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New Release: All-Time Greatest Teams #11
Diamond Mind Baseball is thrilled to introduce All-Time Greatest Teams Volume 11, the newest chapter in our beloved series honoring the most dominant teams in baseball history! This exciting collection carries forward our commitment to bringing the game's finest squads to life, empowering you to manage, strategize, and recreate legendary moments in the most authentic simulation experience available.
Featuring 24 more outstanding teams, this volume advances our ongoing effort to represent every league champion from 1919 forward while also highlighting remarkable squads that shaped the rich tapestry of America's pastime. From powerhouse dynasties that defined their eras to unforgettable contenders who captivated millions, these iconic teams are now ready for your command!
True to form, this collection includes a fully configured fictional league and schedule, enabling you to dive straight into the action. Will you lead these championship-caliber rosters to even greater glory, or will you craft entirely new storylines with your strategic brilliance?
Don't let this essential addition pass you by – order All-Time Greatest Teams Volume 11 today and take your place in the dugout alongside baseball's most legendary managers!
Compatibility and Pricing:
The All-Time Greatest Teams #11 database is available exclusively in version 12 format, priced at $19.95. This means it can only be installed with Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12 and is not compatible with earlier versions of the game.
Special Bundle Price! Buy any two All-time Greatest Teams databases and get the third for free! Add three All-time Greatest Teams databases (including Worst of the Worst Teams) to your cart and use shopping code AGTBUN to apply the discount at checkout.
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2025 Annual Season Database Now Available!
2025 Annual Season Database
$29.95
The 2025 Annual Season Database was released on December 9th, 2025 and is now available for order and immediate download from our online store.
The 2025 Annual Season Database is packed with information, including everything you need to play games using teams and players from the 2025 season -- a full set of ratings and statistics for every player who appeared in the big leagues this year; full team rosters; manager profiles; updated ballpark ratings; a full set of real-life transactions and game-by-game lineups for season replays; and two versions of the inter-league schedule (as-scheduled and as-played). Statistics include official batting, pitching and fielding totals with left/right splits for all batters and pitchers.
Database contents:
- basic player facts: names, batting and throwing hands, birthdates
- official batting and pitching statistics, including left/right splits
- fielding statistics by position
- games started at each position against left- and right-handed pitchers
- thousands of player ratings that you can see: injury, bunting, range, running, throwing, and so on
- thousands more player ratings that you can't see: the event tables and pitch-by-pitch ratings that make the game produce accurate results
- opening day rosters for every team, plus more than 5300 real-life transactions
- manager profiles for every team, including starting rotations, bullpen roles, saved lineups, depth charts, manager and player tendencies
- ballpark data, including dimensions, park factors, and weather ratings
- the original (as-scheduled) and as-played schedules for the season
- real-life starting lineups for every game played this season
Ballparks:
We have added three new DMB-style ballpark diagrams for the 2025 season: Oriole Park at Camden Yards (updated in 2025), Sutter Health Park and Steinbrenner Field (new in 2025). These image files are available as free downloads from our Park Images page.
Compatibility and Pricing:
The 2025 Annual Season Database is available exclusively in version 12 format, priced at $29.95. This means it can only be installed with Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12 and is not compatible with earlier versions of the game.
Updates:
On December 12, 2025, we updated our master copy of the 2025 Annual Season Database to correct a small error.
To check if your copy of the 2025 season database includes this change, have a look in the Notes tab of the Organizer window with your installed copy of the 2025 season as the active database. If the date of the "2025 Updates" note is 12/12/2025 or later, then you have the most up-to-date version.
These changes have been applied to the database:
Ratings Dairon Blanco (KC) Jump: Av -> Ex Dairon Blanco (KC) Steal: Ex -> Av
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the error.
Registered owners of the 2025 Annual Season database can request a new installation file that includes this update by contacting DMB support at dmb_info@imaginesports.com.
If you don't already own the Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12 game you can buy the game together with the 2025 Annual Season Database and save $10 off the total price. Add both items to your cart and enter the shopping code NEW2025BUN on the checkout page to apply the discount.
Quick Links:
Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12
How to Install a DMB Season Database
Tips for getting your season replay started
Season Database Tips (DMB discussion and support forums)
Updated December 12th, 2025
2025 DMB Days Sale!
2025 DMB Days Sale has ended
Buy 1 past season, get a 2nd past season for half price!
