Top 100 Defensive Players in College Basketball

Here are the top 100 defenders in college basketball based on calculations at www.valueaddbasketball.com as of December 29, 2018. These are the personal AdjD calculations, which tells you how much each player lowers his team's AdjD at www.kenpom.com. This system was developed in 2011 and explained in this post and has undergone only minor adjustments.

Rnk	Top 100 Defenders	Team	Height	Conf	Class	AdjD
1	Matisse Thybulle	Washington	6-foot-5	P12	4 Sr	-4.45
2	Ethan Happ	Wisconsin	6-foot-10	B10	4 Sr	-4.32
3	Zion Williamson	Duke	6-foot-7	ACC	1 Fr	-4.14
4	Nicolas Claxton	Georgia	6-foot-11	SEC	2 So	-4.11
5	Dedric Lawson	Kansas	6-foot-9	B12	3 Jr	-4.04
6	Tyler Bey	Colorado	6-foot-7	P12	2 So	-3.89
7	Matt Mooney	Texas Tech	6-foot-3	B12	4 Sr	-3.8
8	Bruno Fernando	Maryland	6-foot-10	B10	2 So	-3.72
9	Jon Teske	Michigan	7-foot-1	B10	3 Jr	-3.68
10	Matt Rafferty	Furman	6-foot-8	SC	4 Sr	-3.61
11	Ty Jerome	Virginia	6-foot-5	ACC	3 Jr	-3.59
12	Ed Polite	Radford	6-foot-5	BSth	4 Sr	-3.57
13	Brandon Clarke	Gonzaga	6-foot-8	WCC	3 Jr	-3.5
14	Jordan Murphy	Minnesota	6-foot-7	B10	4 Sr	-3.48
15	Aric Holman	Mississippi St.	6-foot-10	SEC	4 Sr	-3.46
16	Daniel Gafford	Arkansas	6-foot-11	SEC	2 So	-3.41
17	Brandon Gilbeck	Western Illinois	7-foot-0	Sum	4 Sr	-3.4
18	Xavier Tillman	Michigan St.	6-foot-8	B10	2 So	-3.39
19	Jeromy Rodriguez	East Tennessee St.	6-foot-7	SC	3 Jr	-3.33
20	Trent Forrest	Florida St.	6-foot-4	ACC	3 Jr	-3.29
21	Braxton Key	Virginia	6-foot-8	ACC	3 Jr	-3.28
22	Josh Reaves	Penn St.	6-foot-5	B10	4 Sr	-3.24
23	Bol Bol	Oregon	7-foot-2	P12	1 Fr	-3.22
24	Cortez Edwards	Southern Mississippi	6-foot-2	CUSA	4 Sr	-3.18
25	Kevarrius Hayes	Florida	7-foot-9	SEC	4 Sr	-3.13
26	Zavier Simpson	Michigan	7-foot-0	B10	3 Jr	-3.12
27	Grant Williams	Tennessee	6-foot-7	SEC	3 Jr	-3.1
28	Chuma Okeke	Auburn	6-foot-8	SEC	2 So	-3.1
29	Ebuka Izundu	Miami FL	6-foot-10	ACC	4 Sr	-3.08
30	Barry Brown	Kansas St.	6-foot-3	B12	4 Sr	-3.07
31	Nick Rakocevic	Southern California	6-foot-11	P12	3 Jr	-3.07
32	Kylor Kelley	Oregon St.	7-foot-0	P12	3 Jr	-3.06
33	Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Virginia Tech	6-foot-5	ACC	2 So	-3.06
34	Nate Grimes	Fresno St.	6-foot-8	MWC	3 Jr	-3.05
35	Charles Bassey	Western Kentucky	6-foot-11	CUSA	1 Fr	-3.04
36	Tariq Owens	Texas Tech	6-foot-10	B12	4 Sr	-3.03
37	Dylan Windler	Belmont	6-foot-8	OVC	4 Sr	-2.98
38	Jordan Nwora	Louisville	6-foot-7	ACC	2 So	-2.95
39	Marcus Santos-Silva	Virginia Commonwealth	6-foot-7	A10	2 So	-2.92
40	Alpha Diallo	Providence	6-foot-7	BE	3 Jr	-2.91
41	Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree	Villanova	6-foot-9	BE	2 So	-2.89
42	Dylan Osetkowski	Texas	6-foot-9	B12	4 Sr	-2.87
43	Cameron Krutwig	Loyola Chicago	6-foot-9	MVC	2 So	-2.87
44	RJ Williams	Boise St.	6-foot-7	MWC	2 So	-2.87
45	Isaiah Roby	Nebraska	6-foot-8	B10	3 Jr	-2.86
46	Nate Renfro	San Francisco	6-foot-8	WCC	4 Sr	-2.86
47	Javon Bess	St. Louis	6-foot-6	A10	4 Sr	-2.84
48	King McClure	Baylor	6-foot-3	B12	4 Sr	-2.82
49	Tre'Shawn Thurman	Nevada	6-foot-8	MWC	4 Sr	-2.81
50	Tristan Clark	Baylor	6-foot-9	B12	2 So	-2.77
51	Kamar Baldwin	Butler	6-foot-1	BE	3 Jr	-2.76
52	Shaq Buchanan	Murray St.	6-foot-3	OVC	4 Sr	-2.75
53	Elijah Childs	Bradley	6-foot-7	MVC	2 So	-2.74
54	Neemias Queta	Utah St.	6-foot-11	MWC	1 Fr	-2.74
55	BJ Stith	Old Dominion	6-foot-5	CUSA	4 Sr	-2.73
56	Jehyve Floyd	Holy Cross	6-foot-8	Pat	4 Sr	-2.72
57	Xavier Sneed	Kansas St.	6-foot-5	B12	3 Jr	-2.72
58	Talen Horton-Tucker	Iowa St.	6-foot-4	B12	1 Fr	-2.71
59	PJ Washington	Kentucky	6-foot-8	SEC	2 So	-2.7
60	Zylan Cheatham	Arizona St.	6-foot-8	P12	4 Sr	-2.69
61	Tacko Fall	Central Florida	7-foot-6	Amer	4 Sr	-2.66
62	Alexis Yetna	South Florida	6-foot-8	Amer	1 Fr	-2.64
63	Tres Tinkle	Oregon St.	6-foot-8	P12	3 Jr	-2.63
64	Juwan Morgan	Indiana	6-foot-8	B10	4 Sr	-2.62
65	Jaime Echenique	Wichita St.	6-foot-11	Amer	3 Jr	-2.62
66	Tyrese Haliburton	Iowa St.	6-foot-5	B12	1 Fr	-2.59
67	Trhae Mitchell	South Alabama	6-foot-6	SB	3 Jr	-2.58
68	Oshae Brissett	Syracuse	6-foot-8	ACC	2 So	-2.56
69	Keith Braxton	St. Francis PA	6-foot-5	NEC	3 Jr	-2.55
70	Jordan Goodwin	St. Louis	6-foot-3	A10	2 So	-2.53
71	Jarrett Culver	Texas Tech	6-foot-6	B12	2 So	-2.52
72	Brekkott Chapman	Weber St.	6-foot-9	BSky	4 Sr	-2.52
73	Anthony Lawrence	Miami FL	6-foot-7	ACC	4 Sr	-2.52
74	Charles Matthews	Michigan	6-foot-6	B10	4 Sr	-2.52
75	Alex Peacock	Texas St.	6-foot-7	SB	4 Sr	-2.51
76	Jack White	Duke	6-foot-7	ACC	3 Jr	-2.5
77	Brady Manek	Oklahoma	6-foot-9	B12	2 So	-2.49
78	Elston Jones	UC Irvine	6-foot-9	BW	4 Sr	-2.49
79	Kenny Goins	Michigan St.	6-foot-7	B10	4 Sr	-2.49
80	Nick Muszynski	Belmont	6-foot-11	OVC	1 Fr	-2.49
81	Doug Taylor	Ohio	6-foot-9	MAC	4 Sr	-2.48
82	Tamenang Choh	Brown	6-foot-5	Ivy	2 So	-2.47
83	Nate Pierre-Louis	Temple	6-foot-4	Amer	2 So	-2.46
84	Osun Osunniyi	St. Bonaventure	6-foot-10	A10	1 Fr	-2.44
85	Paschal Chukwu	Syracuse	7-foot-2	ACC	4 Sr	-2.43
86	Chuba Ohams	Fordham	6-foot-8	A10	3 Jr	-2.43
87	Mark Vital	Baylor	6-foot-5	B12	2 So	-2.42
88	Sagaba Konate	West Virginia	6-foot-8	B12	3 Jr	-2.41
89	Elijah Mitrou-Long	Texas	6-foot-1	B12	3 Jr	-2.41
90	Donta Hall	Alabama	6-foot-9	SEC	4 Sr	-2.39
91	Kaleb Wesson	Ohio St.	6-foot-9	B10	2 So	-2.38
92	Jarrell Brantley	Charleston Southern	6-foot-7	BSth	4 Sr	-2.37
93	Elijah Thomas	Clemson	6-foot-9	ACC	4 Sr	-2.36
94	Isaiah Livers	Michigan	6-foot-7	B10	2 So	-2.36
95	Chris Silva	South Carolina	6-foot-9	SEC	4 Sr	-2.34
96	Jaxson Hayes	Texas	6-foot-11	B12	1 Fr	-2.34
97	Luke Maye	North Carolina	6-foot-8	ACC	4 Sr	-2.33
98	Chase Jeter	Arizona	6-foot-10	P12	3 Jr	-2.33
99	James Banks	Georgia Tech	6-foot-9	ACC	3 Jr	-2.32
100	Jason Burnell	Jacksonville St.	6-foot-7	OVC	4 Sr	-2.32

