18 All-Time Statis-Pro Pitchers for World Baseball Classic (11 countries, 5 states)

 One of our most popular blog series played off the current Statis-Pro World Baseball Classic teams against each other. We decided we would go ahead and make an all-time set of Statis-Pro cards. We will features the best players from 5 non-US countries, then two groups of countries (Asia and Central America), and five US States for a 12 team league. I'm not sure when we will be done - but we did pull all the stats we needed and picked the players we will feature.

We gave each of the teams three closers who were lock down relievers. Then we set up a "rotation" of which we will probably start pitchers 1 to 4, then use the rest as middle relief to get to the starters. We will choose the batters next, but here are the batters.

The first four pitchers for each team are the pitchers in the order in which we would start them in our rotation. Then the next 11 could be started in that order or brought in in relief. Then the final three pitchers for each team are the closers I would save until the final inning. The red also breaks up the teams so you know a new team begins with the next player after the red - who I would designate as their Ace starter.
 

Team	Name	Yrs	WAR/Yr	Record	ERA	SO	SV
Asia (Japan)	Yu Darvish	2012-2022	3.1	95-75	3.50	1788	0
Asia (Japan)	Shohei Ohtani	2018-2022	2.2	28-14	2.96	441	0
Asia (S. Korea)	Chan Ho Park	1994-2010	1.1	124-98	4.36	1715	2
Asia (Japan)	Hiroki Kuroda	2008-2014	3.1	79-79	3.45	986	0
Asia (Japan)	Hisashi Iwakuma	2012-2017	2.8	63-39	3.42	714	2
Asia (Japan)	Masahiro Tanaka	2014-2020	2.5	78-46	3.74	991	0
Asia (S. Korea)	Hyun Jin Ryu	2013-2022	2.0	75-45	3.27	896	1
Asia (Japan)	Hideo Nomo	1995-2008	1.8	123-109	4.24	1918	0
Asia (Japan)	Masato Yoshii	1998-2002	1.5	32-47	4.62	447	0
Asia (Taiwan)	Chien-Ming Wang	2005-2016	1.4	68-34	4.36	394	1
Asia (Japan)	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	1997-2005	1.3	45-43	3.70	447	33
Asia (S. Korea)	Byung-Hyun Kim	1999-2007	1.2	54-60	4.42	806	86
Asia (Japan)	Kenta Maeda	2016-2021	1.2	59-41	3.87	834	6
Asia (Japan)	Tomo Ohka	1999-2009	1.2	51-68	4.26	590	0
Asia (Japan)	Daisuke Matsuzaka	2007-2014	1.2	56-43	4.45	720	1
Asia (Japan)	Koji Uehara	2009-2017	1.5	22-26	2.66	572	95
Asia (Japan)	Takashi Saito	2006-2012	1.5	21-15	2.34	400	84
Asia (Japan)	Akinori Otsuka	2004-2007	1.7	13-15	2.44	217	39
California	Tom Seaver (HOF)	1967-1986	5.3	311-205	2.86	3640	1
California	Randy Johnson (HOF)	1988-2009	4.7	303-166	3.29	4875	2
California	Don Drysdale (HOF)	1956-1969	4.4	209-166	2.95	2486	6
California	Lefty Gomez (HOF)	1930-1943	3.1	189-102	3.34	1468	10
California	Bob Lemon (HOF)	1941-1958	2.5	207-128	3.23	1277	22
California	Cole Hamels	2006-2020	3.9	163-122	3.43	2560	0
California	Dave Stieb	1979-1998	3.5	176-137	3.44	1669	3
California	Kevin Appier	1989-2004	3.4	169-137	3.74	1994	0
California	Gerrit Cole	2013-2022	3.3	130-71	3.23	1930	0
California	CC Sabathia	2001-2019	3.3	251-161	3.74	3093	0
California	Larry French	1929-1942	3.2	197-171	3.44	1187	17
California	Mark Prior	2002-2006	3.1	42-29	3.51	757	0
California	Mark Langston	1984-1999	3.1	179-158	3.97	2464	0
California	Jered Weaver	2006-2017	2.9	150-98	3.63	1621	0
California	Max Fried	2017-2022	2.8	54-25	3.09	617	0
California	Dennis Eckersley (HOF)	1975-1998	2.6	197-171	3.50	2401	390
California	Trevor Hoffman (HOF)	1993-2010	1.6	61-75	2.87	1133	601
California	Dan Quisenberry	1979-1990	2.0	56-46	2.76	379	244
Canada	Fergie Jenkins (HOF)	1965-1983	4.3	284-226	3.34	3192	7
Canada	Russ Ford	1909-1915	4.7	100-71	2.59	710	8
Canada	Jeff Zimmerman	1999-2001	2.5	17-12	3.27	213	32
Canada	Rich Harden	2003-2011	2.0	59-38	3.76	949	0
Canada	Cal Quantrill	2019-2022	1.7	31-16	3.54	369	1
Canada	Erik Bedard	2002-2014	1.6	71-82	3.99	1246	1
Canada	James Paxton	2013-2021	1.4	57-33	3.59	831	0
Canada	Paul Quantrill	1992-2005	1.3	68-78	3.83	725	21
Canada	Kirk McCaskill	1985-1996	1.2	106-108	4.12	1003	7
Canada	Phil Marchildon	1940-1950	1.2	68-75	3.93	481	2
Canada	Jesse Crain	2004-2013	1.1	45-30	3.05	440	4
Canada	Jeff Francis	2004-2015	0.9	72-82	4.97	869	1
Canada	Dick Fowler	1941-1952	0.8	66-79	4.11	382	4
Canada	Reggie Cleveland	1969-1981	0.6	105-106	4.01	930	25
Canada	Rheal Cormier	1991-2007	0.5	71-64	4.03	760	2
Canada	John Hiller	1965-1980	2.1	87-76	2.83	1036	125
Canada	Ryan Dempster	1998-2013	1.4	132-133	4.35	2075	87
Canada	Eric Gagne	1999-2008	1.2	33-26	3.47	718	187
C. Amer (Mexico)	Teddy Higuera	1985-1994	3.4	94-64	3.61	1081	0
C. Amer (Mexico)	Francisco Cordova	1996-2000	2.8	42-47	3.96	537	12
C. Amer (Mexico)	Fernando Valenzuela	1980-1997	2.2	173-153	3.54	2074	2
