Links for the Strat-O-Matic Devotee

Card Sets

Moonlight Graham Marketplace: The go-to place for secondary market Strat cards. You're likely to find the set you're looking for.

Strat-O-Matic: The site, the myth, the Legend.

Ebay: Still the best way to buy someone’s old junk…and their Strat cards.

Player Biography and History

SABR biography project: Who is that backup infielder you've been forced to pinch-hit three times this season? Find out with this incredible database.

BR Bullpen: While not as thorough as the SABR project, this is a great resource for getting a biographic feel for your roster.

Custom Strat-O-Matic Scoresheet: Designed by Silverhawk Guild’s own Clinton Carlson.

Click to download the Guild’s custom scoresheet.Designed by Clinton Carlson.

Click to download the Guild’s custom scoresheet.

Designed by Clinton Carlson.

 

Essays & Stories

Joe Posnanski: Things I learned from Strat-o-Matic Baseball. The Poz walks us through some of the most important lessons from "managing" in Strat, in the delightful way only he can.

Joe Posnanski: Sometimes 20s Happen. Strat makes an appearance in an essay about a game without time--baseball.

Joe Posnanski: No. 59 Greatest Baseball Moments: Dwight Evans Homerun. In a classic tale of childhood fortune, Joe teaches us that all wins count, even the ones on the Strat board.

Baseball Fans Stay True to Low-Tech Board Game, NPR Story, 2005: Jon Miller, Glenn Guzzo, and others talk about what Strat-o-Matic means to them.

Next Big Thing: Strat-o-Matic Baseball, NPR Story, 2009: Scott Simkus and Hal Richman talk about adding the Negro Leagues teams to the Strat world.

Strat-O-Matic More than a Game for Its Founder, Devotees, Sports Illustrated, 2011. A story on the history of the founding of the game and its ongoing popularity.

SABRcast with Adam Richman, President of Strat-o-Matic. Rob Neyer interviews the son of founder Hal Richman about growing up with Strat and the future of the company (March 2021).

Books

Fanatics: The Unlikely Success Story of a Game that Became and American Passion by Glenn Guzzo.

The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover. 

Reviews

Josh Kaiser reviews The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. J. Henry Waugh, Prop. by Robert Coover.