Thursday, November 29, 2018

Statis-Pro Cards All-Star pitching rotations from all six international teams

Click here for the line-ups for each of the six international teams, and the pitchers are below. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

The following is a guide to the results in Statis-Pro play. The "All" at the top of each team is the card to be used if you run out of the other pitchers followed by the top pitchers from that team (explanation at end of all six teams).






The first four pitchers for each team are our suggested starting pitching rotation, so for the first team - the Dominican Republic, we list Danny Salazar as the top starter, Luis Severino as 2nd in the rotation, Luis Castillo as third, Carlos Martinez 4th and then it would go back to the top for the ace Danny Salazar to pitch again in Game 5.

We will focus on the results of the second pitcher listed, Luis Severino, who is a Yankees pitcher but in our international league is the No. 2 starter for the Dominican Republic.

Severino Throws Right (R). He is a PB2-8, meaning on the initial roll or PB on a card of 2-8, the next card or roll's Random Number will be applied to his card or column here, while a number of 9-12 will go to the batter's card he is facing.

The SR 11 means that once he has registered a combination of 11 innings pitched, walks, hits and earned runs, he is tired and must leave the game. If a pitcher comes into the game in relief, then his RR is used, and since Severino is an RR: 0 he cannot come in in relief. An 11-24 indicates a single (1Bf-1B9) (see the batters link for which outfielder fields the hit). A 25 (BK) indicates he MIGHT have balked - with a "yes" on the next Statis-Pro card or a roll of 1 or 2 on the 6-sided die indicating a balk is called and a "no" indicating it is not.

A 26-50 indicates a strikeout, though this range is actually 26-48 since no Random numbers exist with a 9 or 0 since it is a base-8 system of 11-88. a 51-55 indicates a walk. A 56 indicates a wild pitch and a 57 a passed ball if anyone is on base, but otherwise, this is an out. A 58-88 indicates an out.

The Error 8 indicates he makes an error on a 1-8 and does not on a 9 or 10. The CD-4 means he is a very strong fielding pitcher (this is the best rating, while a CD-1 is the worst). His projected park neutral ERA of 3.38 indicates that is the ERA we would project him to have if he pitched in an average park that neither favored the batter or fielder, with an average fielding team behind him.

Here are other links to help

Updated Summaries and Standings of us playing off the 6 international teams
All-Star batters from all 6 international teams
All-Star pitchers from all 6 international teams

1              Statis-Pro Game Made Simple - Google Sheet with line-by-line instructions on how to pla
2              Additional Examples of How to Play - this link shows photos of cards, dice etc. in addition to instructions
 3             Statis-Pro Cards view - a third option for learning to play includes all of the Statis-Pro cards for the 2018 Indians and Yankees to let you play a whole game with actual cards (if you cut them out) instead of the charts provided)
4              Chart to Use when Player result is "Out"            
5              Baserunning - trying to take an extra base on a hit            
6              Create Your Own cards for additional players     

7              Statis-Pro Rookie Cards projected in 2018   

8              Playing teams from different eras     

Statis-Pro Cards: All-Star Line-ups for Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Japan, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

The following are the lineups for each of the six national All-Star teams we are using to play off Statis-Pro games for 6 teams. You can access 2019 Projections for all anticipated Major League players and key players who retired this year - and that list can be sorted by current MLB team or other breakdowns. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

For each team below, the first "all" line is an extra borderline player that can be used if any team runs out of players and wants to pinch hit. We then show the batter order we are using followed by reserves. The guide for results follows.

If the action is on the card of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., which is the second batter in our lineup for Canada. If the PB number on the opposing pitcher's card puts the action on Guerrero's card, then a random number of 11-23 is a single, a 22-27 is a double, there is no triple, a 33-37 is a home run, he has no strikeouts, a 38-42 is a walk, a 43 is a hit by pitch, and a 44-88 is an out.

His baserunning speed when trying to take an extra base is average (OBR: C) and he has very little speed for stealing a base (OBR: D). He is a rare player who is a GREAT Hit & Run 2 player (almost everyone is an H&R 0). He is still more likely than average to commit an error (6), and he does not have a throwing arm rating because that is only separate for catchers (TA-TC) or outfielders (T2-T5).