C. Amer (Nicaragua)	Dennis Martinez	1976-1998	2.1	245-193	3.70	2149	8
C. Amer (Mexico)	Ismael Valdez	1994-2005	2.0	104-105	4.09	1173	1
C. Amer (Mexico)	Jesse Flores	1942-1950	2.0	44-59	3.18	352	6
C. Amer (Mexico)	Julio Urias	2016-2022	1.8	49-17	2.82	593	4
C. Amer (Mexico)	Esteban Loaiza	1995-2008	1.6	126-114	4.65	1382	1
C. Amer (Mexico)	Yovani Gallardo	2007-2018	1.6	121-101	4.06	1584	1
C. Amer (Mexico)	Miguel Gonzalez	2012-2018	1.5	52-57	4.06	617	0
C. Amer (Mexico)	Cy Acosta	1972-1975	1.4	13-9	2.66	109	27
C. Amer (Mexico)	Jaime Barria	2018-2022	1.3	20-26	4.09	289	0
C. Amer (Nicaragua)	Albert Williams	1980-1984	1.3	35-38	4.24	262	2
C. Amer (Mexico)	Francisco Barrios	1974-1981	1.2	38-38	4.15	323	3
C. Amer (Panama)	Ramiro Mendoza	1996-2005	1.2	59-40	4.30	463	16
C. Amer (Panama)	Mariano Rivera (HOF)	1995-2013	3.0	82-60	2.21	1173	652
C. Amer (Mexico)	Joakim Soria	2007-2021	1.3	36-45	3.11	831	229
C. Amer (Mexico)	Roberto Osuna	2015-2020	1.4	14-18	2.74	348	155
Cuba	Luis Tiant	1964-1982	3.5	229-172	3.30	2416	15
Cuba	Jose Fernandez	2013-2016	3.3	38-17	2.58	589	0
Cuba	Orlando Hernandez	1998-2007	2.6	90-65	4.13	1086	2
Cuba	José Méndez (HOF)	1920-1926	0.7	30-9	3.46	139	8
Cuba	Dolf Luque	1914-1935	2.2	194-179	3.24	1130	29
Cuba	Martín Dihigo (HOF)	1923-1945	1.1	27-19	3.34	246	2
Cuba	Camilo Pascual	1954-1971	2.1	174-170	3.63	2167	10
Cuba	Connie Marrero	1950-1954	2.0	39-40	3.67	297	3
Cuba	Rolando Arrojo	1998-2002	2.0	40-42	4.55	512	6
Cuba	Mike Cuellar	1959-1977	1.9	185-130	3.14	1632	11
Cuba	Sandy Consuegra	1950-1957	1.5	51-32	3.37	193	28
Cuba	Liván Hernández	1996-2012	1.5	178-177	4.44	1976	1
Cuba	Heliodoro Díaz	1926-1935	1.4	28-50	4.15	409	3
Cuba	Basilio Rosell	1926-1929	1.4	17-45	4.52	226	2
Cuba	José Contreras	2003-2013	1.2	78-67	4.57	889	9
Cuba	Pedro Ramos	1955-1970	1.5	117-160	4.08	1305	54
Cuba	Aroldis Chapman	2010-2022	1.5	44-35	2.48	1045	315
Cuba	Raisel Iglesias	2015-2022	1.7	27-43	3.00	660	157
Dominican Rep	Pedro Martinez (HOF)	1992-2009	4.8	219-100	2.93	3154	3
Dominican Rep	Juan Marichal (HOF)	1960-1975	3.9	243-142	2.89	2303	2
Dominican Rep	Luis Castillo	2017-2022	3.2	48-55	3.59	937	0
Dominican Rep	Sandy Alcantara	2017-2022	2.8	34-43	3.10	638	0
Dominican Rep	Johnny Cueto	2008-2022	2.6	143-107	3.44	1812	0
Dominican Rep	Jose Rijo	1984-2002	2.5	116-91	3.24	1606	3
Dominican Rep	Juan Guzman	1991-2000	2.4	91-79	4.08	1243	0
Dominican Rep	Bartolo Colon	1997-2018	2.3	247-188	4.12	2535	0
Dominican Rep	Mario Soto	1977-1988	2.2	100-92	3.47	1449	4
Dominican Rep	Luis Severino	2015-2022	1.9	50-29	3.39	709	0
Dominican Rep	Pedro Astacio	1992-2006	1.9	129-124	4.67	1664	0
Dominican Rep	Ramon Martinez	1988-2001	1.8	135-88	3.67	1427	0
Dominican Rep	Ubaldo Jimenez	2006-2017	1.7	114-117	4.34	1720	1
Dominican Rep	Pascual Perez	1980-1991	1.7	67-68	3.44	822	0
Dominican Rep	Ervin Santana	2005-2021	1.7	151-129	4.11	1978	0
Dominican Rep	Armando Benitez	1994-2008	1.2	40-47	3.13	946	289
Dominican Rep	Francisco Cordero	1999-2012	1.2	47-53	3.38	796	329
Dominican Rep	Octavio Dotel	1999-2013	1.1	59-50	3.78	1143	109
Florida	Steve Carlton (HOF)	1965-1988	3.5	329-244	3.22	4136	2
Florida	Jacob deGrom	2014-2022	4.6	82-57	2.52	1607	0
Florida	Chris Sale	2010-2022	3.8	114-75	3.03	2064	12
Florida	Zack Greinke	2004-2022	3.8	223-141	3.42	2882	1
Florida	Dwight Gooden	1984-2000	3.0	194-112	3.51	2293	3
Florida	Juan Padrón	1922-1926	3.0	38-33	3.14	334	4
Florida	Alex Fernandez	1990-2000	2.8	107-87	3.74	1252	0
Florida	Mike Clevinger	2016-2022	2.4	51-30	3.39	694	0
Florida	Gio Gonzalez	2008-2020	2.3	131-101	3.70	1860	0
Florida	Ted Trent	1927-1939	2.1	82-58	3.34	696	6
Florida	Rick Rhoden	1974-1989	1.9	151-125	3.59	1419	1
Florida	Tim Wakefield	1992-2011	1.8	200-180	4.41	2156	22
Florida	Lance McCullers Jr.	2015-2022	1.6	49-32	3.48	800	0
Florida	Mike Hampton	1993-2010	1.3	148-115	4.06	1387	1
Florida	Ken Johnson	1958-1970	1.6	91-106	3.46	1042	8
Florida	Tom Gordon	1988-2009	1.7	138-126	3.96	1928	158
Florida	Mudcat Grant	1958-1971	1.4	145-119	3.63	1267	54
Florida	Jay Howell	1980-1994	1.0	58-53	3.34	666	155
New York	Orel Hershiser	1983-2000	2.9	204-150	3.48	2014	5
New York	John Candelaria	1975-1993	2.1	177-122	3.33	1673	29
New York	Sandy Koufax (HOF)	1955-1966	4.4	165-87	2.76	2396	9
New York	Warren Spahn (HOF)	1942-1965	4.4	363-245	3.09	2583	28
New York	Jim Palmer (HOF)	1965-1984	3.6	268-152	2.86	2212	4
New York	Sal Maglie	1945-1958	3.4	119-62	3.15	862	14
New York	Bill Dinneen	1898-1909	3.4	170-177	3.01	1127	7
New York	Whitey Ford (HOF)	1950-1967	3.3	236-106	2.75	1956	11
New York	Frank Viola	1982-1996	3.1	176-150	3.73	1844	0
New York	John Tudor	1979-1990	2.8	117-72	3.12	988	1
