Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela for World Statis-pro Title (final games recap)

Click here for Games 1 through 4 of the Best of Seven Statis-Pro World Championship between Venezuela and the Regular season champion Dominican Republic. Click here for the regular season run down and season MVPs (top 10) and Cy Young (top 5). Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

Below we will fill in the game-by-game account and scoresheets of Games 5, 6 and if necessary 7 to determine the best team in the world..

Game 5

After six scoreless innings, each team had one hit apiece and Statis-Pro Cy Young Award winner Danny Salazar had lowered his ERA to 0.64 with two runs allowed in 28 innings in which he struck out 31, while Cy Young runner up Carlos Carrasco had an 0.91 ERA through 29 2/3 innings during which he allowed three runs and struck out 33.

The incredible Dominican Republic line-up finally broke the dam in the top of the 7th against Carrasco, when Polanco walked, Soto singled, and then Ozuna delivered the all-time clutch double to clear the bases and chase Carrasco with the score 2-0. With Carrasco gone and a couple of relievers resting from performances in Game 4 that tied the series, the Dominican Republic feasted with eight hits in the 7th and 8th innings alone to win going away 7-0 and take a 3-2 series lead. Carrasco finished with a 1.51 ERA due to the two runs.

Game 6

Statis-Pro International MVP Jose Ramirez singled in each of the first two innings, scoring once then driving in two more to take Venezuela to the brink of elimination in the best of seven. Only Jose Altuve's clutch diving catch ended the second inning with the Dominican Republic leading 3-0.

Venezuela rallied with a Jose Martinez blasted a 2-run homer and Eugenio Suarez followed with a clutch 3-run homer in the sixth to give Venezuela a 5-3 lead. Another great defensive play by Altuve ended the bottom of the 6th.

Both teams committed surprising errorsin the 8th.

Gold glover Ramirez bobbled a grounder and David Peralta doubled to give Venezuela the chance to break the game wide open in the top of the eighth, Jose LeClerc induced two infield pop ups and registered a strike out to hold Venezuela to the 5-3 lead.

After two strikeouts and a walk in the bottom of the 8th, Venezuelan shortstop bobbled a potential inning ending ground out. Pinch hitter Maikel Franco then ripped a double on a random number of "23," which I mistakenly thought was a homer at first because I was looking at Carlos Santana's card. Marcel Ozuna scored to tie the game 5-5.

In the 10th inning, Franco was the hero again, grounding a one-out single through a drawn in infield to score Eloy Jimenez and end the championship series with a 6-5 Dominican Republic win.

Game 7

Not needed. The Dominican Republic won the series 4 games to 2 against Venezuela, which also came in 2nd in the round robin regular season with a 16-14 record (5 games behind the Dominican Republic's 21-9 record.

Statis-Pro Regular Season Wrap Up - Dominion Republic Dominates Going 21-9

All-Star Team	Wins	Losses	GB	Ave. Runs	RA(tiebreaker)
Dom Republic	21	9	0	6.2	3.1
Venezuela	16	14	3	3.7	2.8
Puerto Rico	15	15	2	4.5	3.6
Japan	15	15	6	4.6	5
Canada	12	18	5	3.9	6.2
Cuba	11	19	8	3.3	5.3

The Dominican Republic ran away with the regular season to claim the World Pennant by scoring twice as many runs as they allowed, making the real competition to see who would finish second to play them in a series. While Canada and Cuba finished 5th and 6th, they had the most exciting batter (Canadian Vlad Guerrero Jr.) and pitcher (Cuba's Chapman allowed only an Altuve single in 20 batters faced).  . Venezuela finally took second when they beat Cuba and Japan eliminated Puerto Rico in the final game of the season. The blogs on the regular Statis-Pro season as well as the real-life tragedy of the real-life deaths of Venezuela has all been moved to this blog.

MVP and Cy Young

The players who did the best in the Statis-Pro season are noted below as our "Cy Young" and "MVP" Award Winners based just on the 10-game round robin - where anything can happen.

Cy Young Award	IP	ER	K	ERA	Notes
Danny Salazar (Indians, Dom. Republic)	16	2	16	1.13
Carlos Carrasco (Indians, Venezuela)	16.2	3	19	1.62
Aroldis Chapman (Yankees, Cuba)	6	0	11	0.00	only hit Altuve single
Shohei Ohtani (Angels, Japan/Korea)	20	6	18	2.70	only CG shutout
Luis Severino (Yankees, Dom. Republic)	15	5	11	3.00

We did put weight on three incredible fielders to put them at the top of the list.

MVP Award	AB	H	BA	OPS	BB	SB	EB
Jose Ramirez (Indians, Dominican Republic)	43	17	0.39	0.993	3	4	2 HR, 2 2b, Gold Glove 3b
Ronald Acuna Jr. (Braves, Venezuela)	45	18	0.400	1.057	1	5	5 2b, 2 HR
Yadier Molina (Cardinals, Puerto Rico)	31	13	0.419	1.065	0	1	2 2b, 3b, HR, Gold Glove C
Andrelton Simmons (Angels, Canada/Neth)	30	10	0.333	1.042	2	0	2 hr, 3b, 2 2b, Gold Glove SS
Marcell Ozuna (Cardinals, Dom. Republic)	41	16	0.390	1.175	6	0	2 2b, 3b, 3 HR
Didi Gregorius (Yankees, Canada/Neth)	30	11	0.367	1.040	2	0	2 hr, 2b
Juan Soto (Nationals, Dominican Republic)	38	13	0.342	0.917	3	0	2 HR, 2b
Gregory Polanco (Pirates, Dom. Republic)	36	12	0.333	0.912	3	0	2HR, 2b
Jung Ho Kang (Pirates, Japan/Korea)	35	11	0.314	1.140	3	0	5HR, 1 GS, 2b
Shin-Soo Choo (Rangers, Japan/Korea)	35	16	0.457	1.360	3	0	2 2b, 6 hr

Below are accounts of the regular season.

