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NEWSLETTER |
February 2022 |
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Baseball Player Game Cards & Baseball
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Steven KeyMan |
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Playing Cards -
By Steven KeyMan |
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Founder of
Keymancollectibles.com,
and a long time
collector, Steven
KeyMan has more than 30
years of experience in
researching, and
cataloging information
on Baseball
Memorabilia.
Researching his own personal
collection, and helping others find
information on their
collectibles, the
website grew into the
largest online resource
for baseball
memorabilia |
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Ask
Steven: Direct your questions or feedback,
about Baseball Memorabilia to Steven KeyMan
Steve@keymancollectibles.com You can also Send
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Used as an adverting premium to
promote a product, baseball cards for
the most part were given away with
tobacco, candy or gum. With it's
success, and popularity, board game
manufacturers began to produce games
which included game cards featuring
baseball stars.
Designed by 1920's-1930's MLB
ballplayer Ethan Allen, the
All Star Baseball game, was manufactured by Cadaco Inc. The game was first
Issued in 1941, revised in 1966, again
in 1968 and 1988. It was the best
selling baseball board game of all
time. The game was discontinued in the
mid-1990s due to the loss of market
share to video games and the increased
player licensing costs.
The game came with baseball player
discs which featured the name of an
All-Star. Cadaco updated
the discs/cards annually, adding new
players and updated stats. Player
photographs were added to the cards in
1989 to attract collectors, but the
effort failed as the board game market
loses out to the video game generation.
The
American Professional Baseball
Association, APBA player cards - dates back to
the 1930s and a bunch of high-school
buddies in Lancaster, PA. The boys
played a baseball simulation game
invented by one of them, Dick Seitz.
His game was loosely based on an old
tabletop baseball game called National
Pastime. But unlike any previous board
game, it combined the randomness of
dice with the on-field performances of
individual players.
The game involving baseball statistics, and strategy was first created,
and sold in 1951 by Dick Seitz. The
original game offered 20 player cards
for each of the 16 major league teams
and two play charts. The game continues
on to today.
 In 1951 Topps issued two 52-card “Red and Blue Back” sets. The
Red backs were issued for American
League players, the
Blue National
League players. The cards were used to
play a baseball game. Each card had a
front with a photo of the player and a
game action noted in the upper left or
bottom right corner. This could be a
strike, ball, base hit, double, home
run, etc., giving game instructions for
the batter at the plate.
The cards were packaged as two
connected cards along with a piece of
caramel in a penny pack. There were 120
penny packs in a box. Links above lead
to checklists.
From the day that Babe Ruth first
slipped on his Yankee pinstripes,
baseball fans around the world have
either loved the Yankees or hated them
with a passion. This 1960's board game
capitalized on those emotions as you
tried to
"Challenge the Yankees."
This game has become one of the most popular post-war baseball games in
the hobby. The cover art features the
"old" Yankee Stadium and the game
includes 50 picture playing cards.
There are 25 Yankee cards including
Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Yogi Berra
and Whitey Ford. The challenger cards
include some of the all-time greats
like Hank Aaron, Al Kailne, Eddie
Mathews and Juan Marichal.
The game was issued in two years.
1964 Challenge the Yankees baseball
card Checklist and
1965 Challenge
the Yankees baseball card Checklist
The 1968 Topps Game Card inserts set
consist of 33 cards that measure
approximately 2 1/4" x 3 1/4." The Game
cards were inserts with the regular
third series 1968 Topps baseball cards,
and were also made available for a
limited time sold in boxed sets.
To play, you take a stack of 1968 Topps
Game cards and draw them. Each card has
an action and says what to do with
existing runners. You keep drawing
until your third out, completing a half
inning.
The 1968 Topps Game checklist has
several Hall of Famers including Mickey
Mantle, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente
and Hank Aaron.
The
1968 Milton Bradley Topps "Win-A-Card"
game, came with 1968 Topps
baseball, Football, and Hot Rod trading
cards. The cards were placed in a small
cardboard tray with four recesses, each
capable of holding about 30 cards. It
is unclear how many cards actually came
with the game, but the box reads
"Contains a generous supply."
Actual numbers reported range from 50-70 baseball cards, and various
amount of the football, and hot rod
trading cards, totaling to about 86-105
cards. The 1968 Topps cards that were
included with the game are of a
different variation to the regular
issued Topps cards.
The back of the Topps Milton Bradley issued cards are a bright yellow, as
opposed to the golden backs of the
Topps regular issue.
