http://www.strat-o-matic.com © 2015 Strat-O-Matic Media, LLC Winter 2015 Relive a Season That Had it All Jose Abreu (.317-36-107) and Mets 2014 : Jacob deGrom (2.49 ERA) — continue the Pre-orders: Jan. 21 slugging and power-pitching theme. deGrom Opening Day: Feb. 6 Record-Setters, tying a record. Strat-O-Matic’s new baseball season, No-Hitters and a Emerging stars included Houston’s bat- the Ratings Book that precedes it and ting champ Jose Altuve (.341) and Pitts- Opening Day in Glen Head, NY in early Memorable Game 7 burgh’s super utility man Josh Harrison February are always the three most antici- pated days in the Strat-O-Matic year. We like tight division races and seven- (.315), Cleveland’s starter Cory But this winter will be one of Strat-O- game World Series. Got both. Kluber (18-9, 2.44 with 269 Ks) and the Matic’s biggest ever. Check it out: We like no-hitters and . Yankees’ 90-inning reliever Dellin Betances The FREE online draft component in (5-0, 1.44 ERA, 0.778 WHIP and 135 Ks). Strat-O-Matic Baseball 2015. We like making history with legendary Altuve, Dee Gordon and Billy Hamilton all Not one, but TWO classic deluxe performances and record-setting stats. Got topped 55 stolen bases. baseball seasons – 1969 and 1953. the numbers. They join such young-but-established su- Not one, but SIX specialty computer We like young superstars — stud rookies perstars as AL MVP Mike Trout, NL home baseball items from the Update Team – the and do-it-all 20-somethings we can draft and champ Giancarlo Stanton and do-every- 1873 National Association, 2014 Japanese hold. Got tons of ‘em. thing Andrew McCutchen, who became the Leagues and FOUR Negro Leagues sea- And soon, all of the cheese-throwing, sons. fence-swinging and base-swiping action will .300/.400/.500 split for a third consecutive A new set of 42 players for the sec- be ready for your dice-rolling and keystrok- season, following . ond edition of the popular Baseball Ex- ing with Strat-O-Matic’s league-leading re- Milwaukee’s Jonathan Lucroy broke the press game. creaton of the 2014 Major League season. Major League record for doubles by a catch- A Hall of Fame 2015 roster for the There’s something — actually, there’s a er (46 of his franchise-best 53) and Seattle’s Windows game, adding the most recently whole lot — for everyone in this memorable Mike Zunino set a franchise record for catch- inducted players. season. San Francisco established a modern- ers by belting 22 homers. Pittsburgh’s Neil Perhaps most prominent of all, the day dynasty by winning its third World Se- Walker set a club record for second basemen new Strat-O-Matic logo, which already with 23 homers. appears here and on the hot new Logo T- unequalled defense (how do six 1-rated po- With almost 16 per game, Shirt. sition players sound?), Kansas City raced pitchers owned a lot of glory. All of this in addition to recently re- through the playoffs and Chris Sale (12-4, 2.17) was a Cy Young leased 20 new superstars in Strat-O-Matic took the Giants to a seventh game before contender. David Price led 13 200-K pitch- Online’s All-Time Greats set. Madison Bumgarner achieved World Series ers with 271. Kershaw pitched 41 straight It’s only right that this extraordinary legend status. scoreless innings. Johnny Cueto was Ker- A highly competitive regular season had shaw-esque at 20-9, 2.25 with 242 Ks and days after the Super Bowl. There’s not tight division races, strong Wild Card teams, a .194 opponent average. Yusmeiro much longer to wait. and few mismatches (no team won 100 or Petit retired 46 straight batters. Tampa Bay’s lost 100). staff threw 22 shutouts, most since the ‘72 It had batting and pitching stars – slug- A’s. Unlike in years past, pre-orders Craig Kimbrel set the Braves record with for Opening Day pickup will begin and aces like the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw, - the same day as all other pre- who won the NL Cy Young and MVP award tory with at least 40 saves in each of his orders. However, those coming for with an all-time great season: 21-3, 1.77 with Opening Day pickup don’t have to 239 Ks and an 0.857 WHIP. 17.7 men per 9 innings. Sean Doolittle had a The rookies of the year — White Sox’ Time to order the Baseball Classic Doubleheader: FREE Online Draft in new Ratings Book – see page 2 1969, 1953 seasons – page 2 Windows Baseball – page 3 Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2015 Page 2 Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2011 Page 2 Classic Baseball in Super Advanced 1969:What Greats You’ll at See Their and Best What You’ll1953: Dodger Get in DreamV16 Baseball Team SinceEven afterStrat-O-Matic 15 versions, gamers Strat-O-Matic love stats, gamers let’s demand count the an ever-more-reasons to NoThe one new who Super ever Advanced cut his Strat-O-Matic rule limiting overuse teeth on in the consecutive one-sided enjoyversatile the computer1969 baseball baseball season game — – theone latesteven moreset to powerful be updated and fromeven Oldtimergames by greatrelief teamspitchers has will forgotten be enforced the 1953 in V16. 