Player Discs from 1911 or 1913 Inside Baseball Tin Game

[Butch7999]

BobC is correct -- all this info is known to the tiny community of "game guys," but it was good to put the info
out there for the rest of the collecting world, so thanks, BobC, for that.

All we'd add is that the game is actually titled "Inside" Base Ball. It was made in two editions (one about 17 3/4" square,
the other just under 13" square) by The Popular Games Co. The patent does date to 1911, and to an earlier version
of the game produced by the Inside Base Ball Co. Those player discs are similar, but are center punched and
sport the names of Boston Braves and Washington Senators players from 1910-11.

[BobC]

Thanks Butch, appreciate the comments.

I figured I may as well add an image of the actual game board and spinner. Stole this one off this off the internet, not a scan of the one that I actually own. Neat game board and graphics, all metal with a rally large and unusual 4-pointed spinner that takes up a good chunk of the game board. You can see where there are the 9 circular spots on either side of what would be considered the 1st and 3rd base lines to place your player pieces/discs to be used in the game. Kind of like where everyone would be in a dugout just like at a real game. Thought that was a neat idea.

By the way, the image I used was from a completed Ebay sale of the game back on 3/18/16. The description showed that only 16 of the 20 player pieces/discs were still included with the game, and no box. As a point of reference for the OP, it went for $425.00 back then so, there is some value to the game and the pieces/discs. Though the four main HOF player pieces/discs were apparently included with the sale, i still think the game itself, with the spinner, made up the major portion of the value. What is interesting is that in looking at what 4 player pieces/discs were missing from this earlier game sold on Ebay, the OP has all four them, Barry, Fletcher, McInnis and Merkle, all common players. That is why I said that if somehow the OP could get in touch with someone who purchased the game, and is missing player pieces/discs that she's looking to sell, that would probably be a great way to find a buyer willing to maybe pay a little extra for at least some of your pieces. As an FYI, the Ebay item number for this earlier sale is 201524206749. I have no idea if there would be any way to use that to get a hold of the buyer. Seller's Ebay ID is 8whiteorchids. Maybe you could try getting through to them to see if you could find out how to contact the buyer. I imagine that if they still had the game and you got a hold of them offering to sell them the four missing player pieces/discs that they didn't have, they might be really appreciative. Good luck!