Monday, April 28, 2025

How We Layout Statis-Pro Sheets: Amazing 9th Inning Mets Debut in Milwaukee

 



The Mets 7-3 win in Milwaukee was no surprise, as we looked over their team. What was amazing was that Nestor Cortes held them to three hits in 7 innings to outduel Kodai Senga and when Garrett Mitchell threw out Lindor at the plate to end the 8th, it was 3-0 Brewers with their ace reliever Trevor Megill, a PB 2-9, coming in for the save.

Francisco Lindor greeted Megill with a double and then Francisco Álvarez and Brandon Nimmo homered and it was 3-3. The Mets ace reliever would not blow that one as Edwin Díaz then struck out the side in the bottom of the 9th, Juan Soto hit  a 3-run homer in the top of the 10th and the Mets won the opener 7-3.

I wanted to show how I lay out the Statis-Pro board when I am using the sheets available for free. I actually put the two pitchers in the game at any moment at the top of the board above the team they are facing - so the home pitcher is on the left but the visiting team's batters are below him for easy reference depending on if the PB rating is on the hitter or batter card. I also do this on the scoresheets you can see below the box scores, to more easily tally the pitcher's line after the game and add it to the box score below.
 
One thing I've added to the box scores below is the rank of any player in the top 200 players so far this season based on WAR, followed by the OPS the batter would get on averaged using his projected card. So the Mets line-up starts with Soto, who so far has been the 85th most valuable player in the majors based on WAR and his card would project a 0.946 OPS, then Pete Alonso ranks 5th so far in the actual MLB season, and Francisco Lindor ranks 113th.  While he didn't win this one in Statis-Pro, the Mets starting pitcher for the game Kodai Senga ranks 66th so far in the actual season in WAR.

The following is the link to play the free Statis-Pro Baseball Game, with sheets for 60 all-time great teams included, then you can click on the 2025 projected batters and 2025 projected pitchers to play current teams.
 
Pos      New York Mets             WAR#   OPS      AB   R   H    RBI   Other
DHJuan Soto850.9465113gw-hr
1bPete Alonso50.8005000 
SSFrancisco Lindor1130.78341202b,w
CFrancisco Álvarez 0.78452232 hrs
CFBrandon Nimmo 0.7635121hr
3bMark Vientos 0.7595010 
lfTyrone Taylor 0.68320102b,w
ph-lfJesse Winker 0.73920202b
pr-lfJose Siri 0.6870000 
RFStarling Marte 0.7194100 
2BJeff McNeil 0.7114120 
 Game Bat Ave. 0.317  417137 
 Last 2 inn 0.616  13787 
 First 8 inn 0.179  28050 
         
warNY Mets PitchersPBERAIPHRERW/K
66Kodai Senga2'-83.5164332'/5
132Reed Garrett2'-83.531.34001'/1
 A.J. Minter2'-83.420.21000'/1
WEdwin Díaz2'-92.9521000'/3
         
         
PosMilwaukee BrewersWAR#OPSABRHRBIOther
LFChristian Yelich 0.7904000w
DHJackson Chourio920.7595010 
CWilliam Contreras1390.7964100w
1bRhys Hoskins 0.7655122hr
RFGarrett Mitchell 0.7345010 
CFSal Frelick 0.7193010w
3bJoey Ortiz 0.7074010 
ssBrice Turang510.6814120sb
2bVinny Capra 0.6993020 
pr-2bIsaac Collins 0.6971000 
 Game Bat Ave 0.263  383102 
         
 Milwaukee pitchersPBERAIPHRERW/K
 Nestor Cortes2'-83.5673001'/2
 Joel Payamps2'-83.4912000'/2
 Trevor Megill2'-93.3703330'/0
 Nick Mears2'-73.811000'/1
LBryan Hudson2'-73.5502320'/0
 Jared Koenig4'-73.912110'/3
Finale








Sunday, April 27, 2025

33 New Statis-Pro Pitchers Cards Added to Game

We also completed checking the pitchers rosters and have added these 33 pitchers to the Statis-Pro pitchers sheets. If we added thenew pitcher card to the starting rotation, then they have a number from 1 (meaning an ace, which is what Jacob deGrom is recommended as for the Rangers in our projected cards, and Jeffrey Springs is for the Athletics.