New York	Red Ryan	1923-1932	2.7	53-39	3.27	312	3
New York	Howard Ehmke	1915-1930	2.7	166-166	3.75	1030	15
New York	Harry Howell	1898-1910	2.5	131-146	2.74	986	6
New York	Johnny Antonelli	1948-1961	2.6	126-110	3.34	1162	21
New York	George Mogridge	1911-1927	1.9	132-133	3.23	678	21
New York	Waite Hoyt (HOF)	1918-1938	2.6	237-182	3.59	1206	53
New York	Hooks Wiltse	1904-1915	2.3	139-90	2.47	965	33
New York	John Franco	1984-2005	1.1	90-87	2.89	975	424
Pennsylvania	Christy Mathewson (HOF)	1900-1916	5.9	373-188	2.13	2507	30
Pennsylvania	Eddie Plank (HOF)	1901-1917	5.1	326-194	2.35	2246	23
Pennsylvania	Mike Mussina (HOF)	1991-2008	4.6	270-153	3.68	2813	0
Pennsylvania	Stan Coveleski (HOF)	1912-1928	4.8	215-142	2.89	981	21
Pennsylvania	Rube Waddell (HOF)	1897-1910	4.7	193-143	2.16	2316	5
Pennsylvania	Ed Walsh (HOF)	1904-1917	4.6	195-126	1.82	1736	35
Pennsylvania	Bob Shawkey	1913-1927	3.1	195-150	3.09	1360	29
Pennsylvania	Jamie Moyer	1986-2012	2.0	269-209	4.25	2441	0
Pennsylvania	Bucky Walters	1931-1950	2.4	198-160	3.30	1107	4
Pennsylvania	Sam McDowell	1961-1975	2.9	141-134	3.17	2453	14
Pennsylvania	Mark Gubicza	1984-1997	2.7	132-136	3.96	1371	2
Pennsylvania	Ray Caldwell	1910-1921	2.6	134-120	3.22	1006	8
Pennsylvania	Ken Raffensberger	1939-1954	2.3	119-154	3.60	806	16
Pennsylvania	Curt Simmons	1947-1967	2.1	193-183	3.54	1697	5
Pennsylvania	Bobby Shantz	1949-1964	2.0	119-99	3.38	1072	48
Pennsylvania	Herb Pennock (HOF)	1912-1934	2.0	241-162	3.60	1227	37
Pennsylvania	Bruce Sutter (HOF)	1976-1988	2.0	68-71	2.83	861	300
Pennsylvania	Sparky Lyle	1967-1982	1.4	99-76	2.88	873	238
Puerto Rico	Javier Vazquez	1998-2011	3.1	165-160	4.22	2536	0
Puerto Rico	Ed Figueroa	1974-1981	2.0	80-67	3.51	571	1
Puerto Rico	Jose Guzman	1985-1994	1.7	80-74	4.05	889	0
Puerto Rico	Jose Berrios	2016-2022	1.5	72-54	4.24	1006	0
Puerto Rico	Ruben Gomez	1953-1967	1.4	76-86	4.09	677	6
Puerto Rico	Hiram Bithorn	1942-1947	1.3	34-31	3.16	185	5
Puerto Rico	Luis Aquino	1986-1995	1.2	31-32	3.68	318	5
Puerto Rico	Joel Pineiro	2000-2011	1.1	104-93	4.41	1058	2
Puerto Rico	Omar Olivares	1990-2001	1.1	77-86	4.67	853	4
Puerto Rico	Juan Pizarro	1957-1974	0.9	131-105	3.43	1522	28
Puerto Rico	Kiko Calero	2003-2009	0.9	14-12	3.24	324	7
Puerto Rico	Angel Miranda	1993-1997	0.8	17-21	4.46	243	2
Puerto Rico	Roger Moret	1970-1978	0.8	47-27	3.66	408	12
Puerto Rico	Jaime Navarro	1989-2000	0.8	116-126	4.72	1113	2
Puerto Rico	Eduardo Rodriguez	1973-1979	0.7	42-36	3.89	430	32
Puerto Rico	Roberto Hernandez	1991-2007	1.1	67-71	3.45	945	326
Puerto Rico	Willie Hernandez	1977-1989	1.3	70-63	3.38	788	147
Puerto Rico	Edwin Díaz	2016-2022	1.5	16-29	2.93	657	205
Texas	Clayton Kershaw	2008-2022	4.9	197-87	2.48	2807	0
Texas	Greg Maddux (HOF)	1986-2008	4.6	355-227	3.16	3371	0
Texas	Nolan Ryan (HOF)	1966-1993	3.1	324-292	3.19	5714	3
Texas	Andy Cooper (HOF)	1920-1939	1.9	118-64	3.58	719	24
Texas	Hilton Smith (HOF)	1932-1948	1.5	70-39	2.89	575	11
Texas	Dave Brown	1920-1925	3.7	62-22	2.39	492	4
Texas	Hippo Vaughn	1908-1921	3.6	178-137	2.49	1416	5
Texas	Tex Hughson	1941-1949	3.3	96-54	2.94	693	17
Texas	Bill Foster (HOF)	1923-1937	3.3	110-56	2.63	922	12
Texas	Ned Garvin	1896-1904	2.7	58-97	2.72	612	3
Texas	Justin Thompson	1996-2005	2.6	36-43	4.02	428	0
Texas	John Lackey	2002-2017	2.5	188-147	3.92	2294	0
Texas	Josh Beckett	2001-2014	2.5	138-106	3.88	1901	0
Texas	Burt Hooton	1971-1985	2.4	151-136	3.38	1491	7
Texas	Sam Gray	1924-1933	2.4	111-115	4.18	730	21
Texas	Firpo Marberry	1923-1936	2.3	148-88	3.63	822	99
Texas	Joe Nathan	1999-2016	1.6	64-34	2.87	976	377
Texas	Ryan Pressly	2013-2022	1.0	29-28	3.20	561	77
Venezuela	Johan Santana	2000-2012	4.3	139-78	3.20	1988	1
Venezuela	Felix Hernandez	2005-2019	3.3	169-136	3.42	2524	0
Venezuela	Carlos Zambrano	2001-2012	3.2	132-91	3.66	1637	0
Venezuela	Freddy Garcia	1999-2013	2.3	156-108	4.15	1621	0
Venezuela	German Marquez	2016-2022	2.2	63-54	4.40	966	0
Venezuela	Eduardo Rodriguez	2015-2022	2.1	69-44	4.15	964	0
Venezuela	Anibal Sanchez	2006-2022	1.9	116-119	4.06	1774	0
Venezuela	Wilson Alvarez	1989-2005	1.8	102-92	3.96	1330	4
Venezuela	Luis Leal	1980-1985	1.8	51-58	4.14	491	1
Venezuela	Pablo Lopez	2018-2022	1.7	28-31	3.94	489	0
Venezuela	Carlos Carrasco	2009-2022	1.7	104-85	3.87	1507	2
Venezuela	Felipe Vazquez	2015-2019	1.7	17-13	2.61	402	89
Venezuela	Ranger Suarez	2018-2022	1.6	25-15	3.12	290	4
Venezuela	Henderson Alvarez III	2011-2017	1.3	27-35	3.82	302	0
Venezuela	Jhoulys Chacin	2009-2022	1.3	85-91	4.18	1151	0
Venezuela	Kelvim Escobar	1997-2009	2.1	101-91	4.15	1310	59
Venezuela	Francisco Rodriguez	2002-2017	1.5	52-53	2.86	1142	437
Venezuela	Ugueth Urbina	1995-2005	1.2	44-49	3.45	814	237

