Early board games- major league baseball

[4scuda]

I got this lot of 9 games in today. I bought it to upgrade a couple games I already have and maybe add one or two to the collection. Does anyone know how many versions of the wooden case major league game there were. This one has 1916 team cards the other I have has the players cutout separately from team cards so don't know exact year but it has ruth and Gehrig.

[Butch7999]

Sweet lot, Mark. No idea (we're pretty sure no one could say with any accuracy) how many examples of Major League Base Ball Game
were manufactured, but it was in continuous production (with updated team rosters) from 1913 to around 1926. A lovely game --
not that hard to find for sale or at auction, but always in demand among collectors.

The Jackie Robinson Batter Up game is a tough acquisition, probably the one among the lot with the highest market value.

The one game in that array that really intrigues us is the World Series Parlor Baseball, which we think is something with which we're
embarrassingly totally unfamiliar. Can you post here, or e-mail us, some close-ups of the box, gameboard, and, if you have them,
the instructions or any playing pieces? We'd appreciate it enormously.

[4scuda]

This game has an endorsement by Bill Carrigan manager of the Red Sox

[4scuda]

Don't know why the pictures are rotated but here is a shot of the instruction sheet.

[Butch7999]

Ah! Big thanks, Mark. Turns out we're quite familiar with the game -- except for the box lid, which is a variation we've never seen before.
World's Series Parlor Baseball was previously (or maybe subsequently) published as World's Series Base Ball Game, with the same gameboard,
rules, scorecards, and endorsement sheet, but that slightly different title and a very different box lid design. There are also three versions
of the gameboard, one with nine spinners, and two variations of the "eight plus two"-spinner version you have.
Could we trouble you for just a better close-up of the lid alone? Don't worry if it shows up sideways, we can rotate it here. Major thanks again.

[Hot Springs Bathers]

Mark that group is fantastic! Butch I know there are some International League teams included in the Major League Base Ball Game editions, are there any other minor leagues represented?