His only position is third base, and his clutch defense ability there on a scale of 1 to 4 is the lowest - a 1, so it reads 3b-1. He is projected to have 550 plate appearances, and his estimated OPS = .865, a number just to give a person playing the game an idea of who the best hitters are.

If runners are on base, you can determine which outfielder fields the ball based on the second digit of the Random Number for a hit. An OBR: A has an infield single on an 11 or 12, and an OBR: B on an 11. Otherwise, a number that ends in 1 or 2 (11,12,21,22,31,32) is to the opposite field (a left-hander hits it to left fielder or a right-hander to right field), a number ending in 3, 4 or 5 goes to centerfield, and a 6, 7 or 8 is pulled:

Canada and the Netherlands (and their former Netherland Antilles) and any other players born in a country closer to the North Pole than the Equator


The Japan/Korea line-up followed by the Puerto Rican line-up



The Dominican Republic Line-up


The Venezuela Line-up

The Cuban Line-up


Here are other links to help

Updated Summaries and Standings of us playing off the 6 international teams
All-Star batters from all 6 international teams
All-Star pitchers from all 6 international teams

1              Statis-Pro Game Made Simple - Google Sheet with line-by-line instructions on how to pla
2              Additional Examples of How to Play - this link shows photos of cards, dice etc. in addition to instructions
 3             Statis-Pro Cards view - a third option for learning to play includes all of the Statis-Pro cards for the 2018 Indians and Yankees to let you play a whole game with actual cards (if you cut them out) instead of the charts provided)
4              Chart to Use when Player result is "Out"            
5              Baserunning - trying to take an extra base on a hit            
6              Create Your Own cards for additional players     

7              Statis-Pro Rookie Cards projected in 2018   

8              Playing teams from different eras     





Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Dominican Republic 1st after defeating Puerto Rico, Canada Falling to Venezuela (new tutorial video)

Statis-Pro cards are organized for all 6 international all-star lineups and pitching staffs. Click here for pitchers, click here for batters, and finally click here for a google sheet all 2019 projected cardsLearn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here. which includes a 2 part tutorial video (1st inning video and then 13 inning videoof how to play from an actual Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico game for 1st.

Latest update: Canada vs. Venezuela - Jose Altuve led the powerful Venezuela team out of a slump with a 5 of 10 series that included a 2-run homer in the first game and 3-run homer in the second game against Canada. Vlad Guerrero homered again for the Canadians, but it wasn't enough as 2 their weak bullpen (the great Hanley Jansen is the only reliever better than a PB2-6) was exposed in 4-1 and 7-3 losses. Aroldis Chapman struck out all 3 Dominican Republic batters he faced to keep Cuba's losing margin to 5-1 (one short of the 5-run difference to give credit Cuba with a 1-2 record for that game. Unfortunately for Cuba their other there other 7 pitchers in 2 games struck out only 6 of Dominican Republic opponents in 2 games including a 12-4 second game win that does count as a sweep - giving the Dominican Republic a 5-1 record for the series to give them a 3 game lead over Canada-Netherlands for 1st place.


WinsLossesCanCubaDRJapPRVen
Canada/Netherlands1113x30512
Cuba7113x1030
Dominican Republic16805x443
Japan/Korea711102x04
Puerto Rico14105320x4
Venezuela111340322x
Losses bottom row13118111013

Note: I provide these free instructions and cards to enable people to try out Statis-Pro baseball for free with dice, but my hope is you will see how revolutionary the game was an is and decide you want to purchase game parts and nice printed cards form those who make them (click here). You will see other links at the bottom of this post that make it easy to quickly learn to play the game before deciding if you want to purchase anything.

Results of games are below photo showing one way to set up the game, whether using dice and the Pudner Sports out chart or having the actual Statis Pro Out Chart A and Statis Pro Cards - while the sheets show all the playing "cards" for the Dominican Republic and Venezuelan pitchers on the left and batters on the right. (click here for all 2019 projected cards, with these 6 teams in order at the top).


When Miguel Cabrera came up to face Danny Salazar, the result of the first card showed a PB 10, which would be the same as rolling 10 on the two dice as shown below. Because that result was outside the PB2-7 on Salazar's pitching card (See upper left-hand top name if you can stretch the photo out) the play was on Cabrera's hitting card. The next card show an Random Number (RN) of 32, which was a home run because it was lower than the large 34 (circled) number on Cabrera's line but higher than the number 26 before which would have meant a double. That number would be the same as if you were playing with two eight-sided dice and ended up with the blue 3 for thirty and lighter 2 for ones for a 32.

