Clay Dreslough
Clay Dreslough | |
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Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Game designer |
Nationality | American |
Notable works | Baseball Mogul, Football Mogul |
Spouse | Deirdre Dreslough (m. 1999) |
Children | Eleanor |
Clay Dreslough is the creator of the Baseball Mogul[1] and Football Mogul computer sports games, and is the co-founder and President of Sports Mogul, Inc. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts (USA) and graduated from Wesleyan University.
Professional life[]
Dreslough's design and programming credits include the Tony La Russa Baseball series, Pennant Fever, , Madden, Baseball Mogul, Baseball Mogul Online, Football Mogul, and MLB Slugfest Loaded. His production credits include NBA: Phenom and MLB: Road To The Show. According to MobyGames, Clay has more published baseball and football titles than any other member of the game industry. As a successful computer game developer and publisher, Dreslough is rare in his outspoken stance against digital rights management and other forms of copy protection.[2]
According to MobyGames, Dreslough has been credited as a programmer, designer or video game producer on 17 computer game titles; the most recently credited one on that site being in 2013.[3]
Baseball research[]
Clay Dreslough has been a member of 'SABR', the Society for American Baseball Research, since 1995.[4] He is the first baseball researcher to invent and publish a statistic used to measure defense-independent pitching performance.[5] His other contributions to baseball research include the SABR style manual,[6] an article on the fluctuating effectiveness (aka "streakiness") of major league pitchers, and the creation of a 'DICE' (Defense-Independent Component ERA).
In 1999, Dreslough invented and popularized a new format for the MLB postseason. After an organized letter-writing campaign to the baseball commissioner, this format was adopted for the 2012 season.[7]
Personal life[]
Dreslough created his first baseball simulation game at the age of 5.[8] It used three six-sided dice to determine the batting results for each of 9 different types of players.[9] In high school, Dreslough created a baseball simulation game called Pennant Race and a "sperm simulation game" entitled Emission: Impossible. Both were distributed as shareware. He also co-wrote and published One Step Beyond, a tabletop role-playing game.[10]
His wife, , is a writer and digital artist who has released some of her works under an open license. She is the creator of the fictional world of Dimar, featuring dragon-like creatures and their interactions with humans and other sentient species. The name Dreslough (pronounced DRESS-lock) is a unique name, created by blending the surnames Dresser and McLoughlin.
References[]
- ^ c|net (2005-04-05). "Baseball Mogul 2006 Review (PC)".CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Allen Varney (2006-04-11). "Wal-Mart Rules". The Escapist.
- ^ MobyGames. "Clay Dreslough, Developer Profile".
- ^ "Baseball Prospectus". Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ Maximum Awesome. "Interview with the designer of two top sports sims". Maximum Awesome Website. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ SABR. "SABR Style Guide". Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ "Sports Simulation Influences MLB New Playoff Format". Retrieved 2012-04-26.
- ^ Junko Kaji. "Dream Job: Computer Game Guru". Salary.com.
- ^ Gamasutra.com (2007-08-10). "Geek of the Week". Archived from the original on August 10, 2007.
- ^ "Peer-To-Peer News".
- Living people
- Wesleyan University alumni
- Video game designers
- American game designers