Statis Pro Baseball
Franchise All Stars, Expansion Era – New 4th Edition (Printed Version) Includes cardstock board, new FAC, Charts, rules and card set. Introduction
Here are the all-star teams for each of the 30 franchises
playing today. Each team has 30 players,
17 position players and 13 pitchers as well as one ballpark card. 900 players.
The original 16 franchises have players drawn from the years
1961-2017 with the exception of the Orioles (1954+), the A’s (1955+), the Braves
(1966+) and the Dodgers and Giants (1958+.).
All expansion teams have been selected from their entire history. Who is eligible?
A position player is eligible in any season they qualified for
the batting title (3.1 PA per G), including strike shortened seasons. The exception is catchers who are eligible in
any season in which they appeared in 100 games.
Starting pitchers are eligible for any season they qualified for the ERA
title (1 IP per G), again, including strike shortened seasons. Relievers need to have 40 appearances. How are rosters
selected?
The first rule is that a player can only have one card, so
Nolan Ryan has a card only with the Angles even though he would have been good
enough to have cards both with the Astros and the Rangers. The players best season determines which team
he is assigned.
The best 9 starting players at each position (generally
using WAR, OPS+) are chosen, the best remaining offensive season (the DH if you
will), two backup catchers and at least one backup at every other
position. For pitchers OPS+ (the best
card) was given preference over more situationally dependent stats like Wins,
ERA or WAR. Durability was a bonus for
starters as was situational leverage (closer or late inning set-up man) for
relievers. MVP an Cy Young Awards were
generally not taken into account. How were the cards
created?
Most batter ratings are pretty straight forward. OBR is
based on XB taken (avg 40%), Run scored pct. (avg 30%) with SB and 3b given a
little weight. SP is (SBA*.67 ) per 200
times on first. AAA > 70, AA >50 A
>30, B>20, C>10, D+>5, D>0. A “+” is given at SB% 85, 82, 80,
75, 66 (AAA-C) and a “-“ at 75, 70, 66, 60, <50. SAC, H&R and INJ are the same as the
original Statis Pro.
CD ratings vary by position but in general: 1 – poor, 2 – average, 3 – above average, 4 –
Gold Glove caliber, 5 – all-time great season (usually 25+ runs saved). T2 is -3 runs or worse, T3 -2 to +1, T4 +2 to
+4, and T5 is +5 or better. TA about 10%
above league average for CS, TC about 10% worse. E ratings are same as
original.
Pitcher SR is similar to the original. RR is based on IP/G. <1 = 2 (closer=3), 1-1.5 = 3, 1.5-2 = 4,
2+ = 5. For pitchers who primarily
started, their RR is one half of their SR.
A pitcher gets an “A” hold if he allowed <50% of the
average in SB, gets a C if >150%. Card formulas
were broken into a number of eras, the same as used on the great teams with the
following subtractions. Era 1b K W XBH*
41-62 10.9 7.1 5.7 8.4
63-76 10.8 9.6 5.3 7.9
77-92 10.7 9.5 5.5 8.4
93-10 10.1 11.3 5.7 10.0
11-17 9.9 13.0 5.1 9.8
*XBH is used to calculate BD numbers.
A 1968 hitter will get a boost relative to say, 2001
PB using isolated power (median). Era 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 2-9
41-62 .180 .144 .104 .070 .042
63-76 .172 .137 .099 .067 .040
77-92 .193 .154 .111 .075 .045
93-10 .229 .182 .132 .089 .053
11-17 .212 .169 .122 .082 .049 WHY THIS
VERSION OF STATIS PRO? From the creator of Statis
Pro Advanced comes the first revision for the original Avalon Hill
Baseball game since the game went out of print in the early 90s. Why could this be the Statis Pro Baseball
game for you? Game strategy and accuracy
has been improved dramatically with only a single page of rules and charts to
amend the original game. You’ll be up
and playing this improved Statis Pro in a matter of minutes. 1. Accuracy of
results: Let’s not kid ourselves, Statis
Pro is fun, but the Pitcher Card “Rulebook Formula” used for the original cards
is daft and highly inaccurate. Pitchers
in the Revised Edition will replicate their real life batting average, on-base
and slugging percentage allowed. You can
have a 2-6 ace, and a 2-8 bum. Batter
and Pitcher cards are normalized to their league so teams can compete
realistically across eras. Balk, Wild
Pitch and Passed Ball results are also now based on actual results. 2. Half
Results: Many players in SP have less
than one chance for HRs, HBP, 3b8. These
players now have a “half-a-chance” to produce these results. Also players who are incredibly difficult to
K, or pitchers who walk very few batters have a special rating to match their
real life results. 3. Platoon
Advantage: A simple platoon advantage
system that modifies PB: draws adds another level of strategy and accuracy
without the added complexity of double column LH/RH splits and encourages
intuitive and realistic player use. Players are rated from -3 (extremely poor) to +3 (huge advantage). 4. Park
Effects: Going into Coors Field? Very likely your pitcher’s “Stuff” could be
Bad, but they may get a boost in Dodger Stadium. 5. New
Charts: A new Steal chart set up just
like the original takes into account the steal percentage of baserunners as
well as the hold ability of the pitcher. New CD chart eliminates “No Results”, makes defense more important of a
consideration in your lineup. Defensive
ratings, including Arms, are based on the most modern stats available. The Hit and Run Chart remains in the same
style but the batters batting average is now taken into consideration. No more turning that .180 hitting 2Bman into
a .400 hitting menace with a runner on 1 st . 6. Pitching
Strategies and Platoon modifications are also on the chart. 7. Card
design: Cards are larger (business
cards) and laid out in an easier read format which includes team colors, league
leaders, awards and all the important stats you’ll need to make decisions. 8. You can use
these revisions with any Statis Pro card set. 9. A large and
growing Facebook community sharing tips, modifications and game results.
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