If the result had instead been an OUT then the very bottom number on the first Fast Action card would indicate a grounder to third base (Cabrera is a righthanded power hitter so we look at the "RP" out which indicates G5 and you can read the pink chart to see that is a grounder to third. If you did not have a Statis-Pro out chart, you can use the alternate one showed, and roll the 20 sided die. We would have had the same result with a roll of "2" on the yellow 20-sided die shown which on the Pudner Sports outchart list is a grounder to third and would be a double play grounder if there was a runner on first with less than two outs.

The Dominican Republic rallied after that home run to win the first game 4-2. This picture was actually taken after the first game with check marks by each pitcher for both teams that were used in that game as well as the four pitchers that are starters. We play all 2-game series and say each reliever can only be used in one of each two games, so the pitchers thrown in the first game were not available for the second game.

Here are the results of each team's first game series and who started each game, followed by the pitching matchups for each team's second series and the "Pure ERA" we project for each starting pitcher - that being the ERA the pitcher would project to have next near if they played in a neutral ballpark with an average fielding team behind them.

All 24 starting pitchers are referenced with the ERA we would project them to have next year if they pitched every game with an average ball park and defense behind him.

First series summaries

Dominican Republic (Salazar 3.28 ERA) defeated Venezuela (3.05 ERA) 4-2 behind a single, double and triple by Ozuna and single and homer by Soto.

Venezuela (Senzatela (3.84 ERA) defeated Dominican Republic (C. Martinez 4.21 ERA) 4-0 behind a homer, double and single by Acuna. Officially that makes both teams 3-3 since each team received credit for a 2-1 record for winning a game by 4 runs or fewer.

Canada/Netherlands (Paxton 3.36 ERA) defeated Japan/Korea (Darvish 3.60 ERA) 11-2as potential Rookie of the Year Vlad Guerrero walked twice and then homered in the third inning to cap the scoring. We do throw in the Netherlands Antilles to give the Netherlands the reach of their old kingdom into the Caribean as well.


Canada/Netherlands (Soroka 4.75 ERA) defeated Japan/Korea (Ohtani 3.68 ERA) 3-0 as the light hitting Japanese could not take advantage of Canada's number 4 pitcher before Jansen came in to close them down for the save and Gregorius provided all the offense with a solo and 2-run homer. Canada is credited for a 5-1 record for the two wins since one was considered a "sweep" due to winning the first game by at least 5 runs.

Puerto Rico (Berrios ) defeated Cuba (Urias ) 5-3 as Correa and Hernandez hit first-inning homers to help start a 4-0 lead before Cuba stormed back by finishing the game 7 of their last 18 at bats and then Puig and Abreu hitting potential 3-run game winning homers foul as the last two batters of the game (which Clutch Batting - BD - comes up with men on base it can either be a run clearing double, triple, home run for foul home run).

Cuba (Elias) defeated Puerto Rico (Cotton) 4-2 behind two Cespedes homers and Chapman 2.81 ERA) coming in after conservative doubles to strike out four batters. Both teams get credit for starting 3-3 for each winning a game by fewer than five runs.


Second Series Summaries

Japan/Korea (Tanaka 3.95 ERA and Hun-Jin Ryu 3.95 ERA) at The Dominican Republic (Severino 3.38 and L. Castillo 3.88)- Japan held on for 6-3 win despite allowing single, 2 doubles and pinch hit homer by Malkel Franco before Nelson Cruz grounder into game-ending double play with 2 on base. Franco started vs. lefty Ryu and hit 2 more homers in second game in 12-2, 17 hit route to get credit for 4-2 series win.

Puerto Rico (J. Lopez 4.58 ERA Teheran 4.75 ERA) at Venezuela (Carrasco 3.16 ERA and E. Rodriguez 3.84 ERA) - Venezuela started the series with 6 hits in their first 10 at bats, but managed only one run in the two games against mediocre Puerto Rico to get stunned twice, 4-1 and 4-0. Rosario hit a 2-run homer in the first game, then Caratini in the second game and Correa singled past MLB teammate Altuve to drive in two runs and complete the scoring.

