OT - Does anyone have the 1911 Strat-O-Matic Card set?

[milkit1]

thanks mike! Apba it is then. sounds like a lot of fun! I think ill buy what ever board is cheapest and buy my season seperatly. Looking forward to trying this.

[Cy2009]

Sean,

Just a thought about Strat-O vs APBA, the nice thing about Strat-O is that the actual outcomes are on the card. So you see the volume of HRs and hits and walks and strikeouts right on the card. I think that APBA uses charts with everything. Strat-O does use charts, but mostly you read directly from the card.

Here is the APBA Wagner card



Here are a couple of Strat-O cards



I always liked to see the actual output on the cards. I did mathematical comparisons of the greatest players of all time. It was fun and easy to compare the data from the respective probabilities.

Cy

[Butch7999]

Cy, see post #4...

[barrysloate]

Mike- as I recall you could buy the entire league with Strat-O-Matic; or, you could purchase a sampler with only five or six teams of your choice. I guess those smaller sets were quite popular.

[milkit1]

thanks cy, wow that does look really confusing. what do some of those numbers mean on the wagner?

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Barry I also think that Strat went retail much earlier than APBA? The store model sets probably were the 5 team sets? I have intended to buy the new book on the history of Strat but just have not done it yet.

Sean the numbers correspond to the charts, there is a chart for each game situation such as bases empty, man on first etc... After a dozen or so games you know what the numbers mean 90 percent of the time; a 13 is a strikeout, 14 base on balls and the big numbers are 1 a homer, 2 homer or some level of extra base hit, 6 a double and such. I agree that having the results on the card for Strat is nice but you also have to cross reference quite a bit. Both games are great I think preferences come from the one you played when you were young.

I also think that both games tug at collectors like us since they have such long histories and so many sets and special teams to collect.

By the way both APBA and Strat football are just so-so at best and APBA basketball is just plain terrible while APBA golf is fantastic!

Good luck Sean and have fun with your choice!

[milkit1]

Thanks for the heads up. The strat cards look less confusing to me. I think im just going to have to buy one and see for meself. Ill keeep ya guys posted on my progress

[barrysloate]

Mike- APBA goes back to 1950 or 1951; Strat started in 1962.