I certainly have no definitive answer. I replayed the 1908 AL season on Diamond Mind using a homebrewed database.
In real life, there were 1686 sacrifice hits in the AL. In my replay there were 1942. Some of the sacrifice hits in both real life and the replay were what would be scored as sacrifice flies today.
Even so, it's likely that I may have bunted "too much." I tended to bunt almost everytime a runner reached first base with none out. I often bunted when a runner reached second base with none out. I occasionally attempted squeeze bunts and sometime had a pitcher bunt with a man on first and one out. The only occasional exceptions were when strong hitters like Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford batted.
Runs were at such a premium that strategy seemed logical, but I may have overdone it a bit.
Daniel, again another good question.
I certainly have no definitive answer. I replayed the 1908 AL season on Diamond Mind using a homebrewed database.
In real life, there were 1686 sacrifice hits in the AL. In my replay there were 1942. Some of the sacrifice hits in both real life and the replay were what would be scored as sacrifice flies today.
Even so, it's likely that I may have bunted "too much." I tended to bunt almost everytime a runner reached first base with none out. I often bunted when a runner reached second base with none out. I occasionally attempted squeeze bunts and sometime had a pitcher bunt with a man on first and one out. The only occasional exceptions were when strong hitters like Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford batted.
Runs were at such a premium that strategy seemed logical, but I may have overdone it a bit.