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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 Professional Golf Game

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Golf - Players and Games

NFL Football All-Stars

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football

Original Franchise All-Stars

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets, Special Sets

Volume 10, #10 "Assigning Baseball Hit Numbers, AJ Index, APBA Football - Old and New"

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Journal

July 1977

Volume 12, #10 "Crisis in APBAland, APBAlone, Linn on Leagues"

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Journal

May 1979

Volume 15, #9 "Enjoying APBA's Special Set, OFAS Bits and Pieces, New Card Set Analyzed"

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Journal

April 1982

1962 Golfer Set

By: APBA Games

Stock #: APBA32A62

Product Line: APBA Golf - Players and Games

(no box, 1 card laminated, envelope Fair)

1966 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1974-75 Season Team Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Hockey Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1978 Golfer Set

By: APBA Games

Stock #: APBA32E78

Product Line: APBA Golf - Players and Games

(cards and envelope only!)

1978 Season Bowler Cards

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Bowling

1984-85 Season Team Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Hockey Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1985 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

1987 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1988 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1989 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1990 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1991 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1991-92 Season Team Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Hockey Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1992 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1993 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 5.25"

1995 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

1995-96 Season Team Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Hockey Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

1996 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

1997 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

1998 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

2000 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

2001 Season Disk

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Football Software (APBA)

PC 3.5"

All-Time-Greats Card Set

By: APBA Games

Stock #: APBA32ATG

Product Line: APBA Golf - Players and Games

(4 cards laminated)
(envelope Fair, cards and envelope only!)

APBA American Saddle Racing Game (1978 Season)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Horse Racing

APBA Baseball (1957 Edition)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball (1979 Edition)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

(includes bonus players!)

APBA Baseball (1998 Edition)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

(includes complete 1998 player card set)

APBA Baseball (2000 Edition)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball - 1976 Teams (1977 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball - 1986 Teams (1987 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

APBA Baseball - The Handbook for APBA Baseball Cards

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Base Games & Supplies

(signed by Edwin Zack)

APBA Baseball 1901 Player Cards - Complete Set

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1919 and Earlier

(envelopes VG, notated, some envelopes are incorrect replacements)

APBA Baseball 1908 Player Cards - Complete Set

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1919 and Earlier

APBA Baseball 1916 Player Cards - Complete Set

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1919 and Earlier

APBA Baseball 1920 Player Cards - Complete Set (1992 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1921 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1922 Player Cards - Complete Set (1982 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

APBA Baseball 1923 Player Cards - Complete Set (2002 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

APBA Baseball 1925 Player Cards - Complete Set (1999 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(missing 3 teams)

APBA Baseball 1929 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

APBA Baseball 193 Player Cards - Complete Set (2003 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

APBA Baseball 1930 Player Cards - Complete Set (1975 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes and card backs notated)
(envelopes VG+)

APBA Baseball 1930 Player Cards - Complete Set (1979 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(includes uncut XB cards!)

APBA Baseball 1930 Player Cards - Complete Set (1989 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes notated)
(one envelope notated)

APBA Baseball 1931 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes Fair)

APBA Baseball 1934 Player Cards - Complete Set (1981 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1937 Player Cards - Complete Set (1996 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1920-1939

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1940 Player Cards - Complete Set (1992 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1940-1959

(no envelopes)
(Envelopes notated, includes roster sheet)

APBA Baseball 1941 Player Cards - Complete Set (1977 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1940-1959

(includes XB's, roster sheet is a photocopy)
(includes XB's)

APBA Baseball 1943 Player Cards - Complete Set (1994 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1940-1959

(envelopes notated)
(envelopes notated, includes roster sheet)
(envelopes notated, includes extra players!)

APBA Baseball 1946 Player Cards - Complete Set (1993 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1940-1959

(envelopes notated)

APBA Baseball 1949 Player Cards - Complete Set (2005 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1940-1959

(roster sheet fair, includes XBs!)

APBA Baseball 1961 Player Cards - Complete Set (1962 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(missing LA Dodgers)

APBA Baseball 1962 Player Cards - Complete Set (1963 Printing)

By: APBA Games

Product Line: APBA Baseball - Card Sets 1960-1979

(missing Philidelphia!)
(envelopes Fair)

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