Value Add Basketball Year End Player Calculations

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Of the 4,095 college players to take the court this season, Dedric Lawson's ability to improve Kansas an average of 13.29 points per game on offense and defense makes him the most valuable player in the country - and here are the 20 most valuable listed at www.valueaddbasketball.com. Look for the CBS 247 story on the top 8 match-up between St. John's Shamorie Ponds and Marquette's Markus Howard, who just scored 62 points in a 29 minute stretch on 13 of 15 three-pointers and 13 of 13 free throws to shoot up the 6th.

Rnk Player Team Value Add/Game Conf Class 3-pts and Games 1 Dedric Lawson Kansas 13.29 B12 3 Jr 4 3-pts in 11 Gms 2 Zion Williamson Duke 12.30 ACC 1 Fr 3 3-pts in 12 Gms 3 Grant Williams Tennessee 11.69 SEC 3 Jr 6 3-pts in 11 Gms 4 Jarrett Culver Texas Tech 11.03 B12 2 So 19 3-pts in 12 Gms 5 Ethan Happ Wisconsin 10.91 B10 4 Sr 0 3-pts in 12 Gms 6 Markus Howard Marquette 10.9 BE 3 Jr 49 3-pts in 13 Gms 7 Juwan Morgan Indiana 10.67 B10 4 Sr 13 3-pts in 13 Gms 8 Shamorie Ponds St. John's 10.27 BE 3 Jr 22 3-pts in 13 Gms 9 Tristan Clark Baylor 10.21 B12 2 So 1 3-pts in 11 Gms 10 Ja Morant Murray St. 10.16 OVC 2 So 13 3-pts in 9 Gms 11 Ebuka Izundu Miami FL 10.13 ACC 4 Sr 1 3-pts in 11 Gms 12 Brandon Clarke Gonzaga 10.13 WCC 3 Jr 2 3-pts in 14 Gms 13 Javon Bess St. Louis 9.9 A10 4 Sr 25 3-pts in 12 Gms 14 Ty Jerome Virginia 9.54 ACC 3 Jr 26 3-pts in 11 Gms 15 Carsen Edwards Purdue 9.44 B10 3 Jr 47 3-pts in 12 Gms 16 Matt Morgan Cornell 9.14 Ivy 4 Sr 38 3-pts in 11 Gms 17 Ahmad Caver Old Dominion 9.09 CUSA 4 Sr 28 3-pts in 13 Gms 18 De'Andre Hunter Virginia 9.02 ACC 2 So 11 3-pts in 11 Gms 19 Nickeil Alexander-Walker Virginia Tech 8.99 ACC 2 So 22 3-pts in 11 Gms 20 Myles Powell Seton Hall 8.97 BE 3 Jr 41 3-pts in 13 Gms

