Baseball Century

Baseball Forever, formerly Baseball Century, turns franchise management into a brisk cycle of spring roster choices, full-season results, October drama, and aging fictional careers. It is deliberately lighter than a sprawling baseball sim, so the appeal is in making ten-player decisions and then living with the statistical consequences.

What is Baseball Century?

Pick a club and manager, then assemble five hitters and five pitchers from the available pool. The season advances by month rather than pitch by pitch, carrying the team through standings, league leaders, playoffs, and a World Series before age and new candidates reshape the next spring. Positions, relief requirements, and declining veterans keep the roster puzzle from becoming a simple highest-number contest. Over time, the franchise encyclopedia turns those short decisions into a peculiar alternate baseball history full of career leaders, championship years, and stars who stayed one season too long.

What you can do there

• Choose a franchise and manager
• Build a ten-player roster each spring
• Advance through seasons and postseason rounds
• Track franchise and career records

Why we picked it

The site pares a potentially enormous genre down to the part that creates the best arguments with yourself: keep the fading slugger, trust the prospect, or chase one more title now. A season resolves quickly, but the accumulated records give each small roster call a long shadow.

How to get the most from it

Begin with the strongest balanced roster you can make, including the required relief arm, and watch how age changes the calculation in later springs. Check the encyclopedia between seasons; the career tables are where a disposable-looking set of ratings starts to feel like a dynasty.

Good to know

It is free and requires no account or download, while franchise progress is stored in the browser. The design intentionally omits pitch calling, trades, contracts, and detailed farm management. A short ad may occasionally be offered as one way to obtain a roster-position aid.

Who made it, and when?

Brett Freedman is the credited creator or organization. The earliest supported launch date we found is July 6, 2010. A documented update was recorded July 16, 2026.