Cuba (Urias 4.18 ERA and Elias 4.91 ERA) at Canada/Netherlands (Taillon 3.75 ERA and Pivetta 4.02 ERA) - Puig blasts 9th inning 3-run homer then Chapman shuts down Canada in order in bottom of 9th to give Cuba 4-2 win, but Simmons hits a 2-run homer in 8th to give Canada a 4-3 win in 2nd game to keep them in 1st at 8-4.

Third Series Summaries

Japan/Korea vs. Venezuela - Trailing 5-2 in the top of the 9th, the first 2 Japanese reached, resulting in Venezuela's virtually unhittable closer Felipe Vazquez coming in for the save. He induced a fly ball to center to retire Ichiro Suzuki, but Shohei Ohtani drew a walk to load the bases with one out. On a deep drive by South Korea's Jung Ho Kang centerfielder Odubel Herrera crashed into the wall and the ball bounded away in what became the first ever inside the park grandslam home run I ever had in Statis-Pro baseball play - not to mention it won the game 6-5. In the second game, Shin-Soo Choo hit two 2-run homers - one to start the scoring in the third and another to win it 5-4 in the 12th as Japan matched disappointing Venuezuela with a 7-11 mark.

Canada vs. Venezuela - Jose Altuve led the powerful Venezuela team out of a slump with a 5 of 10 series that included a 2-run homer in the first game and 3-run homer in the second game against Canada. Vlad Guerrero homered again for the Canadians, but it wasn't enough as their weak bullpen (the great Hanley Jansen is the only reliever better than a PB2-6) was exposed in 4-1 and 7-3 losses to fall out of first place all season. Both the international league favorite Dominican Republic and Puertro Rico are in 1st at 7-5, so whoever wins that series will take sole position of first, or if they split then both will remain percentage points ahead of the Canada/Netherlands team.

Here are other links to help

Updated Summaries and Standings of us playing off the 6 international teams
All-Star batters from all 6 international teams
All-Star pitchers from all 6 international teams

1              Statis-Pro Game Made Simple - Google Sheet with line-by-line instructions on how to pla
2              Additional Examples of How to Play - this link shows photos of cards, dice etc. in addition to instructions
 3             Statis-Pro Cards view - a third option for learning to play includes all of the Statis-Pro cards for the 2018 Indians and Yankees to let you play a whole game with actual cards (if you cut them out) instead of the charts provided)
4              Chart to Use when Player result is "Out"            
5              Baserunning - trying to take an extra base on a hit            
6              Create Your Own cards for additional players     

7              Statis-Pro Rookie Cards projected in 2018   

8              Playing teams from different eras     

Puerto Rico's Correa and Hernandez' 1st Inning Homers Enough to Survive when Cuba's 9th Inning Shots by Puig and Abreu Go Foul

In a battle between the two countries that produce everything except great starting pitchers, Puerto Rico jumped ahead with first inning homers by Carlos Correa and Enrique Hernandez. However, they barely survived when 7 of the last 18 batters came up with hits including a pinch hit by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. followed by both Yasiel Puig and Jose Abreu driving Clutch Batting would be 3-run homers foul to fall just short 5-3. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.


The silver lining for Cuba is that because they were playing from behind they will still have Aroldis Chapman, who projects to be one of the best relievers in the year with a PB2-9 based on a projected 2.81 ERA if he had average fielding and an average park behind him.

Puerto Rico and Cuba have by far the worst starting rotations of the six international teams, with a 4.56 and 4.61 projected overall ERA and none of their four starters are even an above average PB2-7, so both will need to hit to compete in this league.

Canada 3-0
The Dominican Republic 2-1
Puerto Rico 2-1
Cuba 1-2
Venezuela 1-2
Japan 0-3

Obviously, Venezuela is at a disadvantage in this opening series as they are projected as the 2nd best team but facing the favored Dominican Republic in their first series.


