Wild card percentages...please help!

[raveler]

Hello all...

If you're like me, you're a wild card acquiring fanatic. Seeing that flash at the bottom of the screen is like Christmas morning, winning the lottery, and getting a new car all rolled up into one. Ok, maybe not all of those, but it's still cool.

So I've been searching around for a definitive list of the percentage rates for getting wild cards in the game, but haven't been able to find one. Then I figured I'd make one myself, but I'll need help. As you probably already know, when you win a wild card, a ticker goes across the bottom of the screen telling you about it. Near the end, the ticker shows you the percentage chance of winning the wild card. That's the info that I'm compiling here. Please post in this thread with the action you preformed to get the wild card and the percentage of acquiring it (and don't forget the difficulty level), and I'll keep this first post updated with your additions. Thanks! --Ravel



Percent chances (by Difficulty) of acquiring a wild card...

Rookie

Hitting a single: 0.5% (Swordopolis)
Hitting a double: 1% (Cubsrule21aza)
Hitting a triple:
Hitting a HR: 2% (Swordopolis)
Scoring a run: 1% (Venture68, Cubsrule21aza)
Stolen base: 2% (Swordopolis)
Making a great catch:
Robbing a home run:
Double Play: 3% (Swordopolis)
Pitching a strikeout:
Pitching a shutout: 20% (Swordopolis)
Pitching a no-hitter: 100%, 80%, 65%, 50% [cascading] (Swordopolis, Cubsrule21aza)
Winning a game: 7% (Swordopolis)
Error-free game: 2% (Swordopolis)
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Pro

Hitting a single: 1% (Cubsrule21aza, Scpg3, Venture68)
Hitting a double: 2% (Cubsrule21aza, Scpg3)
Hitting a triple: 3% (Taralom, Scpg3)
Hitting a HR: 4% (Two34Five, Cubsrule21aza, Scpg3, Venture68)
Scoring a run: 2% (Taralom, Venture68)
Stolen base: 4% (Cubsrule21aza, Venture68)
Making a great catch: 5% (raveler)
Robbing a home run: 20% (raveler)
Double Play: 4% (Taralom, raveler, Venture68)
Pitching a strikeout: 1% (raveler, Taralom, Venture68)
Pitching a shutout: 30% (Taralom, raveler)
Pitching a no-hitter: 100%, 85%, 65%, 50% [cascading] (KewlBrettC, Cubsrule21aza)
Winning a game: 10% (raveler, Taralom, Scpg3)
Error-free game: 4% (Taralom)
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All-Star

Hitting a single: 1.5% (Taralom)
Hitting a double: 3% (Taralom)
Hitting a triple:
Hitting a HR: 6% (Taralom)
Scoring a run: 3.5% (Taralom)
Stolen base: 6% (Taralom)
Making a great catch: 5% (Cubsrule21aza)
Robbing a home run:
Double Play: 5% (Taralom)
Pitching a strikeout: 1.5% (JsMcbain)
Pitching a shutout: 40% (Taralom)
Pitching a no-hitter: 100%, 85%, 65%, 50% [cascading] (Cubsrule21aza)
Winning a game: 15% (Taralom)
Error-free game: 5% (Taralom)
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Legend

Hitting a single: 2% (Jpitt005)
Hitting a double: 4% (Jpitt005)
Hitting a triple: 6% (Jpitt005)
Hitting a HR: 8% (Jpitt005)
Scoring a run: 5% (Jpitt005)
Stolen base: 8% (Jpitt005)
Making a great catch: 5% (Jpitt005)
Robbing a home run:
Double Play: 6% (Jpitt005)
Pitching a strikeout: 2% (Jpitt005)
Pitching a shutout: 50% (Jpitt005)
Pitching a no-hitter: 100%, 85%, 65%, 50% [cascading] (Jpitt005, Cubsrule21aza)
Winning a game: 20% (Jpitt005)
Error-free game: 6% (Jpitt005)

[Jpitt005]

Legend
Single: 2%
Double: 4%
Triple: 6%
Homerun: 8%
Strikeout a batter: 2%
diving catch: 2% I think
Pitch a Shutout: 50%
No-No: 100% 85% (for another) 65% and 50%
Stolen Base: 8%

I think these are correct if I see any more I'll post it.

