In addition to the database collector, Phil offers a number of other programs including:
1.
Game Data Collector that will search and display “game best”
stats during a season replay”.
2.
BBW Usage Analyzer that “assist the replayer in determining how
much or little the players are being used.”
3.
StatMaster Editor that enables fans to edit replay statistics.
No
historical
game
replayer
would
be
caught
dead
without
the
must-have
utilities
offered
by
Phil
Murray
(click
the
image
below for his website). with his database tool at the top of the list. Phil describes this essential program below:
“The
Norwood
Career
Database
is
an
application
that
works
with
statistical
records
from
the
“Baseball
for
Windows”
product,
or
with
manually
entered
(via
Excel)
data,
and
is
oriented
to
multi-year
record
keeping.
It
provides
the
uers
with
a
means
of
collecting
multiple
years
worth
of
statistical
data
from
BBW’s
StatMaster, and querying that data in many ways.”
Thanks
to
the
fine
(and
free)
efforts
by
a
number
of
fans,
a
range
of
game
utilities
and
add-ons
has
been
developed
over
the
years
that
has
helped
keep
the
game
up-to-date
and
one
of
the
better
baseball
simulations.
Here
below
and to the right are some of the best programs that have been created.
These
programs
will
either
be
available
directly
for
download
from
this
site
or
a
link
to
a
site
such
as
Joe
Sweeney
’s archived website at Makojo.com where they can be downloaded.
Remember
that
most
of
these
programs
were
made
for
Miller
Associates’
Baseball
for
Windows
5.5
and
earlier
versions
and
won’t
always
work
with
APBA’s
updated
game
of
5.75.
Also,
some
won’t
work
at
all
with
64-bit
operating
systems.
You’ll
have
to
run
them
in
an
XP
virtual
mode
and
then
move
the
files
to
your desktop OS.
At
the
top
of
any
list
of
contributors
to
the
game
is
APBA
Hall
of
Famer
Joe
Sweeney
whose
collection
of editors, viewers and utilities are essential for any game player. The programs include:
•
The
Baseball
Bundle
which
include
a
player
editor,
card
viewer,
organization
editor
and
micromanager
and
stadium/ballparks editors; and
•
The
Baseball
Utilities
Package,
a
collection
that
includes
17
different
programs
including
a:
disk
unscrambler,
a
master
game
symbol
adjuster
and
synchronizer,
a
CMBA
grade
calculator/converter,
a
text
importer/exporter
and
12 other useful programs.
Joe’s
site
is
no
longer
active
or
“live”
but
the
“Wayback
Machine”
has
it
archived
including
many
of
his
files. Just click the image above to be taken to their. Note: These won’t work on 64 bit machines.
Latest Free Programs
Utilities and Other Addons
Winter 2025
One
of
the
better
but
less
known
replay
utilities
-
one
that
I
often
use
-
is
the
Tool
Box
(two
words)
by
Dennis
Willett.
This
utility
is
best
for
updatng
draft
leagues
without
having
to
go
through
the
lengthy
process
of
adding
teams
and
players
to
a
new
disk.
If
you’re
updating
you
current
1960
draft
league
with
a
1961
disk,
just
two
clicks
will
update
the
organization
moving
the
players from their 60 teams to the 1961 versions..
But
the
Tool
Box
does
more
including
enabling
users
to
create
player
“diaries”
where
each
individual
player’s
game-by-game
statistics
can
be
viewed.
You
can
adjust
pitcher’s
grades,
Wizardize
an
entire
disk,
upload
and
download
replay
stats
to
an
Excel
worksheet
and
more.
For
more
information
on
the
various
options
click
the
“BBW
Tool
Box
Help”
file on the right.
To
download
the
program
just
click
the
tool
box
icon
on
the
left.
After
downloading
unzip
all
of
the
files
into
a
separate
directory or folder and then run the setup file. Note: This will not work with APBA 5.75
Before
the
introduction
of
“Otto”
the
lineup
generator
in
League
Manager,
replayers
had
to
slowly
create
lineups
by
hand
and
then
enter
them
manually
before
starting
games. Not. Much. Fun.
To
make
things
easer
-
and
far
better
than
even
“Otto”
-
Elliot
Picken’s
devised
A-Plus,
a
terrific
automatic
lineup
generator
that
did
the
dirty
work
for
you.
Even
more
impressive
was
that
later
versions
allowed
users
to
adjust
the
algorithms
used
to
generate
the
batting
orders.
Great.
And
Eliot
added
other
options
such
as
the
ability
to
assign
separate
outfield
positons
for
each
player.
No
more
Greg
Luzinskis
or
Willier
Stargells
in
cernte
fields.
And
Mick
“the
Quick”
Rivers
cannot
play
rightfield. We knew that. So does A-Plus.
To
download
the
latest
edition
(version
2.06)
click
the
lineup
image
card
on
the
left.
Be
sure
to
check
the
readme
file
for
helpful
information
on
how
to
best
use
the
program.
In
addition
to
the
assortment
of
utiliites,
here
are
a
few
other
programs
that
you
may
find
useful
for
your
replays.
I’m
not
sure
who
made
each
of
these
-
if
you
know
please
email
me
and I can give them credit.
•
SALSSN
utilitiy
is
useful
for
draft
league
commissioners
in
that
it
enables
users
to
adjust
stolen
base
attempts
as
well
as
steal
success
ratings
and
letters
in
one
swipe
or
“globally.”
So,
if
your
league
has
100%
limits
you
set
the
limits
to
that
percentage
and
run
it
against
all
of
the
players
on
a
disk.
Those
exceeding
the
limits
will
have
their
statistics
and
ratings “zeroed” out.
To download the utility, click here:
•
TEAM
BUILDER
is
another
useful
utility
for
commissioners
that
comes
in
handy
when
creating
future
disks
or
seasons.
Instead
of
laboriously
updating
team
rosters
from
season
to
season,
TEAM
BUILDER
will
update
a
season’s
rosters
with
one
click.
It
can
be
a
bit
tricky
running
-
the
team
names
must
be
identical
-
but
it
will
save
commissioner’s
a
boatload
of
time
creating
new
disks. To download, please click here:
A+ Lineup Maker
Steal Limiter/Team Builder
Dennis Willett’s Tool Box Program
Phil Murray’s Utilities: Norwood Career Database
Joe Sweeney’s “Makojo Software”
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