STATS Diamond Legends

Last updated: May 19, 2006

In 1992, STATS LLC introduced a game designed jointly by Bill James, STATS, and Diamond Mind. At that time, gamers could participate online, by phone, and through the mail. In 1999, this product was renamed Diamond Legends and relaunched as a web-based game.

It was the first game that combined the best aspects of fantasy baseball and simulation games.

Like fantasy baseball, it offered gamers the ability to draft players, make trades, release players and sign new ones from the free agent pool, and manage a payroll budget within a salary cap.

Unlike fantasy baseball, the results were based on simulated games using a custom version of the Diamond Mind Baseball engine, so gamers were given the added opportunity to outplay their opponents during the season by making timely adjustments to pitching rotations, bullpen roles, starting lineups, depth charts and manager tendencies.

Since it was first introduced, this game has seen many improvements, including an expanded player pool, more options for customizing leagues, enhancements to the simulation engine, improvement to the web interface, a new Head-to-Head tournament option, and more.

For more information, please visit the Diamond Legends home page on the STATS web site.