3 final regular season series

1. Venezuela entered 11-13 but beat Cuba 8-2 (counts as a 3 game sweep because 5+ run win margin) to go to 14-13, then 3-0 in game 2 to make their final record 16-14 in the round robin, and then had to wait to see if Puerto Rico would catch then for the last playoff spot.

2. If Canada wins both games over the Dominican Republic by at least 5 runs then they go to the playoffs with a 17-13 record the Dominican Republic is eliminated. In any of the other scenarios the Dominican Republic is in the playoff and will face either Puerto Rico or Venezuela. (Paxton and Taillon vs Salazar and Severino) UPDATE: After 4 inning scoreless pitching duel between Canadian Paxton (who just went from the Mariners to the Yankees) and Salazar for the Dominion Republic, K Marte singled in the 5th and 10 of the next 17 Dominican Republic batters scored to make it 10-0 after six innings en route to a 12-3 sweep. Ramirez stroked a 2-out, 8th inning homer in the second game with Jansen ready to come in if anyone reached base, giving the Dominican Republic a 6-5 win that capped a dominant 21-9 final record to win the division by 5 games while doubling their opponents scoring 6.2 - 3.1 runs per game.

3. If Puerto Rico finishes 3-3 or better vs Japan, or if they finish 2-4 but hold Japan to 5 or fewer total runs then they are the other playoff team. If not, then Venezuela is the other playoff team. (Berrios and J Lopez vs Ohtani and Darvish). UPDATE: Ohtani almost single-handedly eliminated Puerto Rico with a complete game 1-hitter in a 4-0 win, then scored 3 runs in a 9-2 finale to credit Japan with a 5-1 record for the series, and leave them tied with Puerto Rico at 15-15, clinching the playoffs for 16-14 Venezuela.

Added note: Ironically I was playing off a Statis-Pro baseball tournament to see if Venezuelan all-stars or any country could catch the loaded Dominican Republic team, when I heard the tragic news. The caskets for Jose Castillo, who I assumed was one of the best lefties in the game before I realized it was the former Astros infielder, and slugger Luis Valbueno were being carried across a baseball diamond.  Valbuenas put the Astros on the verge of the 2015 World Series with this 2-run homer off the otherwise unhittable Johnny Cueto (his card that year with huge power 6 home run numbers and many walks and hit by pitch for a great ops in the toughest hitters park of the last few years). They were killed in an apparent gang attack in their car. RIP

Original Story on Standings Prior to Final Series

The following are the records in the round robin of international All-Star teams being played via Statis-Pro Baseball. The 2019 Statis-Pro baseball cards can be sorted by MLB team and used to play the free Statis-Pro baseball game, however in the off season we sorted by birth place and picked all-stars from each region. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.


Here is each team's Game Log against each opponent. The team is listed, then which pitcher started for them, how many runs they score, if they were awarded 0, 1, 2 or 3 WINS for the game, the opponents pitcher, runs allowed, and how many losses they were awarded for the game. For example, Canada beat Cub 4-3 and gets credit for winning a "series" 2 games to 1. They lost to Cub 2-4 and are credited with losing that "series" 1-2. They beat Japan 11-2 and because that was by at least a 5-run margin it counts as a 3 games to none sweep in that series.

