Ball Five Baseball 1940-1949

The 1940s: the streak, .406, and a game that changed forever.

1941 might be the greatest season ever: Joe DiMaggio hits in 56 straight games, and Ted Williams hits .406. Stars leave for the war, and the 1944 St. Louis Browns finally win a pennant. Enos Slaughter makes his “mad dash” to win the 1946 World Series. Jackie Robinson breaks the color line in 1947, and Larry Doby and Satchel Paige help the 1948 Indians win it all. Stan Musial, Bob Feller and the Boston Red Sox’s Ted Williams own the decade.

Now you manage them, every team and every season from 1940 to 1949, played at-bat by at-bat.

What’s in the game

• Player cards built from each player’s real season stats, with lefty/righty splits on every hitter and pitcher
• Cards that flip like the ones you got in the mail, with real stats on the back
• Fielding checks based on each fielder’s range and errors
• Pitcher warm-up tosses set his form for the day, and fatigue colors tell you when he’s tiring
• Momentum: a pitcher can get in a groove or get rattled
• Steals, pickoffs, hit-and-runs, bunts, intentional walks and pitchouts. You make the calls.
• “At the wall” plays: robbed home runs, balls off the wall, and wind-blown homers
• Real schedules, standings, season stats, box scores and play-by-play

Microsoft Excel only, not a board game. Works in Windows or Mac Excel. Download right after checkout, set up and ready to play.

Bonus: comes with the 1985–86 English First Division season of 5 Minute Soccer, free.