I’m opening this up to the wide (snort) audience here.  I got this question over at The Baseball Zealot. 
 
I have the greatest teams of the past from 1967 and Roger Maris is rated a 3 in the outfield. Could any 67 season owner tell me if he was rated a 3 in the [...]

Meet Mr 2009 of APBA Baseball. 
For each dice roll number on the card, I’ve determined the most common result number using the card data from all the position players in both leagues.  Then I made a composite card out of it.
 
 

 
This card won’t win any MVP awards, that’s for sure. 
I gave him [...]

The network was down where I was at so it gave me some time to look at the 2009 disk some again.  More fun with Excel.  Maybe there’s room for one more segment in the 2009 APBA Baseball set: By the Numbers series. 
We’ll start with a couple of team comparisons today.  Then I’ll look [...]

In my last segment of APBA’s 2009 baseball set by the numbers, I’m going to break down at some of the more esoteric (ok, esoteric for us Basic Game guys) ratings used by the computer game.  Hopefully, that will give you an idea of the value of a rating in comparison to the rest of [...]

Last night, I broke down the position players of new 2009 APBA baseball set number-wise.  Tonight, it’s the pitchers’ turn.  A little more difficult what without all the fun hit numbers and all but I still did all right.
 

# of pitchers in the 2009 APBA set
442

 
Let’s start off with a simple breakdown of the graded [...]

I’m getting  a good look at the numbers for the 2009 APBA Baseball disk file today.  I thought I’d play around a bit and break it down number-wise.  After some sorting and filtering, here is the 2009 set by the numbers. 
Today, I’m strictly looking at the position players.   Maybe tomorrow, I’ll break down the [...]

(ed note:  Thanks to Rob Moore for submitting this! –tbz)
One of the highlights of the offseason in APBA-land is the release of the disc for the just-finished season. I don’t even use Baseball for Windows anymore, and yet I still buy the disc. This year, for the first time, I pre-ordered it and received it [...]

The emailed “disk” is making its way into people’s inboxes.  By now, we know the official pitching grades and with a little extrapolation, the hitting numbers of the 2009 set. 
The big story among pitchers is the re-appearance of split grades.  And I mean SPLIT grades.  Phil Hughes is rated a 3 (24*) or a [...]

Reader Kevin sent me a email with a question regarding roster sizes of the card sets.  I think it’s worth bringing up.  If one person is confused about it and wrote in about it, there are probably 100 others who are wondering the same thing… most likely those who are new to the game. 
Kevin [...]

5.  Hinske’s on-base potential.  He’s not super great but he’s 4 walks and 5 automatic hits.  My team needs a leadoff hitter and it may be a sad reflection on my team but he might fit the bill.
4.  I need a 3rd outfielder.  Right now, Luis Gonzalez is my starting left fielder.  In [...]