For relievers, we just listed them in order of projected ERA.

The other thing we did on the sheets for pitchers and batters is to add a WARrnk column which lets you know if any players on the team are one of the top 200 players so far season based on WAR. Remember the cards are based on the projected stats for the season, so while Tyler Mahle is the 16th best players so far this season based on WAR, his card is only an average PB 4-7.

 
Team  Rotation   New Pitching Card      PB      WARrnk   SR   RR   MaxIP   ERA
Tex1Jacob deGrom2'-9 13052.83
Ath1Jeffrey Springs2'-7 1204.93.77
WSN2Brad Lord2'-7 13053.86
Mia2Max Meyer2'-7391305.15.17
Cle3Gavin Williams2'-7 1305.23.63
LAA3José Soriano2'-7 1305.13.70
Cin3Nick Lodolo2'-7621305.33.80
WSN3Trevor Williams2'-7 1204.83.91
ChC4Matthew Boyd2'-71471405.53.86
ChC5Ben Brown2'-7 1104.53.64
TBR5Shane Baz2'-71491405.63.84
Det5Jackson Jobe2'-7 13053.98
CHW5Sean Burke4'-7 1305.34.26
Sea6Luis Castillo2'-7 15063.68
NYY6Clarke Schmidt2'-7 1405.63.78
CHW6Shane Smith4'-7631204.64.10
TBR Drew Rasmussen2'-8106042.33.09
Bos Garrett Whitlock2'-7145041.83.58
SFG Landen Roupp2'-7 1305.33.60
Tor Yimi García2'-7146020.93.63
Ari Shelby Miller2'-7108031.13.69
KCR Kris Bubic2'-720031.33.91
Tex Tyler Mahle4'-71613054.01
StL Steven Matz4'-7170074.34.01
Ath Osvaldo Bido4'-7 052.64.27
SFG Jordan Hicks4'-7 052.74.27
Min Chris Paddack4'-7 063.44.28
Cle Luis Ortiz4'-7 1305.14.43
Hou Hayden Wesneski4'-7 1104.44.50
Bos Sean Newcomb2'-6 031.24.58
StL Kyle Leahy2'-7187041.44.68
Ath Justin Sterner2'-795020.94.70
Mia Connor Gillispie2'-4 053.15.60

Statis-Pro Rosters Updated with 49 Cards of Batters not included in Debut Team Sheets

Being swamped at work just haven't had a chance to play any Statis-Pro games or post for a while, but finally had a chance today to check rosters.

Below are 49 batters on active MLB rosters for whom I did not have a Statis-Pro projected 2025 card at the start of the season on the team by team sheets of batter cards.  We have now added all the players below to their teams.

You can print out two teams from that sheet as well as the same team's pitchers on this link to play a free Statis-Pro game. We always encourage new players to use this to try out the game using dice and then look for a game on-line to purchase from someone else for the full fun of Fast Action Cards and out charts. For those who already love the game, the sheets above give a nice check list of who is on rosters if you are playing the current season, and then use the numbers on the sheet to make new cards for any missing players.


When we add cards, we are just using our standard replacement cards, and just looking up three items for each player. The position, the Speed (if they would have stolen 30 bases in a full season we score that as an "A" speed, for at least 20 steals "B", 10 steals for "C", 1 steal for a "D" and only 0 steals gets an "E" meaning he cannot steal.

The rest of the card is standard for all replacement players who do not have a card, and basically just take the players projected OPS and the sheets show the transition to the Home Run Range as indicated below with all the other results ranges the same for all players. The example above is Zach Neto whose numbers are then the third player listed below. You see he plays for the Los Angeles Angels and we put him as the No. 2 hitter in the Angels line-up, he plays shortstop, and is a Speed E, and an OPS range around 0.750 gives a new player a 27-32 home run range.

