Hal Richman, founder of Strat-o-Matic with Jeff Erickson on XM

Hal started the company in 1961, with growth not experienced til 1963 when he took the risk of taking out a loan to finance the expansion. Board game is still very popular but has partnered with Sporting News for internet game. Of interest, Richman says there are no reliable defensive stats in existence! Credits John Dewan's book as coming closest & one he uses, says his staff looks very closely at all range ratings, but finds them "to be very inaccurate." Hal's measurements come from examining all written accounts of every player of every game across the country, dropping the extremes & taking the middle results. Strat puts more emphasis on defense than roto.

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