In addition to the CBS Sports 247 site, keep up with this blog for coverage of the Value Add Basketball rankings and Statis-Pro baseball projections all year. You can sort www.valueaddbasketball.com by team, conference or even click for past projections and seasons. Click here for the explanation of the Value Add basketball and how it calculates how much worse a teams average score would be if the player were replaced by a bench player on a mediocre team.

The top 5 defensive players in the country, based on their personal AdjD points by which they lower their teams www.kenpom.com rating.

Top 5 Defensive Players	State	Points stopped AdjD
Matisse Thybulle	Washington	-4.45
Ethan Happ	Wisconsin	-4.32
Zion Williamson	Duke	-4.14
Nicolas Claxton	Georgia	-4.11
Dedric Lawson	Kansas	-4.04

Statis-Pro season Master updates for 2019 NL season with rosters and projections

Click here for the new and improved instructions and new 609 pitcher and 619 batter player cards now.

This updates starts February 22, as actual MLB teams player there first Spring Training games. The following are the standings in the very balanced NL - unlike our 2018 Statis-Pro AL system where the players cards of the Astros, Red Sox, Yankees and Indians were so much better than the other 11 teams.

Always click here for the player card on updated rosters, and here for the most current standings and a short summary of each game played to date. To play your own games, just click here and get the needed dice.

In the rugged NL Central, the Cardinals have been the shockingly bad/unlucky team out, as they are rivaling the lowly Marlins for the worst team.

Team	Division	Wins	Losses	Win%	GB
Pirates	NL Central	11	7	0.611	0
Cubs	NL Central	9	6	0.600	-0.5
Brewers	NL Central	9	9	0.500	-2
Reds	NL Central	7	8	0.467	-2.5
Cardinals	NL Central	5	16	0.238	-7.5
Nationals	NL East	10	5	0.667	0
Braves	NL East	7	5	0.583	-1.5
Phillies	NL East	6	6	0.500	-2.5
Mets	NL East	7	8	0.467	-3
Marlins	NL East	3	9	0.250	-5.5
Diamondbacks	NL West	11	7	0.611	0
Padres	NL West	9	6	0.600	-0.5
Giants	NL West	10	8	0.556	-1
Dodgers	NL West	11	10	0.524	-1.5
Rockies	NL West	6	12	0.333	-5

through Games of February 21

The next games complete our effort to make sure all of the strongest hitting pitchers have batted, and also making sure every AL team has played at least one interleague game so that I am sure to have their projected cards set for anyone else who wants to use them by clicking here.

Good hitting pitchers yet to hit as of February 21

Greinke (Arizona) and Velaszquez (Philadelphia)

Ryu (Dodgers) vs Angels (reliever Hudson a good hitter)

Chacin (Milwaukee) vs Blach (Giants)

DeGrom (Mets) vs Yankees

Arrieta (Phillies) vs Corbin (Nationals)

Syndergaard (Mets) vs TBD

AL Teams yet to play as of February 21

Athletics vs Giants

Orioles vs Braves

Red Sox vs Marlins

So far, even these strongest hitting pitchers in baseball are hitting .211 and slugging .556, with the only hits coming from the following four pitchers - including a home run by CC Sabathia for the Yankees against the Mets anda double by Lorenzen of the much improved Reds team:

Team	Top Pitcher 1st game batting	Batting Ave	Slug	OBP	OPS
NYY	Sabathia	0.500	2.000	0.500	2.500
Cin	Lorenzen	0.500	1.000	0.500	1.500
Det	Ross	0.500	0.500	0.500	1.000
StL	Wainwright	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.667

Charts for Statis-Pro Advanced Version Using Dice (if you do not have Fast Action Cards)

Click here for the new and improved instructions and new 609 pitcher and 619 batter player cards now.

Out Chart (20-sided die - explanation at bottom)

die	RP	RN	LP	LN	P	die	If you do not have charts
1	G6	G6	G4	G4	G6	1	DP Grounder
2	G6	G6	G4	G4	G4	2	DP Grounder
3	G6	G4	G4	G6	G5	3	DP Grounder
4	G4	G5	G6	G3	G1	4	DP Grounder (OBR A or B batter safe at first)
5	Gx5	Gxinf	Gx3	Gxinf	G3	5	Lead runner out if forced, hold
6	GinfA	GinfA	GinfA	GinfA	Gx3	6	Ground out runners advance
7	G5a	G6a	G3a	G4a	Gx6	7	Ground out runners advance
8	L5	L5	L5	L5	G3	8	Lineout
9	L6	L6	L6	L6	G1a	9	Lineout
10	F2	F2	F2	F2	Linf	10	Pop foul
11	F6	F2	F4	F2	F2	11	Pop out
12	Finf	Finf	Finf	Finf	F3	12	Pop out
13	F9	F9	F7	F7	F4	13	Fly out
14	F8	F8	F8	F8	F5	14	Fly out
15	F7	F7	F9	F9	F9	15	Fly out
16	FD7	F7	FD9	F9	F8	16	Fly out (Sac Fly if RP, SP or LP)
17	FD7	FD7	FD9	FD9	F7	17	Deep flyout, Sac Fly
18	Err	Err	Err	Err	Err	18	See error chart
19	Err	Err	Err	Err	Err	19	See error chart
20	F8/Z	F8/Z	F8/Z	F8/Z	F8/Z	20	F8, if any runners, Z, BD or CD

G3 or G4 always advances runner from 2nd to 3rd. Click for how to play the basic game and ongoing season being played here.