Neto is one of only 10 players whose card looked good enough to start in the Statis-Pro line-up. The other 39 new cards were added as bench players, and we list them from best OPS to worse, though Brooks Lee's outstanding batting card at shortstop is the best and would start for most teams, but not ahead of Carlos Correa for the Twins.
 
Team    Line-up   New Cards Starting Line-up   Position  HRs       Speed    OPS
BAL2Gunnar HendersonSS27-34C0.852
MIA2Jesús SánchezRF27-33C0.793
LAA2Zach NetoSS27-32A0.764
MIA3Agustín RamírezC27-32B0.770
NYM4Francisco ÁlvarezC27-33D0.784
MIA4Connor Norby3B27-32C0.763
PIT5Heliot RamosC27-33C0.788
ATL6Sean MurphyC27-33E0.804
ATH8Nick Kurtz1B27-31C0.706
NYM9Jeff McNeil2B27-31D0.711
TeamLine-upNew Cards ReservesPositionHRsSpeedOPS
MINBenchBrooks LeeSS27-32C0.773
ATLBenchAlex VerdugoOF27-32D0.754
CINBenchAustin HaysOF27-32D0.754
KCRBenchDrew WatersOF27-31B0.707
BOSBenchBlake SabolC27-31D0.698
COLBenchAaron Schunk3B27-31C0.697
LAABenchJ.D.Davis3B27-31E0.693
SDPBenchConnor Joe1B27-31D0.692
STLBenchThomas Saggese2B27-31D0.691
SDPBenchOrlando ArciaSS27-31D0.689
PITBenchAlexander CanarioOF27-31D0.687
COLBenchOwen Miller1B27-31C0.684
CLEBenchÁngel MartínezOF27-31C0.679
CINBenchNoelvi Marte3B27-31B0.676
STLBenchYohel PozoC27-28E0.670
MILBenchDaz CameronOF27-28B0.667
PHIBenchCal StevensonOF27-28B0.664
LADBenchKiké HernándezIF27-28D0.655
SFGBenchChristian KossSS27-28D0.655
TORBenchAdam Frazier2B27-28C0.648
ATLBenchStuart FairchildOF27-28C0.646
DETBenchJace Jung3B27-28D0.645
PHIBenchWeston WilsonOF27-28C0.635
PITBenchMatt GorskiOF27-28C0.635
ARIBenchTim Tawa2B27-28D0.632
SEABenchLeo RivasSS27B0.617
SEABenchBen RortvedtC27D0.608
COLBenchAlan Trejo3BNo HRC0.570
ARIBenchJorge BarrosaOFNo HRD0.550
CLEBenchWill WilsonSSNo HRD0.550
MIABenchRonny Simon2BNo HRD0.550
TBRBenchChandler SimpsonOFNo HRD0.550
WSNBenchNasim NuñezSSNo HRD0.550
TEXBenchNick AhmedSSNo HRD0.549
NYMBenchJosé AzócarOFNo HRB0.547
SDPBenchTyler Wade3bNo HRA0.544
DETBenchTomás NidoCNo HRD0.534
SDPBenchMartin MaldonadoCNo HRE0.533
TEXBenchDustin HarrisOFNo HRD0.528
SDPBenchMason McCoySSNo HRC0.522

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Braves Start Statis-pro Better Than MLB - 5-0 Sale Shutout

 The Atlanta Braves won their second actual MLB game to try to start to turn their terrible start around.

The Statis-Pro season started better as Chris Sale threw 7 scoreless innings. A less likely hero was backup Eli White, who homered after entering the game for am injured Michael Harris.





