Ball Five Baseball 1930-1939

The 1930s: sluggers, the Gashouse Gang and a Yankee dynasty.

Hack Wilson drives in 191 runs in 1930, a record that still stands. Bill Terry hits .401. Jimmie Foxx blasts 58 homers in 1932, and Lefty Grove goes 31-4 the year before. Babe Ruth “calls his shot” in the 1932 World Series. Dizzy Dean and the Gashouse Gang Cardinals win it all in 1934. Then a kid named Joe DiMaggio arrives, and the Yankees win four straight titles from 1936 to 1939.

Now you manage them, every team and every season from 1930 to 1939, 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.