Team	Starter	Runs	Wins	Opponent	Starter	RA	Losses	Highlights
Canada	Pivetta	4	2	Cuba	E. Ramirez	3	1	Simmons 2-run homer in 8th was only HR and rallied Canada from 3-2 deficit
Canada	Taillon	2	1	Cuba	Jurado	4	2	Taillon left in 8th with 2-0 lead; Puig's 3-run GW homer in 9th
Canada	Paxson	11	3	Japan	Darvish	2	0	Darvish 0 IP 9R, Paxson 9 IP 2R.
Canada	Soroko	3	2	Japan	Ohtani	0	1	Gregorius homers twice, Soroko threw Jansen combine for shutout.
Canada	Paxton	5	0	Puerto Rico	Berrios	19	3	When Paxton ran out of endurance with a 5-2 lead in the 5th, Puerto Rico exploded for a record 11-run 6th inning capped by Molina's grandslam
Canada	Soroko	2	1	Puerto Rico	Cotton	5	2	Soroko and Cotton battled to 1-1 pitchers duel into the 7th before Puerto Rico beat up on Canada's pen.
Canada	Pavetti	3	1	Venezuela	E.Rodriguez	7	2	Altuve 3-run homer, double and single
Canada	Taillon	1	1	Venezuela	Carrasco	4	2	Altuve 2-run homer in 3rd was game-winner, but Simmons chased Carrasco with 2nd double and third hit in 5th, and bull pen wrapped up win (Vazquez save)
Cuba	E. Ramirez	3	1	Canada	Pivetta	4	2	Simmons 2-run homer in 8th was only HR and rallied Canada from 3-2 deficit
Cuba	Jurado	4	2	Canada	Taillon	2	1	Taillon left in 8th with 2-0 lead; Puig's 3-run GW homer in 9th
Cuba	E Ramirez	4	0	Dom Republic	C Martinez	12	3	Polanco, Soto and Santana all homered in 7-run 3rd, then Polanco hit another one in 5th.
Cuba	Jurado	1	1	Dom Republic	Salazar	5	2	Ozuna homered twice and Salazar gave up 1 run in 6 innings
Cuba	Elias	4	1	Japan	Tanaka	7	2	Kang and Choi homered for second straight game
Cuba	Urias	6	2	Japan	Darvish	5	1	Chapman ran it to 15 batters faced with no runners allowed to save game despite Ohtani hitting 1 o 4 homers for Japan, and tripling and scoring
Cuba	Elias	4	2	Puerto Rico	Cotton	2	1	Chapman perfect out of pen to strand runners for win.
Cuba	Urias	3	1	Puerto Rico	Berrios	5	2	Correa & Hernandez back-to-back homers in 1st then Berrios 6 IP, 1 R
Dom Republic	C Martinez	12	3	Cuba	E Ramirez	4	0	Polanco, Soto and Santana all homered in 7-run 3rd, then Polanco hit another one in 5th.
Dom Republic	Salazar	5	2	Cuba	Jurado	1	1	Ozuna homered twice and Salazar gave up 1 run in 6 innings
Dom Republic	L Castillo	12	3	Japan	Ryu	2	0	Franco (2 HR, 3 of 4) led an 18-hit attack as DR batted .490 with an OPS of 1.908 during the last 11 innings of the series.
Dom Republic	Severino	3	1	Japan	Tanaka	6	2	4 of last 7 DR batters had hits (1b, 2 2b, HR by Franco) before Colomne ended rally by inducing DP; Kang & Wong hoered in 6th for Japan for 4-0 lead
Dom Republic	L Castillo	5	2	Puerto Rico	Teheran	2	1	L Castillo took a shutout into the 8th, an Cano and Santana combined for back-to-back hits 3 times including a triple and homer in the 6th.
Dom Republic	Severino	3	2	Puerto Rico	J Lopez	2	1	One Cleveland Indian for each team, Lindor and Ramirez, homered as well as a single-steal-score inning, and Ozuna's 9th inning 2 out homer off Diaz led to the 13 inning win.
Dom Republic	Martinez	0	1	Venezuela	Senzatela	4	2	Senzatela allowed just 3 singles and a walk in 8.2 innings before Vizciano wrapped up shutout. Acuna 3 of 5 with homer and double.
Dom Republic	Salazar	4	2	Venezuela	Marquez	2	1	DR compiled a "cycle 6th inning" with homer by Soto, then 3b by Ozuna, then doubel by Sanchez & single by K Marte, and pen only allowed 3 of last 16 to reach
Japan	Darvish	2	0	Canada	Paxson	11	3	Darvish 0 IP 9R, Paxson 9 IP 2R.
Japan	Ohtani	0	1	Canada	Soroko	3	2	Gregorius homers twice, Soroko threw Jansen combine for shutout.
Japan	Darvish	5	1	Cuba	Urias	6	2	Chapman ran it to 15 batters faced with no runners allowed to save game despite Ohtani hitting 1 o 4 homers for Japan, and tripling and scoring
Japan	Tanaka	7	2	Cuba	Elias	4	1	Kang and Choi homered for second straight game
Japan	Ryu	2	0	Dom Republic	L Castillo	12	3	Franco (2 HR, 3 of 4) led an 18-hit attack as DR batted .490 with an OPS of 1.908 during the last 11 innings of the series.
Japan	Tanaka	6	2	Dom Republic	Severino	3	1	4 of last 7 DR batters had hits (1b, 2 2b, HR by Franco) before Colomne ended rally by inducing DP; Kang & Wong hoered in 6th for Japan for 4-0 lead
Japan	Ohtani	6	2	Venezuela	Marquez	5	1	Ho Kang hits 9th inning grandslam to show Venezuela
Japan	Ryu	5	2	Venezuela	Senzatela	4	1	Choo's 2nd 2-run homer of game in 12th inning
Puerto Rico	Berrios	19	3	Canada	Paxton	5	0	When Paxton ran out of endurance with a 5-2 lead in the 5th, Puerto Rico exploded for a record 11-run 6th inning capped by Molina's grandslam
Puerto Rico	Cotton	5	2	Canada	Soroko	2	1	Soroko and Cotton battled to 1-1 pitchers duel into the 7th before Puerto Rico beat up on Canada's pen.
Puerto Rico	Berrios	5	2	Cuba	Urias	3	1	Correa & Hernandez back-to-back homers in 1st then Berrios 6 IP, 1 R
Puerto Rico	Cotton	2	1	Cuba	Elias	4	2	Chapman perfect out of pen to strand runners for win.
Puerto Rico	J Lopez	2	1	Dom Republic	Severino	3	2	One Cleveland Indian for each team, Lindor and Ramirez, homered as well as a single-steal-score inning, and Ozuna's 9th inning 2 out homer off Diaz led to the 13 inning win.
Puerto Rico	Teheran	2	1	Dom Republic	L Castillo	5	2	L Castillo took a shutout into the 8th, an Cano and Santana combined for back-to-back hits 3 times including a triple and homer in the 6th.
Puerto Rico	J Lopez	4	2	Venezuela	Carrasco	1	1	PR greated Rondon with triple, single, homer by E Hernandez, Baez and Rosario to break up 1-1 pitchers duel in the 6th.
Puerto Rico	Teheran	4	2	Venezuela	E Rodriguez	0	1	Teheran 6.2 scoreless and Guerrero and Rios finished combined shutout
Venezuela	Carrasco	4	2	Canada	Taillon	1	1	Altuve 2-run homer in 3rd was game-winner, but Simmons chased Carrasco with 2nd double and third hit in 5th, and bull pen wrapped up win (Vazquez save)
Venezuela	E.Rodriguez	7	2	Canada	Pavetti	3	1	Altuve 3-run homer, double and single
Venezuela	Marquez	2	1	Dom Republic	Salazar	4	2	DR compiled a "cycle 6th inning" with homer by Soto, then 3b by Ozuna, then doubel by Sanchez & single by K Marte, and pen only allowed 3 of last 16 to reach
Venezuela	Senzatela	4	2	Dom Republic	Martinez	0	1	Senzatela allowed just 3 singles and a walk in 8.2 innings before Vizciano wrapped up shutout. Acuna 3 of 5 with homer and double.
Venezuela	Marquez	5	1	Japan	Ohtani	6	2	Ho Kang hits 9th inning grandslam to show Venezuela
Venezuela	Senzatela	4	1	Japan	Ryu	5	2	Choo's 2nd 2-run homer of game in 12th inning
Venezuela	Carrasco	1	1	Puerto Rico	J Lopez	4	2	PR greated Rondon with triple, single, homer by E Hernandez, Baez and Rosario to break up 1-1 pitchers duel in the 6th.
Venezuela	E Rodriguez	0	1	Puerto Rico	Teheran	4	2	Teheran 6.2 scoreless and Guerrero and Rios finished combined shutout