[Jpitt005]

Scoring a run Legend......... Might be 4%
Winning the game Legend........... I think 20%

[raveler]

Wow, thanks Jpitt! This is a great start!

-Ravel

[Taralom]

Pro
Hitting a single:
Hitting a double:
Hitting a triple:3.0
Hitting a HR:
Scoring a run:2.0
Stolen base:
Diving catch:
Pitching a strikeout:1.0
Pitching a shutout:30.0
Pitching a no-hitter:
Winning a game:10.0

Error free game:4.0
Double play:4.0

All Star
Hitting a single:1.5
Hitting a double:3.0
Hitting a triple:
Hitting a HR:6.0
Scoring a run:3.5
Stolen base:6.0
Diving catch:
Pitching a strikeout:
Pitching a shutout:40.0
Pitching a no-hitter:
Winning a game:15.0

Error free game:5.0
Double play:5.0

I added 2 more that I've seen, this is from a list I was keeping. I was curious.

[kingblue18]

Making any play on any difficulty after adjusting the sliders even a tick = 0%

[raveler]

Thanks, Taralom! Wow, how many double plays have I turned and I never got a wild card. Weird.

-Ravel

[Jpitt005]

I think LEGEND is double what ever percentage it is on PRO........

[Cubsrule21aza]

here's a few more i've seen:

Pro
Hitting a single: 1.0%
Hitting a double: 2.0%
Stolen Base: 2.0%

[KewlBrettC]

On Pro there is a 100% chance of getting a wild card after a no-hitter.

[xappie]

Im reasonably certain that Hitting a Home Run on PRO is a 5% chance.... but someone will want to confirm.

;)

[Two34Five]

^ I think its 4%. Also you have a 10% on just by winning a game? Out of all the games I won I dont think I ever got that.

[JsMcbain]

I can't bring anything new for now but I play on all star if anything happens that is not noted here I'll post it, but great idea and thank you very much for the heads ups!!

[raveler]

^ I think its 4%. Also you have a 10% on just by winning a game? Out of all the games I won I dont think I ever got that.

Yeah, I just received it last night. It's the 2nd time I've gotten it and I've probably won about 20 games or so. It's very easy to miss the ticker display for it since it happens during the end recap segment. Which I know most of us are just repeatedly hitting the A button just to get past it due to the painful stuttering. I think Ronnie said the lag patch would also address the issue of the endgame recap stuttering.

I feel your pain though...I never knew there was a double play wild card chance and I've had tons of those. :eek:

-Ravel

[raveler]

Bump Ronnie
Player/Card/Sliders

Ronnie, could you please move this into the Card/Sliders sub-forum? I think it's more appropriate there. Thanks, Ravel

[Jpitt005]

Yep...... on legend winning the game is 20%...... scoring a run is 5%

[Cubsrule21aza]

i just got a wild card on pro for hitting a HR, it was 4.0%

[raveler]

Thanks, Jpitt and Cubsrule! The list has been updated.

-Ravel

[Cubsrule21aza]

btw, i was wrong about one. A stolen base on pro is 4%, not 2%

[Venture68]

On Rookie, scoring a run = 1% chance

[raveler]

First post updated! Thanks, folks.

-Ravel

[JsMcbain]

Pitching a Strikeout on All-Star 1.5%

Cheers!

[raveler]

Updated...thanks, JsMcbain!

-Ravel

[Cubfan]

Making any play on any difficulty after adjusting the sliders even a tick = 0%

you can still get a wildcard even if you adjust the sliders but the % goes down according to ronnie

[Cubsrule21aza]

Just got another one:
All-Star
Making a Great Catch 5.0%

[raveler]

Hey, Cubsrule, do you know if that's the same event as "Diving Catch", or a brand new one meaning that there's 2 catch events?

