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Welcome to my Strat-O-Matic Baseball Information Page. Included on this page is a variety of information for use with the Strat-O-Matic Computer Baseball game. All of the content is free for you to use.

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NEW

- added V13 Nickname list
- added 1921-2003 Announcers list
- added On Pace Spreadsheet
- added MLB 1900-1994 Coaches list
- added 1901-2002 Umpire spreadsheet

Derrick's spreadsheet stratforms.zip

SB and Hold Calculations

Derrick created a little spread sheet that gives super advanced steal ratings and also a method to rate pitchers hold, but you have to have the SB, CS, 2B, 3B and HR totals for the pitchers.

"Steal ratings are about as close as they are going to get, Strat must use some very refined, obscure stats, or they subjectively fiddle with the numbers."

"For a prime example, check out Andruw Jones and Otis Nixon 1999. No way Jones should have a lead chance that high. In my 99 replay Jones has already stolen more bases in 75 games than he did in the entire 1999 season."

" For holds basically I adjust depending on SB Pct abover or below league average and Lead Chances abover or below average. I enter the pitchers SB info exactly like a batters then have a formula that spits out a pos or neg number, that is the hold."

Conversion of Fielding Pct. to E-Rating

I know this isn't %100 accurate, but fielding Pct. are readily available where as innings played and total chances per postion per team are not. For fringe players this should be fine, for regulars it will give figures that are close enough to generate an accurate replay.

Zero errors formula

For those players who only play a couple game per position without commiting an error, this formula will take the players total chances, give him one error, and generate a fielding pct.

Passed Balls

This was a tough one, but I think it's pretty close, however the influence of range ratings is not included. Again, it should be close enough to generate accurate results.

Pitcher Stamina , pretty easy one.

Closer ratings

"By the book" for the most part, except that it is prorated to 60 games for players with less than 60 appearences, which seems to be the method that Strat uses. Take Tom Gordon's 1997 card for example. For players with 60 game or more, just use Saves as the the S-rate. Also optional ratings for pre 1980 seasons where Saves were less common. I find that uber-releives such as Hoyt Wilhelm and Rollie Fingers will tire too easily when CLOSER rules kick in after these fellows have already pitched 2 or 3 innings in relief.

Pitcher's Bunting: (contributed by Eric Hasselwander)

Use SACRIFICE HITS. If number is 0, make the pitcher a D. If 1, if plate appearances are under 70, make him C, if not, D. If 2 he gets either B if ab is under 30, or C otherwise. If 3 or more, determine how many he would have if he had 150 plate appearances, and use the below chart:

       SH/150 PA   RATING
    ----------------------
        18+          A
     10-17           B
      2- 9           C

Unzip the file and use the Import function for each league. It will add the correct team nicknames to each team in the league.

V13 Team NickNames by Larry Foster - February 23, 2008

1996 Nameless Players for Strat-O-Matic

1997 Nameless Players for Strat-O-Matic

1998 Nameless Players for Strat-O-Matic

Also, Gary Altman has a more comprehensive 1998 Nameless player list. 1998 Nameless Players

Gary Altman's 1999 Nameless Players for Strat-O-Matic

2000 Missing Players zipfile for Strat-O-Matic baseball

Updated Ballpark Codes for Strat-O-Matic with new codes that match our homebrewed ballparks - contributed by Ron Patalona

Team Names over the years - contributed by Ron Patalona

SOM Ballpark Codes for Strat-O-Matic

This is a list compiled by Johnny Pratt of all the known errors in the baseball cards and some in the computer cards. SOM Baseball Error List

This is a link to an Excel spreadsheet of the Master Transaction List for major league baseball. This was originally offered on "The Games People Play" website and created by Kerry Leibowitz. It is listed under "Recent Files and News" and has a date of 7/11/01.

This is a link to an Excel spreadsheet of the 1901-2002 Umpire List for major league baseball. Contributed by Johnny Pratt.

This is a link to an Excel spreadsheet of the 1900-1994 Coaches/Trainers List for major league baseball. Use this to fill out your seasons coaching/trainers data for play-by-play and game reports. Contributed by Ken Wenger.

This is a link to an Excel spreadsheet of the 1921-2003 Announcers List for major league baseball. Use this to fill out your seasons Announcer data for play-by-play and game reports. Contributed by Ken Wenger.

These Excel spreadsheets determine what pace a player is on in a particular statistic for a whole season. Say a guy has 20 homers after 60 games, you might want to know how many he would have if he kept hitting them at that rate for the remainder of the season. You will see that translates to 54 in a 162-game season and 51 in a 154-game season. They are particularly good if a player is on a record pace in a stat. Greg McGill is the author. On Pace Spreadsheet