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For 60 years APBA has been the unchallenged King of quality sports simulation products. APBA 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 boys called themselves the American Professional Baseball Association. That appellation soon was whittled down to its essential form: APBA. So while APBA is still an acronym for that first baseball simulation league, the word has taken on a meaning of its own. The game is APBA, and the word is pronounced “App’Bah” – a term as slick and condensed as the game. Seitz’s original game went with him to war in the 1940’s. He printed player cards on his own printing press, typed out play charts and played APBA with three comrades in the barracks at Fort Eustis, VA. After the war, Seitz worked as secretary to Lancaster’s mayor and a purchaser for a trucking company, all the while refining APBA and playing the game with a league of friends. The plot twist that took APBA from a handmade diversion to a nationwide phenomenon comes courtesy of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies. The Whiz Kids captured the fancy of Seitz and his wife, Jean, and got them so baseball crazy that they resurrected the game. It played so smoothly that in 1951, Seitz decided to share his creation. The original game offered 20 player cards for each of the 16 major league teams and two play charts. The whole shebang set you back $10. The 150 games sold encouraged Seitz that there was a market for his game so he produced new versions annually from 1952-56. That steady increase in sales encouraged Seitz to quit his job in 1957 to make APBA a career. Year by year, APBA’s fan base grew. As more gamers played exponentially more games, innovations like dual pitcher ratings and double hitting columns were incorporated – but innovations were allowed only to a point. APBA has always trod a fine line between realism and playability, and Seitz stood resolute against wrinkles or gimmicks that would add a smidgen of realism to the game at a cost of five minutes more per played game. As a result, the APBA baseball game played today is not much different than the 1957 version – one played millions of times by players worldwide. APBA changes with the times not only by changing, but by the rolls of the dice.

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APBA Baseball 1965 Player Cards - Junior Circuit (1993 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1970 Player Cards - Complete Set (1971 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1971 Player Cards - Complete Set (1972 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(missing the Houston Astros )
(envelopes Fair, notated, roster is a photocopy)

APBA Baseball 1971 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(envelopes notated, includes roster sheet)

APBA Baseball 1971 Player Cards - Complete Set (2015 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1972 Player Cards - Complete Set (1973 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(envelopes notated, includes roster sheet)

APBA Baseball 1972 Player Cards - Complete Set (1991 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1973 Player Cards - Complete Set (1974 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(envelopes notated)
(envelopes Fair, includes National League East XB's!)

APBA Baseball 1974 Player Cards - Complete Set (2020 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1975 Player Cards - Complete Set (1976 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(includes VG+ roster sheet)
(includes roster sheet and XBs)

APBA Baseball 1975 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(includes roster sheet)

APBA Baseball 1976 Player Cards - American League Only! (1977 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1978 Player Cards - Complete Set (2019 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball 1984 Player Cards - Complete Set (1985 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(missing 2 teams, includes XBs!)
(includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1985 Player Cards - 13 Teams (1986 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(Braves and Cubs missing envelopes, uncut)

APBA Baseball 1985 Player Cards - Complete Set (1986 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(missing 2 teams, includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1987 Player Cards - Complete Set (1988 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(no envelopes, stored in plastic cases)

APBA Baseball 1988 Player Cards - Complete Set (1989 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(envelopes notated VG+)
(includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1989 Player Cards - Complete Set (1990 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1993 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(missing 2 teams, Atlanta & San Francisco)
(missing 1 team, includes XBs!)
(includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1997 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

(envelopes VG and notated)
(enevelopes VG+)

APBA Baseball 1998 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

APBA Baseball 1999 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1980-1999

MSRP $78.00

(missing 2 teams, includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 2001 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

(no envelopes, includes XBs)

APBA Baseball 2002 Player Cards - Complete Set (2015 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

MSRP $78.00

(no envelopes, includes XBs)

APBA Baseball 2004 Player Cards - Complete Set (2005 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

MSRP $78.00

(envelopes VG+)

APBA Baseball 2007 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

(includes roster)

APBA Baseball 2008 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

APBA Baseball 2010 Player Cards - Complete Set (2011 Printing)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

(includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 2011 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

MSRP $78.00

(Basic cards)

APBA Baseball 2017 Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

APBA Baseball 2018 Player Cards - Complete Set

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 2000-2019

APBA Baseball All-Time A Team

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Stock #: APBAATA

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

APBA Baseball All-Time B Team

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Stock #: APBAATB

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

APBA Baseball All-Time C Team

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Stock #: APBAATC

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

APBA Baseball Cards - 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

APBA Baseball Cards - Brooklyn Dodgers of 1920

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

APBA Baseball Collection #11 - 600+ Cards!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

(cards sleeved)

APBA Baseball Collection #14 - 19 of 26 1977 Teams!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Collection #16 - 100+ Teams!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Collection #2 - 30 Teams!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Collection #4 - 13 Teams!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Collection #7 - 69 players!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Collection #8 - 1956 Season Set + Topps Cards!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

APBA Baseball Game (50th Anniversary Edition)

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball Game (50th Anniversary Edition) - Cards Only!

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball Mega-Collection #3 - 4 Base Games + 445+ Teams + Extras!

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Collections

MSRP $2,740.00

(base game boxes fair)

APBA Baseball National League Finalists 1951

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

APBA Baseball World Series 1906

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

MSRP $12.00

(envelopes notated, Cubs are missing 5 cards)

APBA Baseball World Series 1993

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball World Series Player Cards - Complete Set

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Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

APBA Basketball 1970-71 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1972-73 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1973-74 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1974-75 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1975-76 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1990-91 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Basketball 1994-95 Player Cards

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Product Line: APBA Basketball

APBA Bowling (1978 Edition)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Bowling - Base Game & Supplies

APBA College Football 2015 Playoffs Player Cards (2017 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football (College)