Links to Easy to Print PDF Sheets for 60 Great Statis-Pro Teams!

 A wonderful peer-to-peer addition from a board game player to all other board game players - a reader produced these wonderful Statis-Pro batter sheets with one page for each of the 60 teams. He also updated the pitcher sheets for the same 60 teams.

Currently we have instructions to define and print from the google sheet, which you can still do, but this is much easier. Open the pdf link above, find the pages of the two teams you want to play (in my case Barry Bonds' Giants are page 49, while Sandy Koufax Dodgers are page 25.

Print out the Statis-Pro Baseball Instructions and the sheets for two teams and you are ready to play.

A couple of notes - we put the batters in a suggested batting order. We produced a 9-player line-up including a DH, but we also put "-bench" after the player we would sit if the pitcher is batting. Sometimes that is the DH, but sometimes we switch the DH to another position and sit the player at that position. For example, if the Oakland A's are using the DH that is where we put Reggie Jackson, but if pitchers are batting we can't lose his bat, so we move him to the outfield

The blue line or lines are listed after the nine starters. Most pitchers use a standard batting line (or card) that skips the PB 2-12 number to ignore the opposing pitcher's card and go straight to the 11-88 RN. Only a 11-14 is a single, a 15-48 a strikeout, 51 a walk, 52 hit by pitch and 53-88 an OUT. However, if a pitcher had enough at bats and hit better than a typical picture then there is an extra blue line for that pitcher - in this case if Livan Hernandez pitcher then when he comes to his plate he has a much better chance to hit.

A red line means the player did not have enough plate appearances to justify his batting line, so we still use it but if the action is on his card then you add the number indicated to the RN before lookin at his card for the result. The only player who would be both red and blue is Brooklyn Dodgers' pitcher Don Newcombe, who needs to add a +6 to the RN when he bats, which still makes him one of the best batting cards in the game.

Below the blue are the reserves in alpha order. A green line indicates we suggest that against left-handed pitchers you use the green sub in place of a starter with a green line.

Click for the free Statis-Pro Master Baseball Game. Click here for 60 of the all-time great MLB teams, or on teams of many of the all-time great players on teams by nation or state with one sheet for each team. Or click on the 2023 pitchers and 2023 batters in card form. You simply print two teams cards and then either print the master link above and fast action cards in master link or buy the dice to start playing.

Statis-Pro Baseball Master Instructions

Click here for links to the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams, or here for the 2026 batters and here for the 2026 pitchers. Each team has simplified rules listed under the players, so you can play a game you need nothing more than to print two teams, and get two 6-sided dice and two 8-sided dice of different colors.  

Search for "great Statis-Pro charts invented" further down in this blog if you want to use the original great charts but with adjustments for accuracy.

We consolidated various sets of instructions on Statis-Pro Baseball game into the following.

You can also read these instructions in this updated grid, or use the 3rd sheet on this google sheet which also includes all of the great team pitchers and hitters.

