Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Micro League Baseball 6.0 – Game
• optional, but recommended – Micro League Baseball 6.0 – Season Disk(s)

Micro League Baseball 6.0 was developed by Micro League Sports Assocation. David Holt, designer of the Pro League Baseball series, was the executive producer. Micro League Baseball 6.0, the last of five titles in this series, was published in 1997 for the IBM PC and compatibles.

The tutorial includes the Draft (using players from the 1996 MLB season disk) and an exhibition game utilizing two of the newly-drafted rosters.

View the tutorial videos here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Mobygames entry for Micro League Baseball 6.0

Methodology

I imported the 1901 through 1981 seasons from Old Time Baseball into the C:\TONY3\TEAMS30 subfolder on my computer, then made the following modifications:

1. Old Time Baseball lists all switch-hitters as right-handed batters. I reviewed the players for each team and corrected their batting handedness.
2. When importing from Old Time Baseball, I’ve noticed that a number of left and center fielders are incorrectly listed as right fielders for their primary position. I corrected those entries to the best of my abilities.
3. I configured the pitching rotations to utilize a 4-man rotation for most teams / seasons prior to the mid-1970’s.
4. I used the Baseball-Reference “Other – Batting Orders” page for each team to set the lineups vs RHP and LHP.
5. Manager Profiles changes:
   • Endurance 80% (vs ERA)
   • Leave ’em In 90% (vs Yank ’em)
   • Leave ’em In 90% (vs Pinch Hit)
   • Sacrifice 70% (vs Hit Away)
   • I did not adjust stolen base attempt frequency, but this could probably be tweaked for deadball-era teams and on a team-by-team basis in the 1980’s.

After simulating the 1901 season, I noticed one batter with an extremely high batting average over 200 plate appearances. That individual had 1 hit in 1 at-bat during the 1901 campaign, but he achieved significant playing time due to an injury in the simulated season. For future simulated seasons, I will attempt to locate players with low plate appearances and high batting averages, and adjust their real-life stats to a .250 batting average to avoid these anomalies.

Here is a video recapping the regular season standings and league leaders, followed by Game 2 of the 1901 World Series between the Brooklyn Superbas and the Boston Americans (with Mel Allen calling the play-by-play), and a game-by-game box score review of the World Series.

Season Recap

1901 Final Regular Season Standings

1901 Team-by-Team Individual Statistics

1901 League Leaderboards

1901 Team Totals

Reference

Baseball-Reference: 1901 American League

Baseball-Reference: 1901 National League

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

The Making of Tony La Russa Baseball 3

Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – tutorial – create/edit teams (IBM PC)

Stay Home With SABR: Don Daglow, baseball video game designer

SABR 52 – Don Daglow

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Game Disk
• Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 – Commissioner’s Disk
• SeasonTool utility by Daniel Guenther

Earl Weaver Baseball was developed by Mirage Graphics and published by Electronic Arts in 1987 for the Amiga and IBM PC personal computers. An enhanced version (1.5) was later released solely for the IBM PC while the game was also ported to the Apple ][ and Macintosh computers. I’m utilizing the Earl Weaver Baseball v1.5 edition in my tutorial. The SeasonTool utility is only compatible with Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 for the IBM PC.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

You can download season libraries for Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5 from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations or my Dropbox account. It is possible to import those files into Earl Weaver Baseball II (IBM PC) using the EWB2CONV utility (which is part of the EWB2 installation).

References:

Earl Weaver Baseball 1.5:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Earl_Weaver_Baseball_1987 

Note: copy protection code wheel required!

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Earl Weaver Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

SABR Stay at Home – Eddie Dombrower

I also would like to congratulate Steve Steinberg, Lyle Spatz and Mitchell Nathanson for their award-winning books!

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“The 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Awards, which honor outstanding research projects completed during the preceding calendar year that have significantly expanded our knowledge or understanding of baseball, have been awarded to:

Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz, Mike Donlin: A Rough and Rowdy Life from New York Baseball Idol to Stage and Screen (University of Nebraska Press)

Mitchell Nathanson, Under Jackie’s Shadow: Voices of Black Minor Leagues Baseball Left Behind (University of Nebraska Press)

Derek Bain and John Racanelli, Hardball Retro’s Compendium of
Baseball Video Games and Electronic Handhelds (Self-published)”

Source: SABR – 2025 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award winners announced

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Game
• optional, but recommended: Diamond Mind Baseball 12 – Season Disk(s)

Diamond Mind Baseball was developed by Tom Tippett (original title: Pursue the Pennant). The first edition was published for the IBM PC personal computer in 1987.

