1945 STATIS PRO BASEBALL CARDS

This zip file contains the following:

1. My 1945 Statis Pro Baseball cards on a PDF file,
2. The 1945 Major League Batter averages and ratings on another PDF,
3. The 1945 Major League Pitcher averages and ratings on another PDF,
4. The 1945 Major League Fielder averages and ratings on another PDF,
5. A text file of the 1945 American and National League batting, pitching and fielding averages, plus tranactions and most common lineups,
6. The 1945 Statis Pro Baseball rosters on another PDF,
7. My version 2 of my Statis Pro Baseball scoresheet on another PDF, and
8. This README file.

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:

This is my 11th set of cards. The delay in getting them out was caused due to a lack of ink. I couldn't print out the ratings, so I had to go back and forth using the PDF files.
As usual, I did all the cards by hand, without aid of a special program. The catcher and outfield arms ratings were determined by number of assists.

Some other information:
The 1945 card file contains those players with 50 or more at bats or 30 or more innings pitched.
Because no one hit 30 or more homers, no batters received a BD rating of 2, and only two received 1s -- Tommy Holmes and Chuck Workman, both of the Braves.
Five pitchers had their PB rating downgraded, four from 2-8 to 2-7 -- Thornton Lee (CWS), Nels Potter (SLB), Hank Wyse (CHI) and Bucky Walters (CIN). Bobo Newsom (PHA) was also downgraded from 2-7 to 2-6.
In addition, one player qualified for both a pitcher and a batter card -- the Phillies' Rene Monteagudo.
Also, for the first time, I finally rated all pitcher batting cards Cht ratings as P, rather than RN. I can't explain why I didn't do this before. Some changes in other card sets may be coming.

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 1945.
*: A combined Major League card. Stats used were combined from every team that player spent time with in 1945.
A: A combined American League card. Stats used were combined from every AL team that player spent time with in 1945.
N: A combined American League card. Stats used were combined from every NL team that player spent time with in 1945.

Watch for 1946 and 1947, followed by 1953 and 1958 -- the only sets I've planned on making at the moment.

Until the next set, enjoy the 1945 season cards.
