You then take his excess HR’s allowed (above the league norm figure) and divide that by Possible 9’s, to get a % which you then multiply by 36 to get his HR Allowed Rating. So, dividing 2 by 36 you and then multiplying that # times the pitcher’s Batters Faced, you get the total number of statistically probable 9’s hitters will get when facing him. Why? Because virtually every hitters card has two 9’s – no more, no less. How do you do this? Well, for pitchers like Pena who allowed many HR, you use an adjustment to ‘9’ hit results. Compare that figure to how many he DID allow and you get the number you will use to make his FR Allowed Rating. 025 you find out how many HR he would 'normally' have allowed. Using that # (.025) you take a pitcher – let’s use Orlando Pena, who lead the AL in HR’s allowed with 40 – and multiplying his Batters Faced by. The first item you need to know is the league’s % stat of HR’s per Batters Faced (or Plate Appearances) as the Base # (in 1964, for the AL, it was. Let’s take the latter (and I’ll use #’s from the 1964 season, one of baseball’s most interesting). The two areas? Walks Allowed and Home runs allowed. Mostly in two major areas (which then affects basic Pitcher numerical 'hit' rating, which is, one would hope, based on Hits per Batters Faced, although it usually isn’t). I have done so for the APBA Master game pitchers (let’s face it, pitching stats were/are never APBA’s strong point).

) So I tinker well not so much tinker, as make the games more 'statistically' realistic. I am also not only a major baseball aficionado, but have been playing tabletop baseball games since 1955 (my first APBA) and I have literally played them all (you name it, I played it. I am, by profession, a game designer (140+ published board games). Here’s a description of Richard’s HRA modification in his own words: At least *I* was impressed when I saw his list of accomplishments in the tabletop gaming world.

In case you’re wondering, Richard does come with some credentials. With his permission, I’m posting it here. Richard Berg shared this modification with me which increases accuracy for Homeruns Allowed for the APBA’s Baseball Master Game.

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