Sale starts November 24th, 2025 and ends December 1st, 2025
From 12:01 am EST on Monday, November 24th through 11:59 pm EST on Monday, December 1st, buy any past season or greatest teams/players database at regular price and receive a second database of equal or lesser value for half price. This offer applies to all regularly priced Diamond Mind databases, including all Classic Past seasons, Deluxe Past seasons, All-time Greatest Teams collections, All-time Greatest Players collections, All-Star Teams collections and Past Projection seasons. Whether you're expanding your collection with classic seasons or building out your league's historical depth, this is the perfect time to stock up and save!
The discount will automatically apply to all qualifying orders placed during the sale period.
To apply the discount correctly, add all eligible items to your shopping cart before going to the checkout and payment screen. This includes both the items you need to buy to qualify for the discount and the items that will be discounted. If you select eligible items with different prices, the discount will apply to the lowest-priced items.
The discount applies to any multiple of two databases included in the same order. For example, if you order four databases, two of them will be available at half price. Similarly, if you order six databases, three will be discounted to half price, and so on. In all instances, the discounts will be applied to the lowest-priced items in the order.
Visit the Diamond Mind website to place your order.
Sale Terms: This promotion applies only to orders placed during the sale period (November 24-December 1, 2025) and is valid for database purchases only; the Diamond Mind Baseball game software is excluded. We do not offer price adjustments or refunds on purchases made before or after the sale dates. This offer may not be combined with any other discounts or coupon codes.
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New Release: All-Time Greatest Teams #10
Diamond Mind Baseball proudly presents All-Time Greatest Teams Volume 10, the latest installment in our popular series celebrating the most legendary teams in baseball history! This new collection expands on our tradition of bringing the greatest teams of all time to life, allowing you to manage, strategize, and relive history in the most immersive way possible.
With 24 more memorable teams, this set continues our mission of ensuring that every league champion from 1919 onward is represented while also spotlighting exceptional squads that left an indelible mark on the game. Whether they dominated their era or captured the hearts of fans with thrilling performances, these teams are now at your fingertips!
As always, this set comes with a fully organized fictional league and schedule, so you can start playing right away. Will you guide these historic powerhouses to new heights or rewrite history with your own managerial genius?
Don’t miss your chance to own All-Time Greatest Teams Volume 10 – order now and step into the dugout with some of baseball’s all-time best!
Compatibility and Pricing:
The All-Time Greatest Teams #10 database is available exclusively in version 12 format, priced at $19.95. This means it can only be installed with Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12 and is not compatible with earlier versions of the game.
Special Bundle Price! Buy any two All-time Greatest Teams databases and get the third for free! Add three All-time Greatest Teams databases (including Worst of the Worst Teams) to your cart and use shopping code AGTBUN to apply the discount at checkout.
Quick Links:
All-Time Greatest Teams #10 Database
New Release! 1927 Deluxe Past Season with Transactions and Lineups
1927: The Year America Roared and Soared
by Steve Ehresman
Characterizing the 1920s, author F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “The parties were bigger. The pace was faster. The shows were broader. The buildings were higher, the morals were looser, and the liquor was cheaper.” Indeed, as Americans were keeping cool with Cooledge, enjoying heretofore unrivaled prosperity, few imagined that by the end of the decade, this iteration of The American Dream would crash.
Just as the New York Giants had their gonfalon bubble pricked by the Chicago Cubs two decades earlier, those riding the fragile bubble of unlimited prosperity plummeted to earth in October 1929. Americans were forced to add words weighty with nothing but trouble to their lexicon: the Great Crash and the Great Depression.
Nineteen twenty-seven, a rollicking year that challenged social norms, may well have been the apex of The Roaring Twenties. Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong transformed jazz into a national sensation. Couples kicked and flapped their arms to a new dance craze, the high-energy Charleston. Radio became a powerful medium, as the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) went on the air with 47 stations. Al Jolson spoke the first words in a sound motion picture (“The Jazz Singer”): “Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nonthin' yet.” Mae West ("Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?") was declared guilty of “obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth.”
Model A Fords began rolling off the assembly line. The Cyclone rollercoaster opened on Coney Island. Wristwatches replaced pocket watches. Electrical products and home appliances made life easier, giving consumers more leisure time. For those who could afford these marvels, everyday life was an adventure in innovation.