-Ravel

[Taralom]

I thought on rookie you couldn't win wild cards, I could be wrong since I never played rookie, but thought I read that a few times in the forums.

[Cubsrule21aza]

I don't know if it's the same one or not. I got it in pittsburg playing as the cubs - ***udome climbed up that giant RF wall to make the catch. since it wasnt a dive (i actually have never gotten a wild card for a diving catch - go figure), there might be 2 different catagories.

[Cubsrule21aza]

btw, how is f u k u d o m e censored? lol

[raveler]

Ok, I'll add it as a new category. Maybe others can confirm the Diving Catch event. Thanks.

Taralom: Besides the person who submitted that Rookie wild card, I also received the same one. Although, since we don't have percentages for most of the Rookie events, maybe just the big ones (run scored, etc.) have a wild card chance.

-Ravel

[Taralom]

Or do you need to be higher than rookie to earn individual cards?

[raveler]

I'm pretty sure I earned regular cards on Rookie as well. I think the only difference between the difficulties for player cards is the percentage of getting black/gold/plat.

-Ravel

[Cubsrule21aza]

Rookie:
double: 1.0%
scoring a run: 1.0%

[raveler]

Thanks once again, Cubsrule. First post updated.

-Ravel

[Swordopolis]

Rookie:

Hitting a single: 0.5%
Pitching a no-hitter: 100%, 80%, 65%, 50% (cascading)

[raveler]

Nice! Thanks, Swordopolis, and congrats on the no-hitter. First post updated.

-Ravel

[Swordopolis]

Rookie:

Throwing a Shutout: 20%

[raveler]

First post updated.

-Ravel

[Swordopolis]

Rookie:

Steal a Base: 2%
Hit a HR: 2%
Win the Game: 7%

[Scpg3]

Pro:
Win the game 10%
HR 4%
Triple 3%
Double 2%
Single 1%
Pitch a Shutout 30%(I think)

[raveler]

Thanks folks. First post updated.

-Ravel

[Swordopolis]

Rookie:

Play an error-free game: 2%

[raveler]

Thanks again, Swordopolis.

-Ravel

[Jpitt005]

LEGEND:

Error free game: 6% <--- took forever to get a wild card for it lol
Make a great catch: 5%

[raveler]

So, Jpitt, it looks like "Diving Catch" and "Make a Great Catch" are two separate events?

[Jpitt005]

I'm not sure if they are separate events... I almost wouldn't think so but I can say positively... I just know I got a wild card after I dove for a ball and I was mainly looking for the percentage. I believe it actually said "make an outstanding play 5%". I know for sure that it did not say "make a diving catch". I'm going to keep paying attention to see what pops up (I keep looking for the double play on legend but that one seems far and few between).

[Venture68]

This thread is getting quite popular!

Here's what I have confirmed for Pro level

Double play = 4%
Single = 1%
Pitched strikeout = 1%
Stolen Base = 4%
Home run = 4%
Scored Run = 2%

[raveler]

Hi all. I went back through the entire thread and added all of the confirmation posts (2nd, 3rd, 4th people etc. who confirmed an event's percentage). Also, I combined the 2 "Catch" events into "Make a Diving Catch" as that appears to be the name of the event. Maybe? Please be on the lookout for any "outstanding play" or "great catch" events, specifically.

Thanks...let's keep filling in those gaps! :)
Ravel

[akathatoneguy]

It would be nice to see this get stickied for future reference! Great work, all!

I do think that the percentage that you actually *earn* wild cards isn't the percentage you get them at. I know the game says on Pro, you have a 1% chance on a strikeout, but there's no way I've struck out 400 or 500 batters in non-slider games to make that work out. Even if I've struck out 100, which I doubt, that means I'm earning them at about 4x the rate I should be (if not more). Either I'm really lucky (with this and other ways to get them) or the percentages they tell us aren't accurate...not that I'm complaining, since they seem lower than they should be, not higher! :D

[Cubsrule21aza]

It would be nice to see this get stickied for future reference! Great work, all!