League rules

We decided to use these rules to fairly distribute the number of innings each pitcher on the staff can pitch. (as noted above, if a team wins a series by at least 5 runs without going extra innings they are credited with a 3-game sweep, but otherwise a 2 game to 1.) All match-ups are two game series.

Starting pitchers. In each two-game series, each team pitches either ace and 4th best starter OR 2nd and 3rd best starter to avoid one team having their 3rd and 4th pitcher face the 1st and 2nd best pitcher from another team.

If SR runs out for pitcher he can finish inning with no reduction. Through the 6th inning he can pitch one more inning with a PB reduced by 1.

Relievers pitch 1 inning every 2-game series with following and can also finish inning if RR runs out BUT with relievers reduce PB by 1 as soon as RR hits 0. If reliever comes in during an inning they can EITHER finish the inning OR go into the next inning with a PB reduced by 1 for that inning BUT in that case they must come out after 4 total batters faced.

To keep from running out of pitchers, we never reduce a pitcher below a PB2-5, and if a team trails by at least 5 runs they can leave their worst remaining pitcher in as long as they want, but pitching as a PB: 2-5. Every team can pitch an unlimited number of innings with the "Extra Pitcher" and his PB2-5 line.

Statis-Pro Baseball, Value Add Basketball as of Exam Week

The light college basketball week with most students in exams let me rank the 4,003 college players to take the court so far (www.valueaddbasketball.com), as well as project the 2019 playing cards for all 1,088 MLB players and play them against each other in the version of the Statis-Pro baseball game I invented. Google Alert pushed out my story on the CBS 247 site below. 



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Venezuela ties Series, Statis-pro MVP Cy Young Announced

The following is the final standings from the Statis-Pro baseball Board game round robin and a paragraph summary of the season, followed by the scoresheet and summary of each game of the Best of Seven playoff between the regular season champion Dominican Republic and second place Venezuela. Learn to play Statis-Pro Baseball in 5 minutes by clicking here.

All-Star Team	Wins	Losses	GB	Ave. Runs	RA(tiebreaker)
Dom Republic	21	9	0	6.2	3.1
Venezuela	16	14	3	3.7	2.8
Puerto Rico	15	15	2	4.5	3.6
Japan	15	15	6	4.6	5
Canada	12	18	5	3.9	6.2
Cuba	11	19	8	3.3	5.3

The paragraph wrap up of the season is at the bottom of the blog, with the details on the series  moved to this blog.

Game 4 - Venezuela Holds on Despite 17 Dominican Baserunners

Ronald Acuna Jr threw Marcell Ozuna out at home in the 1st to keep Venezuela within 2-0, then Acuna doubled in the 5th And scored on a Jose Altuve 2-out single to tie the score 2-2.

In the 6th, David Peralta doubled and scored the game-winning run on a Jose Martinez single to give Venezuela a 3-2 win and tie the series 2-2.

The Dominican Republic delivered 11 singles and drew 6 walks, putting men on base in every inning but the 6th, but never scored after Acuna's throw from left field in the 1st inning.

Acuna finished 2nd in season MVP voting (see below) to Jose Ramirez, who singled and took 2nd base on a bobbled throw on his steal attempt. Ace left-handed reliever Felipe Vazquez pitch out of the jam despite a parade of great right-handed pinch hitters.

Statis-Pro Cy Young winner (see below) Danny Salazar takes the mound for the Dominican Republic against Cy Young runner up Carlos Carrasco in the crucial Game 5 with both teams' needing two more wins to claim the series.
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Between Games 3 and 4

We nnounced the Cy Young and MVP Awards based just on the 10-game round robin - where anything can happen.

