What Baseball Board Games Did You Play As A Kid?

[btcarfagno]

I would wear out the tips of my fingers spinning the arrow of this game 24/7.



Tom C

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

I would wear out the tips of my fingers spinning the arrow of this game 24/7.



Tom C

Cadaco Strategic Baseball was the best. I used to make my own discs, made Johnny Bench's HR area half the size of the disc. Haven't thought about that game in a really long time.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by iwantitiwinit

Cadaco Strategic Baseball was the best. I used to make my own discs, made Johnny Bench's HR area half the size of the disc. Haven't thought about that game in a really long time.

Best game ever.... and pretty realistic, as the games would typically end with a 6 to 4 score (or something equally plausible).

The only beef I had was Don Mincher's Home Run area. It was the biggest of any player... including Mays, McCovey, Aaron, etc.

Perhaps one of Don's relatives was instrumental in creating that game.

[GrayGhost]

Sorry life Monopoly and connect four among others

[frankbmd]

When I was really young, Frantz Garage Hardware's Great American Game (1923) was the ticket.

Frantz - APBA.jpg

I also moved through Ethan Allen's All Star baseball that Fred and others mentioned.

Kashin Allen.jpg

But I was introduced to APBA in 1953 (their third year) and amassed a significant collection over a lifetime, some of which I still have. Selling sets from the 50s recently has worked out quite well. Clearly the best "junk" my mother didn't throw away. Even in this condition the 1956 set was very profitable

56 AL New York 1.jpg 56 AL Cleveland 1.jpg

56 NL Brooklyn 1.jpg 56 NL Milwaukee 1.jpg

[ajquigs]

Strat-O-Matic was our main game (mid to late 70s). We all taught ourselves the dice probabilities and rated the players (accurately, proud to say). It became second nature after a while.
Also, the SI games ... All-Time All-Star and Pennant Race. APBA too, although it was never my favorite ... the pitchers grades didn't seem to make them distinct enough and no lefty-righty splits, also combined team fielding as I recall. SOM differentiated the players better, I think.

[yankeesjetsfan]

I remember playing that Stat-O-Matic game in the 70's, if it's the one with the Wrigley Field background. My school had gotten donations and I got to play with some awesome stuff from the 60's, early 70's and that version of the game was one of them. I also remember playing another version later, but the discs had the player's pictures on them. Just don't remember which version that was.

Mike