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New York Giants Of 1951 |
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Willie Mays APBA Card |
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"Sacrifice Booklet" Spiral Bound Book of Charts |
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APBA Game Co. Inc. Major League Baseball Strategy
Board Game |
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APBA Major League
Baseball Master Game |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1951-Present
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MANUFACTURER
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APBA Game
Co. Inc.,
Lancaster, PA
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SIZE
- Box
15.25" x 17.25" x
1.75"
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GAME PIECES
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Instructions, Game Boards,
Dice, shakers,
Markers,
Score-sheets (see
below)
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PRICE GUIDE
- $50.00 - $75.00
Excellent -
Near Mint Condition
(Master Game )
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The American Professional Baseball
Association, APBA - dates back to the
1930s and a bunch of high-school
buddies in Lancaster, PA. The boys
played a baseball simulation game
invented by one of them, Dick Seitz.
His game was loosely based on an old
tabletop baseball game called National
Pastime. But unlike any previous board
game, it combined the randomness of
dice with the on-field performances of
individual players.
The game involving baseball statistics, and strategy was first created,
and sold in 1951 by Dick Seitz. The
original game offered 20 player cards
for each of the 16 major league teams
and two play charts, for $10.00. The
150 games sold encouraged Seitz that
there was a market for his game so he
produced new versions annually from
1952-56. That steady increase in sales
encouraged Seitz to quit his job in
1957 to make APBA a career. APBA Games
and Collector Software are still based
in Lancaster, and to this day the APBA
baseball game played is not much
different than the 1957 version.
The Master Game consists of playing boards - more complex playing boards
and more than double the number
contained in the basic APBA Baseball
Game.
APBA materials included with
the Master Game
-One 11 by 14 inch "Playing Field" game board with "How
To Play The APBA Major League Baseball
Game" column (printed on light
carstock)
-One 14 by 16-7/8 inch one sided Fielding Column Finder
Carat - List Of Abbreviations On Player
Cards And Playing Boards (light
cardstock with black print)
-Four (A-D) 15 by 17 inch two sided heavy cardstock playing boards with
black print:
A - Bases Empty
Pitching Table - Runner On First Base
B - Runner On Second
Base -Runner On Third Base- Defensive
Team must state position of infield;
"Deep" or "In"
C - Runners On First
And Second Bases - Runners On First And
Third Bases- Defensive team Manager
must state position of infield; "Deep"
or "In"
D - Runners On Second
And Third Bases- Defensive team Manager
must state position of infield; "Deep"
or "In" - Bases Full-Defensive team
must state position of infield; "Deep"
or "In"
-Four (A-D) 15 by 17 inch two sided heavy cardstock playing boards with
red print:
A - Bases Empty-RP
Board - Runner On First - RP Board
B - Runner On Second -
RP Board - Runner On Third-RP Board
C - Runners On First
And Second-RP Board - Runners On First
And Third-RP Board
D - Runners On Second
And Third-RP Board- Bases Full - RP
Board
-One 15 by 17 inch two sided heavy cardstock Playing
Board with green print:
Dropped Throws And Wild Throws Tables
For Steal Attempts - Base Stealing
-Double And Triple Steals.
-One 14 by 16-7/8 inch one sided Extra Base Advancement
On Outfielders' Throws (lighter
cardstock with brown print)
-One
"Sacrifice Booklet" 11 by 17 inch
spiral bound book of charts.
-10 page foldout "Instructions for playing The APBA Major
League Baseball Master Game;"
Score-sheets; 2 pair of
dice (2 large red, 2 small white); 2
shakers; 6 red plastic markers; and team/player cards. The
playing cards issued annually never
changed. No past seasons' sets are obsolete.
The 1952
APBA Baseball Master game for advanced
APBA baseball play, came with
the 1951 World Series teams, New York
Dodgers vs New York Giants.
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APBA Major League
Baseball Strategy Board Game |
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Back of APBA Major
League Baseball Card |
1951 Season
Brooklyn Dodgers Card
Set |
Jackie Robinson APBA
Player
Card |
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APBA Game Board |
Fielding Column Finder
Chart & Abbrv. |
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Bases Empty - Board A |
Runner On First - RP
Board |
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Instructions |
Score-Sheet |
Score-Sheet |
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