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(.329), V16 will be necessary to play the 2010 season, the Hall of Fame 2010 Hodges (.302-31-122) and company are far from the only attractions rosters, the new Baseball Heroes release, and the new 19th Century nowPOST-GAME that Strat-O-Matic is making the entire 1953 season in Super Diego.seasons – 1876, 1880, 1885 and 1893. AdvancedSeveral form improvements for the board are andlikely Windows to generate games. enthusiasm. There’s Play it again to relive the very best seasons of some of the very moreAfter variety all, inthe box 99-win score game New stories, York Yankees with many won new the phrases. 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In the case of a tardy league member, the draft can still keep moving: Either the com- puter will pick the best player available (in a timed draft), or the league commissioner can make the pick for the absent coach. Online draft should be easy to use. The commish creates or updates the league, places the eligible players in the free-agent View the player’s original card image by (where the draft is conducted) and launches clicking on the player’s name to display his EVER MORE STATS the Online Draft mode. Each draft partici- notebook. pant uses his Strat-O-Matic website sign-in Evaluate players better with new tools and password. Draft picks are viewed by CONVENIENT AND SMART such as WAR (wins over replacement value) league members live, in real time. When the WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) and other sabermetric-type stats. draft is complete, the commish downloads Your custom league can now handle 36 Batter and pitcher notebooks now display teams, up from 30. Very handy for gamers Slugging on the Hitting and Pitching tabs. all the drafted players on their correct teams. who like to set up 32-team tourneys, or who Draft participants will be able to see the Box scores now list Team RISP. For ex- love eight-team divisions. ample, “2-for-7” means the team had two entire list of drafted players and undrafted An optional Condensed Play Log shows players. When evaluating a potential pick, hits in seven times with runner(s) in every at-bat outcome shown in abbreviated scoring position. the draft screen will display each player’s name, his bat/throw hand, his position and The pre-game Game Notes have more out, –K for strikeout, -W for walk, -SI for statistical info about games already played single and so on. balance rating. in the current series — winning and losing Copy a pinch-running pecking order to pitchers (and their updated records) and the another. For example, your order vs. Stan- reliever who earned a save. CARD IMAGE INTEGRATION dard Righties can be copied vs. Reverse Addressing a minor annoyance for per- OF BALLPARK EFFECTS Righties without having to start over from fectionists, the Awards Voting Report will scratch. Then rearrange as you please. now display All-Star, Gold Glove, and Silver Lineups may be set for use only in games Not drafting soon? Strat-O-Matic Base- Slugger awards based upon the positions that using the designated hitter. It’s in Draft ball 2015 offers many other improvements. players were used in replays instead of their League Mode, but also works very nicely for If you use the card image option (most real-life primary positions. replays where National League teams use Windows gamers do), the ballpark effects the DH only in American League parks. are now integrated into the card image dis- Send your bullpen on the road in CM- played on the Game Screen Layout. Instead of the original (advanced) card result, the ac- thanks to a new setting called “Always re- tual ballpark effects result is shown on the move reliever at end of inning.” Before that cards (e.g. a ballpark with Homerun 1-9 will specialty-reliever can get into trouble, the show N-HR 1-9 whenever a dice roll lands CM always will remove this pitcher after on a diamond). Those results will display in the current inning ends. This also emulates yellow to signal the change. modern-day managers who assign inning- “This will make it easier to evaluate the by-inning roles to their bullpen staff. For product discounts and daily