Statis Pro Baseball - Instructions to Learn to Play Basic Game in 5 Minutes (video added)

Old basic game rules are below, but here are the new suggested rules.

All 2022 Projected Batters (49 pages, 9 cards to a page) and All 2022 Projected Pitchers (62 pages, 9 cards to a page) is the only other thing needed to play the game, though more detailed instructions appear in this Statis-Pro baseball Game Rules.

 The flow of the game with new simple Fast Action Cards on this pdf. We suggest you print all 20 pages TWICE and cut and mix them all so you will have plenty of cards to play at least one game without reshuffling.

1. Read top line of first card for 2-12 number to see if action is on the pitcher or batter card.

2. On the 2nd card, read the second number (Random Number 11-88) to see what happens on that card. If noone is one base, change any BK, WP or CD on line 2 to an OUT. On a K, W, HBP or 1B on the pitchers card the result is settled and move back to #1 for the next batter.

3. You only use the 3rd number f the result is an OUT, to see where the ball is hit, and if there is a hit on the batter's card just to see if there is a chance of an error (E?). On an out one of these can happen:

G - DP - means a double play if a man on 1st base, with any runner on 2nd or 3rd advancing OR the defense chooses to hold all unforced runners and just throw the runner out at first.

Gx - lead runner who is forced out, and unforced runners hold.

Ga - batter out at first but runners advance.

E? - check 4th number on next card for an error, and if no error batter is out and runners advance. (if this occurs after a single on the batters card, then check that fielder for an error).

4. The Error Reading on the 4th card is only used if there is a possible error (e?) on line 3 after an out or hit on a batter's card. If the fielder's E number is in the range on this 4th line then everyone is safe in an out or gets an extra base on a hit. Flip for another 11-88 and if the number is 61-88 give batter and runners one additional base for a throwing error.

BD or CD exception instead of 2-12 on top line. Ignore these if noone on base. If at least one runner is on base, BD means to use the clutch batting at the bottom of the batter card  use tto determine if it is a base clearing double (BD-2B), home run, or just a foul ball. If you get a CD with a position, then look up the fielders CD (clutch defense) 1-5 and use the chart at the bottom of this blog for result.

Basic Game

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

PARTS NEEDED. Playing Statis Pro is as easy as A, B, C. The following 2-part tutorial video (Set up of game video then 13th inning of Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico) gives a quick 10-minute visual of how you play the game based on the basic instructions in this blog and a photo of the setup here.

A. Player Cards. You can try the game for free using this sheet of all projected 2020 players that look like this:

However, while don't sell anything, we suggest once you've tried the game you order your own playing cards and game by clicking here for basic cards (batting card very accurate, but pitching cards allow too many hits) or the Advanced cards that are very accurate including left vs right precise adjustments but do not play quite as fast as basic cards. It cost less than $20 to buy the projected 2020 cards from him, then I just emailed them to a Fedex Kinkos and for $39 they printed on card stock and cut them for me (I chose black and white cards, so colored calls would be a bit more).

B. Two 6-sided dice are rolled to determine whether to use the pitcher's card or the batters card. The range after the pitcher's PB: 2- tells you what dice combination keeps the action on his card. Scherzer needs a roll of 2-9 to keep the action on this card (see both his card and his row above), so in the roll of 9 on the blue dice below he would keep the option on his own card if facing Bryce Harper - also on the bottom row above. PB 2-9 is the best possible rating, so against almost any other pitcher Harper's card would be used on the same blue roll of 9. If you order a Fast Action Deck of cards they have similar numbers to use instead of the dice, so we line up one of those cards to match.

C. Two 8-sided dice of different colors (or a dice simulator) gives a result of 11-88 to find on that card. In this case, the result is a 27 which falls for Scherzer is in his strikeout range "K: 26-54" so he would strikeout Harper. However, only 5% of pitchers have a PB: 2-9, so if 95% of pitchers were pitching to Harper (a PB 2-5, 2-6, 2-7 or 2-8) then the 9 would have put the card on Harper's card and the 27 roll would be in his Home Run range of 25-33 to give him a home run. Here are the 10 possible results:

1. 1B = Single (could be on batter's or pitcher's card)
2. 2B = Double (only on batters' cards)
3. 3B = Triple (only on batters' cards)
4. HR = Home Run (only on batters' cards)
5. BK = Balk if anyone on base (only on pitchers' cards, if noone is on base this is actually recorded as an out - see below - and if someone is on base roll a 6-sided die again and a 1 or a 2 is a balk but a 3-6 is not called)
6. K = Strikeout
7. W = Walk
8. HPB = Hit by Pitched Ball (only on batters' cards)
9. WP/PB = Wild Pitch or Passed Ball (only on pitchers' cards, and like with a balk, if noone is on base this is actually recorded as an out - see below - and if someone is on base roll a 6-sided die again and a 1 or a 2 is a wild pitch or passed ball but a 3-6 is blocked by the catcher and no advance)
10. Out = Out - if you do not have a 20-sided die simply record as an "Out" and all runners hold. However, if you do have a 20-sided die, then find the column header that shows what bases are occupied, and go to the die number to determine what kind of out occurred (letters mean Grounder, Double Play, Fly Out or Line Out). On a roll of a 18 or 19 there could be an error, and a 20 is a flyout out to centerfield unless you are playing advanced rules. You may notice on the Fast Action Card above that the out is determined at the bottom of the card.

If an RHP (Right-handed pitcher) faces an LP or LN (lefthanded batter), then change a roll of 88 to a single. The same is true if a LHP faces a RP or RN.

However, if an RHP faces a RN or RP, then a roll of 11 is changed to an out. If a LHP faces an LN or LP it is even harder to get a hit, as any roll of 11 to 12 is a strikeout. Note that SN and SP batters (which can also be listed as BN or BP) do not have any adjustments no matter if they face a LHP or RHP.

Add Base running and Bunt Option (Optional in Basic Game)

Rather than simply having runners advance as many bases as the batter, you can use their speed (OBR/SP of A to E on the card) to try to take extra bases. When trying to take an extra base on a hit, or steal a base, the runner is only out if you roll a "6." On a roll of a 1 through 5, if his OBR or SP is not good enough to take the extra base, then he just stays on the base. An OBR: E cannot try to take an extra base, and a SP: E cannot try to steal.

Just decide which of the three you want to do and roll one 6-sided die instead of all 4 dice.

1 die	Extra Base on hit	Stealing base	Bunting
1	OBR A, B or C Xtra base	SP AA, A, B or C steals	Sacrifice, OBR: A batter safe for hit
2	OBR A or B Xtra base	SP AA, A or B steals	Sacrifice
3	OBR A Xtra base	SP AA or A steals	Sacrifice
4	Xtra base only if 2 outs	Only SP AA steals	Foul, use normal hitting
5	Hold base	Holds base	Strikeout
6	OF throws out runner	Out Stealing	Leader Runner out

Once a batter is done hitting, and you decide if you want to try to take an extra base, steal or bunt, then go to the next batter. Click here for advanced rules.