Country           Rotation ERA
Venezuela      3.47
Dominican Republic  3.69
Japan  3.89
Canada           3.97
Puerto Rico    4.56
Cuba   4.61
           
Country           Line-up OPS
Dominican Republic  0.816
Venezuela      0.784
Cuba   0.773
Canada           0.770
Puerto Rico    0.751
Japan  0.730





Canadian Hero Vlad Guerrero, 19, Blasts Japan in Statis-Pro Debut

Last year's Rookie of the Year Shohei Ohtani faced off against next year's potential Rookie of the Year Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who at 19 years old drives balls out of the park like his dad but unlike his dad never swings at pitches out of the end zone. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

He did not disappoint, drawing walks his first two trips and then blasting a home run the first time he saw something in the strike zone as the Canadian/Netherlands team blasted the Japanese/Korea team 11-2 to start play in the six-team international Statis-Pro league. Below is the play-by-play alongside the actual Statis-Pro cards based on projected 2019 stats, but listed in row form (from top to bottom, Japanese batters, Canadian pitchers, Canadian batters, and finally Japanese pitchers). We do throw in the Netherlands Antilles to give the Netherlands the reach of their old kingdom into the Caribean as well.




Canada did have a great advantage in this matchup because their starting pitcher James Paxton was a lefthanded PB2-8 for his projected 3.36 Pure ERA (based on expected ERA if a pitcher had average fielding and ballpark behind him). Facing the left-handed heavy hitting Japan/Korea team Paxson had a huge advantage. While the Netherlands and Canada are thousands of miles from each other, we grouped them and a few other European players who were born closer to the North Pole than the equator (both countries reach above the 51 North Degree Latitude.

The Canadians are balanced with both their starting rotation ERA (3.97) and starting line-ups OPS (0.770) both falling in fourth place of six teams - but in both cases just a few points behind third place.

Even with Ohtani, the Japanese line-up is a distant 6th place in OPS, putting a lot of pressure on the pitching. We base participation on current rosters, and because Ohtani is only projected to hit next year they did not have the dominant pitcher to match Paxton in the opener, having instead to go with Yu Darvish who is projected to return. Because they were the only team to lose their opener by 5+ runs the game counts as losing a series 0-3, putting them temporarily in last place:

Canada 3-0
The Dominican Republic 2-1
Puerto Rico 2-1
Cuba 1-2
Venezuela 1-2
Japan 0-3

Obviously Venezuela is at a disadvantage in this opening series as they are projected as the 2nd best team but facing the favored Dominican Republic in their first series.


Country           Rotation ERA
Venezuela      3.47
Dominican Republic  3.69
Japan  3.89
Canada           3.97
Puerto Rico    4.56
Cuba   4.61
           
Country           Line-up OPS
Dominican Republic  0.816
Venezuela      0.784
Cuba   0.773
Canada           0.770
Puerto Rico    0.751
Japan  0.730



Monday, November 26, 2018

16 Scenarios Going into Conference Football Championships

Alabama will be in the college football playoffs, but going through the 16 possible scenarios of four conference playoff series I see 14 cases in which I would put Notre Dame in the playoffs  - with Clemson, Ohio State and Georgia all making it if they win and Oklahoma, Central Florida and Texas all needing help.

TeamScenarios
Alabama16
Notre Dame14
Clemson8
Ohio State8
Georgia8
Oklahoma4
UCF4
Texas2
16 scenarios = 64 spots64

The scenarios below assume Central Florida beats Memphis. The first three columns show the winners of three games Saturday assuming Clemson also wins, and then an extra column for who would replace Clemson if they were upset by Pitt.

Scenario12 p.m. on ABC4 p.m. on CBS8 p.m. on FOXAssuming Clemson winIf Clem Loses
AOklahomaAlabamaNorthwesternAL, CL,ND,OKUCF
BOklahomaAlabamaOhio St.AL, CL,ND,OSUOK
COklahomaGeorgiaNorthwesternCL, GA, AL, NDOK
DOklahomaGeorgiaOhio St.CL, GA, AL, OSUND
ETexasGeorgiaNorthwesternCL, GA, AL, NDTX
FTexasGeorgiaOhio St.CL, GA, AL, OSUND
GTexasAlabamaNorthwesternAL, CL, ND, UCFTX
HTexasAlabamaOhio St.AL, CL, OSU, NDUCF


Sunday, November 25, 2018

Statis-Pro 2019 Player Cards Available- MLB Players from Dominican Republic faced Venezuela in successful trial run

