I’ve always wondered why MLB doesn’t focus more attention on the result of pinch hitters. These guys get paid big money to deliver in important situations, always the end of games, but they don’t get much ink or recognition. I track pinch hitting results in my replays, simply out of…
Here’s quick primer on what you will find in the Fielding Range Chart. 1) Numerical breaks that quickly define Fielding One, Two, and Three Each position is listed, accompanied by the numbers that define Fielding Two. For example, for catchers and 2b rated 5, anything between 14-21 is Fielding…
When I first started playing the APBA Master Game (baseball), I quickly found I was wearing out the board that contained the various fielding ranges. It was shopworn after three months and steadily went downhill after that. In addition, I found I was practically going blind trying to find where…
When was the last time any baseball fan you know got excited about statistics tracking the number of putouts and assists generated by an individual player or team? Unless you are a minority of one, the answer is “Never.” Fielding performance is highly subjective and hard to quantify. Even today,…
The pitching performance chart tracks individual pitching performances. First of all, let’s get past what, at first glance, looks like extra work. A replay, after all, has a lot of administrative demands, but maintaining a pitching performance chart is an administrative chore that gives back a multitude of feedback. Recording…
Pitching stats, particularly the number of starts, is a key statistic in keeping track of what is going on in your replay. Starts, unlike total appearances (starts and/or relief appearances, provide you a means of ensuring that your pitching stats are correct and accurate. Simply stated, a team’s won-lost record…
Generally speaking baseball has evolved through three different periods on pitcher usage, centering around starting pitchers. Prior to 1900, starting pitchers usually pitched with one or two games rest, e.g. Hoss Radbourn, Pud Galvin, Tim Keefe and other 19th century greats. From around 1900 to the early ‘60s, starters worked…
Most replayers adhere to maintaining realistic use of how players were used at particular positions during a replay. How you use your players is solely up to you, but some of the realism of the game is lost if you overuse players at a position to the exemption of other…
Replayers wrestle with how to govern player usage during a replay. There is no precise or totally correct answer. Your choice depends solely on how much work you want to put into the replay and how much precision or realism you want to try and generate. Any once of the…
The information on APBA baseball cards and the APBA’s yellow lineup sheet only gives you a limited amount of information. Fortunately, with the explosion of SABRmetrics, there is more information now available than anyone can digest. For replayers, the info available is great for helping to create guidelines for player…