I do think that the percentage that you actually *earn* wild cards isn't the percentage you get them at. I know the game says on Pro, you have a 1% chance on a strikeout, but there's no way I've struck out 400 or 500 batters in non-slider games to make that work out. Even if I've struck out 100, which I doubt, that means I'm earning them at about 4x the rate I should be (if not more). Either I'm really lucky (with this and other ways to get them) or the percentages they tell us aren't accurate...not that I'm complaining, since they seem lower than they should be, not higher! :D

These are random events - each individual action is not related to another. To use your strikeout example, you don't earn a wild card for every hundred strikeouts. Everytime you strike someone out, you have a random 1% chance of getting a wild card. To put it simply, the game throws a number out of a random nubmer generator (1-100) and if it lands on the specific range for your difficulty level (i.e. if the RNG spits out 17, and that's the value needed to get a wild card), you get the wild card. They aren't connected - each action for which you can get a wild card has the same random chance for a wild card

[akathatoneguy]

These are random events - each individual action is not related to another. To use your strikeout example, you don't earn a wild card for every hundred strikeouts. Everytime you strike someone out, you have a random 1% chance of getting a wild card. To put it simply, the game throws a number out of a random nubmer generator (1-100) and if it lands on the specific range for your difficulty level (i.e. if the RNG spits out 17, and that's the value needed to get a wild card), you get the wild card. They aren't connected - each action for which you can get a wild card has the same random chance for a wild card

I understand that each event provides a seperate chance according to the odds and is not affected by previous events, but my opinion stands. It's highly statistically unlikely (though not impossible) that I'm gaining wild cards at 4+ times (not just for strikeouts, mind you) the rate a random draw would be likely to produce. Not impossible, but highly unlikely. Again, I'm not complaining since I'm getting them a lot more than I would think according to the percentages given. I understand completely the way it works, in fact that's *why* I am reluctant to believe that the percentages they give in the game are accurate.

[Swordopolis]

Rookie:

Turn a double play: 3%

[raveler]

First post updated. Thanks again, Swordopolis!

-Ravel

[Cubsrule21aza]

no hitter on any difficulty:
100%
85%
65%
50%

Since the game does say any difficulty, I would assume these are the cascading percentages for all difficulty levels

[raveler]

Ah, very cool, Cubsrule. Yeah, it looked like this event might be the same across all diffs, but since the game says "any difficulty" then we have confirmation.

Thanks...post updated,
Ravel

[raveler]

Ooooo, new event! The other day my left fielder ran up to the wall, jumped up and caught the ball just as it was about to clear the fence. And bam! the following popped...

Robbing a home run: 20% on Pro

-Ravel

[raveler]

Anyone have any updates to these wild card percentages?

-Ravel

[eVizions]

And can we make this a sticky?

[raveler]

Been a while since there was an update, so here goes. I finally received the "Make a great catch" wild card the other day. For anyone who's interested, I made a jumping catch against the outfield wall (Pro). It wouldn't have been a home run if I missed it because it was one of those really high outfield walls. I assume that if it was a regular wall, I would have (potentially) received the Robbing a HR wild card.

Anyway, the list has been updated...thanks again to all who have replied. Hopefully, we can fill in the remaining blanks.

Ravel

[eVizions]

And hopefully we can get this stickied.

[Jpitt005]

I finally paid attention when I got the wild card for double play

Double Play: 6% Legend

I also noticed that there are different %'s for making a great catch, and making a diving stop.... I'm not sure but I think making a diving stop on legend is 2% (i've made a few, I keep trying to get cards for feliz, crosby, and y. escobar so I should eventually get a wild card for it again and I'll pay more attention and post it up here)

[raveler]

Thanks for the info, Jpitt. First post updated.

-Ravel