Cy Young Award	IP	ER	K	ERA	Notes
Danny Salazar (Indians, Dom. Republic)	16	2	16	1.13
Carlos Carrasco (Indians, Venezuela)	16.2	3	19	1.62
Aroldis Chapman (Yankees, Cuba)	6	0	11	0.00	only hit Altuve single
Shohei Ohtani (Angels, Japan/Korea)	20	6	18	2.70	only CG shutout
Luis Severino (Yankees, Dom. Republic)	15	5	11	3.00

We did put weight on three incredible fielders to put them at the top of the list.

MVP Award	AB	H	BA	OPS	BB	SB	EB
Jose Ramirez (Indians, Dominican Republic)	43	17	0.39	0.993	3	4	2 HR, 2 2b, Gold Glove 3b
Ronald Acuna Jr. (Braves, Venezuela)	45	18	0.400	1.057	1	5	5 2b, 2 HR
Yadier Molina (Cardinals, Puerto Rico)	31	13	0.419	1.065	0	1	2 2b, 3b, HR, Gold Glove C
Andrelton Simmons (Angels, Canada/Neth)	30	10	0.333	1.042	2	0	2 hr, 3b, 2 2b, Gold Glove SS
Marcell Ozuna (Cardinals, Dom. Republic)	41	16	0.390	1.175	6	0	2 2b, 3b, 3 HR
Didi Gregorius (Yankees, Canada/Neth)	30	11	0.367	1.040	2	0	2 hr, 2b
Juan Soto (Nationals, Dominican Republic)	38	13	0.342	0.917	3	0	2 HR, 2b
Gregory Polanco (Pirates, Dom. Republic)	36	12	0.333	0.912	3	0	2HR, 2b
Jung Ho Kang (Pirates, Japan/Korea)	35	11	0.314	1.140	3	0	3HR, 1 GS, 2b
Shin-Soo Choo (Rangers, Japan/Korea)	35	16	0.457	1.360	3	0	2b, 4 hr

Game 3 - Dominican Republic 4, Venezuela 3
Best of 7 Series, Dominican Republic Leads 2 games to 1

Venezuela's top ranked pitching (2.8 runs per game allowed) held Dominican Republic's top ranked batting (6.2 runs per game) in check for seven more innings before speed and experience exploded. Speedster Ketel Marte stole three bases and drew a wild pickoff throw, but was left in scoring position three times - but in the 8th he went to third on a single by Jose Ramirez to chase Venezuelan Eduardo Rodriguez. Venezuelan set-up man Silvino Bracho came in to try to protect the 1-0 lead, but retiring Albert Pujols pinch hit for his first at bat of the series, executing a perfect hit and run single behind Ramirez breaking from first base to tie the game and start a 4-run rally. Dominican and Reds Juan Soto, who we project to have the best park-neutral OPS in the series at 0.900, was on the bench due to lefty Rodriguez starting, but delivered a pinch hit double after Pujols.

Venezuela did not go easily in the 9th, as Jose Altuve and Jose Martinez both doubled around a walk drawn by David Peralta, who scored for the second time after homering in the seventh. Rightfielder Gregory Polanco overran the 2-run double to let Martinez get to third base and put the tying run 90 feet away, but Diego Castillo induced a popout by pinchhitter Asdrubal Cabrera to wrap up the 4-3 win and give the Dominican Republic a 2 games to 1 lead in the best of 7. Next up Carlos Martinez (4.21 projected park neutral ERA) takes the mound for the visiting Dominican Republic against the Rockies Antonio Senzatela (3.84 projected ERA if he did not have to pitch in Coors Field) in Game 4.

Game 2 - Dominican Republic 3, Venezuela 1
Best of 7 Series tied 1-1

Severino out dueled Marquez with the help of four relievers to tie the best of 7 Series. Ramirez was the hitting star again for DR, using his speed to score after singles in the 1st and 5th inning. In the 1st he stole second and raced home on Soto's single to make it 1-0 DR. Venezuela's Suarez homered in the second to tie it 1-1. Ramirez' single in the 5th moved K Marte to 3rd, and when Polanco drive a deep drive to rightfield to score Marte, Ramirez raced to second, finally racing home on another Soto single. Despite their top relievers resting from Game 1, the deep DR pen allowed only 1 hit in four innings of relieve to wrap up the 3-1 win.

Game 1 - Venezuela 3, Dominican Republic 1 (10 innings)

Venezuela leads 1-0

Cleveland Indians' starters Carrasco and Salazar threw competing shut out gems, and Venezuelan closer Vazquez struck out Soto and Ozuna with Ramirez on third with the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. With both teams' top relievers spent, Acuna drilled a 3-run homer off Neris in the top of the 10th to give Venezuela a one game to none lead over the regular season champions in the best-of-seven.

All-Star Team	Wins	Losses	GB	Ave. Runs	RA(tiebreaker)
Dom Republic	21	9	0	6.2	3.1
Venezuela	16	14	3	3.7	2.8
Puerto Rico	15	15	2	4.5	3.6
Japan	15	15	6	4.6	5
Canada	12	18	5	3.9	6.2
Cuba	11	19	8	3.3	5.3

The Dominican Republic ran away with the regular season to claim the World Pennant by scoring twice as many runs as they allowed, making the real competition to see who would finish second to play them in a series. While Canada and Cuba finished 5th and 6th, they had the most exciting batter (Canadian Vlad Guerrero Jr.) and pitcher (Cuba's Chapman allowed only an Altuve single in 20 batters faced).  . Venezuela finally took second when they beat Cuba and Japan eliminated Puerto Rico in the final game of the season. The blogs on the regular Statis-Pro season as well as the real-life tragedy of the real-life deaths of Venezuela has all been moved to this blog.

