several weeks, I will post statistics and finding that hopefully some of you will find interesting and informative.  Here goes...

FACT #1

The average price paid for an auction player is $29.

FACT #2

The average price for starting pitchers in the auction is $38.  The average price paid for hitters is $26.  The average price for relief pitchers is $15.

FACT #3

On average, almost half (49.1%) of the points that your team scores will be by players selected in the auction or in the first four rounds of the draft.

FACT #4

Players selected in the 3rd round of the draft have scored more points than players selected in the 2nd round of the draft.

FACT #5

On average, players selected in the first round of the draft score more points per than players taken in the auction.

There.  You're smarter now than before you read this.  And this is just a sample.  I'm saving the good stuff for after the draft.