Basic Understanding of the Game 1

What you need to play 2

1. Dice or Fast Action Cards. 2

2. Player Cards 2

How to Play the Game 3

Setting Up 4

Order of Play 4

2-12 number: 4

11-88 number - 11 possible results (hits, balks, Ks, Walks, HBP, WP, PB, Out) 4

Left vs. Right Adjustment 12/88, 88/11 or other. 5

If Result is OUT: 5

Chance of Error on Hit or Out 6

Once you determine a player who might make an error - E-0 to E-10 6

SR and RR - How Long Can a Pitcher Pitch Before Getting Tired? 10

Taking Extra Bases on Hits, Hit and Runs, or Bunts 11

Optional Advanced Rules 13

Clutch Batting (BD): 14

Clutch Fielding (CD or for catcher CD-C): 14

Z-Play - unusual plays, injuries and tough fielding plays: 14

Statis-Pro Baseball was invented by Jim Barnes in 1970, and in an interview he invited others to adopt and update the game as “open source.” Our free version enables you to either play current teams with projected players, or to choose from 60 all-time great baseball teams. There is a complete game and many seasons of great advanced Statis-Pro cards on the Statis Pro Advanced Facebook page, if you want to try the game here first and consider ordering from them if you determine you like it.

Basic Understanding of the Game

The unique aspect of the game is that each plate appearance starts by determining if the pitcher is in control of the at-bat and his card will be used, or if he “makes a mistake” to put the action on the batter’s card and give him a chance for an extra base hit. An initial roll of two-tradition 6-sided dice or a use of “fast action cards” yield a number of 2-12. The best pitchers keep it on their card on 2-9, while the worst pitchers only control the action on a 2-4. Once you know whether the batter or pitcher card will be used for that at bat, a subsequent roll of two 8-sided dice for a result of 11-88 or a similar number from the fast action card gives the result of the plate appearance.

What you need to play

1. Dice or Fast Action Cards. 

You need one of the three things in these photos. If you choose to use dice, you need two traditional 6-sided dice, two 8-sided dice of different colors, and one 20-sided die. If you prefer to use the free fast action cards we provide, they look like the all-white card below. Others sell much nicer fast action cards, so google “statis-pro baseball fast action cards” and you can find a set for $10 - you can see the blue and green corner of one of those cards and they really do add to the game..

2. Player Cards 

Next, choose the teams you want to play. If you want to play two of the 60 all-time great teams,

Simply click on these Statis-Pro batter sheets with one page for each of the 60 teams, scroll to see the page number for the two team you want to print, and print them. The print the same page for each pitcher sheet for the same 60 teams (eg. The 1924 Washington Senators are page 60 on the batters and page 60 on the pitchers).

If you prefer to play modern players, then choose the pages of the teams you want from 2023 batters all 2023 pitchers - or 2022 Projected Batters (49 pages, 9 cards to a page) and All 2022 Projected Pitchers (62 pages, 9 cards to a page) - the cards will have ranges like the Scherzer vs. Betts cards below. So you will be using EITHER team sheets of players or individual cards of players.

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How to Play the Game

Setting Up

Choose a player on each team to pitch and play the other 8 positions - C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF and RF. Next choose if you will use an extra batter as a designated hitter (DH) or have pitchers hit in the game. Once you choose the 9 who will start the game, write them down in the order they will hit from 1st through 9th. On the all-time sheets the first nine batters are the line-up we suggest if using a DH. If playing that the pitcher bats, then either skip the DH in the lineup, or if you see a dash after the DH that means to leave them in the line-up and drop the players whose position they will play if no DH (eg Reggie Jackson's DH-CF means if pitcher is hitting them he plays CF instead of DH bit stays in the line-up). Players in green indicate we suggesting flipping the bottom player into the line-up against left-handed pitching. Pitchers batting numbers the appear in blue - a standard card with only hits up to 14 for all pitchers in each team unless there is a blue line with a pitcher's name on it, meaning he he is pitching he uses that card. Reserves are listed below the pitcher at bar cards, but you can change our suggested lineup anyway you want.

If you are using cards you can shuffle them, but if you printed out our free ones, you may just want to put them all in a big bowl to pull out the cards one at a time. Of course, if you are using the five dice then no shuffling is needed.

If you are using player cards, you can stack the line-up in order. If using team sheets, you may want to use a couple of business cards to put below each batter as they hit.

Order of Play

2-12 number:

Get a result of 2-12 from flipping a card or rolling the dice. If that number falls within the pitcher’s PB rating (pitcher or batter) then the action will occur on the pitcher’s card, and if outside that range it will occur on the batter’s card. The possible PB ranges on pitchers’ cards, from best to worst, are 2-9, 2-8, 2-7, 4-7, 2-6, 2-5 or 2-4.

If you choose to use optional advanced rules, look at the bottom of these rules for CD, BD or Z-plays, which can occur in place of the 2-12 number.

11-88 number - 11 possible results (hits, balks, Ks, Walks, HBP, WP, PB, Out)

On the 2nd card, read the second number (Random Number 11-88) to see what happens on that card, or look at the 8-sided dice for the 11-88 number.. (If noone is one base, change any BK, WP or CD on line 2 to an OUT).

Here are the 10 possible results:

1B = Single 

2B = Double (only on batters' cards)

3B = Triple (only on batters' cards)

HR = Home Run (only on batters' cards)

BK = Balk if anyone on base (only on pitchers' cards, if no one on base treat as OUT)

K = Strikeout 

W = Walk 

CD-C = Catcher Clutch Defense - if not using advanced rules treat as out

HPB = Hit by Pitched Ball (only on pitchers' cards)

WP/PB = Wild Pitch or Passed Ball  (only on pitchers' cards, if no one on base treat as OUT)

Out = see below.

Occasionally you will see a "+2 to RN" or some other number. When this happens, the batter had too few plate appearances to justify their OPS and if the pitcher leaves the action on their card then add the number to the next random number to gets results tallying where they would have logically ended up over time with more plate appearances. These players cannot get a hit on an 88, even if the left vs right indicates it is a hit.

If using player cards, the card will also indicate the fielder who gets the ball on a single (1Bf, 1B7, 1B8 or 1B9) or double (2B7, 2B8, 2B9). If using a sheet, the reading is simply 1B or 2B so use the second digit of the number to determine the field. A 1 or 2 (11, 12, 21, 22 etc.) indicates the batter pulled the ball, so a RN or RP hits it to LF, a SN, SP or P to CF and a LN or LP to right. If the last digit is 3 or 4, the hit goes to LF, 5 or 6 goes to CF and 7 or 8 goes to RF.