Milton Bradley produced Official
Baseball Card Games in 1969, 1970
and 1972. The
1969 Milton Bradley
Baseball Card set consist of 296
baseball cards.The front of the card
features a black and white player
portrait photo, with his name above the
photo. The game outcomes are printed on
the card backs in red, and black. The
cards are typically found with
perforation edges, as the cards were
issued in sheets.
The
1970 Milton Bradley Baseball Card set
consist of 28 baseball cards.
The front of the rounded edge cards
features a black and white player
portrait photo, with the players name,
Position, birthday, Height, throwing
and batting side, below the photo.
The 1972 Milton Bradley baseball card set consist of 402 baseball (378
player cards plus 24 non-photographic
team cards) The 1969 and 1972 Milton
Bradley cards are alike. One way of
distinguishing the difference is that
the 1969 cards all the red digits 1 do
not have a base while the 1972 red
digit cards all have a base.
The
1970 Topps Scratch-Offs consist of a 24
card set. The Scratch-offs measure
3 3/8" 2 1/2 (5" open) The Scratch-offs
were inserted into 1970 Topps regular
issued baseball cards, one per wax
pack. Unfolded, they formed a game
board which is played by scratching off
each one of the 44 rectangular "plays"
covered with black ink.
Each player should have his own
Scratch-Off card. Rub edge of coin over
any black space. When three outs are
scratched off. the next player gets his
turn. Rules are the same as baseball.
Play nine full innings.
Burger Chef was a national fast-food
restaurant chain, that operated from
1954 through to 1996. Second only to
McDonalds in the number of restaurants
nationwide in 1973, Burger Chef had
1,050 locations, including some in
Canada.
Burger Chef first introduced the “Fun Meal” for kids in 1974, five years
before McDonalds introduce the "Happy
Meal" In 1977 Burger Chef featured
"Triple Play Funmeal" trays. Each fun
meal box featured nine player MSA -
Mike Schechter
Associates discs, from one of the then
current 24 major league teams in 1976.
Hall Of Fame players in the 216 card
set include, Phil Niekro, Robin Yount,
Don Sutton, Gary Carter, Tom Seaver,
Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt, Carl
Yastrzemski, Johnny Bench, George
Brett, Rod Carew, and Reggie Jackson.
Produced by Topps for The
1984 Milton Bradley "Championship
baseball" game cards, the set
consist of 30 standard size cards.
These cards were part of the
Milton
Bradley baseball game sold that year.
The front of the card features a red
framed color player photo, with his
name below with a yellow background. A
circle that reads AL or NL Super Star
according to the league the player is
in.
AL is in blue, NL in red. The game was not licensed by Major League
Baseball, which required removal of
franchise logos by airbrushing. The
games dice roll outcomes are printed on
the card backs.
Game Time LTD, produced the
Classic Major League Baseball Board
game in 1987. Based on baseball
trivia, the game was issued to take
advantage of the collectors market, and
the "baseball card boom" that began in
the mid 1980's. The 1987 Premier
edition came with 100 collectible
baseball cards.
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The set included a Bo Jackson Rookie
card, with Bo, swinging a baseball bat,
and wearing an Auburn football uniform.
The back of each card features 1986 &
career player stats, four trivia
questions, and at the bottom an
Autograph space for the player to sign.
New editions, and update sets were
produced throughout the 1990's. Rookie
cards include;
Bo Jackson, Wally Joyner, and Barry
Larkin.
In conjunction with Major League
Baseball and The Sporting News, the
Danbury Mint issued
"The Baseball Chess
Set." The set of hand painted solid
metal chess pieces ranging from 2" to
3" tall depict the greatest legends in
the game.
Each piece cost $19.95, issued in pairs
every other month, and was accompanied
with a baseball card. Team cards had
facts about the franchise on the back,
Player cards with stats.
The complete set consists of 32 cards
- 14 players, 16 teams, and 2 League
cards.
In 1999 Parker Brothers issued the
Major League edition of Monopoly. Team
editions that included the Red Sox, and
Dodgers would follow; along with
special World Champion editions, and My
Fantasy baseball players Edition. The
game boards featured the same setup as
the classic Monopoly game but with a
baseball theme twist.
The 2001 Yankees Collectors Edition
featured Community Chest & Chance cards
replaced with Yankee Home and Away
jersey cards, which feature Mr.
Monopoly involved with baseball
activities. Yankee blue dice are used
to move the six pewter
game tokens; a Yankees logo baseball cap, baseball glove & ball, catchers
mask, pennant, hot dog, and a pitcher.
Player property cards feature Yankee
greats such as; Babe Ruth, Reggie
Jackson, Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly,
and manager Casey Stengel.
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