Celebrating 50 Years of Statis-Pro Baseball at Douthat State Park

This marks the 50th anniversary of playing Statis-Pro Baseball while on vacation at Douthat State Park in the mountains of Virginia, where there is still no cell phone or internet connection. While our first year playing Statis-Pro was during a family vacation in 1976, we are using the 1978 board and Fast Action Cards this year (dice can also be used in the free version).

The most exciting action so far has been two thrilling upsets by the Twins, who seemed headed for defeat in both games. Against Seattle, Julio Rodríguez and Randy Arozarena delivered back-to-back extra-base hits in the sixth inning to put the Mariners in control, only to collide chasing a fly ball in the eighth. Both were injured on the play, allowing a three-run double as the Twins rallied to improve to 2-0 with a +3 run differential heading into rematches with both the Mariners and Pirates in Pool I.

The only other unbeaten teams are the Phillies in Pool H at 2-0 with a +4 run differential and, by far the most dominant club so far, the Dodgers in Pool A at 2-0 with a remarkable +16 run differential.

Most pools feature a lone 1-0 team in first place, but Pool E has a three-way tie, with the Blue Jays, Giants, and Brewers all sitting at 1-1. We generally remove players who are out for the season, so Brandon Woodruff would not be eligible to pitch if the Brewers advance to the semifinal pool.

In the first two days of this family reunion/vacation, we played the five teams that had not yet appeared in our tournament using projected 2026 Statis-Pro cards. All 27 MLB teams included in the tournament have now played either one or two games in pool play. In each pool, every team's top four starting pitchers each make one start in home-and-home two-game series against the other two teams, determining the nine clubs that will advance to the three semifinal pools.

The following includes summaries of the games played over the last two days and how each pool now shapes up, followed by the complete table of results and projected pitching matchups.