Monday, April 7, 2025

9 Slight Updates to Men's Cards and Our Bracket Falls from 99.9% to 98% with Duke Loss

In addition to the four new Women's teams added to the Value Add Basketball Game great teams from the 2025 season, we had recently added several men's teams already listed. Nine of those teams were still playing, and their team cards still good except some need their Dunk Range and Adj Dunk defensive ratings adjusted slightly until they are updated. The following are the link to those 9 teams with the slight adjustments to the cards.

The bracket we based on www.kenpom.com balance in offense and defense rose to 40,000th of 24,400,000 until Duke blew their lead on Houston late. Now even after the correct pick of Florida as champ the bracket was still only back to the 98th percentile. That's it for the college basketball focus for a while. Below is the image of the high mark for the bracket before the Duke loss.



Arizona 2025, Off 114, Def 100 , Rating -3 Caleb Love - cards are accurate as recently posted

Arkansas 2025, Off 107, Def 98 , Rating -8 Adou Thiero - cards are accurate as recently posted

Auburn 2025, Off 122, Def 101 , Rating +4 Johni Broome - rating increased to +6, dunk improved to 51-62 and defensive Adj Dunk improved to -1



BYU 2025, Off 118, Def 111 , Rating -10 Richie Saunders - cards are accurate as recently posted


Duke 2025, Off123, Def 97 , Rating +9 Cooper Flagg - rating increased to +11, dunk improved to 51-61 and defensive Adj Dunk improved to -1

Florida 2025, Off 123, Def 98 , Rating +8 Walter Clayton - rating increased to +12, dunk improved to 51-62 and defensive Adj Dunk improved to -2


Maryland 2025, Off 112, Def 100 , Rating -5 Derik Queen - cards are accurate as recently posted

Michigan State 2025, Off 111, Def 94 , Rating 0 Jaxon Kohler - rating increased to +1, dunk improved to 51-56 and defensive Adj Dunk improved to -3

Mississippi 2025, Off 111, Def 101 , Rating -7 Sean Pedulla - cards are accurate as recently posted



Sunday, April 6, 2025

UConn Dominates, Added as 1 of 4 New Women's Value Add Basketball Teams

While we had switched to our Statis-Pro baseball half of the season, today's basketball women's championship  required another post ...

UConn looked every bit as dominant as the great teams over the years in two blowout wins in the Final 4 this weekend to take the schools 12th championship. It has been a while (2016) since we added a UConn Women's team to the Value Add Basketball Game, so we have calculated their cards along with three other Sweet 16 teams we are adding because their school was not yet represented in the game - Mississippi, Kansas State, and the second best 2025 team we are adding - TCU. Last year's South Carolina team is already in the game, and we usually wait at least a few years to add a new team.

Here are the cards which you can use, but they will be added to the list on the game instructions soon for easier printing.








The following are links to the 10 players from each team in the game. Our format limits us to including the 10 main players for each team to fit on the one sheet - with five starters in the top row and five players off the bench in the bottom row.