I divided the tutorial into two sections: the Draft (copying the All-Time Greats league, releasing players into the free agent pool, conducting the draft), Simulate Season (review manager profiles for each team, simulate an entire season, reviewing the final standings, league leaders and team-by-team rundown).

View the tutorial videos here:

Part 1 – Draft

Part 2 – Manager Profiles, Simulate Season, Final Standings, Statistical Review

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Pursue the Pennant – Diamond Mind Baseball

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 (’96 or ’98 editions will also work) – Game Disk

• optional, but recommended: Front Page Sports Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 was developed by Dynamix and published in 1994 by Sierra for the IBM PC personal computer. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Front Page Sports Baseball ’94, you can perform the same steps in Front Page Sports Baseball ’96 or ’98 editions.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Front_Page_Sports_Baseball_94_1994

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Front Page Sports: Baseball ’94 – ’96 – ‘98

SABR Stay at Home – Glen Wolfram

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 (’96 or ’98 editions will also work) – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Front Page Sports Baseball – Season Disk(s)

Front Page Sports Baseball ’94 was developed by Dynamix and published in 1994 by Sierra for the IBM PC personal computer. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Front Page Sports Baseball ’94, you can perform the same steps in Front Page Sports Baseball ’96 or ’98 editions. Alternatively, you can create / edit teams and conduct a draft using the players that you create.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Front_Page_Sports_Baseball_94_1994

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Front Page Sports: Baseball ’94 – ’96 – ‘98

SABR Stay at Home – Glen Wolfram

Many thanks to Beatles Eternally for organizing our chat and my co-author John Racanelli for joining us on short notice!

Check out the video here:

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – Season Disk(s)

Tony La Russa Baseball 3 was developed by Stormfront Studios and published in 1995 by Stormfront Studios for the IBM PC personal computer, the third of four titles in the Tony La Russa Baseball series (not including the spin-off Old Time Baseball). An updated version of the game was released in 1996 as the Tony La Russa Baseball 3 : 1996 Edition. I’m utilizing the 1996 edition in my tutorial but the instructions to create and edit players and teams remain the same in versions 3 and 4 of the game along with Old Time Baseball.

View the tutorial video here:

Season Disk Downloads:

You can download season libraries for Tony La Russa Baseball 3 and Tony La Russa Baseball 3 : 1996 Edition from the Files section of my Facebook group, Old Computer Baseball Simulations or my Dropbox account:

• Tony 3 – Season Disks
• Tony 3 : 1996 Edition – Season Disks

References:

Tony La Russa Baseball 3:

https://archive.org/details/msdos_Tony_La_Russa_Baseball_3_1995

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow

Here’s a rundown of the requirements:

• Old Time Baseball (or Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4) – Game Disk
• optional, but recommended: Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4 – Season Disk(s)

Old Time Baseball was developed and published in 1995 by Stormfront Studios for the IBM PC personal computer. Please note that while the tutorial utilizes Old Time Baseball, you can perform the same steps in Tony La Russa Baseball 3 or 4. The only additional steps would be to import the season in OTBB first, then import into TLBB 3 or 4. Alternatively, you can create / edit teams and conduct a draft using the players that you create.

I divided the tutorial into three sections: Draft (importing the 1954 season from the Old Time Baseball CD-ROM, selecting the player pool, configuring the draft rules, conducting the draft), Simulate Season (create schedule, simulate an entire season, play an All-Star Matchup with Mel Allen performing the play-by-play, reviewing the final standings) and Stat Review (games of note including one-hitters and 3-homer games, league leaderboards, and a team-by-team rundown).

View the tutorial videos here:

Part 1 – Import Universe, Draft, Review Lineups and Pitching Staffs

Part 2 – Simulate Season, All-Star Matchup, Final Standings

Part 3 – Statistical Review (Games of Note, League Leaders and Team-by-Team)

Season Disk Downloads:

coming soon

References:

Retro Computer Baseball Game Review – Tony La Russa Baseball 3 – 4 – Old Time Baseball

SABR Stay at Home – Don Daglow