Pod A	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
ATH	2'-5	Jacob Lopez	LAD	5	16	L	4.35
ATH	2'-6	Jack Perkins	LAD				4.25
ATH	2'-5	Gage Jump	Was				4.42
ATH	2'-6	Mason Barnett	Was				4.45
LAD	2'-8	Tyler Glasnow	Ath				3.61
LAD	2'-9	Shohei Ohtani	Ath	16	5	W	3.46
LAD	2'-8	Blake Snell	Was				3.54
LAD	2'-8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	Was	4	0	W	3.45
WSN	2'-5	Zack Littell	Ath				4.56
WSN	4'-7	Cade Cavalli	Ath				3.99
WSN	4'-7	Foster Griffin	LAD	0	4	L	3.93
WSN	2'-5	Andrew Alvarez	LAD				4.18
Pod B	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
ATL	2'-9	Chris Sale	Bos	1	8	L	3.19
ATL	2'-7	Reynaldo López	Bos				4.06
ATL	2'-7	Spencer Strider	Tex				3.82
ATL	2'-8	Spencer Schwellenbach	Tex	4	2	W	3.65
BOS	2'-7	Ranger Suarez	Atl				3.74
BOS	2'-8	Garrett Crochet	Atl	8	1	W	3.02
BOS	2'-7	Connelly Early	Tex				3.65
BOS	2'-8	Sonny Gray	Tex				3.69
TEX	2'-8	Nathan Eovaldi	Atl	2	4	L	3.65
TEX	2'-6	Jordan Montgomery	Atl				4.28
TEX	2'-7	MacKenzie Gore	Bos				3.82
TEX	4'-7	Kumar Rocker	Bos				4.23
Pod C	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
MIA	2'-7	Braxton Garrett	NYM				3.84
MIA	4'-7	Sandy Alcantara	NYM				4.16
MIA	4'-7	Max Meyer	NYY				4.05
MIA	2'-7	Eury Pérez	NYY	1	0	W	4
NYM	2'-7	Nolan McLean	Mia				3.71
NYM	2'-7	Freddy Peralta	Mia				3.8
NYM	4'-7	Sean Manaea	NYY				3.82
NYM	2'-8	Jonah Tong	NYY	6	3	W	3.41
NYY	2'-8	Gerrit Cole	Mia	0	1	L	3.94
NYY	4'-7	Carlos Rodón	Mia				3.96
NYY	2'-8	Max Fried	NYM	3	6	L	3.28
NYY	2'-9	Cam Schlittler	NYM				4.01
Pod D	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
CIN	2'-6	Brady Singer	Hou				4.37
CIN	2'-9	Chase Burns	Hou	4	0	W	3.71
CIN	2'-7	Hunter Greene	TBR	0	3	L	3.91
CIN	4'-7	Nick Lodolo	TBR				4.03
HOU	2'-8	Hunter Brown	Cin	0	3	L	3.63
HOU	2'-6	AJ Blubaugh	Cin				4.4
HOU	2'-6	Mike Burrows	TBR				4.24
HOU	2'-6	Tatsuya Imai	TBR				4.37
TBR	2'-8	Drew Rasmussen	Cin				3.72
TBR	4'-7	Joe Boyle	Cin				3.92
TBR	4'-7	Ryan Pepiot	Hou				4.02
TBR	2'-8	Shane McClanahan	Hou	3	0	W	3.35
Pod E	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
MIL	2'-6	Kyle Harrison	SFG				4.22
MIL	2'-7	Brandon Woodruff	SFG	2	0	W	3.86
MIL	2'-9	Jacob Misiorowski	Tor	2	9	L	4.11
MIL	2'-6	Logan Henderson	Tor				4.17
SFG	4'-7	Landen Roupp	Mil	0	1	L	4.09
SFG	4'-7	Robbie Ray	Mil				4.2
SFG	4'-7	Tyler Mahle	Tor				4.17
SFG	2'-8	Logan Webb	Tor	2	0	W	3.32
TOR	2'-7	Kevin Gausman	Mil				3.98
TOR	2'-9	Dylan Cease	Mil	9	2	W	3.54
TOR	2'-7	Shane Bieber	SFG	0	1	L	3.74
TOR	2'-7	Trey Yesavage	SFG				3.72
Pod F	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
CHC	4'-7	David Peterson	KCR				3.65
CHC	2'-7	Edward Cabrera	KCR				3.96
CHC	2'-7	Justin Steele	StL	3	5	L	3.63
CHC	2'-6	Matthew Boyd	StL				3.93
KCR	2'-8	Cole Ragans	Chc				3.31
KCR	2'-5	Michael Wacha	Chc				4.5
KCR	2'-7	Kris Bubic	StL				3.91
KCR	2'-6	Daniel Lynch IV	StL				4.26
STL	2'-6	Gordon Graceffo	Chc				4.35
STL	4'-7	Michael McGreevy	Chc	5	3	W	4.05
STL	2'-6	Dustin May	KCR				4.22
STL	2'-6	Matthew Liberatore	KCR				4.33
Pod G	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
ARI	4'-7	Merrill Kelly	Cle				4.12
ARI	4'-7	Zac Gallen	Cle				4.24
ARI	2'-8	Corbin Burnes	Det				3.84
ARI	4'-7	Brandon Pfaadt	Det				4.31
CLE	2'-9	Parker Messick	Ari				4.08
CLE	4'-7	Tanner Bibee	Ari				4.1
CLE	4'-7	Joey Cantillo	Det				3.95
CLE	4'-7	Gavin Williams	Det				4.09
DET	2'-8	Framber Valdez	Ari				3.43
DET	2'-7	Jack Flaherty	Ari				3.89
DET	2'-8	Tarik Skubal	Cle				2.79
DET	4'-7	Casey Mize	Cle				4.06
Pod H	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
BAL	2'-6	Shane Baz	Phi				4.29
BAL	2'-6	Albert Suárez	SDP				4.3
BAL	2'-8	Kyle Bradish	SDP				3.72
BAL	2'-6	Trevor Rogers	Phi	1	4	L	4.2
PHI	2'-8	Zack Wheeler	Bal	4	1	W	3.2
PHI	2'-7	Jesús Luzardo	Bal				3.57
PHI	2'-9	Cristopher Sánchez	SDP	2	1	W	3.15
PHI	4'-7	Aaron Nola	SDP				3.98
SDP	2'-7	Michael King	Bal	1	2	L	3.8
SDP	4'-7	Joe Musgrove	Bal				3.91
SDP	2'-7	Nick Pivetta	Phi				3.97
SDP	4-'7	Walker Buehler	Phi				4.15
Pod I	PB-	Pitcher	Opp	Score	Allow	Result	Proj ERA
MIN	2'-9	Joe Ryan	Pit				3.81
MIN	4'-7	Taj Bradley	Pit				4.23
MIN	2'-7	Zebby Matthews	Sea				4.01
MIN	4-'7	Andrew Morris	Sea				4.2
PIT	2'-9	Paul Skenes	Min				2.92
PIT	4'-7	Mitch Keller	Min				4.35
PIT	2'-7	Jared Jones	Sea				3.83
PIT	4'-7	Braxton Ashcraft	Sea				4.08
SEA	2'-8	George Kirby	Min				3.51
SEA	2'-8	Bryan Woo	Min				3.6
SEA	2'-8	Logan Gilbert	Pit				3.4
SEA	4'-7	Luis Castillo	Pit				3.86