Roll of 18 or 19

A roll of 18 or 19 is a possible error. If this occurs on a hit, then the outfielder the ball is hit to is the possible out. If the roll occurs on an OUT, then roll the two 6-sided dice again to determine which player might commit an error.

Dice	Position	Dice	Position
2 or 3	1b	8	2B
4	P	9	LF
5	CF	10	C
6	3B	11	RF
7	SS	12	SS

1. Use the 20-sided die to determine if that player made an error. If the roll is equal to or lower than a players E rating then the player makes a 1-base error.
2. If the roll is 11 - 20, then subtract 10 and use the same rule as in the bullet above BUT if the number minus 10 is lower than the player's E rating then it is a two base error.
3. If there is no error the fielder makes the play but all runners advance, either as a GA (grounder) or FD (deep flyout).

Roll of 20

A roll of 20 is a flyout to centerfield (F8) if noone is on base. If anyone is on base, ignore the PB and instead use the two 6-sided dice to determine if the play is a clutch batting attempt for the (BD) on a 2 to 4, a clutch defensive play (CD) by one of the fielder is a 5 to 9 or an unusual play (Z) if 10 to 12. (see charts below).

BD on roll of 2, 3 or 4 on two 6-sided dice in addition to "20" die

If the batter has BD 2B, BD 3b and BD HR are on the batter's card then a random number in those ranges is that hit and all runners score. However, if the batters card does not have those numbers then look at his regular batting range and:

• 1B (single) is turned into a bases-clearing double. 
• 2B (double) is changed to a home run.
• 3B (triples) remains a triple.
• HR (home run (remains a home run.
• Walk or Hit by Pitch is a foul and roll again until the 11-88 random number is something besides a Walk or Hit by Pitch.
• Out or Strikeout remains and Out or Strikeout.

CD on roll of 5 through 9 on two 6-sided dice in addition to "20" die

On a "20" roll where the PB would have been 5 through 9 use the two 6-sided dice to pick a position below, and the 11 to 88 on the chart (e.g. if the two die were a one and a six to total 7, then refer to the Clutch Defense of the 1st baseman "7 (1&6) - 1b")

5 - CF
6 (1 & 5) - LF

6 (2 & 4) - RF

6 (3 & 3) - P

7 (1 & 6) - 1B

7 (2 & 5) - 2B

7 (3 & 4) - 3B

8 (4 & 4) - C

8 (2 & 6 or 3 & 5) - SS

9 - CF

The following is the CD chart to use, and it is just one of the many components you can order by clicking here to get a complete nice looking set from someone who produces incredible boards and cards that make the game play much easier.

Z on roll of 10 to 12 on two 6-sided dice in addition to "20" die

On a "20" roll where the PB would have been 10 through 12 refer to the Z Chart of unusual
plays below.

10, 11 or 12 - Look up the result of the Random Number below for the result. Note, if the number is 81-88 you will need to get a new number to see who is injured on a play on the chart.

Z Chart Results

11 - Catcher ejected

12 - Pitcher ejected

13 - Batter ejected

14 - Single, P, C & 1b ejected

15 - Batter ejected

16 - Pitcher ejected

17 - Walk for pitcher going to mouth

18 - Batter out for illegal bat

21 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 2

22 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 2

23 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 2

24 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 1

25 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 1

26 - Rain delay, both pitchers PB lowered by 1

27 - Double, but if runner on 1st ruled out for batter passing

28 - Strikeout, wild pitch, batter safe at 1st as long as 1st base not occupied OR if 2 outs and all runners advance

31 - Apparent double erased, batter out for missing 1st base and gets credit for single

32 - If man on first, steals and SS ejected

33 - Runner out stealing second and batter ejected

34 - IF man on first, picked off 1-3-4-3 but a runner on 3b scores

35 - IF man on first, picked off 1-3-6, all others advance

36 - If man on 3rd, catcher picks off

37 - Strikeout, passed ball batter safe at first if unoccopied or 2 outs

38 - Single runners advance 2, but batter out rounding 1st

41 - Batter out for running into slow roller

42 - Only if runners on 1st and 2nd, grounder hits runner on 1st who is ruled out but batter gets hit (if runners not on 1st and 2nd, then ignore)

43 - Catcher interference, batter gets 1st

44 - Batter out on Fan interference

(Note: Original games had a 2nd fielding chart, but those results are now below.)
45: If 1B is CD 3 or 4, double play 3-6-3 others advance. If CD 1 or 2, batter out all runners advance. (ignore if no one on 1st base)

46: If 2B is CD 3 or 4, double play 4-6-3 others advance. If CD 1 or 2, batter out all runners advance. (ignore if no one on 1st base)

47: If SS is CD 3 or 4, double play 6-4-3 others advance. If CD 1 or 2, batter out all runners advance. (ignore if no one on 1st base)

48: If 3B is CD 3 or 4, double play 5-4-3 others advance. If CD 1 or 2, batter out all runners advance. (ignore if no one on 1st base)

51-52: If P is CD 3 or 4, double play 3-6-3 others advance. If CD 1 or 2, batter out all runners advance. (ignore if no one on 1st base)

53-54: Difficult grounder, runners advance one base. E0 - E3 at 1B gets batter out, otherwise infield single.

