MSA Disc Cards

[darkhorse9]

Here's a checklist as to how the 1978 Wiffle Ball cards were issued. As I mentioned there were four formats, Junior Sized, regulation Sized, Softball sized and Bat/Ball sleeve.

To date I have only confirmed 81 cards. The boxes indicate there are 88 players. That means there are seven unknown. There has to be both one box and one sleeve I don't know about. That's the only way to make up the "missing seven"




1978 Disc Format
Sal Bando Softball
Buddy Bell Regulation
Johnny Bench Bat/Ball
Vida Blue Regulation
Bert Blyleven Regulation
George Brett Softball
Lou Brock Regulation
Bill Buckner Bat/Ball
Ray Burris Softball
Jeff Burroughs Softball
Campy Campaneris Junior
John Candelaria Softball
Jose Cardenal Regulation
Rod Carew Bat/Ball
Dave Cash Softball
Cesar Cedeno Softball
Ron Cey Bat/Ball
Chris Chambliss Bat/Ball
Dave Concepcion Regulation
Dennis Eckersley Bat/Ball
Mark Fidrych Junior
Rollie Fingers Bat/Ball
Carlton Fisk Regulation
George Foster Bat/Ball
Wayne Garland Regulation
Ralph Garr Regulation
Steve Garvey Regulation
Don Gullett Bat/Ball
Larry Hisle Regulation
Catfish Hunter Softball
Reggie Jackson Bat/Ball
Von Joshua Regulation
Dave Kingman Junior
Jerry Koosman Softball
Ron LeFlore Softball
Sixto Lezcano Regulation
Davey Lopes Junior
Greg Luzinski Regulation
Fred Lynn Regulation
Garry Maddox Regulation
Jon Matlack Regulation
Gary Matthews Softball
Lee May Regulation
John Mayberry Regulation
Bake McBride Bat/Ball
Tug McGraw Bat/Ball
Hal McRae Bat/Ball
Andy Messersmith Bat/Ball
Randy Moffitt Regulation
John Montefusco Regulation
Joe Morgan Bat/Ball
Thurman Munson Regulation
Graig Nettles Regulation
Bill North Softball
Al Oliver Bat/Ball
Jorge Orta Regulation
Jim Palmer Bat/Ball
Dave Parker Regulation
Tony Perez Regulation
Gaylord Perry Bat/Ball
Jim Rice Regulation
Aurelio Rodriquez Regulation
Pete Rose Regulation
Joe Rudi Regulation
Nolan Ryan Bat/Ball
Manny Sanguillen Regulation
Mike Schmidt Regulation
Tom Seaver Regulation
Ted Simmons Regulation
Jim Spencer Regulation
Willie Stargell Regulation
Rennie Stennett Junior
Frank Tanana Regulation
Gene Tenace Regulation
Luis Tiant Softball
Manny Trillo Regulation
Bob Watson Softball
Carl Yastrzemski Bat/Ball
Richie Zisk Regulation
Butch Wynegar Softball

[hcv123]

Anyone here interested? I have 1 of the ones on the end of the bat - Bench/Palmer. I have 3 flattened regulation size boxes - 1 - Munson, Garvey, Rudi, 2 - Brock, Schmidt, Concepcion and 3 Tenace, Bell and Stargell

[steve B]

Are the different colors different years?

R Jackson/T McGraw bat sleeve comes light blue or red.

I'm still looking, but I thought I had a bat/ball sleeve partial with no color and different cardboard.

Steve B

Originally Posted by darkhorse9

Here's a checklist as to how the 1978 Wiffle Ball cards were issued. As I mentioned there were four formats, Junior Sized, regulation Sized, Softball sized and Bat/Ball sleeve.

To date I have only confirmed 81 cards. The boxes indicate there are 88 players. That means there are seven unknown. There has to be both one box and one sleeve I don't know about. That's the only way to make up the "missing seven"




