Conclusion

With a 7-6 victory in Game 5, the NL officially wins the All-Time World Series. Although the Series only went five games, I am grateful for the way it played out. None of the games were blowouts (in fact, two of them went to extra innings), and every non-pitcher on both team's rosters collected at least one hit. Although the roll of the dice is random and the players' performances are imaginary, it was nonetheless exciting to watch and manage a Series between the all-time greats of both leagues. 

Here are the stats for the All-Time World Series:

Collins (2B) 5 G, 17 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K, .176 / .300 / .353 

Lajoie (2B) 2 G, 5 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .200 / .200 / .400 

Gehrig (1B) 5 G, 21 AB, 4 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, .286 / .348 / .571, 1 SB 

Foxx (3B) 3 G, 6 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .167 / .167 / .167 

Ruth (RF) 5 G, 22 AB, 3 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K, .273 / .333 / .545, 1 SB 

Williams (LF) 5 G, 18 AB, 2 R, 6 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, .333 / .368 / .611 

Cobb (CF) 4 G, 8 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .250 / .250 / .500 

Mantle (LF) 4 G, 7 AB, 2 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .143 / .143 / .571 

Trout (CF) 3 G, 11 AB, 2 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .364 / .364 / .636 

Speaker (CF) 4 G, 8 AB, 2 R, 2 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .250 / .250 / .625  

Brett (3B) 4 G, 14 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .143 / .143 / .214 

Ripken (SS/3B) 5 G, 16 AB, 0 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, .313 / .353 / .375 

Boudreau (SS) 4 G, 7 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K, .143 / .143 / .286 

Berra (C) 4 G, 15 AB, 4 R, 4 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .267 / .267 / .533 

Rodriguez (C) 2 G, 7 AB, 2 R, 5 H, 2 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K, .714 / .778 / 2.000 

W. Johnson (P) 2 G, 4 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .250 / .250 / .500 

Ohtani (PH/P) 3 G, 5 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .200 / .200 / .200 

Martinez (P) 2 G, 4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .000 / .000 / .000 

Grove (P) 2 G, 2 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .000 / .000 / .000 
Total AL 5 G, 197 AB, 28 R, 51 H, 15 2B, 8 3B, 6 HR, 26 RBI, 11 BB, 20 K, .259 / .298 / .508, 2 SB 

W. Johnson 3 G, 2 GS, 1 W, 1 L, 0 SV, 11 2/3 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 4 K, 15 H, 3 BB, 5.40 ERA, 1.54 WHIP 

Waddell 2 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 K, 3 H, 1 BB, 10.80 ERA, 2.40 WHIP 

Grove 2 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 9 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 7 H, 1 BB, 0.93 ERA, 0.83 WHIP 

Ohtani 1 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 5 1/3 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 5 H, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA, 0.94 WHIP 

Rivera 3 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 1 SV, 2 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 3 H, 1 BB, 3.86 ERA, 1.71 WHIP 

Martinez 2 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 9 2/3 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 K, 11 H, 3 BB, 3.72 ERA, 1.45 WHIP 

Paige 2 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 1 L, 0 SV, 1 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 13.50 ERA, 2.25 WHIP 

Walsh 2 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 1 L, 0 SV, 3 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 K, 7 H, 1 BB, 9.00 ERA, 2.67 WHIP 

Ryan 1 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 1 H, 0 BB, 27.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP 

Feller 2 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 13.50 ERA, 4.50 WHIP 

Verlander 1 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 1 L, 0 SV, 1/3 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 81.00 ERA, 9.00 WHIP 

Total AL 5 G, 5 GS, 1 W, 4 L, 1 SV, 46 IP, 28 R, 25 ER, 11 K, 61 H, 10 BB, 4.89 ERA, 1.54 WHIP 

Hartnett (C) 3 G, 7 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .286 / .286 / .286 
Bench (C) 4 G, 14 AB, 1 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 3 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, .500 / .533 / 1.071, 1 CS 
Musial (LF/1B) 4 G, 13 AB, 1 R, 2 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .154 / .154 / .231 
Pujols (1B) 3 G, 8 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .125 / .125 / .500 
Hornsby (2B) 5 G, 24 AB, 6 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, .250 / .280 / .583 
Morgan (PH) 2 G, 2 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .500 / .500 / .500 
Schmidt (3B) 5 G, 15 AB, 2 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 0 K, .267 / .389 / .400 

