Replays require a systematic approach to compiling information. Think about how much information you will be recording: Box scores for as many games are you are playing in your replay Daily standings for your replay Batting and pitching records for several hundred individual players Team batting and pitching records…
(click image for pdf version of box score) The selection of a box score format is a key decision in setting up your system for conducting a replay. The format you choose has to be understandable, easy to record and, most important, easily convertible to a systematic cumulative stat-keeping…
How you keep the box scores for the games in your replay is a very personal selection. The number of box score formats available is endless. Google box score formats and you get hundreds of examples of different formats that are available. Some questions worth considering before you settle on…
Maintaining an accurate record of the daily won-lost standings is a must. For keeping basic W-L standings and percentages, I record my standings in a simple 11 x 8 inch college ruled notebook, on a day-by-day basis, For a regular eight-team replay, you will need around 30-40 pages to record…
Recording the score of each game seems obvious. But you need to have a well- organized system that will enable you go far beyond simply keeping scores. Once you get rolling you will want insights into each team’s performances. Home and away? Extra-inning games? One-run games? How many shutouts has…
Baseball stats are a never-ending source of enjoyment for all of us. They started with the back sides of baseball cards and have graduated to baseballreference.com. Stats have birthed SABRmetrics and encouraged a myriad of books, websites, and other informative sources to measure how teams and players have performed. You…
OAPBA (Orlando APBA Association) has wrapped up their 2015 with Jonathan Stilwell’s Otters (55-25) running away with both halves to snare his first championship in the six-team league. Stilwell (right), who joined the league five years ago, dominated play in both halves, winning each half by five games over Walt…
Stat-keeping is all about paperwork. While that certainly sounds threatening, with the power of a personal computer and basic applications, the work involved in keeping your records up has been reduced considerably. To start with, here Is a list of important tools that you will need, at a minimum: The…
Keeping tabs on the numbers likely will prove to be the part of the replay that will give you the most headaches and take the most time. After more than 10,000 solo games, I can categorically state that keeping stats is THE most challenging part of a replay. Before you…
Figure on a full month to organize a replay. Organized preparation will save you lots of time and greatly enhance your replay when you actually start rolling. Let’s focus on what you will need to do to organize your replay. Basically, you can break a replay down into three parts:…