com- current batter and pitcher and will make Draft-O-Matic logic will be sharper too, pany updates: more sense when the ballpark result is rolled placing more value on overall skill rather Like us on Facebook (Strat-O-Matic - Games) and want to see the original reading, no worries: able role on the team. Follow us on Twitter (@StratOMatic) Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2015 Page 4 The Story of -O-: SOM’s New Logo - Expect to see it in able name in sports strat- more places and in more egy simulation games has color combinations as the a new face. company integrates the Strat-O-Matic’s new new logo on its website and on its products and in a dynamic new way. promotional materials. Expect to see it in the Soon the -O- will be company’s full name and the universal sign lan- as a stand-alone symbol, guage for Strat-O-Matic as is the case in the de- gamers. You can be on sign of the Strat-O-Logo the cutting edge of this T-shirt below. movement with your pre-order of the T-shirt, our long-time, loyal The logo is the in- The “O” in Strat- which will be available customers and our new spiration and creation of Matic has always been a with other Opening Day generation of passionate Katja Maas Design. vital part of its name rec- products and sells for sports gamers. The “-O-“ Maas attended Char- ognition (Strat-O, Draft- $19.99 (+$1.00 for 2XL - les Rennie Mackintosh’s O-Matic, Swap-O-Matic and up). and more). Now it’s in- nite possibilities of realis- prestigious Glasgow Pre-orders begin Jan. School of Art in Scotland evitable that the “O” will 21. tic game simulations and and worked for 10 years spawn its own Strat-O Here’s how SOM de- season recreations only as an associate of the language. scribes its decision to em- made possible through world-renowned graphic How soon will it be Strat-O-Matic’s exclu- designer Milton Glaser, until the SOM world be- “The `-O-’ mark rep- sive in-depth research creator of the famous “I resents a bond between and data.” and “O-tta here!” Joining and Recruiting Protect Computer Codes, Easier with League Registry Organize Card Collections Already home to more than 275 leagues in all four Strat-O-Matic Strat-O-Matic customers can that can represent a substantial sports, the League Registry page on the game company’s website catalog their purchases in secure, library. individual storage areas on the leagues throughout the country sorted by sport, league type (Win- game company website. Discounts for dows or board game), and league option (current or retro, stock The voluntary system is de- School Sales signed to permit gamers to re- Your classroom or youth the league uses Netplay. group can build relationships by The popular League Finder Page allows gamers to post ads re- the Windows games and rosters questing to join leagues, advertising an opening in their leagues or they have purchased prior to playing Strat with deeply dis- announcing upcoming Strat-O-Matic tournaments. Strat-O-Matic’s E-Delivery sys- counted games. To register a league, email [email protected] with tem. The innovative Strat-O-Ma- the following info: Having the codes cataloged tic After School Program offers League Name (specify sport) your choice of Baseball Selec- League Type (board game or Windows) online eliminates the worry about losing them. League Option (current stock, current draft or retro. For Windows teams of your choice) at 50 per- leagues, also indicate YES/NO to Netplay) Each gamer’s account area already stores the codes of E- cent off or the Baseball Express City/State (for board-game leagues only) game (ideal for younger kids) at Number of teams in your league Delivery products. Additionally, 40 percent off. Number of years your league has been in existence gamers will enter the codes from League URL (if available) Selector sets are $10 each League contact person (from before E-Delivery). Once for a minimum of six games. League email address the codes are submitted, the sys- Baseball Express is $6 each for Baseball always has dominated the Strat-O-Matic world and the tem validates that they were en- a minimum of 10 games. League Registry included more than 200 baseball leagues as of early tered correctly. The program is for schools January. Football (27 leagues), hockey (21 leagues) and basketball The entry system is infor- and such youth groups as those (15) also are represented. mation storage only. However, churches, Boy Scouts and Girl League Registry Page is largely dependent on your participation,” catalog all of their board games Scouts. the game company invites. and card sets as a way of orga- For orders/questions, email “So if you are