1978 Disc Format
Sal Bando Softball
Buddy Bell Regulation
Johnny Bench Bat/Ball
Vida Blue Regulation
Bert Blyleven Regulation
George Brett Softball
Lou Brock Regulation
Bill Buckner Bat/Ball
Ray Burris Softball
Jeff Burroughs Softball
Campy Campaneris Junior
John Candelaria Softball
Jose Cardenal Regulation
Rod Carew Bat/Ball
Dave Cash Softball
Cesar Cedeno Softball
Ron Cey Bat/Ball
Chris Chambliss Bat/Ball
Dave Concepcion Regulation
Dennis Eckersley Bat/Ball
Mark Fidrych Junior
Rollie Fingers Bat/Ball
Carlton Fisk Regulation
George Foster Bat/Ball
Wayne Garland Regulation
Ralph Garr Regulation
Steve Garvey Regulation
Don Gullett Bat/Ball
Larry Hisle Regulation
Catfish Hunter Softball
Reggie Jackson Bat/Ball
Von Joshua Regulation
Dave Kingman Junior
Jerry Koosman Softball
Ron LeFlore Softball
Sixto Lezcano Regulation
Davey Lopes Junior
Greg Luzinski Regulation
Fred Lynn Regulation
Garry Maddox Regulation
Jon Matlack Regulation
Gary Matthews Softball
Lee May Regulation
John Mayberry Regulation
Bake McBride Bat/Ball
Tug McGraw Bat/Ball
Hal McRae Bat/Ball
Andy Messersmith Bat/Ball
Randy Moffitt Regulation
John Montefusco Regulation
Joe Morgan Bat/Ball
Thurman Munson Regulation
Graig Nettles Regulation
Bill North Softball
Al Oliver Bat/Ball
Jorge Orta Regulation
Jim Palmer Bat/Ball
Dave Parker Regulation
Tony Perez Regulation
Gaylord Perry Bat/Ball
Jim Rice Regulation
Aurelio Rodriquez Regulation
Pete Rose Regulation
Joe Rudi Regulation
Nolan Ryan Bat/Ball
Manny Sanguillen Regulation
Mike Schmidt Regulation
Tom Seaver Regulation
Ted Simmons Regulation
Jim Spencer Regulation
Willie Stargell Regulation
Rennie Stennett Junior
Frank Tanana Regulation
Gene Tenace Regulation
Luis Tiant Softball
Manny Trillo Regulation
Bob Watson Softball
Carl Yastrzemski Bat/Ball
Richie Zisk Regulation
Butch Wynegar Softball

[steve B]

Tougher than the discs are the advertising for them. I have two pieces, both from sets issued near where I lived.

The Chillee Willee one is a mobile with a large disc shaped ad and three of the discs hanging below it from strings. It hung above the machine, and eventually got some syrup on a couple of the discs. I don't recall if I restored mine using extras I had or if I left it with the stains and all.

The Papa Ginos discs were advertised with a cardstock register display and a larger one that went up on the menu. I'd asked if I could get one when the promotion was over but they said the front office wanted them all back. A week or two after the cards were gone I spotted one down behind the register. Asked and after a bit of confusion they gave it to me. "hey, can I have that old ad with the cards" What old ad" "That one right there" " Confused look, where?" "down behind the register" Looks behind, pulls it out hesitates and finally says "sure here. "
That was a moderately tough set, one or two per purchase, and until right at the end even the kids in my school that worked there couldn't get me any or they'd be fired. The last week of the cards my family was at one at a mall a little farther from home and I got a duplicate. I tried asking if I could swap it for one I needed which hadn't been allowed in the past, and instead they brought out the whole bucket full, left it at the table and told me to take what I needed. Set complete!

Steve B

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by steve B

Tougher than the discs are the advertising for them. I have two pieces, both from sets issued near where I lived.

The Chillee Willee one is a mobile with a large disc shaped ad and three of the discs hanging below it from strings. It hung above the machine, and eventually got some syrup on a couple of the discs. I don't recall if I restored mine using extras I had or if I left it with the stains and all.

Steve B

Can you please post a picture of the Chillie Willie mobile? I don't know if I recall ever seeing this particular ad piece before or any ad piece for the MSA discs for that matter...

Here's a few

[steve B]

It will take a while, I'll have to find it. With any luck it's right with the Papa Ginos ad and I can take pics of both. Papa Ginos was an MSA product too, but with its own design.

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Can you please post a picture of the Chillie Willie mobile? I don't know if I recall ever seeing this particular ad piece before or any ad piece for the MSA discs for that matter...

[David W]

I picked this up off ebay a few weeks ago, it is supposedly cut from an advertising poster for Burger Chef. The seller had all the Cardinals individually cut out and for sale. I would really have liked to have that poster, but now it resides in a dozen pieces on ebay..... It is on glossy paper and is blank backed.

[David W]

I just bought this off ebay as a frame of reference for the Lou Brock cut out above. The seller has 60-70 of these cut out, 10 or so clearly show the advertising for the Burger Chef MSA discs.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by steve B

It will take a while, I'll have to find it. With any luck it's right with the Papa Ginos ad and I can take pics of both. Papa Ginos was an MSA product too, but with its own design.

We're fairly patient; find it yet?!?

I'd love to see both of those examples; likely I've never seen either one before. What is the year of the MSA Papa Ginos?

Also, thanks so much you guys for posting some of the advertising items. They look very cool!

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