55-56: Difficult grounder, runners advance one base. E0 - E3 at 2b gets batter out, otherwise infield single.
57-58: Difficult grounder, runners advance one base. E0 - E4 at SS gets batter out, otherwise infield single.
61-62: Difficult grounder, runners advance one base. E0 - E5 at 3b gets batter out, otherwise infield single.
63-66: Difficult fly ball in gap, E0 - E1 in LF makes catch for out and runners hold, otherwise double and all runners score.
67-72: Difficult fly ball in gap, E0 - E2 in CF makes catch for out and runners hold, otherwise double and all runners score.
73-76: Difficult fly ball in gap, E0 - E2 in RF makes catch for out and runners hold, otherwise double and all runners score.
77: Difficult foul pop, E0 - E2 at C makes catch for out and runners hold, otherwise foul.
78: TRIPLE PLAY POSSIBLE. Line out to SS if men on 1st and 2nd, to 3B if 1st and 3rd, 2b if 2nd and 3rd, and P if bases loaded. Get new PB number and if 2-6 then triple play, but if new PB is 7-12 then only double play with lead runner doubled off.
81-88: Get a new Random number to see who is injured and hte play on the chart below.

Injury Chart - these results are for a 2nd roll AFTER the initial roll is 81-88
(we simply play the player is out for the rest of the game)

Z-Injury	RN Range	Player(s) hurt	Injury play
11	12	C	Foul
13	14	1b	Foul
15	16	2b	Foul
17	18	3b	Foul
21	22	SS	Foul
23	25	LF	Double
26	28	CF	Inside Park Home Run
31	33	RF	Triple
	34	Batter	Foul
35	36	C	Foul
37	41	1b and RF	Double, runners score
42	44	2b and CF	Double, runners score
45	47	SS and LF	Single, runners 2 bases
	48	Batter	Foul
51	53	3b and P	Foul
54	58	LF and CF	Double, runners score R
61	65	CF and RF	Double, runners score
66	68	1b	Single, runners 1 base
71	73	2b	Line out 2b
74	76	3b	Line out 3b
77	81	SS	Line out SS
82	84	C	Foul
85	88	CF	Double, runners score

Explanation for Out Chart at top

If you have the Statis-Pro Out Charts a roll of the 20-sided die can be used to get the result based on if the batter is a RP (right power), RN (right normal), LP (left power), LN (left normal) or P (pitcher batting). If a SP or SN is batting then use the RP or RN against left handed pitcher (LHP) or otherwise use LP or LN.

The number indicates the position, but "inf" indicates it can be to any infield position, and roll a 6-sided die for the position with 1=pitcher, 2=catcher, 3=1st base, 4=2nd baseman, 5=3rd baseman, 6=shortstop.

• FD indicates a deep drive, and an OBR A-C scores from third, and OBR A or B goes from 2nd to 3rd.
• F indicates a flyout out.
• L indicates a line-out.
• G = grounder to that position.  If men on base, 
• an "A" at the end of the result indicates the batter is out but all runners advance.
• an "X" in the middle of the result indicates runners hold and the lead runner who is forced is out.
• if there is no "A" at the end or "X" in the middle it is a double play, but an OBR A or B beats the throw unless it is a G6 or G3

Even today, I carry the 5 dice with me to make the basic game my "travel" version, but play with the whole game setup when I'm at home.

Option to purchase the advanced game

While I provide this game and all the players' cards for free here, we recommend purchasing a full Statis-Pro game from someone who produces all the components along with teams from throughout history. We provide these charts partly so that you can try the Advanced Rules before getting the game from them, but also because the only items that is hard to use based on the PDF they would send you is the Fast Action Deck - so this entire blog makes it possible to play the entire game with the dice as photographed instead of the Fast Action Deck.

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Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela for World Statis-pro Title (final games recap)

Click here for Games 1 through 4 of the Best of Seven Statis-Pro World Championship between Venezuela and the Regular season champion Dominican Republic. Click here for the regular season run down and season MVPs (top 10) and Cy Young (top 5). Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

Below we will fill in the game-by-game account and scoresheets of Games 5, 6 and if necessary 7 to determine the best team in the world..

Game 5

After six scoreless innings, each team had one hit apiece and Statis-Pro Cy Young Award winner Danny Salazar had lowered his ERA to 0.64 with two runs allowed in 28 innings in which he struck out 31, while Cy Young runner up Carlos Carrasco had an 0.91 ERA through 29 2/3 innings during which he allowed three runs and struck out 33.

The incredible Dominican Republic line-up finally broke the dam in the top of the 7th against Carrasco, when Polanco walked, Soto singled, and then Ozuna delivered the all-time clutch double to clear the bases and chase Carrasco with the score 2-0. With Carrasco gone and a couple of relievers resting from performances in Game 4 that tied the series, the Dominican Republic feasted with eight hits in the 7th and 8th innings alone to win going away 7-0 and take a 3-2 series lead. Carrasco finished with a 1.51 ERA due to the two runs.

Game 6

Statis-Pro International MVP Jose Ramirez singled in each of the first two innings, scoring once then driving in two more to take Venezuela to the brink of elimination in the best of seven. Only Jose Altuve's clutch diving catch ended the second inning with the Dominican Republic leading 3-0.

Venezuela rallied with a Jose Martinez blasted a 2-run homer and Eugenio Suarez followed with a clutch 3-run homer in the sixth to give Venezuela a 5-3 lead. Another great defensive play by Altuve ended the bottom of the 6th.

Both teams committed surprising errorsin the 8th.