Value Add top 5 players in each conference

We debut the 2018-2019 Value Add Basketball rankings with more than 4000 players rated. You can click here to sort all players, and below are the top five players to date in each conference. Congrats to Cal Baptist and North Alabama for getting player's in their conference top fives in their first month at the D1 level.

Conf	Conf Rnk	Natl Rnk	Player	Team	Value Add v5.0 Pts/Game
A10	1	12	Javon Bess #3	St. Louis	10.29
A10	2	66	Jon Axel Gudmundsson #3	Davidson	7.86
A10	3	105	Jeff Dowtin #11	Rhode Island	7.02
A10	4	110	Charlie Brown #2	St. Joseph's	6.95
A10	5	121	Luwane Pipkins #2	Massachusetts	6.83
ACC	1	2	Zion Williamson #1	Duke	11.94
ACC	2	10	Tyus Battle #25	Syracuse	10.43
ACC	3	18	De'Andre Hunter #12	Virginia	9.84
ACC	4	25	Nickeil Alexander-Walker #4	Virginia Tech	9.53
ACC	5	26	Ebuka Izundu #15	Miami FL	9.37
AE	1	107	Anthony Lamb #3	Vermont	6.98
AE	2	179	Ernie Duncan #20	Vermont	6.04
AE	3	227	Joe Sherburne #13	Maryland Baltimore Co	5.64
AE	4	280	Stef Smith #0	Vermont	5.25
AE	5	337	Akwasi Yeboah #15	Stony Brook	4.96
Amer	1	50	Markis McDuffie #1	Wichita St.	8.26
Amer	2	140	Corey Davis #5	Houston	6.51
Amer	3	141	Terrell Allen #2	Central Florida	6.46
Amer	4	178	Shizz Alston #10	Temple	6.05
Amer	5	182	Aubrey Dawkins #15	Central Florida	6.04
ASun	1	139	Noah Horchler #0	North Florida	6.52
ASun	2	148	Garrison Mathews #24	Lipscomb	6.32
ASun	3	162	Eli Pepper #22	Lipscomb	6.15
ASun	4	304	Zach Cooks #4	NJ Inst of Technology	5.1
Asun	5	533	Jamari Blackmon #3	North Alabama	3.95
B10	1	14	Lamar Stevens #11	Penn St.	10.08
B10	2	16	Ethan Happ #22	Wisconsin	9.97
B10	3	17	Juwan Morgan #13	Indiana	9.91
B10	4	22	Ignas Brazdeikis #13	Michigan	9.57
B10	5	28	Jordan Murphy #3	Minnesota	9.26
B12	1	3	Dean Wade #32	Kansas St.	11.94
B12	2	9	Dedric Lawson #1	Kansas	10.46
B12	3	11	Lagerald Vick #24	Kansas	10.36
B12	4	15	Tristan Clark #25	Baylor	10
B12	5	21	Christian James #0	Oklahoma	9.67
BE	1	4	Jessie Govan #15	Georgetown	11.58
BE	2	7	Markus Howard #0	Marquette	10.69
BE	3	8	Shamorie Ponds #2	St. John's	10.56
BE	4	13	Myles Powell #13	Seton Hall	10.24
BE	5	30	Sam Hauser #10	Marquette	9.08
BSky	1	23	Michael Oguine #0	Montana	9.57
BSky	2	91	Jerrick Harding #10	Weber St.	7.27
BSky	3	154	Jesse Hunt #34	Eastern Washington	6.23
BSky	4	299	Cameron Tyson #5	Idaho	5.12
BSky	5	300	Sayeed Pridgett #4	Montana	5.11
BSth	1	51	Chris Clemons #3	Campbell	8.25
BSth	2	73	Christian Keeling #11	Charleston Southern	7.75
BSth	3	81	Jahaad Proctor #13	High Point	7.5
BSth	4	142	Scottie James #31	Liberty	6.39
BSth	5	317	Carlik Jones #1	Radford	5.05
BW	1	172	Khalil Ahmad #14	Cal St. Fullerton	6.09
BW	2	348	Dikymbe Martin #15	UC Riverside	4.88
BW	3	350	Mark Crowe #5	Cal Poly	4.86
BW	4	449	Robert Cartwright #3	UC Irvine	4.32
BW	5	564	Jackson Rowe #34	Cal St. Fullerton	3.81
CAA	1	35	Justin Wright-Foreman #3	Hofstra	8.73
CAA	2	61	Grant Riller #1	Charleston	7.93
CAA	3	75	Eric Carter #5	Delaware	7.6
CAA	4	147	Jordan Roland #12	Northeastern	6.32
CAA	5	150	Nathan Knight #13	William & Mary	6.28
CUSA	1	34	Ahmad Caver #4	Old Dominion	8.85
CUSA	2	59	Zachary Simmons #24	North Texas	8.09
CUSA	3	69	Brian Beard #4	Florida International	7.77
CUSA	4	106	Charles Bassey #23	Western Kentucky	7
CUSA	5	200	Tyree Griffin #55	Southern Mississippi	5.86
Horz	1	83	Camron Justice #5	IUPUI	7.45
Horz	2	86	Drew McDonald #34	Northern Kentucky	7.43
Horz	3	190	Tarkus Ferguson #4	Illinois Chicago	5.98
Horz	4	241	Antoine Davis #0	Detroit	5.49
Horz	5	277	Cole Gentry #31	Wright St.	5.26
Ivy	1	27	Matt Morgan #10	Cornell	9.34
Ivy	2	38	Devin Cannady #3	Princeton	8.59
Ivy	3	157	Jordan Bruner #23	Yale	6.18
Ivy	4	204	Justin Bassey #20	Harvard	5.83
Ivy	5	298	Danilo Djuricic #30	Harvard	5.12
MAAC	1	68	Dimencio Vaughn #14	Rider	7.81
MAAC	2	173	Landon Taliaferro #25	Fairfield	6.08
