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)

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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