On old fast action cards, you would check after a WP or BK for a “yes” or “no” result, but skip that step even if using those old cards. If anyone is on base, the WP or BK occurs if it comes up on the card.

Left vs. Right Adjustment 12/88, 88/11 or other. 

The Cht numbers at the bottom right of the batter card indicates numbers on which results are adjusted based on if the opposing pitcher is right-handed or left-handed. The standard 12/88 for a left-handed batter indicates that an 11 or 12 is changed from a hit to a strikeout against a left handed pitcher, and an 88 is changed from an out to a single with runners advancing two bases against a right-handed batter. The standard right-handed batter has an 88/11 meaning an 88 against a left-handed pitcher is a single, runners advance two bases while an 11 is changed to a strikeout against a right-handed pitcher. Typically a switch-hitter is –/– meaning no adjustment.

For some batters there are more numbers impacted, for example a 14/85 would be the most extreme possible adjustment, and mean the batter struck out on 11-14 against lefties, and had singles with runners advancing 2 bases on 85-88. Just remember the number to the left of the dash is the adjustment against lefties, and the number to the right of the dash is the adjustment against righties. Further, the number either goes all the way down to 11, or all the way up to 88 from what is listed.

If a batter had a + number in RN then he cannot get a hit in an 88 - always score as an out.

If Result is OUT:

If the result is an OUT, the fast action cards we provide will tell you what type of out is made.

If using the nice Fast Action Cards you produce then the following will tell you what happens to runners on base.

G6A (grounder to short) or any other A at the end of a grounder tells you the batter is out, but all runners advance.

Gx6 or any other reading with an x in the middle indicates runners hold and if there is a force out then the defense can throw out a forced runner. However, if runners are on 1st and 3rd then the defense must choose whether to take the out at second base and let the runner on third score or hold the runner at third and throw out the batter to leave runners on 2nd and 3rd.

G6 or any other reading with no x or A indicates a double play grounder if a runner is on 1st. However, if there is a runner on 3rd and no outs, the defense needs to either hold him and just throw the batter out at 1st, or let him score and turn the double play. If bases are loaded with no outs, the defense can choose to either throw the runner out at home, or take the double play from 2nd to 1st and let him score.

Chance of Error on Hit or Out

An error can occur under any of the three systems you can use for random numbers.

If using dice, any time a 18 or 19 on the 20-sided die is rolled there is a chance for an error. On a hit, the outfielder who fields the ball could make an error to allow an extra base on the hit, while on an Out the player could allow a 1- or 2-base error instead of an out.

On the nice Fast Action Cards you can buy from someone, a * will appear by the out result to let you know to check for errors on the next card. When using those cards, check for an error only on hits on the batter’s card - there is no chance of an error on a hit off the pitcher’s card.

If using the free fast action cards we provide, 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.

Once you determine a player who might make an error - E-0 to E-10

If there is a chance of an error on a player, then the next fast action card will determine if the error is in the player's range. A player can have anywhere from an E-0 (the best, never makes an error) to the worst E-10. If using the fast action cards, the next card will tell you if the error is in that range (e.g. Error 3-10 would be an error for an E-3 but not for an E-2).

If using dice, the 20-sided die determines the same thing with a roll of 3 meaning the same as a 3-10 range is an error. If the roll is 10 or higher, then subtract 10 but if it is an error then it is in the range. So a 13 die roll would be a 2-base error for an E-3, but no error at all for an E-2.

Obviously you cannot have a double play with noone on base, pardon the type under “1” with bases empty, just a grounder from shortstop to first base.

SR and RR - How Long Can a Pitcher Pitch Before Getting Tired?

The SR number is used for a starting pitcher, and RR used for a relief pitcher to see when they tire in a game.

For example, Greg Maddux on the sheet above would start at 15 or his SR.

This number is lowered by 1 every time the pitcher:

1. Allows a runner to reach 1st base (unless on an error that is not his fault)

2. Allows an earned run

3. An inning ends while he is pitching (whether he started that inning, or cam in after it started)

Once a pitcher’s SR or RR is reduced to 0, his PB drops by 1, and then every additional education from one of those three occurs it is reduced by one more. If a pitcher started with the best rating of PB 2-9, then when he hit zero he would drop to PB 2-8, and then to 2-7, 4-7, 2-6, 2-5, 2-4, 2-3, 2-2 and if reduced further then the rest of the batters faced would skip the 2-12 number and automatically go to the 11-88 on the batter’s card.

Taking Extra Bases on Hits, Hit and Runs, or Bunts

Normally after getting the result you move onto the next batter. However, you can opt for any of the following strategies to advance base runners rather than going immediately to the next batter and the next 2-12 number.

Here are charts with various options. Note I have made some changes in writing after reviewing stats on frequencies of various scenarios. 

On bunts, we do have some all-time great players whose Sac (bunt) rating is AA+. The first time an AA+ player bunts in a game, use the AA column on the sacrifice chart BUT on an 11-28 he is safe at first base on a single. 

When a runner tries to take an extra base on a hit, the chart is used for the numbers on which he makes it to the next base. However, in some cases he cannot make it the extra base, but he is not thrown out either, he just sees a strong throw coming and stops at the base. He is only thrown if the 11-88 number for the throw is a 71-88 from a T-5 throwing arm for the outfielder, or a 75-88 for T-4, 81-88 for a T-3 and finally 85-88 for a T-2. Players advancing or being thrown out in modern baseball is even more rare, with layers taking the next base only 30 percent of the time and only being thrown out 1 percent of the time.

Optional Advanced Rules

You can choose to ignore a BD, CD or Z-play result to keep the game simple. If so, just ignore and play the 2-12 range to use the batter or pitcher card instead.

If you choose to play the advance rules, these can come up instead of the 2-12 number in the following ways.

If using dice, a roll of 20 on the 20-sided dice can overrule the 2-12 rating only if runners are on base.

If using fast action cards, in some cases a BD, CD or Z will come up instead of a 2-12 on some cards. With Fast Action Cards, Z-plays do happen even if noone is on base, but BD or CD is skipped if noone is on base.