The Statis-Pro baseball game cards for every 2019 player are now available, and we debuted the set with a thrilling matchup of the best MLB players from Dominican Republic playing the best from Venezuela. We found typing in the order of the batters on this spreadsheet of all players made keeping the line-ups on the screen and writing down results very easy. Here is what the line-ups looked like on the screen, while we actually wrote out each pitcher's line of results on the scoresheet when they entered the game. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

But first, we had a little fun with this photo - what's wrong with it :-)




World Standings in Our Statis-Pro Offseason

1. Dominican Republic 1-0
2. Cuba (plus a few Central American pitchers) 0-0
3. Puerto Rico (plus 3 Central American pitchers) 0-0
4. Japan/Korea (plus 3 Asian-American Hawaiins and final 3 pitchers born in Guam, Saudi Arabia and Australia) 0-0
5. Venezuela 0-1

Because we adjust the cards to show how good the batters and pitchers would be on a neutral field, Venezuela had a chance with Rockies' ace Marquez registering as one of the best 5 percent of all pitchers with a PB control factor of 2-9 (meaning he keeps the action on his card and away from the batter on rolls or card flips of 2-9 to only let the batter have a chance at an extra-base hit on a 10-12.

He outdueled the Indians Salazar (a PB2-8 as one of the best 15% of all pitchers) for five innings to hold a 1-0 lead and catcher Contreras from the Cubs gunned down the Indians' Ramirez trying to steal to preserve the shutout through that point. However, the Dominican Republics bats eventually proved too strong as the Dominican Republic's sixth inning started the Nationals Soto blasting a home run to tie the game, then the Cardinals' Ozuna following up with a triple, the Yankees Sanchez with a two-out double, and finally the Diamondbacks K. Marte with a single to complete an "inning cycle" to take a 3-0 lead. The last single was off the Astros Rondon to close the books on Marquez 5 2/3 inning, 7 hit, 3 run outing. The Dominican Republic continued to hit and finished with four runs on 12 hits.

Venezuela kept the pressure up against four relievers. The Braves Acuna twice singled and stole 2nd, and the second time the Astros Altuve doubled him home to cut the lead to 3-2. The Diamondback's Peralta then drove an unusual ball deep into right for an apparent game-tying double, but the Pirates' Polanco saved the Dominican Republic's lead with a diving catch. Polanco's leadoff walk was followed another hit from both Soto and Ozuna to finish the scoring with a 4-2 Dominican Republic win.

The Rays' Castillo came in to close it out, but with two outs Venezuela's No. 7 hitter Herrera singled and that let them go to the bench to hit for the two bottom hitters in their order. The White Sox A. Garcia drew a walk to put the winning run at the plate and give the Brewers' Aguilar flew out to center to end the game.

Game 2 Preview

Because we play two-game series and make teams throw their 4th best starter after the ace the Dominican Republic will need to skip their No. 2 and No. 3 starters - the Yankees Severino (PB2-8) and Reds Castillo (above average as a PB2-7), to throw the Cardinals' Martinez (mediocre as a PB2-6).

Venezuela will have an edge since their 4th starter is a PB2-7 in Senzatela, another under appreciated Rockies starter who is actually strong once the adjustment is made since he does not need to pitch in Coors' field, however Venezuela is skipping an even better No. 2 than Severino as the Indians Carraso is also an elite PB2-9, while their No. 3 starter is the Red Sox Rodriguez.

We plan to also let the two states with the most MLB talent, California and Florida, field teams while letting other countries and states group together to take on the big two countries and big two states.

Friday, November 23, 2018

Statis-Pro Clutch Defense Results & How Players are Rated MASTER

As the first step of creating Statis-Pro cards for the upcoming season, I tackled the toughest part first, the fielding. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here. You can access all player cards here.

An exciting aspect of Statis-Pro Baseball is the chance of a defender needing to make or blow a clutch play. If playing with dice, this only applies if men are on base and instead of a number by the PB spot on the Fast Action Card comes up or in the dice version the 20-sided die comes up as a "20" and the two 6-sided die equal between 5 and 9. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

Note: The opposite PB: BD or dice roll of "20" and 6-sided die between 2 and 4 ind indicates clutch batting. If you do not have cards with clutch batting numbers, then flip again and refer to the batters card but translate; 1) a single on the batters card to a base-clearing double, 2) a double into a home run, 3) a triple or home run on the card stay the same, and 4) anything except a hit on the card is changed to a foul home run and return to normal play with the same batter still up.