In the sporting world, Tarzan actor Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle. Guided by Abe Saperstein, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game in Hinckley, Illinois. American golfer Walter Hagen led the United States to victory over Britain in the first Ryder Cup. Bobby Jones dominated the world of golf by winning the British Open and the U.S. Amateur. Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey in the infamous “long count” match at Soldiers Field, Chicago. Notre Dame’s collegiate football team changed their uniforms from blue to green.
The most important event of 1927 was aviator Charles Lindbergh’s non-stop, solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, taking off from Roosevelt Field on Long Island and---3,610 miles and over 33 ½ hours later—touching down at Le Bourgel Aerodrome just outside of Paris. President Calvin Cooledge awarded Lindbergh the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Medal of Honor for his accomplishment. In addition, Time magazine named him “Man of the Year. The Roaring Twenties had become The Soaring Twenties. His reputation still untarnished, the reserved Lindbergh was America’s greatest hero.
America’s greatest celebrity was anything but reserved. Like a force of nature, George Herman “Babe” Ruth rose from the meat packing plants of Pigtown to the manicured diamonds of Major League Baseball. Sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, Ruth became a home run hitter unlike any the nation had seen. The Roaring Twenties and the Babe were made for each other.
In 1927, Ruth and the “Murderers’ Row” New York Yankees demolished baseball history. Winning 110 games, the Yanks breezed to the American League pennant by 19 games. With a team batting average of .307, the “Bronx Bombers” tallied nearly 1,000 runs, outscoring their opponents by a record 376. Of course, the Babe led the way with 60 circuit blows, out-homering the 7 other teams in the American League. In addition, Ruth connected for 192 hits, scored a league-leading 158 runs, collected a league-leading 137 bases on balls, and finished with a stratospheric 12.6 WAR.
Nevertheless, Ruth was not a one-man show. American League MVP Lou Gehrig, only 24 years old, batted .373. slugged 47 home runs, and drove in 175 runs. Adding to his Hall of Fame statistics, Gehrig had a remarkable .474 OBP (second to Ruth’s .486), a robust .765 SLG (second to Ruth’s ,772), and an eye-popping 11.9 WAR (AGAIN, second to Ruth’s 12.6). Never had moundsmen faced a duo more deadly.
Rounding out “Murderers Row” were a trio of sluggers, two of whom joined Ruth and Gehrig in the Hall of Fame: Earle Combs (a league-leading 231 hits, with 36 doubles, 23 triples, and a .356 BA), Tony Lazzeri (18 home runs, 102 RBI, and a .309 BA), and Bob Meusel (103 RBI and a .337 BA). Although he enjoyed a fine 11-year career, Meusel (.309 BA, .356 OBP, and .497 SLG) is not in the Hall of Fame.
Not only did Yankee hitters chew up the opposition, but Yankee pitchers dominated American League hitters: Hall of Famer Waite Hoyt (22-7, 23 CG with a 2.63 ERA), Hall of Famer Herb Pennock (19-8, 18 CG, with a 3.00 ERA), Urban Shocker (18-6 with a 2.84 ERA), and Dutch Ruether (13-6 with a 3.38 ERA). When the Yankees went to the bullpen, Wilcy Moore, the American League leader in earned run average (2.28), pitched 213 innings and recorded 13 saves. The Yankee staff finished the season with a 3.20 ERA. No doubt about it, the 1927 Yankees made history every time they took the field.
According to baseball mythology, New York’s World Series opponents, the Pittsburgh Pirates (94-60), were intimidated by the Yankees during batting practice and lost hope before the games began. In truth, the Pirates, having several fine hitters of their own and having won the World Series in 1925, liked their chances. Any other season, Pittsburgh might have won another Series, but not in 1927 against the Yankees, arguably the greatest team in baseball history, who swept the Pirates 4-0.
Boasting three Hall of Fame outfielders, Paul Waner (a league-leading 237 hits; a league-leading 18 triples; a league-leading 131 RBI; and a league leading .380 BA, third in all of baseball), Lloyd Waner (.355 BA), and Hazen Shirley “Kiki” Cuyler (.309, but limited to 285 AB), the Pirates compiled a .305 team BA and finished 94-60, edging out the St. Louis Cardinals (92-61) and the New York Giants (92-62). The Pirates had two more Hall of Famers on their roster: hot corner wizard Harold Joseph “Pie” Traynor (106 RBI and a .342 BA) and rookie Joe Cronin, who enjoyed a distinguished career as shortstop for the Boston Red Sox.
