Play Your Own Baseball Simulation - All Player Cards Available, Just Add Dice

The old instructions are below, but we suggest these now:

 The flow of the game with new simple Fast Action Cards on this pdf:

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).

3. If the result is an OUT, check the third number on the next card to see where the ball is hit.

4. The Error Reading on the 4th card is only used if; there is a hit on the BATTER card on line 2 OR, there is a possible error (e?) on line 3 with an out. 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.

Old instructions

To play Statis-Pro baseball all you need is 5 dice, the player cards this google sheet (top option),  basic cards (second option) or order Advanced Cards (third option). Each set shown below is of the same four players, but they are calculated slightly differently so the numbers to not match exactly. Many are playing simulations (see our standings and updates here through the recent Dodgers vs. Astros series of league leaders) as MLB still hopes to get in at least an 80-game season starting in June.

Spreadsheet Version of Player Cards

Basic Version of Player Cards 



Advanced Version of Player Cards

Kershaw vs. Betts

2-12 roll: Is the action on the pitcher or batter card? 

The game is simple - the first two dice are traditional 6-sided dice yielding a result from 2-12 that tells you if the action will be on the pitcher card (if in his "PB" range) or the batter card. On the spreadsheet or the basic card above, Kershaw keeps it on his card on rolls of 2-8. On the advance card against a right-handed hitter like Betts you go to the "vRH" column and he keeps it on his card on a roll of 2-7. We will use all dice roll examples of rolls with the same result no matter which of the three card above you were using - though there would be slight variations:

3 Sample Rolls on Pitcher's Card - Clayton Kershaw

First, three examples of rolls in which the 2-12 roll was within the pitcher's range and thus we check Kershaw's card if he were facing to Betts. Here is the first roll:

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - KERSHAW STRIKEOUT. This results in a strikeout on Kershaw's card no matter which version of the card above you use. On the spreadsheet his K or strikeout range is 25-44, on the basic card 23-45, and on the advanced cards against a right-hander like Betts (vs. RH) it is a 24-46. Note the worse result on a pitcher's card is a single, to give up an extra base the 2-12 roll must put the ball on the batter card.

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - KERSHAW WILD PITCH OR IF NO ONE ON BASE OUT. 51 is Wild Pitch on Pitcher's card. However, the one important note that is not obvious is that if no on is on base, then a balk (BK), wild pitch (WP) or passed ball (PB in the 11-88 result) is changed to an OUT. 

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - KERSHAW OUT - GROUND INTO DOUBLE PLAY. Out on pitchers card - the only time the 20-sided die matters is determining what kind of out - a fly out, ground out, double play, sac fly etc. See out chart below.

4 Sample Rolls on Batter's Card - Mookie Betts

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - DOUBLE ON BETTS CARD. On Batter's Card. The following are possible results in which the 2-12 roll was higher and outside his range. On the spreadsheet at basic version Betts hits a double on a 22-26, on the basic card he hits a double on a 18-26, and on the advanced card you use the left column against the lefty Kershaw ("vs LH") where he hits a double on an 18-27. No matter which of the three cards you are using, a "26" is a double. It is a double to right field, though one disadvantage of the spreadsheet is the range does not break it down into left field, center field or right field, so use your judgement with the first numbers in each range to left field, next to center field and last numbers to right field.

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - HOME RUN ON BETTS CARD.  A "31" is a home run on any of the versions of cards. On the spreadsheet anything from a 31-35 is a home run, on the basic card a 28-35 is a home run, and on the advanced card a 31-33 is a home run but a neat part of the advanced game is that a 34-36 is also a deep drive and using advanced rules you need to see if it goes out or not.

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - WALK ON BETTS CARD.

• RESULT of ROLL ABOVE - OUT ON BETTS CARD. Out on Mookie Betts card - in this case the 20-sided die determines the type of out and if any runners advance, or doubled off, etc.

The 20-sided dice is ignored unless the result is in the "out" range for the batter or pitcher or if there is noone on base and the pitcher card results in a balk, wild pitch or passed ball.

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, which includes base running, errors and unusual plays, and here for more advanced rules.

The cards above and on the spreadsheet show the players 2019 team, but if you want to play 2020 games you can use this reference of the players on each team.