MAAC	3	183	Jalen Pickett #22	Siena	6.03
MAAC	4	305	Marvin Prochet #11	Niagara	5.1
MAAC	5	336	Dominic Robb #32	Niagara	4.96
MAC	1	80	Seth Dugan #50	Western Michigan	7.52
MAC	2	108	Levi Bradley #42	Northern Illinois	6.97
MAC	3	109	Justin Turner #10	Bowling Green	6.96
MAC	4	116	CJ Massinburg #5	Buffalo	6.88
MAC	5	143	Jimond Ivey #0	Akron	6.36
MEAC	1	39	Jermaine Marrow #2	Hampton	8.52
MEAC	2	156	Damni Applewhite #35	South Carolina St.	6.18
MEAC	3	189	RJ Cole #2	Howard	5.98
MEAC	4	352	Randy Miller #11	North Carolina Central	4.86
MEAC	5	418	Malik Maitland #1	Bethune Cookman	4.51
MVC	1	135	Tyreke Key #11	Indiana St.	6.56
MVC	2	155	Cameron Krutwig #25	Loyola Chicago	6.21
MVC	3	159	Phil Fayne #10	Illinois St.	6.17
MVC	4	225	Eric McGill #4	Southern Illinois	5.64
MVC	5	271	Jarred Dixon #11	Missouri St.	5.3
MWC	1	33	Caleb Martin #10	Nevada	8.95
MWC	2	64	Sam Merrill #5	Utah St.	7.88
MWC	3	92	Deshon Taylor #21	Fresno St.	7.25
MWC	4	100	Justin James #1	Wyoming	7.04
MWC	5	101	Cody Martin #11	Nevada	7.03
NEC	1	63	Keith Braxton #13	St. Francis PA	7.88
NEC	2	296	Darnell Edge #1	Fairleigh Dickinson	5.12
NEC	3	454	Tyler Kohl #1	Central Connecticut	4.27
NEC	4	511	Xzavier Malone-Key #5	Fairleigh Dickinson	4.04
NEC	5	577	Chauncey Hawkins #4	St. Francis NY	3.76
OVC	1	19	Ja Morant #12	Murray St.	9.83
OVC	2	31	Nick Mayo #10	Eastern Kentucky	9.06
OVC	3	97	Dylan Windler #3	Belmont	7.11
OVC	4	136	Jason Burnell #14	Jacksonville St.	6.54
OVC	5	207	Caleb Hollander #10	Belmont	5.81
P12	1	6	Bol Bol #1	Oregon	10.83
P12	2	29	Tres Tinkle #3	Oregon St.	9.15
P12	3	43	Nick Rakocevic #31	Southern California	8.41
P12	4	60	KZ Okpala #0	Stanford	8.07
P12	5	77	Jaylen Nowell #5	Washington	7.57
Pat	1	164	Kyle Leufroy #2	Lehigh	6.12
Pat	2	171	Matt Wilson #14	Army	6.09
Pat	3	193	Pat Andree #31	Lehigh	5.92
Pat	4	205	Jehyve Floyd #20	Holy Cross	5.82
Pat	5	267	Max Mahoney #51	Boston University	5.34
SB	1	32	Nijal Pearson #22	Texas St.	8.98
SB	2	55	Zac Cuthbertson #40	Coastal Carolina	8.15
SB	3	70	Ty Cockfield #0	Arkansas St.	7.77
SB	4	99	Jakeenan Gant #23	Louisiana	7.05
SB	5	112	Malik Benlevi #2	Georgia St.	6.94
SC	1	5	Matt Rafferty #32	Furman	10.84
SC	2	125	Kyrin Galloway #14	North Carolina Greensboro	6.8
SC	3	158	Francis Alonso #10	North Carolina Greensboro	6.18
SC	4	263	Jeromy Rodriguez #11	East Tennessee St.	5.36
SC	5	270	Djordje Dimitrijevic #0	Mercer	5.32
SEC	1	1	Grant Williams #2	Tennessee	12.16
SEC	2	37	Mark Smith #13	Missouri	8.6
SEC	3	41	Chuma Okeke #5	Auburn	8.45
SEC	4	79	Quinndary Weatherspoon #11	Mississippi St.	7.54
SEC	5	82	Jared Harper #1	Auburn	7.46
Slnd	1	134	DeAndre Jones #55	Central Arkansas	6.56
Slnd	2	199	TJ Atwood #15	Lamar	5.88
Slnd	3	233	Myles Smith #2	Texas A&M Corpus Christi	5.56
Slnd	4	265	Nathan Bain #23	Stephen F. Austin	5.34
Slnd	5	284	Eddy Kayouloud #14	Central Arkansas	5.23
Sum	1	24	Mike Daum #24	South Dakota St.	9.56
Sum	2	47	Trey Burch-Manning #12	South Dakota	8.34
Sum	3	88	Zach Jackson #21	Nebraska Omaha	7.37
Sum	4	195	Kobe Webster #10	Western Illinois	5.91
Sum	5	307	John Konchar #55	Purdue Fort Wayne	5.09
SWAC	1	246	Trayvon Reed #5	Texas Southern	5.47
SWAC	2	249	Deshaw Andrews #12	Alcorn St.	5.46
SWAC	3	281	Martaveous McKnight #23	Arkansas Pine Bluff	5.24
SWAC	4	623	Gary Blackston #3	Prairie View A&M	3.58
SWAC	5	719	Charles Jackson #1	Arkansas Pine Bluff	3.26
WAC	1	180	Lesley Varner #11	Texas Rio Grande Valley	6.04
WAC	2	213	Conner Toolson #11	Utah Valley	5.78
WAC	3	259	Xavier Bishop #0	Maryland Kings Co	5.37
WAC	4	260	Jake Toolson #2	Utah Valley	5.37
WAC	5	402	Milan Acquaah #0	Cal Baptist	4.59
WCC	1	20	Brandon Clarke #15	Gonzaga	9.72
WCC	2	54	Jordan Ford #3	St. Mary's	8.17
WCC	3	58	Isaiah Pineiro #0	San Diego	8.09
WCC	4	62	Zach Norvell #23	Gonzaga	7.91
WCC	5	74	Yoeli Childs #23	Brigham Young	7.63