The Pirate hurlers matched-up well against National League hitters. Leading the way was workhorse Lee Meadows (19-10, 38 GS, 25 CG, and a 3.40 ERA). Providing more than ample support were Carmen Hill (22-11 with a 3.24 ERA) and Ray Kremer (19-8 with a league-leading 2.47 ERA). Overall, the Pirate staff checked in with 90 complete games and a 3.66 ERA.
The 1927 season featured a wealth of noteworthy hitting performances. Detroit’s Harry Heilman led all of baseball with a blistering .398 BA, along with 201 hits (50 of which were doubles), and 120 RBI. Al Simmons of the Philadelphia Athletics blasted away at .392, cracking 36 doubles and driving in 108 runners. Rogers Hornsby, in his only season with the New York Giants, produced with his usual excellence (a league-leading 133 runs, a league-leading 86 walks, 26 home runs and 125 RBI to go with his .361 BA). Major League Baseball had sixty-seven .300 hitters with at least 200 AB. The Junior Circuit hit .277, and the Senior Circuit hit .280. Like the “Roaring Twenties,” offense in 1927 was big and bold.
Despite the success of batsmen, pitching was robust, with seven 20-game winners. The Chicago Cubs’ Charlie Root was leader of the pack, hurling 309 innings and finishing 26-15 with 21 CG and a 3.76 ERA. Close behind was Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals (24-10 with a league-leading 25 CG and a 2.72 ERA). Ted Lyons produced a worthy season for the Chicago White Sox (22-14, a major league-leading 30 CG, a league-leading 307.2 innings, and a 2.84 ERA). Hero of the 1926 World Series, veteran Grover Cleveland Alexander of the St. Louis Cardinals still had great stuff (21-10 with 22 CG and a 2.52 ERA). This was Alexander’s 9th and final season with at least 20 victories. In his third MLB season, the Philadelphia Athletics’ Robert Moses “Lefty” Grove recorded his first of 8 consecutive seasons with at least 20 wins (20-13 with 14 CG and a 3.19 ERA). In addition, Grove finished 18 games and picked up 9 saves. Dazzy Vance of Brooklyn completed a league-leading 25 games with 184 strikeouts—the 6th of what would be seven consecutive years in which he led the Senior Circuit in whiffs.
In 1927, whether you waited anxiously for the Spirit of St. Louis to soar across the Atlantic and land in France or whether you cheered as home runs flew out of Yankee Stadium at a record rate, the world was full of possibilities that seemed to stretch beyond the horizon.
Diamond Mind baseball cannot put you in the cockpit with “Lindy.” Nor can it put you in a seat behind home plate in “The House That Ruth Built.” Nevertheless, Diamond Mind’s reissued 1927 season can put the best of Roaring Twenties baseball at your fingertips. Order your copy today and begin a replay as dynamic as the “Jazz Age.” You might even feel like dancing the Charleston.
Presenting the 1927 Deluxe Past Season Database
This fully-featured database provides everything you need to recreate and manage games using teams and players from the 1927 season.
More than just an update to the original Classic Past Season database, this "deluxe" edition has been meticulously reconstructed from scratch as an entirely new database. Using advanced tools and incorporating the most recent statistical data gathered from the most up-to-date online sources.
Database contents:
- basic player facts: names, batting and throwing hands, birthdates
- official batting and pitching statistics, including left/right splits
- fielding statistics by position
- games started at each position against left- and right-handed pitchers
- thousands of player ratings that you can see: injury, bunting, range, running, throwing, and so on
- thousands more player ratings that you can't see: the event tables and pitch-by-pitch ratings that make the game produce accurate results
- opening day rosters for every team, plus more than 700 real-life transactions
- manager profiles for every team, including starting rotations, bullpen roles, saved lineups, depth charts, manager and player tendencies
- ballpark data, including dimensions, park factors, and weather ratings
- the original (as-scheduled) and as-played schedules for the season
- real-life starting lineups for every game played this season
Compatibility and Pricing:
The 1927 Deluxe Past Season database is available exclusively in version 12 format, priced at $24.95. This means it can only be installed with Diamond Mind Baseball: Version 12 and is not compatible with earlier versions of the game.
Upgrade Discount for the Classic Past Season:
If you've previously purchased the 1927 Classic Past Season database from Diamond Mind, you may be eligible for an upgrade discount! To request your discount promotion code, send an email to dmb_info@imaginesports.com.
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How to Install a DMB Season Database
