I have been a baseball fan since the time I attended my first Baltimore Orioles game in 1966. In that game my beloved birds lost, but my love for that team and the sport remains strong to this day.
During my lifetime of following the sport, I consider the time between 1964 and 1983 as the golden baseball era. Then it was just a game. Players stayed on the same team for years. Steroid use had not entered the sport. And my Baltimore Orioles were the best team in baseball during this time.
I also enjoy replaying baseball seasons using computer simulation programs. My first game was Earl Weaver Baseball. But once I found APBA Baseball for Window, it took my gaming passion to another level.
In 2009, I decided to replay all seasons between 1964 – 1983 to relive my favorite baseball period.  I imported all players from the FanPark Baseball Encyclopedia.  The actual league schedule for each year was also imported.  Various APBA micro-managers was randomly selected to manage teams. A total of 38,384 regular season games were replayed. There were 114 World Series games replayed. And 160 League Championship Series replayed games.
Here are the championship results:
- 1964 Winner: Cincinnati Reds / Loser: New York Yankees
- 1965 Winner: Chicago White Sox / Loser: Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1966 Winner: Pittsburgh Pirates / Loser: New York Yankees
- 1967 Winner: Minnesota Twins / Loser: St. Louis Cardinals
- 1968 Winner: Baltimore Orioles / Loser: St. Louis Cardinals
- 1969 Winner: Pittsburgh Pirates / Loser: Minnesota Twins
- 1970 Winner: Cincinnati Reds / Loser: Minnesota Twins
- 1971 Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers / Loser: Baltimore Orioles
- 1972 Winner: Pittsburg Pirates / Loser: New York Yankees
- 1973 Winner: Baltimore Orioles / Loser: Los Angeles Dodgers
- 1974 Winner: Los Angeles Dodgers / Loser: Baltimore Orioles
- 1975 Winner: Cincinnati Reds / Loser: Kansas City Royals
- 1976 Winner: Cincinnati Reds / Loser: Kansas City Royals
- 1977 Winner: Philadelphia Phillies / Loser: Boston Red Sox
- 1978 Winner: Philadelphia Phillies / Loser: Milwaukee Brewers
- 1979 Winner: Milwaukee Brewers / Loser: St. Louis Cardinals
- 1980 Winner: Houston Astros / Loser: Oakland A’s
- 1981 Winner: Montreal Expos / Loser: New York Yankees
- 1982 Winner: St. Louis Cardinals / Loser: Baltimore Orioles
- 1983 Winner: Baltimore Orioles / Loser: Pittsburgh Pirates
The Norwood Career Database was used to import the data from APBA into database tables. This allow creating teams and players yearly and career statistics. However, this tool did not provide a process to compare team or individual actual vs replay performance.
When I retired in 2020, I decided to build a desktop application that does more than report on replay and actual playing results, but also a historical pictorial representation of the period. You can compare individual players and team statistics. Create custom leaderboard for the era across many stats. You can also view over 10,000 Tops baseball card images and re-experience past team logos and colors by year.
Microsoft Visual Studio was used as the development platform and this desktop application was written in the C# programming language. Microsoft Access database with almost 2 million rows contains the data for display. These records include both replay data from the Norwood Career Database and the actual data from the Lahman Microsoft Access database. Desktop Window application was selected because it easily allows multiple windows open for various side by side performance comparison.
The attached PDF is the comprehensive user guide that shows all the application screens and functionalities.
CLB Baseball Replay Application User Guide
Lifelong Baltimore Orioles Fan