Player                                          Great_Team                                                pos
Kaitlyn ChenConnecticut 2025, 5'9, ppg 7.11-PG
Azzi FuddConnecticut 2025, 5'11, ppg 13.32-SG
Paige BueckersConnecticut 2025, 5'11, ppg 203-SF
Sarah StrongConnecticut 2025, 6'2, ppg 16.24-PF
Jana El AlfyConnecticut 2025, 6'4, ppg 5.15-C
KK ArnoldConnecticut 2025, 5'9, ppg 5.41-PG
Ice BradyConnecticut 2025, 6'3, ppg 3.72-SG
Ashlynn ShadeConnecticut 2025, 5'10, ppg 7.83-SF
Morgan CheliConnecticut 2025, 6'2, ppg 2.54-PF
Aubrey GriffinConnecticut 2025, 6'1, ppg 4.75-C
Serena SundellKansas St. 2025, 6'1, ppg 14.11-PG
Zyanna WalkerKansas St. 2025, 5'8, ppg 8.22-SG
Jaelyn GlennKansas St. 2025, 6'1, ppg 9.73-SF
Temira PoindexterKansas St. 2025, 6'1, ppg 12.54-PF
Ayoka LeeKansas St. 2025, 6'6, ppg 15.45-C
Taryn SidesKansas St. 2025, 5'6, ppg 9.21-PG
Gisela SanchezKansas St. 2025, 6'3, ppg 4.22-SG
Eliza MaupinKansas St. 2025, 6'3, ppg 3.93-SF
Imani LesterKansas St. 2025, 6'3, ppg 2.44-PF
Kennedy TaylorKansas St. 2025, 6'3, ppg 7.15-C
Tameiya SadlerMississippi 2025, 5'8, ppg 6.71-PG
Madison ScottMississippi 2025, 6'1, ppg 11.82-SG
Kennedy Todd-WilliamsMississippi 2025, 5'11, ppg 11.43-SF
Sira ThienouMississippi 2025, 6'0, ppg 10.54-PF
Starr JacobsMississippi 2025, 6'2, ppg 10.95-C
KK DeansMississippi 2025, 5'8, ppg 9.31-PG
Mariyah NoelMississippi 2025, 5'10, ppg 2.22-SG
Ayanna ThompsonMississippi 2025, 6'1, ppg 2.33-SF
Kharyssa RichardsonMississippi 2025, 6'2, ppg 3.74-PF
Christeen IwualaMississippi 2025, 6'2, ppg 6.85-C
Hailey Van LithTCU 2025, 5'7, ppg 17.91-PG
Donovyn HunterTCU 2025, 6'0, ppg 5.92-SG
Madison ConnerTCU 2025, 5'11, ppg 14.43-SF
Agnes Emma-NnopuTCU 2025, 5'11, ppg 6.54-PF
Sedona PrinceTCU 2025, 6'7, ppg 17.25-C
Una JovanovicTCU 2025, 5'9, ppg 21-PG
Knisha GodfreyTCU 2025, 5'9, ppg 1.72-SG
Taylor BigbyTCU 2025, 6'1, ppg 5.93-SF
Aaliyah RobersonTCU 2025, 6'2, ppg 4.74-PF
Deasia MerrillTCU 2025, 6'1, ppg 3.95-C

Saturday, April 5, 2025

Verlander Bests Musgrove as Padres Fielding Collapses.

 Admittedly we had one eye on the UConn women looking like a potential new Value Add Basketball team as they won a Final 4 blowout, while we had see Justin Verlander look 42 years old in his real debut.

However in the Statis-pro baseball debut he enjoyed a couple of deep drives being caught in his new home park in San Francisco and ridiculous support in a 13-2 win.


The Padres Joe Musgrove had the worst luck we remember, with 3 errors committed behind him as he allowed 6 runs, all unearned.





Friday, April 4, 2025

NL "old West" Project Cards

You can play your own free Statis-Pro game and any of our all time greatest 60 teams by clicking here, or you can use the 2025 projected batters and pitchers.

The format is just google sheets, so you need to define the area around a team and then print. We will start to produce PDFs of each team like below to give you another option. Our opening 2-game series was the LA Dodgers vs. Cincinnati Reds in one of two 6-team NL Divisions we will play. Here the other four teams in that division - five teams from the old NL West Division from back when I was playing in the 1980s and 90s - with the addition of Arizona. Here is a PDF, with the batters, then the fielders in the middle, then the pitcher's for the rest of our "old NL West + ARI."

The red player is the suggested closer, with suggested starting pitchers above them and relievers below them. They basically go from best to worst with the top 6 starters we recommend at the top, then below the closer another 13 relieves from next best to worst.

Standings

LA Dodgers 5-1

SD Padres 0-0

Atlanta Braves 0-0

SF Giants 0-0

Arizona Diamondbacks 0-0

Cincinnati Reds 1-5

Arizona Diamondbacks 2025 Projected Cards


Atlanta Braves 2025 Projected Cards

San Diego Padres 2025 Projected Cards

San Francisco Giants 2025 Projected Cards






Thursday, April 3, 2025

Ohtani, de la Cruz Late Heroics vs. Closers - Dodgers Win in 10th

If the rest of our 2025 Statis-Pro is exciting as our season opener this will be fun.