Clutch Batting (BD):

If at least one runner is on base and the results is BD, or clutch batting, then the 11-88 number results in one of the following:

If the number would result in a 1B on the batters cards, then make the result is a 2B (double) and all runners on base score.

If the number would result in a 2B, 3B, HR or Deep on the batters card, then change to a home run.

If the number would have resulted in anything else on the batters card, then change to a foul ball, and the batter is still at the plate.

Clutch Fielding (CD or for catcher CD-C):

If the result is a CD-C then use the catcher's clutch defense rating from 1 to 5 but simply score as an Out if noone is on base. If a CD results and anyone is on base, then check to see which fielder has a chance to make a play. The fast action card will indicate which player, but if using dice then refer to the 2-12 number to determine the player.  If are using dice to determine which player has a chance for a clutch defensive player, or might commit and error - then use the following numbers:

2 or 3 = 1B, 4 = P, 5 = CF, 6 = 3B, 7 or 12 = SS, 8 = 2B, 9 - LF, 10 = C, 11 = RF.

Once you know the position, use that players CD rating of 1 to 5 then the 11-88 number on the chart below:

The earlier adjustment we made for stolen bases was simply using the existing charts, but if the player would have been caught stealing and the Random Number was ODD, then he just held the base and was not able to get a break to steal. That takes the stolen base success percentage from 64% to 82%, which is the actual change in Major League Baseball this season.

2nd to home on 1b	T2	T3	T4	T5
OBR A	11'-87 / out 88	11'-77 / out 85-88	11'-67 / out 83-88	11'-57 / out 81-88
OBR B	11'-77 / out 87-88	11'-67 / out 85-88	11'-57 / out 83-88	11'-47 / out 81-88
OBR C	11'-67 / out 87-88	11'-57 / out 85-88	11'-47 / out 83-88	11'-37 / out 81-88
OBR D	11'-57 / out 87-88	11'-47 / out 85-88	11'-37 / out 83-88	11'-27 / out 81-88
OBR E	11'-47 / out 87-88	11'-37 / out 85-88	11'-27 / out 83-88	11'-17 / out 81-88
1st to home on 2b	T2	T3	T4	T5
OBR A	11'-73 / out 87-88	11'-63 / out 85-88	11'-53 / out 83-88	11'-43 / out 81-88
OBR B	11'-63 / out 87-88	11'-53 / out 85-88	11'-43 / out 83-88	11'-33 / out 81-88
OBR C	11'-53 / out 87-88	11'-43 / out 85-88	11'-33 / out 83-88	11'-23 / out 81-88
OBR D	11'-43 / out 87-88	11'-33 / out 85-88	11'-23 / out 83-88	11'-13 / out 81-88
OBR E	11'-33 / out 87-88	11'-23 / out 85-88	11'-13 / out 83-88	Cannot attempt
1st to 3B on 1B9	T2	T3	T4	T5
OBR A	11'-73 / out 87-88	11'-63 / out 85-88	11'-53 / out 83-88	11'-43 / out 81-88
OBR B	11'-63 / out 87-88	11'-53 / out 85-88	11'-43 / out 83-88	11'-33 / out 81-88
OBR C	11'-53 / out 87-88	11'-43 / out 85-88	11'-33 / out 83-88	11'-23 / out 81-88
OBR D	11'-43 / out 87-88	11'-33 / out 85-88	11'-23 / out 83-88	11'-13 / out 81-88
OBR E	11'-33 / out 87-88	11'-23 / out 85-88	11'-13 / out 83-88	Cannot attempt
1st to 3B on 1B8	T2	T3	T4	T5
OBR A	11'-63 / out 87-88	11'-53 / out 85-88	11'-43 / out 83-88	11'-33 / out 81-88
OBR B	11'-53 / out 87-88	11'-43 / out 85-88	11'-33 / out 83-88	11'-23 / out 81-88
OBR C	11'-43 / out 87-88	11'-33 / out 85-88	11'-23 / out 83-88	11'-13 / out 81-88
OBR D	11'-33 / out 87-88	11'-23 / out 85-88	11'-13 / out 83-88	Cannot attempt
OBR E	11'-23 / out 87-88	11'-13 / out 85-88	Cannot attempt	Cannot attempt
1st to 3B on 1B7	T2	T3	T4	T5
OBR A	11'-53 / out 87-88	11'-43 / out 85-88	11'-33 / out 83-88	11'-23 / out 81-88
OBR B	11'-43 / out 87-88	11'-33 / out 85-88	11'-23 / out 83-88	11'-13 / out 81-88
OBR C	11'-33 / out 87-88	11'-23 / out 85-88	11'-13 / out 83-88	Cannot attempt
OBR D	11'-23 / out 87-88	11'-13 / out 85-88	Cannot attempt	Cannot attempt
OBR E	11'-13 / out 87-88	Cannot attempt	Cannot attempt	Cannot attempt

Decide before the game if you want these optional adjustments to the ranges above.

Optional Adjustments	Use 1st that applies	if 0 or 1 outs	if 2 outs
Regular Hit	any odd number RN	Same	add 20
Texas Leaguer	can divide RN by 12	add 40	add 60
Bloop	can divide RN by 4	add 20	add 40
Line Drive	can divide RN by 2	subtract 20	Same

The numbers above are based on these numbers.

Random Number 11-88	1st to 3rd on 1B	2nd to home on single	1st to home on double
Advances Extra Base	11-33	11-57	11-43
Only advances same as hitter	34-87	58-85	44-86
Out trying to Advance	88	86-88	87-88
Based on actual occurances through 7/4	1st to 3rd on 1B	2nd to home on single	1st to home on double
Advances Extra Base	2524	2887	1062
Only advances same as hitter	5691	1707	1420
Out trying to Advance	109	191	62

Below are the Clutch Defensive Charts so you have them in one place.