Gold glover Ramirez bobbled a grounder and David Peralta doubled to give Venezuela the chance to break the game wide open in the top of the eighth, Jose LeClerc induced two infield pop ups and registered a strike out to hold Venezuela to the 5-3 lead.

After two strikeouts and a walk in the bottom of the 8th, Venezuelan shortstop bobbled a potential inning ending ground out. Pinch hitter Maikel Franco then ripped a double on a random number of "23," which I mistakenly thought was a homer at first because I was looking at Carlos Santana's card. Marcel Ozuna scored to tie the game 5-5.

In the 10th inning, Franco was the hero again, grounding a one-out single through a drawn in infield to score Eloy Jimenez and end the championship series with a 6-5 Dominican Republic win.

Game 7

Not needed. The Dominican Republic won the series 4 games to 2 against Venezuela, which also came in 2nd in the round robin regular season with a 16-14 record (5 games behind the Dominican Republic's 21-9 record.

Statis-Pro Regular Season Wrap Up - Dominion Republic Dominates Going 21-9

All-Star Team	Wins	Losses	GB	Ave. Runs	RA(tiebreaker)
Dom Republic	21	9	0	6.2	3.1
Venezuela	16	14	3	3.7	2.8
Puerto Rico	15	15	2	4.5	3.6
Japan	15	15	6	4.6	5
Canada	12	18	5	3.9	6.2
Cuba	11	19	8	3.3	5.3

The Dominican Republic ran away with the regular season to claim the World Pennant by scoring twice as many runs as they allowed, making the real competition to see who would finish second to play them in a series. While Canada and Cuba finished 5th and 6th, they had the most exciting batter (Canadian Vlad Guerrero Jr.) and pitcher (Cuba's Chapman allowed only an Altuve single in 20 batters faced).  . Venezuela finally took second when they beat Cuba and Japan eliminated Puerto Rico in the final game of the season. The blogs on the regular Statis-Pro season as well as the real-life tragedy of the real-life deaths of Venezuela has all been moved to this blog.

MVP and Cy Young

The players who did the best in the Statis-Pro season are noted below as our "Cy Young" and "MVP" Award Winners based just on the 10-game round robin - where anything can happen.

Cy Young Award	IP	ER	K	ERA	Notes
Danny Salazar (Indians, Dom. Republic)	16	2	16	1.13
Carlos Carrasco (Indians, Venezuela)	16.2	3	19	1.62
Aroldis Chapman (Yankees, Cuba)	6	0	11	0.00	only hit Altuve single
Shohei Ohtani (Angels, Japan/Korea)	20	6	18	2.70	only CG shutout
Luis Severino (Yankees, Dom. Republic)	15	5	11	3.00

We did put weight on three incredible fielders to put them at the top of the list.

MVP Award	AB	H	BA	OPS	BB	SB	EB
Jose Ramirez (Indians, Dominican Republic)	43	17	0.39	0.993	3	4	2 HR, 2 2b, Gold Glove 3b
Ronald Acuna Jr. (Braves, Venezuela)	45	18	0.400	1.057	1	5	5 2b, 2 HR
Yadier Molina (Cardinals, Puerto Rico)	31	13	0.419	1.065	0	1	2 2b, 3b, HR, Gold Glove C
Andrelton Simmons (Angels, Canada/Neth)	30	10	0.333	1.042	2	0	2 hr, 3b, 2 2b, Gold Glove SS
Marcell Ozuna (Cardinals, Dom. Republic)	41	16	0.390	1.175	6	0	2 2b, 3b, 3 HR
Didi Gregorius (Yankees, Canada/Neth)	30	11	0.367	1.040	2	0	2 hr, 2b
Juan Soto (Nationals, Dominican Republic)	38	13	0.342	0.917	3	0	2 HR, 2b
Gregory Polanco (Pirates, Dom. Republic)	36	12	0.333	0.912	3	0	2HR, 2b
Jung Ho Kang (Pirates, Japan/Korea)	35	11	0.314	1.140	3	0	5HR, 1 GS, 2b
Shin-Soo Choo (Rangers, Japan/Korea)	35	16	0.457	1.360	3	0	2 2b, 6 hr

Below are accounts of the regular season.

3 final regular season series

1. Venezuela entered 11-13 but beat Cuba 8-2 (counts as a 3 game sweep because 5+ run win margin) to go to 14-13, then 3-0 in game 2 to make their final record 16-14 in the round robin, and then had to wait to see if Puerto Rico would catch then for the last playoff spot.

2. If Canada wins both games over the Dominican Republic by at least 5 runs then they go to the playoffs with a 17-13 record the Dominican Republic is eliminated. In any of the other scenarios the Dominican Republic is in the playoff and will face either Puerto Rico or Venezuela. (Paxton and Taillon vs Salazar and Severino) UPDATE: After 4 inning scoreless pitching duel between Canadian Paxton (who just went from the Mariners to the Yankees) and Salazar for the Dominion Republic, K Marte singled in the 5th and 10 of the next 17 Dominican Republic batters scored to make it 10-0 after six innings en route to a 12-3 sweep. Ramirez stroked a 2-out, 8th inning homer in the second game with Jansen ready to come in if anyone reached base, giving the Dominican Republic a 6-5 win that capped a dominant 21-9 final record to win the division by 5 games while doubling their opponents scoring 6.2 - 3.1 runs per game.

3. If Puerto Rico finishes 3-3 or better vs Japan, or if they finish 2-4 but hold Japan to 5 or fewer total runs then they are the other playoff team. If not, then Venezuela is the other playoff team. (Berrios and J Lopez vs Ohtani and Darvish). UPDATE: Ohtani almost single-handedly eliminated Puerto Rico with a complete game 1-hitter in a 4-0 win, then scored 3 runs in a 9-2 finale to credit Japan with a 5-1 record for the series, and leave them tied with Puerto Rico at 15-15, clinching the playoffs for 16-14 Venezuela.