Nick Martinez started the game by keeping the action on his card "8" on a pb 2-8 card to record a strikeout on what would have been a homer for Shohei Ohtani against most pitchers (28 random number) and kept it close 2-0 into the 9th.  We track our results here.

But after Tyler Glasnow left with 7 innings of 2 hit ball, Elly De La Cruz singled a runner to 3rd with 2 outs  in the 9th inning, stole second base and then scored the game tying run to force extra innings and deny ace Tanner Scott the save.

(Post note: the Reds started with hope in the second game when Cruz led off with a homer. However it was all Dodgers after that in a 9-1 win. Back to the first game ...)

Reds ace reliever Alexis Díaz came in to get the first two outs in the top of the 10th, but at only an above-average PB 2-7, he left a pitch up to Ohtani who drilled a two run homer to give the Dodgers a 4-2 Opening Day win. 

Miguel Rojas appeared to give the Dodgers some breathing room with a DEEP drive in the 5th that usually goes out in Cincinnati's home games (see Deep 11'-68 = HR, Great American Ball Park CIN) in the header of their batters cards to see that 11-68 is a homer in Cincinnati while only a 71-88 is a deep fly caught for an out with runners advancing.

Instead the Dodgers has to build a 2-0 without a long ball, capped when Tommy Edman came in as a pinch runner in the 8th, stole second base, then scored on a double by Andy Pages to make it 2-0, before Cruz's heroics.

Many of the top relievers for both teams were used in this game, so by our league rules cannot be used in the 2nd game at the other place, in this case the much more forgiving pitchers park in Los Angeles (Deep 11'-35 = HR, Dodger Stadium), so a flyout on 36-88. The Dodgers seem to have a bigger edge in that game because each series we throw either the 1st and 4th best starter or the 2nd and 3rd, which in this case means the Reds have only the average (PB 4-7) lefty Andrew Abbott while even the Dodgers 4th best starter Roki Sasaki is an elite PB2-8 (top 15% of all pitchers including closers based on his WAR per 9 innings minus ERA.

If the Dodgers get going, the key for the Reds will be to not fall behind by 5 runs by the end of the 8th, since that would give the Dodgers a chance to claim a "sweep" of 3 games to 0 or a blowout win, whereas a closer game like this one is simply scored as a 2 games to 1 edge.

You can play your own free Statis-Pro game and any of our all time greatest 60 teams by clicking here, or you can use the 2025 projected batters and pitchers.







Statis-Pro Baseball - Part 3 - Batters

 Here are the Statis-Pro baseball batters for the 2025 projected season. Click here for all teams, the Dodgers are pictured below.





Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Statis-Pro Baseball - 2nd of 3 Parts - Ball Park Factors

 This week we finally calculated the projected 2025 Pitchers' cards. Before we complete the teams with the Projected batter cards, we need to use the ballpark factors.

Each batter has three DEEP numbers on their cards, and those determine if a deep drive is caught with all runners advancing for a "Sacfly" (technically not recorded as a Sac Fly unless a runner was on third and scored, but all advance) or goes out of the park for a homer. We need to calculate that before calculating the batters card because the batter will have more of their deep drives go out of the park at home, and thus we only want to Home Run range on their card to create the right chance of a homer knowing that about this many will go out of the park on deep drives.

Therefore during a game you only need to worry about the Deep HR range below from 11-88. The second number is just to let you know what was taken off a card when it was calculated. 

