The baseball game I played in the 60's. I would play this game and keep all the stats for the players. Didn't have calculators so I had to divide out log hand the batting averages. Needless to say I didn't calculate often but I did. Guessing 4th/5th grade and was an early indication of my interests in descriptive statistics. Ended up being a Math/Science/Programming Teacher working on the program that started it all.

Background

The baseball program - something I wish to complete. I started writing this on a texas Instruments TI/99-4A computer in the 1980's. The code was saved to a cassette tape! I learned BASIC (with line numbers) by looking at code examples. I spent the whole summer working and learning only to reach an error - "Out of Memory" when I tried to run the program. I don't know how long I stared at that error! 64K of RAM and at a time when you couldn't upgrade memory! It was OVER! I had help from two people (which I will acknowledge after I look them up) finding images of the game. I only had a few pieces of the game.

Project Documentation and Source Code.

1. Roll two dice.
2. Locate outcome using the pitching factor and the side of the plate the batter stands.
3. Determine WALK, OVER, CORNERS, or S.O.

WALK and S.O. ends the batters appearance.

If Corners was rolled, One chart is used for all batters regardless of batting factors..

If Overs was rolled, Use the chart associated with the batter's Batting Factor.

Additional Charts

Bunt
Hit and Run
Steal 2nd
Steal 3rd
Steal Home