Jones (3B) 3 G, 4 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, .250 / .400 / .250 
Wagner (SS/1B) 5 G, 25 AB, 4 R, 9 H, 4 2B, 3 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 0 BB, 3 K, .360 / .360 / .760 
Vaughan (SS) 5 G, 12 AB, 2 R, 8 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, .667 / .692 / 1.333 
Ott (RF) 5 G, 18 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K, .222 / .222 / .500 
Mays (CF) 5 G, 19 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 2 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, .263 / .300 / .526 
Aaron (LF/CF) 4 G, 15 AB, 2 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, .333 / .375 / .733 
Clemente (RF) 4 G, 9 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .111 / .111 / .111 
Raines (LF) 4 G, 4 AB, 2 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .250 / .250 / .750 
Mathewson (P) 2 G, 5 AB, 1 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .000 / .000 / .000 
Brown (P) 1 G, 2 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 0 K, .500 / .667 / .500, 1 CS 
Alexander (P) 2 G, 1 AB, 0 R, 1 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1.000 / 1.000 / 1.000 

Hubbell (P) 1 G, 2 AB, 0 R, 2 H, 0 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, 1.000 / 1.000 / 2.000 
R. Johnson (P) 1 G, 1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .000 / .000 / .000 

Scherzer (P) 1 G, 1 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K, .000 / .000 / .000 

Total NL 5 G, 201 AB, 28 R, 61 H, 13 2B, 16 3B, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 10 BB, 11 K, .293 / .336 / .582, 2 CS

Mathewson 2 G, 2 GS, 1 W, 1 L, 0 SV, 10 2/3 IP, 11 R, 10 ER, 5 K, 11 H, 3 BB, 8.44 ERA, 1.31 WHIP 

Hubbell 1 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 4 2/3 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 K, 8 H, 3 BB, 9.64 ERA, 2.36 WHIP 

Brown 1 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 8 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 K, 5 H, 1 BB, 1.08 ERA, 0.72 WHIP 

Scherzer 1 G, 1 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 4 IP, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 2.25 ERA, 0.75 WHIP 

Kershaw 3 G, 0 GS, 1 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 4 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 3 H, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA, 1.15 WHIP 

R. Johnson 1 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 2 2/3 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 K, 7 H, 1 BB, 10.13 ERA, 3.00 WHIP 

Smoltz 3 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 1 2/3 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 K, 4 H, 1 BB, 5.40 ERA, 3.00 WHIP 

deGrom 3 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 2 SV, 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 H, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP 

Seaver 2 G, 0 GS, 1 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 2 1/3 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 7.71 ERA, 1.29 WHIP 

Alexander 2 G, 0 GS, 0 W, 0 L, 1 SV, 5 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K, 5 H, 0 BB, 1.80 ERA, 1.00 WHIP 

Maddux 1 G, 0 GS, 1 W, 0 L, 0 SV, 1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K, 2 H, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP 

Total NL 5 G, 5 GS, 4 W, 1 L, 3 SV, 47 IP, 28 R, 24 ER, 20 K, 51 H, 11 BB, 4.60 ERA, 1.32 WHIP 

World Series MVP: Arky Vaughan 

Hall of Fame shortstop Arky Vaughan (1932-1948) wins the MVP of the All-Time World Series. He led the NL with 7 RBI's despite making only 13 plate appearances, and he went 8-for-12 with 16 total bases. Whether as a pinch hitter or the NL's starting shortstop, Vaughan always came through in the clutch, and is very deserving of the honor. 

Something that amazes me is the fact that each league scored the same amount of runs, yet the Series was decided in five games. It just goes to show that one-run wins are just as important as blowouts. It is also interesting that the number of runs scored was the same despite the NL having a 38-point advantage in OBP and 74-point edge in slugging. I guess getting caught trying to steal home twice doesn't help. 

As for the game itself, What About Baseball, I have always been pleased with the game's accuracy. Sure, it leans a little on the offensive side, and there are a few more triples than would be expected, but I've got to hand it to the designers - I was able to play a very realistic series using this game. Whereas many other games are boring to play and pointless to keep statistics for, What About Baseball is an enjoyable game that truly brings baseball to life. 

That'll do it for my project. I hope you enjoyed it!