Abb     Team                                Park Name                           HR Range  Subtract HR fr Cards
ARIArizona DiamondbacksChase Field11'-471.5
ATHAthleticsSutter Health Park11'-481.5
ATLAtlanta BravesTruist Park11'-431.4
BALBaltimore OriolesOriole Park at Camden Yards11'-351.2
BOSBoston Red SoxFenway Park11'-681.9
CHCChicago CubsWrigley Field11'-261.1
CHWChicago White SoxRate Field11'-531.6
CINCincinnati RedsGreat American Ball Park11'-681.9
CLECleveland GuardiansProgressive Field11'-431.4
COLColorado RockiesCoors Field11'-882.7
DETDetroit TigersComerica Park11'-561.6
HOUHouston AstrosDaikin Park11'-481.5
KCRKansas City RoyalsKauffman Stadium11'-711.9
LAALos Angeles AngelsAngel Stadium11'-551.6
LADLos Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium11'-351.2
MIAMiami MarlinsloanDepot park11'-762
MILMilwaukee BrewersAmerican Family Field11'-431.4
MINMinnesota TwinsTarget Field11'-481.5
NYMNew York MetsCiti Field11'-301.1
NYYNew York YankeesYankee Stadium11'-461.5
PHIPhiladelphia PhilliesCitizens Bank Park11'-521.5
PITPittsburgh PiratesPNC Park11'-611.7
SDPSan Diego PadresPETCO Park11'-241
SEASeattle MarinersT-Mobile Park11'-140.8
SFGSan Francisco GiantsOracle Park11'-311.1
STLSt. Louis CardinalsBusch Stadium11'-461.5
TBRTampa Bay RaysGeorge M. Steinbrenner Field11'-481.5
TEXTexas RangersGlobe Life Field11'-541.6
TORToronto Blue JaysRogers Centre11'-431.4
WSNWashington NationalsNationals Park11'-511.5

Monday, March 31, 2025

Statis-Pro Baseball Pitcher Cards Projected

For our baseball readers, we have completed the projected pitching cards for each team, which you can access by clicking this link. We will display the ridiculously good Los Angeles Dodgers rotation as our example. Note, we did correct a formula the morning of April 1 that updated PB numbers for a number of pitchers.


For those of you who do not know the game, here is what each column means. 

Number next to the team (LAD for LA Dodgers in this case) is our suggested pitching rotation (1-6, though we just use the first 4 when playing our games) and then No. 10 is the ace reliever and the relievers cards are rated from best to worst.

The PB number is the key to the Statis-Pro game as it is a 2-12 dice roll (or card flip) that determines if they pitcher keeps the action on his card (in his range) or puts in on the batter's card where extra base hits can occur.

PB 2-9 means a pitcher in the top 5 percent of all pitchers in WAR per inning pitched, and the Dodgers have a rare PB2-9 starting pitchers - meaning all those pitchers keep the action on their card 83% of the time with only 10, 11 or 12 rolls ending up on the batters card. Decades ago it was rare to have a PB2-9 starter, but starters went 9 innings. Now there are more, but it is partly because they only have to throw hard for 6 innings typically (see max innings).

PB2-8 is next best, then PB2-7 is still strong, and PB 47 is average controlling the action exactly half the time, and then down to weaker pitchers.

After that the ranges tell what happens if the action is kept on the pitcher's card, and a random number or two 8-sided dice rolls from 11-88. So 11 is always an infield single then the next lowest numbers a single to left, center or fight field then...

BK is a balk.

K is a strikeout

BB is a walk

CD-2 is an out unless the runners are on base, then the catcher must make a clutch play like preventing a passed ball or fielding a ball in front of the plate.

WP is an out unless runners are on base - then it is a wild pitch.

Out is an out.

The next three numbers calculate when a pitcher will get tired.

SR is a starting pitcher's endurance, and it drops 1 every time the pitcher allows a hit, walk or hits a batter, as well as every time an earned run scores.

RR is the same for a relief pitcher.

IP is the maximum number of innings a pitcher can pitch.

Fielding is the chance a pitcher makes and error or a clutch defensive play, but at this point every pitchers starts average until we update fielding.