When a CD is called for from the first paragraph, the next step is to determine which fielder will try to make a great play, or perhaps misplay the ball. In the dice version, the combination of the two six-sided dice determines which player, but in the Random Card version another card must be flipped and the position by the "CD" determines which player attempts to make the play.

Look at the fielder's card, and locate whether he is a CD 1, 2, 3 or 4. Then find his position on the chart below and look at the two 8-sided dice to see the number from 11 to 88 - or if using Random Cards then flip another card to get a number from 11 to 88. Find the position below, the CD of 1 to 4 and the number of 11 to 88 and read the result of the play:

On a Random Number of 81-88 no action occurs, unless a player is a CD-5 or CD-0 (anyone playing out of position is an E10, CD-0 at that position). If an 81-88 occurs for a CD-5, it is always a diving catch for an out and runners hold. If an 81-88 occurs for a CD-0 it is always a ball misplayed into a single.




How Clutch Defense and Errors Are Calculated on Statis-Pro Cards

The following is a list of all players who have played the field in the last three Major League Baseball seasons, listed in alphabetical order.

Error (E) rating. First each player has an overall Error rating of E0 (never makes an error) to E10 (makes an error on at least one in every 10 balls hit to him. That will be his rating at every position unless you play him at a position that is not listed, in which case he is an E10, or you pick a position at which he has an (E5) or (E8) which indicates you must increase his Error rating to that number if it is not that high already because he only played a few innings at that position.

Throwing Arms. Infielders and pitchers do not have separate ratings for Throwing arms. A catcher can have a TA for an excellent arm that can discourage or throw out opposing basestealers, a TB indicates a good arm, and a TC is mediocre or worse. The best outfielders throwing arms are T5 down to the worst, a T2.

Clutch Defense (CD) Finally, the positions the player can play is listed along with a number that indicates who good a fielder he is, or his Clutch Defense Rating in the game, with a -4 indicating a great fielder down to a -1 indicating a poor fielder and if an (e5) or (e8) is listed that means he is a CD-1 but also played very few innings at that position and thus must have his error rating increased to a 5 or an 8 if playing that position even if his overall E number is lower. Here is how we calculated these numbers.

CD-5: The only players given the best defensive rating, a CD-5, are players who have won multiple gold gloves.

CD-4 (e.g. P-4, SS-4 or any other position): A player can get this in one of three ways; 1) he is nominated as one of the three finalists for a Gold Glove at this position at least one of the last three years; 2, FanGraphs FSR rating from people watching him play the position is a 10 or higher; or 3) he had one of the 10 r so best DRS (Defensive Runs Saved) ratings at that position over the past 3 seasons.

CD-3: If a players does not receive a CD-4 in the step above, he can still receive a strong CD-3 rating at a position if his FRS subjective rating is a 3 to 9; or 2) if his DRS puts him in about the 25 best players at that position over the past three years.

CD-2: If a player does not receive a CD-4 or CD-3 in the steps above, he can still get a CD-2 if he has a positive FSR or DRS.

CD-1: If only the -1 appears by a position for a player, then he is a below average player at that position but he can field the position and just make Errors based on his E rating listed first.

CD-0: The only players we give a CD-0 defensive rating is someone who plays out of position.

(E5): Indicates the player was only at that position for less than 200 innings over the last year (or 100 for pitchers) and therefore if playing that position he is not only a CD-1 but also will make an Error on a 5 through 10 even if his E rating is lower overall.

(E8): Indicates the player had fewer than 100 innings at the postion, and therefore his E rating must be raised to at least an 8.

(E10): Is never listed, but if you choose to play a player at a position that is not even listed below, then he has an E10 rating and any potential error on him will turn into an error.

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Monday, November 19, 2018

Complete list of very incumbent Senator to lose in 1st Midterm of President of opposing Party

Only 22 Senators ever lost their re-election during the first midterm of a President from the opposing party. The only three Presidents to successfully pick up seats and convince voters in more than one state that they picked the wrong Senator six years earlier were Franklin D. Roosevelt (defeated 7 Republican incumbents in 1934), Donald Trump (4 in 2018) and John F. Kennedy (2 in 1962).

