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'''Statis Pro Baseball''' was a strategic [[baseball]] simulation [[board game]]. It was created by Jim Barnes in 1970, named after a daily newspaper column he wrote for an Iowa morning newspaper, and published by [[Avalon Hill]] in 1978, and new player cards were made for each new season until 1992. A licensing dispute with [[Major League Baseball]] led Avalon Hill to cease production of new cards.{{~~fact~~|date=July 2011}} The game, however, came with instructions for players to create their own cards, so each year many people produce their own player cards, and some even sell them online.

'''Statis Pro Baseball''' was a strategic [[baseball]] simulation [[board game]]. It was created by Jim Barnes in 1970, named after a daily newspaper column he wrote for an Iowa morning newspaper, and published by [[Avalon Hill]] in 1978, and new player cards were made for each new season until 1992. A licensing dispute with [[Major League Baseball]] led Avalon Hill to cease production of new cards.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} The game, however, came with instructions for players to create their own cards, so each year many people produce their own player cards, and some even sell them online.

Due to the nature of the gameplay, the game was suitable for both solitary and head-to-head play.

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Originally the game was played with a set of dice and a yellow cardboard square which had result numbers 11–88 as well as results for clutch hitting, pitching,and defense arranged in a circle within the square. a metal spinner was affixed to the ~~enter~~ of the square. play was incorporated by rolling the dice to get a number between 2–12 which would determine if the play result would come from the pitchers card or the batters card. then the spinner would be spun and the resulting number or other occurrence would give the play result.

Originally the game was played with a set of dice and a yellow cardboard square which had result numbers 11–88 as well as results for clutch hitting, pitching,and defense arranged in a circle within the square. a metal spinner was affixed to the center of the square. play was incorporated by rolling the dice to get a number between 2–12 which would determine if the play result would come from the pitchers card or the batters card. then the spinner would be spun and the resulting number or other occurrence would give the play result.

==Basic gameplay==

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-'''Statis Pro Baseball''' was a strategic [[baseball]] simulation [[board game]].  It was created by Jim Barnes in 1970, named after a daily newspaper column he wrote for an Iowa morning newspaper, and published by [[Avalon Hill]] in 1978, and new player cards were made for each new season until 1992.  A licensing dispute with [[Major League Baseball]] led Avalon Hill to cease production of new cards.{{fact|date=July 2011}}  The game, however, came with instructions for players to create their own cards, so each year many people produce their own player cards, and some even sell them online.
+'''Statis Pro Baseball''' was a strategic [[baseball]] simulation [[board game]].  It was created by Jim Barnes in 1970, named after a daily newspaper column he wrote for an Iowa morning newspaper, and published by [[Avalon Hill]] in 1978, and new player cards were made for each new season until 1992.  A licensing dispute with [[Major League Baseball]] led Avalon Hill to cease production of new cards.{{citation needed|date=July 2011}}  The game, however, came with instructions for players to create their own cards, so each year many people produce their own player cards, and some even sell them online.
 Due to the nature of the gameplay, the game was suitable for both solitary and head-to-head play.
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-Originally the game was played with a set of dice and a yellow cardboard square which had result numbers 11–88 as well as results for clutch hitting, pitching,and defense arranged in a circle within the square. a metal spinner was affixed to the enter of the square. play was incorporated by rolling the dice to get a number between 2–12 which would determine if the play result would come from the pitchers card or the batters card. then the spinner would be spun and the resulting number or other occurrence would give the play result.
+Originally the game was played with a set of dice and a yellow cardboard square which had result numbers 11–88 as well as results for clutch hitting, pitching,and defense arranged in a circle within the square. a metal spinner was affixed to the center of the square. play was incorporated by rolling the dice to get a number between 2–12 which would determine if the play result would come from the pitchers card or the batters card. then the spinner would be spun and the resulting number or other occurrence would give the play result.
 ==Basic gameplay==

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