1921 STATIS PRO BASEBALL CARDS

This zip file contains the following:

1. My 1921 Statis Pro Baseball cards on a PDF file,
2. The 1921 Major League Batter averages and ratings on another PDF,
3. The 1921 Major League Pitcher averages and ratings on another PDF,
4. The 1921 Major League Fielder averages and ratings on another PDF,
5. A text file of the 1921 American and National League batting, pitching and fielding averages, plus tranactions and most common lineups,
6. The 1921 Statis Pro for MS Works rosters on another PDF,
7. An added bonus: My revamped Statis Pro Baseball scoresheet on another PDF, and
8. This README file.

Once again: The text file and all the stats used to create the cards were obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".

A few notes:

Remember when I said I was going to take step away from doing cards. It lasted all of about 12 hours.
This is my fifth set of Statis Pro cards, and if I decide I want to do more, you'll see them in around a week.
Just like before, I did them all by hand, without aid of a special card-making program. It again took less than seven days to complete the cards from start to finish.
Also, I had to figure outfielders' and catchers' arm ratings by using assists, but they look O.K.
Again, if you believe a rating is wrong for a certain player or groups of players, it probably is. Go ahead and change them.
But here's something else -- if you like the nicknames in, change the player's name to his nickname. Two examples: Home Run Baker is listed as Frank Baker on his card, and High Pockets Kelly is known as George Kelly. (Yet Baby Doll Jacobson and Babe Ruth aren't listed by their first names, go figure.) If you want the cards to say High Pockets and Home Run, go ahead and change them. It won't make me unhappy.

One other thing: This set was made for just one reason: BABE RUTH. Many people I've seen do the 1927 set to get the great Yankee team and Ruth's 60 homer season, but 1921 was, for all intents and purposes, the Babe's best year. Only his homer and (I believe) his RBI total is better in 1927. He was better in every other category in 1921. And his card is a doozy -- 10 homers and 20 walks included. Can't wait to play him.

The card file again contains cards only for those players with 50 or more at bats or 30 or more innings pitched. The Babe also pitched nine innings in 1921, but didn't qualify for a pitcher's card.

Once again, the combined cards for players who played with two or more teams have either symbols or a letter at the bottom right of their cards. They are:

BLANK: A regular card. Stats used for that player are solely for time spent with that team in 1921.
*: A combined Major League card. Stats used were combined from every team that player spent time with in 1921.
A: A combined American League card. Stats used were combined from every AL team that player spent time with in 1921.
N: A combined American League card. Stats used were combined from every NL team that player spent time with in 1921.

From just the ratings alone, this season will be determined how well the FACs turn. A lot of the batters in this era could really hit, steal, hit-and-run and move around the bases. There is little power with the exception of Ruth, who was the ONLY batter to earn a BD rating of 1 or 2 -- Ruth is, of course, a 2.

But some of the pitcher cards are just as crazy, with a great many pitcher's outs starting in the high 30's to low 40's. From what I've seen, getting the FACs to land on your cards will be imperative in this season.

Hope you enjoy them.