Additional History on Dodds On Sports Story on Marquette Value Add Rankings

 The following is some additional background to the Dodds on Sports story that ran on the initial Value Add Basketball rankings of the 2018-2019 season.

Duke has had more seasons (4) with more than two players in the top 1% than all other schools combined going back to the 2001-2002 season in the database. The only other schools were Illinois, Villanova, and Baylor - who was unluckiest of all teams since their 2010 team with three players in the top 1% lost to Duke’s 2010 team with the same. Duke also had three players in the top 1% in 2002 and 2004, and their 2015 team that beat Kentucky is the only team in history to have four players in the top 1%.

On average, just three teams a season have two players in the top 1%. While Travis Diener and Dwyane Wade were clearly the top MU duo of the century, the actually never did in the same season and Diener did not crack the top 1% until 2004 and 2005, the two years after Wade. Both players nearly missed being rated by Value Add as the top player in the nation their final season. In addition to Wade’s 2003 Final Four season, Diener was actually the most valuable player in the country for the 23 games he played - rating ahead of Andrew Bogut, JJ Redick and Chris Paul - with a rating of almost 13.0 Points Above Replacement or Value Add. However, Value Add awards a player a 0.0 value every time his team plays without him, so that weighted him down to a 9.74 for the season, still the 11th best total player but slightly off his junior mark that placed him 7th.

As for the time the Chicago Bulls called, it was Matt Lloyd, who was called the “Bulls eye for talent” in this media story, who called. Lloyd was not surprised I ranked Lazar Hayward in the top 1% his senior year, but was stunned Jimmy Butler ranked as the 5^th most valuable player in the country when he averaged just 14.7 points per game. Another time I met him at the Bradley Center because a guy was visiting who Value Add said could be a bench player in the NBA - Norfolk State’s Kyle O’Quinn, who nearly stunned Marquette that night, and did stun Missouri in March Madness as a 15-seed later in the year, and Lloyd moved onto the Orlando Magic and picked him up as well.

It is early in the season, and there is no guarantee where the Hauser brothers and Howard will finish playing on a team with the kind of balance that has been missing for several years (as-in, no one is pushing our bigs around any more and if you want to guard the three-pointer Sacar Anim might just take you to the rim every time. However, sometimes the Value Add calibrations point to potential history to be made, and a duo that ranks even with Butler and Hayward and behind only Wade and Diener, and with a little brother that ranks in the top few freshmen of the century certainly holds out hope.

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

2025 players are here.

Click here for links to all the current players as well as the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams. 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. 

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

You can also read these instructions in this updated grid. We this have this google sheet which also includes all of the great team pitchers and hitters, but most find it much easier to use the link to the PDF versions above. Also here is a fun optional Z-Play chart with more than 400 unusual plays to amuse the less diehard fan but also teach even the veteran more obscure rules.

If you do not want to keep track of the advance charts to take extra bases on hits or steal bases in Statis-Pro Baseball (http://www.pudnersports.com/2018/12/link-to-learn-statis-pro-in-5-minutes.html), we have added this simplified chart so you can use just an 8-sided die or the first digit of the 11-88 Random No.

 

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

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

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..

Player Cards 
Next, choose the teams you want to play. If you want to play two of the 60 all-time great teams, print the pitchers (see 1995 Braves below) from this pdf (one team to a page) and then follow these directions to print out the batters (see 1927 Yankees below) from a google sheet. If you prefer to play modern players, then choose the pages of the teams you want from all 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.






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.

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.

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 85 from what is listed.
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:

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

Allows an earned run

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:

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

The following charts are used if an unusual “Z-Play” occurs. Draw a new 11-88 number.