currently part of a league (even if you are not look- corporateinfo@strat-o-matic. ing for new members), please register with us on the site!” time and multi-sport gamers, com. Page 5 Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2015 Hall of Fame 2015 Adds 12 Superstars for Windows Game Just when it looked like over- Ideal for play against each crowded ballots would create other or in gamers’ custom proj- a slow drip of inductees to the ects, these Hall of Famers — Baseball Hall of Fame, voters now 250 strong — are based on have elected seven players in the each player’s seven best seasons past two years. And Strat-O-Matic has risen play. to the occasion with a new Hall of Fame 2015 roster for comput- since 2010 are six pitchers and er gamers. That doubles the pace of Hall of Fame releases, which Pitchers , Tom previously occurred in 2000 and Glavine, , Greg 2010. This computer-only release - 42 New All-Stars in , , Ron al releases of the Hall of Fame Santo, Frank Thomas and 19th Baseball Express baseball season roster, allowing Century third baseman Deacon gamers to purchase the current White. roster as often as they would No Hall of Fame set would 2nd Edition Game like. be complete without them. If you missed out on the sold- Altuve, Jose – 2B out premiere edition of Strat-O- Andrus, Elvis – SS Bautista, Jose – RF, 3B, CF, 1B And the Crowd Goes Matic Baseball Express, here’s Bumgarner, Madison - SP Cabrera, Miguel – 1B, 3B excitement is all about. Cano, Robinson – 2B Wild: All-Time Greats If you are among the thou- Carpenter, Matt – 3B,2B,1B,RF,LF sands who had the thrill of play- Chapman, Aroldis - RP Darvish, Yu - SP Added to Online Game Desmond, Ian – SS star players, here’s your chance Donaldson, Josh – 3B Among the coolest things Now playing: to add to your collection. Freeman, Freddie – 1B about the community active in Brady Anderson, 1996 Baseball Express, often re- Goldschmidt, Paul – 1B Strat-O-Matic Baseball Online , 1936 are the periodic polls on the Jose Bautista, 2010 ferred to as “Strat-O-Matic Base- ball for Kids,” is a super-easy game’s interactive forum where Lyman Bostock, 1977 play version that introduces be- Gray, Sonny – SP gamers nominate, then choose , 1887 ginners of any age to the magic Harper, Bryce – LF, CF, RF which stars will be added to the Ken Caminiti, 1996 of Strat-O-Matic Baseball at the Harvey, Matt – SP All-Time Greats player pool. , 1985 They’ve done it again, add- irrestible entry price of $9.99. Kershaw, Clayton – SP , 1925 Ideal for playing solo or Kimbrel, Craig – RP ing 20 stars from peak seasons, , 1962 head-to-head, Baseball Express Longoria, Evan – 3B some unavailable elsewhere in Cecil Fielder, 1990 is easy to learn, yet challenging Molina, Yadier – C, 1B the Strat-O-Matic world. Shawn Green, 1999 McCutchen, Andrew - CF You can check it out here: Zack Greinke, 2009 enough to entertain for hours. Pedroia, Dustin – 2B The game is complete with http://onlinegames.strat-o- Charles Johnson, 1997 42 player cards, three six-sided Phillips, Brandon – 2B matic.com/ , 1897 dice, one 20-Sided Die, four Posey, Buster – C, 1B game markers, instructions and Price, David - SP Fred Lynn, 1975 Puig, Yasiel – RF, CF, LF a playing tray that makes this a Sale, Chris - SP Tip O’Neill, 1887 handy travel game as well. , 1923 The new players are the Simmons, Andrelton – SS Edgar Renteria, 2003 brightest stars of today’s game: Stanton, Giancarlo – RF Strasburg, Stephen – SP MVPs Mike Trout and Clayton Trout, Mike – CF, LF, RF To use them, just sign up Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew Mc- Votto, Joey – 1B online for an All-Time Greats 8 Cutchen, Buser Posey, Madison Wainwright, Adam – SP league. Draft from about 4,500 Bumgarner, Aroldis Chapman ... Wieters, Matt – C players in this set or choose to Wright, David – 3B 28 batters and 14 pitchers in all. play in leagues from different years or eras. Strat-O-Matic News, Winter 2015 Page 6 1873 National Association: Post-Season Surprises in Baseball Legends are Born 2014 Japanese Leagues Re-live baseball’s formative professional years when the game’s With more Japanese Leagues batters and pitchers playing well in the rules and franchises were still being sorted out. Major Leagues, Strat-O-Matic gamers can get the knowledge edge by In the National Association’s third season, the Boston Red Stock- using today’s Japanese stars. Do it with thrilling pennant races and 46 ings won their second straight championship with a 43-16 record. former Major Leaguers salting the Japanese lineups. The — the Yankees of the — were The Philadelphia White Stockings were only four games behind 