The following is the list of the Presidents and their success or failure in defeating Senators from the opposing party in their first Mid-term. This does NOT include a few cases of Senators who were appointed or first-time nominees so had NOT won an election six years previous.
  • 2018 - Donald Trump (Republican) defeated 4 Senators from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while gaining 1 to 2 seats total for his party pending the West Virginia runoff. These wins by state included; 1, Indiana, Mike Braun beat Joe Donnelly, first elected in 2012; 2, Missouri, Josh Hawley d. Claire McCaskill, first elected in 2006; 3, North Dakota, Kevin Cramer d. Heidi Heitkamp, first elected in 2006; and 4, Florida, Ric Scott d. Bill Nelson 1st elected 2000.
  • 2010 - Barack Obama (Democrat) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent.
  • 2002 - George W. Bush (Republican) Defeated 1 Senator from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while gaining 1 seat total for his party. The one win was in Georgia, Saxby Chambliss d. Max Cleland, first elected in 1996.
  • 1994 - Bill Clinton (Democrat) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent
  • 1990 - George H. W. Bush (Republican) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent
  • 1982 - Ronald Reagan (Republican) Defeated 1 Senator from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier, while not gaining 1 seat for his party. The one win was in Nevada, Chic Hect beat Howard Cannon, 1st elected in 1958.
  • 1978 - Jimmy Carter (Democrat) defeated 2 Senators from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier BUT losing several seats for a net 2-seat loss for his party. These wins by state included; 1, Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas d. Edward Brook, first elected in 1966; 2, Michigan, Carl Levin d. Robert Giffin, first elected in 1966.
  • 1974 - Gerald Ford (Republican) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent.
  • 1970 - Richard Nixon (Republican) Defeated 1 Senator from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while gaining  2 seats total for his party. The one win was in Maryland, John Glenn Beall d. Joseph Tydings, first elected 1964.
  • 1966 - Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent.
  • 1962 - John F. Kennedy (Democrat) defeated 2 Senators from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while gaining 4 seats total for his party. These wins by state included; 1, Indiana, Birch Bayh d. Homer Capehart, first elected 1944; 2, Wisconsin, Gaylord Nelson d. Alexander Wiley, first elected in 1938.
  • 1954 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) Defeated 1 Senator from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while losing 2 seats total for his party. The one win was in  Iowa, Thomas Martin d. Guy Gillette, first 1st elected in 1936 special and then 1938 for full-term.
  • 1946 - Harry S. Truman (Democrat) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent.
  • 1934 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) defeated 7 Senators from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier, while gaining 9 seats total for his party. These wins by state included; 1, Connecticut, Francis Maloney d. Frederic Walcott, first elected in 1928; 2, Indiana, Sherman Minton d. Arthur Raymond Robinson, first elected in 1926 special then 1928 regular; 3, New Jersey, Harry Moore d. Hamilton Kean, first elected 1928; 4, Ohio, Vic Donahey d. Simeon Fess, first elected 1922; 5, Pennsylvania, Joseph Guffey d. David Reed, first elected 1922; 6, Rhode Island, Peter Gerry d. Felix Hebert, first elected 1928;  7, West Virginia, Rush Holt d. Henry Hatfield. first elected 1928.
  • 1930 - Herbert Hoover (Republican) Defeated 1 Senator from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier, while losing 6 seats total for his party. The one win was in  Iowa, Lester Dickinson d. Daniel Steck, first elected 1924 though the election was disputed for two years due to late arriving counts from rural counties, and he was not seated until the full US Senate settled the dispute and seated him in 1926.
  • 1926 - Calvin Coolidge (Republican) lost seats and failed to defeat any opposing incumbent.
  • 1922 - Warren G. Harding (Republican) defeated 2 Senators from opposing Party who won an election 6 years earlier while losing 7 seats total for his party. These wins by state included; 1, Nebraska, Robert Howell d. Gilbert Hitchcock, first elected 1911 as Nebraska allowed direct election even before 17th Amendment allowed first Direct elections in 1914; 2, Ohio, Simeon Fess d. Atlee Pomerene, who was also first elected in 1911. Since the first direct election of Senators occurred in most states in 1914, the first year that Senators stood for a second election during a new President’s mid-term was 1922. Before 1913 almost all State Legislators selected their US Senators.