Added note: Ironically I was playing off a Statis-Pro baseball tournament to see if Venezuelan all-stars or any country could catch the loaded Dominican Republic team, when I heard the tragic news. The caskets for Jose Castillo, who I assumed was one of the best lefties in the game before I realized it was the former Astros infielder, and slugger Luis Valbueno were being carried across a baseball diamond.  Valbuenas put the Astros on the verge of the 2015 World Series with this 2-run homer off the otherwise unhittable Johnny Cueto (his card that year with huge power 6 home run numbers and many walks and hit by pitch for a great ops in the toughest hitters park of the last few years). They were killed in an apparent gang attack in their car. RIP

Original Story on Standings Prior to Final Series

The following are the records in the round robin of international All-Star teams being played via Statis-Pro Baseball. The 2019 Statis-Pro baseball cards can be sorted by MLB team and used to play the free Statis-Pro baseball game, however in the off season we sorted by birth place and picked all-stars from each region. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.


Here is each team's Game Log against each opponent. The team is listed, then which pitcher started for them, how many runs they score, if they were awarded 0, 1, 2 or 3 WINS for the game, the opponents pitcher, runs allowed, and how many losses they were awarded for the game. For example, Canada beat Cub 4-3 and gets credit for winning a "series" 2 games to 1. They lost to Cub 2-4 and are credited with losing that "series" 1-2. They beat Japan 11-2 and because that was by at least a 5-run margin it counts as a 3 games to none sweep in that series.

