Wiffle Ball - the early days
If you look at the other wiffle ball thread you will see that I have attempted to straighten out the mysterious disc set by directly contacting wiffle Corp in Conn and having a dialog with the owners son Dave Mullaney . He graciously sent documents which prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that what we all call the standard wiffle disc set of 80 were inserted into their products in 1978. The other set which was printed on printed on the sides of the boxes was introduced in 1979. There were 5 discs per box and 12 different boxes.
To me equally as interesting are the earlier wiffle offerings which I'd like to go over here and see if any of you can add to this information.
Evidently the first wiffle products wee endorsed by Ted Williams who was the first player to appear on their packaged product. These are what I call
the black boxes and players appeared in a disc with a triple ring around it. All of these appear on the "junior sized" wiffle balls in boxes that are 2.5" on a side. Below is a pic of the first Ted Williams wiffle box. Anyone know where I can pick one up let me know...
Through the years many players appeared on the boxes but unfortunately Mullaney no longer has records on all of this so they cannot help with a complete checklist.
The other ones that I have or have seen are shown below and include (alphabetical order):
Ford, Jensen, Koosman, Law, Maris, Eddie Matthews, McCarver, Munson, Rose, Swoboda, Tresh and Williams
My guess is that there are more so I'm looking for input here....
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