Baseball Mogul 2017

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The groundbreaking franchise that revolutionized sports games continues to redefine the way you run and manage your favorite baseball team.

This year's version includes more than 100 updates and new features. 

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The free version of Baseball Mogul 2017 includes the ability to start in any season from 1901 through 2017. This is a fully-functional version of Baseball Mogul except for the following differences:

1) Simulation is limited to one calendar year.
  • Upgrade to the full version to continue building your dynasty.

2) Commissioner Mode is not available.
  • Commissioner Mode includes the player editor, league settings, simulation settings, etc.

3) Player photos are not included.
  • The full version includes more than 4,200 exclusive photos of current and historical players.
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New Features in Baseball Mogul 2017

Modern Simulations (2017-2200)

Updated major and minor league statistics through 2016 season.
  • Added biographical data for all 2016 MLB debuts and 326 additional minor league players.
  • Updated 40-man rosters for opening day.
  • Imported more than 600,000 additional lines of PITCHf/x pitch data.
    • New filters to fix data errors on-the-fly

Historical Simulations (1901-2016)

  • Rewrote code for deriving player ratings and statistical projections from historical data.
    • Biggest change is a new system for normalizing historical stats. The game now calculates individual averages and standard deviation for each statistic by season, defensive position and stadium. (Previous code used all-time averages for standard deviation, and normalized player statistics over their entire career.)
  • Improved historical accuracy for fielding error rates.
  • Improved historical accuracy for determining pitcher "Endurance" ratings.
  • More accurate defensive ratings, especially for designated hitters and pinch hitters.
  • Incorporated more data in player aging model.
    • For more accurate career paths in both historical and modern leagues.

Simulation Engine

  • New model for player improvement at defensive positions.
    • More realistic adjustments for playing time at all levels.
  • Improved player health model and injury rates.
  • Improved realism for platoon advantage by player type.
  • Reworked code for simulating minor league games.
  • Updated Win Expectancy data.
  • Improved logic for intentional walks.
  • New system for generating fictional players to improve long-term stability of talent pool.
  • Bug fixes (e.g. small errors in Payroll Budget related to a bug estimated concessions revenue).
"Incredibly fast and stable."

"The Play-By-Play improvements make a big difference."

"Still the best sports game made!"

Artificial Intelligence

  • Improved selection of defensive starters and starting lineup
  • More realistic use of defensive substitutes
  • Improved logic for 25-man and 40-man rosters
  • Improved long-term (multi-year) roster management
  • Improved management of pitching rotation
    • Includes better logic for picking "alternate starters" from active roster
  • Bug fixes (such as the computer over-riding changes to a player’s position)

Interface / Options

  • Improved Player Rating Editor
    • (e.g. dynamic updating of Predicted stats when ratings are changed)
  • Improvements to Sortable Stats Dialog
    • "40-Man Rosters" added as selectable category when viewing/sorting.
    • "Pitches Thrown", "Strikes Thrown", "Strike Percentage" and "Pitches/Game" added.
    • "Steal Tendency" and "Steal Success" player ratings added to Sortable Stats.
  • Improved heat maps (in Charts Tab of Scouting Report).
  • Improved interface and readability in Play-By-Play screen.
  • Optimized League Builder to increase speed by about 400%
  • Bug fixes
    • Errors converting between rating scales (“50-100”, “20-80”, “1-20” etc.)
    • etc.

Backwards Compatibility

Baseball Mogul 2016 automatically loads databases from previous versions of Baseball Mogul
Baseball Mogul® 2017 is the 20th version of the "best baseball simulation you can buy" (PC Gamer).

The groundbreaking franchise that revolutionized sports games continues to redefine the way you run and manage your favorite baseball team.

If you are new to Baseball Mogul, click here for a longer description.

Operating System: Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10
Not supported: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows XP

Mac and Linux are also not natively supported, but the game runs well with CrossOver products.