Baseball Strategy-1984

Design Thomas N. Shaw

Components;

• Gameboard with Offense and Defense Charts
• Scorepad
• Diecut Base Runners Fast and Slow (20)
• 2 Teams Player Roster Cards (25 ea.)
• 2 Team blank Roster Cards
• 2 sets of Pitch Cards (7ea.)
• Instruction Folder
• Handbook of Official Rules

Each of the 25 Roster Cards has the following information;

• Position
• Name
• Fielding
• Power Batting
• Batting Average Total
  Against Left Hander
  Against Right Hander
• Uniform Number
• Profile (left or right handed)

Play Ball

Decide who is Home and who is away. Decide size of ballpark. Series play is recommended.

Select starting lineup of nine players, one for each field position

Add up the fielding numbers of your pitcher, short stop and 1st, 2nd and 3rd base. Atotal 9 or lees is poor, 10 or 11 is average, 12+ is excellent

Do likewise for the outfield.

The catcher has a separate rating of 1, 2 or 3.

Pitches;
A-Fast Ball
B-Breaking
C-Off Speed
D-Fast Ball
E-Breaking
F-Off Speed
G-Pitch Out

There are 10 pitchers on each team. Two Aces, two First Line, three Second Line and three First Line relievers. Four are left-handed.

• Aces can use all pitches
• First Line cannot use Fast A
• Second Line can use only C, D, E, F and G
• All Pitchers have a Power Rating of +3

Batting is broken down into four categories according to Average;

• 0-.200 can bat 1 through 4
• .201-.250 can bat 1 through 7
• .251-.300 can bat 1 through 10
• .301+ can bat 1 through 12

Catcher chooses an available Pitch (There must be a runner for Pitchout). Batter chooses an available swing or Steal. Result is found by cross indexing

Offense Chart Batting vs Pitching

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Pitch/Bat	Bunt	Go with Pitch	Punch	Long Ball	Go with Pitch	Place Hit	Bunt	Place Hit	Puunch	Long Ball	Place Hit	Long Ball
A	2	(1)	2	2	10	2	8	(5)	10	(3)	8	2
B	8	2	(1)	6	6	(3)	4	2	6	8	6	(3)
C	4	10	(3)	10	4	8	4	4	4	(7)	(5)	10
D	4	(5)	8	2	2	(3)	6	10	10	2	10	(7)
E	6	2	(9)	(7)	6	6	4	(3)	(5)	6	6	6
F	(3)	4	4	10	(5)	10	(1)	8	(1)	10	(3)	10
G	11	(1)				11		11	(1)	(9)

The bracketted results in red are generally good, the others bad for the offense.

Offense Base Stealing-Fast Runners Only

Pitch/Steal	Steal 2nd	Steal 2nd	Steal 3rd	Steal 3rd	Steal Home
A	OUT	SAFE*	OUT	SAFE	OUT
B	SAFE*	OUT	OUT	SAFE	OUT
C	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT	SAFE
D	OUT	SAFE	OUT	SAFE	OUT
E	SAFE	OUT	SAFE	OUT	OUT
F	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE	OUT	SAFE
G	OUT	OUT	OUT	OUT	OUT

*Out if Pitcher is left-handed.
The Stealing Chart is an extension of the Pitch/Batting Chart with the same row used for resolution.

Defense

Poor Infield 9 or less 1 1 See outfield 2-3 ERROR  adv 1 base 4-6WALK 3 BUNT SINGLE Runners adv 4 GROUNDER Out at 1st rest adv 6 GROUNDER 1-3 first out forced DP at 1st 4-6 any forced OUT. All others adv 8 LINE DRIVE OUT runners hold (Hit and Run 1 slow runner doubled off) 11 PICK OFF 1-3 LH outs 1st RH outs 3rd 4-5 no effect 6 ERROR All adv	Average Infield 10 or 11 1 1 See outfield 2 ERROR  adv 1 base 3-6WALK 3 BUNT SINGLE Runners adv 4 GROUNDER Out at 1st Fast runners adv 6 GROUNDER 1st out any forced base 2nd out at first. all others adv 8 LINE DRIVE OUT runners hold (Hit & Run any 1 runner doubled off) 11 PICK OFF 1-3 LH outs 1st or 2nd RH outs 3rd or 2nd 4-5 no effect 6 ERROR All adv	Excellent Infield 12+ 1 1 See outfield 2 ERROR  Fast runners adv 1 base 3-6 WALK 3 BUNT SINGLE Runners adv 4 GROUNDER Out at 1st Runners adv if forced. 6 GROUNDER FIELDER'S CHOICE out any base or first out forced second at 1st 8 LINE DRIVE OUT runners hold (Hit & Run ; 1-2 any 2 runners out 3-6 any 1 runner doubled off) 11 PICK OFF 1-3 any runner 4-5 no effect 6 ERROR All adv
Outfield 7 or less 1 Die roll of 1; 2 base error 3 SINGLE all runners adv 2 (Hit & Run ; all fast runners score) 5 DOUBLE all fast runners score slow runners adv 2 (Hit & Run ; all runners score) 7 LONG BELT 10 FLY OUT Fast runners adv 1. Slow runners on 2nd or 3rd consult Extra Base Table	Outfield 8 1 Die roll of 1; Fast runners adv 2 slow 1 3 SINGLE slow runners adv 1. fast adv 2 (Hit & Run ; all runners adv 2) 5 DOUBLE all fast runners score slow runners adv 2 (Hit & Run ; all runners score) 7 LONG BELT 10 FLY OUT Fast runners on 2nd and 3rd adv. Slow runner on 3rd may attempt to score on Extra Base Table	Outfield 9+ 1 Die roll of 1; all runners adv 1 3 SINGLE (Hit & Run ; 5 DOUBLE all runners adv 2 (Hit & Run ; all Fast runners score) 7 LONG BELT 10 FLY OUT Runners hold. Fast runner on 3rd may attempt to score 1-5 SAFE 6 OUT
Catcher 1 2 STRIKEOUT (Hit & Run ; Leading slow runner out on;1-3 1-2 if fast.all runners not out adv) 9 PASSED BALL all runners adv	Catcher 2 2 STRIKEOUT (Hit & Run ;Leading slow runner out on;1-4 1-3 if fast.all runners not out adv) 9 PASSED BALL all runners adv on 1-4	Catcher 3 2 STRIKEOUT (Hit & Run ; any 1 slow runner doubled off or any fast runner on 1-4 other adv.) 9 PASSED BALL all runners adv on 1-2

A passed ball counts as a 2 ball. A second one on the same batter is a Walk

LONG BELT

Die/Park Size	Large	Average	Small
1	HOMER	HOMER	HOMER
2	HOMER	HOMER	HOMER
3	TRIPLE	HOMER	HOMER
4	TRIPLE	TRIPLE	HOMER
5	TRIPLE	TRIPLE	TRIPLE
6	DOUBLE	DOUBLE	DOUBLE

Extra Base

Die/Outfield	Poor	Average	Excellent
1-2	SAFE	SAFE	SAFE
3	SAFE	Reroll	OUT
4	Reroll	OUT	OUT
5-6	OUT	OUT	OUT

As mention series play is recommended for pitcher rotation. Solitaire rules are included. Also there is a section for using real Big League players in the game.

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