Team	Starter	Runs	Wins	Opponent	Starter	RA	Losses	Highlights
Canada	Pivetta	4	2	Cuba	E. Ramirez	3	1	Simmons 2-run homer in 8th was only HR and rallied Canada from 3-2 deficit
Canada	Taillon	2	1	Cuba	Jurado	4	2	Taillon left in 8th with 2-0 lead; Puig's 3-run GW homer in 9th
Canada	Paxson	11	3	Japan	Darvish	2	0	Darvish 0 IP 9R, Paxson 9 IP 2R.
Canada	Soroko	3	2	Japan	Ohtani	0	1	Gregorius homers twice, Soroko threw Jansen combine for shutout.
Canada	Paxton	5	0	Puerto Rico	Berrios	19	3	When Paxton ran out of endurance with a 5-2 lead in the 5th, Puerto Rico exploded for a record 11-run 6th inning capped by Molina's grandslam
Canada	Soroko	2	1	Puerto Rico	Cotton	5	2	Soroko and Cotton battled to 1-1 pitchers duel into the 7th before Puerto Rico beat up on Canada's pen.
Canada	Pavetti	3	1	Venezuela	E.Rodriguez	7	2	Altuve 3-run homer, double and single
Canada	Taillon	1	1	Venezuela	Carrasco	4	2	Altuve 2-run homer in 3rd was game-winner, but Simmons chased Carrasco with 2nd double and third hit in 5th, and bull pen wrapped up win (Vazquez save)
Cuba	E. Ramirez	3	1	Canada	Pivetta	4	2	Simmons 2-run homer in 8th was only HR and rallied Canada from 3-2 deficit
Cuba	Jurado	4	2	Canada	Taillon	2	1	Taillon left in 8th with 2-0 lead; Puig's 3-run GW homer in 9th
Cuba	E Ramirez	4	0	Dom Republic	C Martinez	12	3	Polanco, Soto and Santana all homered in 7-run 3rd, then Polanco hit another one in 5th.
Cuba	Jurado	1	1	Dom Republic	Salazar	5	2	Ozuna homered twice and Salazar gave up 1 run in 6 innings
Cuba	Elias	4	1	Japan	Tanaka	7	2	Kang and Choi homered for second straight game
Cuba	Urias	6	2	Japan	Darvish	5	1	Chapman ran it to 15 batters faced with no runners allowed to save game despite Ohtani hitting 1 o 4 homers for Japan, and tripling and scoring
Cuba	Elias	4	2	Puerto Rico	Cotton	2	1	Chapman perfect out of pen to strand runners for win.
Cuba	Urias	3	1	Puerto Rico	Berrios	5	2	Correa & Hernandez back-to-back homers in 1st then Berrios 6 IP, 1 R
Dom Republic	C Martinez	12	3	Cuba	E Ramirez	4	0	Polanco, Soto and Santana all homered in 7-run 3rd, then Polanco hit another one in 5th.
Dom Republic	Salazar	5	2	Cuba	Jurado	1	1	Ozuna homered twice and Salazar gave up 1 run in 6 innings
Dom Republic	L Castillo	12	3	Japan	Ryu	2	0	Franco (2 HR, 3 of 4) led an 18-hit attack as DR batted .490 with an OPS of 1.908 during the last 11 innings of the series.
Dom Republic	Severino	3	1	Japan	Tanaka	6	2	4 of last 7 DR batters had hits (1b, 2 2b, HR by Franco) before Colomne ended rally by inducing DP; Kang & Wong hoered in 6th for Japan for 4-0 lead
Dom Republic	L Castillo	5	2	Puerto Rico	Teheran	2	1	L Castillo took a shutout into the 8th, an Cano and Santana combined for back-to-back hits 3 times including a triple and homer in the 6th.
Dom Republic	Severino	3	2	Puerto Rico	J Lopez	2	1	One Cleveland Indian for each team, Lindor and Ramirez, homered as well as a single-steal-score inning, and Ozuna's 9th inning 2 out homer off Diaz led to the 13 inning win.
Dom Republic	Martinez	0	1	Venezuela	Senzatela	4	2	Senzatela allowed just 3 singles and a walk in 8.2 innings before Vizciano wrapped up shutout. Acuna 3 of 5 with homer and double.
Dom Republic	Salazar	4	2	Venezuela	Marquez	2	1	DR compiled a "cycle 6th inning" with homer by Soto, then 3b by Ozuna, then doubel by Sanchez & single by K Marte, and pen only allowed 3 of last 16 to reach
Japan	Darvish	2	0	Canada	Paxson	11	3	Darvish 0 IP 9R, Paxson 9 IP 2R.
Japan	Ohtani	0	1	Canada	Soroko	3	2	Gregorius homers twice, Soroko threw Jansen combine for shutout.
Japan	Darvish	5	1	Cuba	Urias	6	2	Chapman ran it to 15 batters faced with no runners allowed to save game despite Ohtani hitting 1 o 4 homers for Japan, and tripling and scoring
Japan	Tanaka	7	2	Cuba	Elias	4	1	Kang and Choi homered for second straight game
Japan	Ryu	2	0	Dom Republic	L Castillo	12	3	Franco (2 HR, 3 of 4) led an 18-hit attack as DR batted .490 with an OPS of 1.908 during the last 11 innings of the series.
Japan	Tanaka	6	2	Dom Republic	Severino	3	1	4 of last 7 DR batters had hits (1b, 2 2b, HR by Franco) before Colomne ended rally by inducing DP; Kang & Wong hoered in 6th for Japan for 4-0 lead
Japan	Ohtani	6	2	Venezuela	Marquez	5	1	Ho Kang hits 9th inning grandslam to show Venezuela
Japan	Ryu	5	2	Venezuela	Senzatela	4	1	Choo's 2nd 2-run homer of game in 12th inning
Puerto Rico	Berrios	19	3	Canada	Paxton	5	0	When Paxton ran out of endurance with a 5-2 lead in the 5th, Puerto Rico exploded for a record 11-run 6th inning capped by Molina's grandslam
Puerto Rico	Cotton	5	2	Canada	Soroko	2	1	Soroko and Cotton battled to 1-1 pitchers duel into the 7th before Puerto Rico beat up on Canada's pen.
Puerto Rico	Berrios	5	2	Cuba	Urias	3	1	Correa & Hernandez back-to-back homers in 1st then Berrios 6 IP, 1 R
Puerto Rico	Cotton	2	1	Cuba	Elias	4	2	Chapman perfect out of pen to strand runners for win.
Puerto Rico	J Lopez	2	1	Dom Republic	Severino	3	2	One Cleveland Indian for each team, Lindor and Ramirez, homered as well as a single-steal-score inning, and Ozuna's 9th inning 2 out homer off Diaz led to the 13 inning win.
Puerto Rico	Teheran	2	1	Dom Republic	L Castillo	5	2	L Castillo took a shutout into the 8th, an Cano and Santana combined for back-to-back hits 3 times including a triple and homer in the 6th.
Puerto Rico	J Lopez	4	2	Venezuela	Carrasco	1	1	PR greated Rondon with triple, single, homer by E Hernandez, Baez and Rosario to break up 1-1 pitchers duel in the 6th.
Puerto Rico	Teheran	4	2	Venezuela	E Rodriguez	0	1	Teheran 6.2 scoreless and Guerrero and Rios finished combined shutout
Venezuela	Carrasco	4	2	Canada	Taillon	1	1	Altuve 2-run homer in 3rd was game-winner, but Simmons chased Carrasco with 2nd double and third hit in 5th, and bull pen wrapped up win (Vazquez save)
Venezuela	E.Rodriguez	7	2	Canada	Pavetti	3	1	Altuve 3-run homer, double and single
Venezuela	Marquez	2	1	Dom Republic	Salazar	4	2	DR compiled a "cycle 6th inning" with homer by Soto, then 3b by Ozuna, then doubel by Sanchez & single by K Marte, and pen only allowed 3 of last 16 to reach
Venezuela	Senzatela	4	2	Dom Republic	Martinez	0	1	Senzatela allowed just 3 singles and a walk in 8.2 innings before Vizciano wrapped up shutout. Acuna 3 of 5 with homer and double.
Venezuela	Marquez	5	1	Japan	Ohtani	6	2	Ho Kang hits 9th inning grandslam to show Venezuela
Venezuela	Senzatela	4	1	Japan	Ryu	5	2	Choo's 2nd 2-run homer of game in 12th inning
Venezuela	Carrasco	1	1	Puerto Rico	J Lopez	4	2	PR greated Rondon with triple, single, homer by E Hernandez, Baez and Rosario to break up 1-1 pitchers duel in the 6th.
Venezuela	E Rodriguez	0	1	Puerto Rico	Teheran	4	2	Teheran 6.2 scoreless and Guerrero and Rios finished combined shutout

League rules

We decided to use these rules to fairly distribute the number of innings each pitcher on the staff can pitch. (as noted above, if a team wins a series by at least 5 runs without going extra innings they are credited with a 3-game sweep, but otherwise a 2 game to 1.) All match-ups are two game series.

Starting pitchers. In each two-game series, each team pitches either ace and 4th best starter OR 2nd and 3rd best starter to avoid one team having their 3rd and 4th pitcher face the 1st and 2nd best pitcher from another team.

If SR runs out for pitcher he can finish inning with no reduction. Through the 6th inning he can pitch one more inning with a PB reduced by 1.

Relievers pitch 1 inning every 2-game series with following and can also finish inning if RR runs out BUT with relievers reduce PB by 1 as soon as RR hits 0. If reliever comes in during an inning they can EITHER finish the inning OR go into the next inning with a PB reduced by 1 for that inning BUT in that case they must come out after 4 total batters faced.

To keep from running out of pitchers, we never reduce a pitcher below a PB2-5, and if a team trails by at least 5 runs they can leave their worst remaining pitcher in as long as they want, but pitching as a PB: 2-5. Every team can pitch an unlimited number of innings with the "Extra Pitcher" and his PB2-5 line.