C-CD (Catcher)	CD1	CD2	CD3	CD4	CD5
Foul Out	11'-18	12'-18	11'-38	11'-48	11'-58
Passed Ball	21-58	31-58	41-58	51-58	61-64
Infield single	61-88	61-78	61-68	61-64	65-66
Lead runner out		81-88	71-88	65-88	67-88
1st Base & 3rd Base	CD1	CD2	CD3	CD4	CD5
Line Out, Lead Runner Doubled off	11'-18	11'-28	11'-38	11'-48	11'-58
Grounder, lead runner thrown out even if no force	21-28	31-48	41-58	51-68	61-78
Line Drive single, advance 2 bases	31-58	51-68	61-78	71-84	81-88
Double down line, runners score	61-88	71-88	81-88	85-88
Shortstop, 2nd Base or Pitcher	CD1	CD2	CD3	CD4	CD5
Line Out, Lead Runner Doubled off	11'-18	28-Nov	11'-38	11'-48	11'-58
Grounder, lead runner thrown out even if no force	21-28	31-48	41-58	51-68	51-78
Hard Grounder through for Single, runners advance 2 bases	31-88	51-88	61-68	71-88	81-88
Outfielder	CD1	CD2	CD3	CD4	CD5
Line Out, Lead Runner Doubled off	None	None	11'-14	11'-18	11'-24
Nice catch of line drive, runners hold	11'-18	11'-28	15-38	21-48	25-48
Nice catch of deep drive, runner on 2nd and/or 3rd advance	21-28	31-48	41-58	51-68	51-78
Line drive single, advance 1 base	31-58	51-68	61-78	71-84	81-88
Line drive double, runners score	61-78	71-82	81-86	85-88
Line drive triple	81-88	83-88	87-88

Here is the updated Steal Chart.

 

Results (not odd RN never out stealing, worst case holds)	Steal 2b	Steal 3b
Steal unless SP: E	11'-14	11'-14
Steal if AAA, AA, A, B or C	15-23	15-17
Steal if AAA, AA, A or B	24-32	18-28
Steal if AAA, AA or A	33-46	31-38
Runner Out Stealing (odd number holds)	47-52	41-52
Runner Out if Catcher TA or TB (steal if TC, if out on odd RN holds)	53-56	53-55
Runner Out if Catcher TA (steal if TB or TC, if out on odd RN holds)	57-63	56-61
Holds, cannot get break	64-68	62-67
TA picks off catcher, otherwise hold	71-71	68-68
TA or TB picks off catcher, otherwise hold	72-72	71-71
Steal if AAA or AA	73-78	72-76
Steal if AAA	81-88	77-82
Runner Holds		83-88

Here are the Z-Plays so you have all in one place.

 

The great Statis-Pro charts invented in the 1970s have stood the test of time, however as stats became more advanced we were able to make the following adjustments to those charts to make them highly accurate. For starters, the most complicated process is determining how many hits, walks and strikeouts are on a pitchers cards, and the original charts for that were quite a bit off for certain pitchers (basically dominant PB 2-9 and 2-8 pitchers were way TOO good with far fewer walks and more strikeouts resulting form their cards. 

Go to formulas for pitcher cards if you are making pitcher cards for much more accurate cards.

Charts in the Game - with Adjustments

For each, we will show the original chart, and then below it show any adjustments that make the game much more accurate:

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Stolen Base updates beyond original charts:

On the original charts the runners simply holds the base unless it states that he steals the base or is thrown out. However, we now use percentages assuming the bigger bases in an attempt by MLB to encourage steals in 2023, which resulted in an all-time record 81% success rate stealing. If you want that reflected, make the following adjustments:

If an "OUT STEALING" results on an EVEN number below, then the base stealer holds the base instead of being thrown out. so on a 54, if the catcher is TB or TC, the runners still steals 2nd base just like on the chart. But if the catcher is TA and on the chart would have thrown the runner out, instead the runner holds first base. The TA catcher does still throw out the runner on 53 or 55. So the runner cannot be thrown out on 48, 52, 54, 56, or 58.

Next the "Ricky Henderson" rule applies to the stolen base ratings of AA or AAA for those who steal tons of bases. The original chart only had A, B, C, D or for those who cannot try to steal, E.

AAA = also steals 2nd on 73-88 or 3rd on 72-82.

AA = also steals 2nd on 73-78 or 3rd on 72-76.

We have never attempted a steal of home in all our years of playing

We have never used the actual rule in the instruction that runners take 2 bases on a hit on a pitcher's card. Hits on either batter or pitcher should be treated the same using this chart.

For taking an extra base we use these charts WITH 2 OUTS for taking an extra base or subtract an actual 20 (so 11-36 instead of 11-56 on the first number) if less than two outs.

however, they key adjustment you must do to be accurate is that if the number is outside the range the runner simply doesn't try the extra base except he is thrown out on the following:

87-88 - runner out trying for extra base

85-86 - runner out trying for extra base if outfielder is T3, T4 or T5, but just stays at base if T2.

83-84 - runner out trying for extra base if outfielder is T4 or T5, but just stays at base if T2 or T3.

81-82 - runner out trying for extra base if outfielder is T5, but just stays at base if T2, T3 or T4.

We use the bunt for hit chart except we do not allow Sac: DD to bunt for a hit. So the batter still needs to be an OBR A or OBR B, but also either a Sac AA, Sac BB or Sac CC.

On Advancing on a flyout, if runner does not advance on the chart he is only thrown out on the following, basically twice the chance of being caught advancing an extra base on a hit.

85-88 - runner out trying to advance.

81-84 - runner out trying to advance if outfielder is T3, T4 or T5, but just stays at base if T2.

75-78 - runner out trying to advance if outfielder is T4 or T5, but just stays at base if T2 or T3.

71-74 - runner out trying to advance if outfielder is T5, but just stays at base if T2, T3 or T4.

The charts above are used based on the CD rating on each fielder. The very first games have out charts that refer to some double plays on regular plays if the CD is 2 or CD is 1 or 2. Then they only had CDs of 0 to 2 instead of the current CD 1-5, so read those out charts as:

CD 2 on original out charts means CD 4 or 5.

CD 1 on original out charts means CD3

We do not produce BD numbers on the cards we do but rather use the following based on the batters normally card ranges. If on a BD a random number would normally result in a single on the batters card, then make it a double with all runners scoring. If the Random Number would normally be a double, triple, homer or deep drive, make it a home run. For any random number, score as a foul and continue to normal play.