82-61, eight games better than arch-rival Hanshin, but the Tigers shocked at 36-17, but Boston’s squad rich in future Hall of Famers showed all by winning four straight in the playoffs that preceded the Nippon Se- their dominance. Pitcher Al Spalding (41-14, 2.99) and batters Dea- ries championship. That was won by the Fukuoaka Hawks, who won con White (.392, 77 RBI, 19 SB), George Wright (.387) and Jim O’Rourke (.350, 21 doubles) were destined for Cooperstown. And Ex-Major Leaguers Wladimir Balentien (.301, 31 HR), Andruw they weren’t even the team’s top hitter. That would be Jones (24 HR) and Willie Mo Pena (32 HR, 90 RBI) were leading slug- (.431, 125 runs, 60 RBI). Pro-rated over 162 games, Barnes would gers, but both division MVPs were Japanese pitchers: Chihiro Kaneko have scored 338 runs on 373 hits, 84 of them doubles and 30 of them (16 wins, 1.98 ERA, 199 Ks) of and (12-5, 2.33) triples, with 162 RBI and 116 SB. of Yomiuri. Potential Major Leaguers: Daisuke Yamai (Chunichi, 13-5, 3.21), Yoshihisa Hirano (Orix, 40 saves), Yoshio Itoi (Orix, .331, 19 Elsewhere in the league, the White Stockings’ pitcher George HR, 81 RBI, 31 steals), (Yakult, .324, 29 HR, 89 RBI), Zettlein was 36-15, 2.86. The Chicago Athletics’ hit .398 Ginji Akaminai (Tohoku Rakuten, .327); Ernesto Mejia (Seibu, 34 HR); and the Baltimore Canaries’ was 28-14, 2.80, Takeya Nakamura (Seibu, 34 HR, 90 RBI); Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshi- completing all 42 of his starts. Five Canaries hit .332 to .380. ma, .325). New Sets Span 4 Decades of Negro Leagues 1911: 1922: Five-team 1934: Josh, Satch, 1945: Jackie and tops Pop Lloyd race ends in Indy mighty Crawfords future MLB stars Seven Hall of Famers and Thirteen Hall of Famers Enjoy as a 36- As Major League integra- 11 others from SOM’s Negro and 36 others from the Negro HR slugger, tion and the end of the Negro Leagues Stars set are featured in Leagues Stars set feature the (.930 OPS) and Leagues nears, future big-leagu- a three-team pennant race won great Oscar Charleston (1.072 (20-5, 2.20) on the 88-56 Pitts- ers , Roy Cam- by Chicago, with Rube Fos- OPS, 22 3b, 22 HR, CF-1) at his burgh Crawfords who were just panella, , Satchel ter (25-7, 1.87) and best with the champion India- good enough to top the Philadel- Paige, Don Newcombe, Sam Je- (1.072 OPS) over New York napolis ABCs. phia Stars (86-58) and Chicago throe and six more played side- (Pop Lloyd, Dick Redding, Spot This slugging 10-team league Giants (84-60). by-side with older Negro League Poles) and St. Louis (Jimmie Ly- Chicago had Hall of Fam- all-time greats Josh Gibson (33 ons, Ben Taylor). OPS, 21 3B), Cristobal Torriente ers (30 HR, 18 HR, 1.023 OPS), Foster was king of the hill (.907 OPS, OF-1) two-way stars 3B, 1.057 OPS; CF-1) and Big (.340 BA, 1.015 OPS) and Cool in a league with Smokey Joe Bullet Joe Rogan (1.018 OPS; (26-9, 2.57). Philly Williams (25-12, 2.22), Frank 24-13, 2.70 ERA) and Double boasted (.955 OPS) but too old for futures in the Ma- Wickware (26-10, 2.52), Dick Duty Radcliffe (1.018 OPS) and and Slim Jones (24-10, 2.55). Go jors. Redding (23-13, 2.71) and four pitchers Gibson, Leonard and Bell’s other 20-game winners in a six- (22-12, 2.81) and (32 HR, .984 OPS; 11-6, 3.31 won this team league. (22-11). pitching). year’s Negro National League.

Each specialty set is for Baseball 2015 only; Negro Leagues (stats pro-rated to full seasons) rated for league play or integrated with Major League sets of the same eras. If your play with current and is the inclusion of champion- 1986, 2013 and 2014. 20th Century Major League sea- ship series and All-Star games Other championship series: For a Taste of sons has kept you from enjoying with these sets. That includes Eight (1884-90 and 1892) be- the growing library of seasons game-by-game lineups for all tween the American Association the Good Life, and All-Star sets from the 19th 110 Major League World Series and National League, Temple Century, Negro Leagues, Japa- and all 89 Major League All-Star Cup series (1894-97) and several try the preset nese Leagues and Cuba, you can games. Negro League World Series and still discover baseball history So much more: Four East- Nippon Series. All-Star and with just a few games from each West All-Star games for the Best of all, they are included offering. 1934, 1937, 1942 and 1945 Ne- with your purchase of any of World Series One of the big contributions gro Leagues; Nippon All-Star these seasons for the Windows from the Update Team led by Series for the four Japanese game. Install them as you would Len Durrant and Ken Wenger seasons created by SOM: 1973, any season.