APBA Pro Baseball Board Game

by APBA

Product Features

• Classic baseball game
• Satisfy your baseball APBA tite with APBA Pro Baseball
• Manage your choice of legends to new heights
• Easy to learn and play
• Tons of replay value

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.2 x 10.5 x 8.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001CJPVBQ
• Item model number: 4099479
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,870 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

For well over 50 years APBA has been the unchallenged KING of quality baseball entertainment products. Now with APBA Pro Baseball you can get in on the excitement. Fun, quick and easy to play, APBA Pro Baseball puts you right in the middle of the action. APBA Pro Baseball contains a revised spiral-bound instruction/play result booklet, which includes expanded pitcher strikeout ratings, and a new optional "Official Scorer" system, designed to fine-tune the fielding phase of APBA baseball. The game also includes the New York and Brooklyn teams from the 1953 Fall Classic, 25 play ours per team. APBA Pro Baseball is a great game to enjoy some quick baseball fun, or it can serve as a great learning tool to hone your baseball acumen. Oh did we mention that APBA Pro Baseball is as realistic as pro-ball and statistically accurate? We've even upgraded the result boards, so it's even MORE ACCURATE than ever before. APBA Pro Baseball is so easy to play that you'll be rolling dice and playing within two minutes. No long challenging instructions to read or learn. Our quick start guide will have you swinging for the fences in no time. After you become familiar with the basic rules, it's up to you when you start incorporating APBA Pro Baseball's optional rules that will give you all kinds of managing flexibility. So what are you waiting for? Get out of the ON DECK CIRCLE and STEP UP to the PLATE.

Product Description

For well over 50 years APBA has been the unchallenged king of quality baseball entertainment products! Now, step up to the plate as APBA Pro Baseball puts you right in the middle of the action with a revised, spiral-bound instruction/play result booklet, complete with a quick start guide that will have you swinging for the fences in no time! The game also includes the New York and Brooklyn teams from the 1953 Fall Classic, 25 players per team.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than rotisserie for baseball fans who have the time., May 12, 2011

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Paul Tognetti "The real world is so much more... (Cranston, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: APBA Pro Baseball Board Game (Toy)

Believe it or not I started playing APBA Pro Baseball when I was still a teenager back in 1971. It was during that spring that my friends and I started our own APBA baseball league. Though a couple of our members have passed away over the years and others have moved away or dropped out our league is still going strong today. In fact, our seven member league expects to kick off our 39th season within the next two weeks.

APBA Pro Baseball was founded in Lancaster, PA by a group of Phillies fans back in 1950. When they realized that the game they had created was something very special they decided to form a company and market it to fans around the country. Needless to say they succeeded beyond their wildest dreams! What differentiates APBA Pro Baseball from the rotisserie leagues that so many fans get involved with is that you actually play the games. Each January, a new set of player cards is issued based on the previous seasons statistics. The game is based on probability and dice are involved. Each game takes about 20 minutes to play and believe me the results are usually pretty realistic. APBA Pro Baseball is extremely easy to learn and people can be playing the game after just a few hours of practice. APBA Pro Baseball is quite similar to another tabletop baseball game you might have heard of called Strat-O-Matic.

There are APBA Pro Baseball Leagues all over the country and many of them like ours have been around for a good many years. For more information you can always check out apbagames.com. If you have a group of friends who would be willing to commit to just a few hours each week you will quickly discover that APBA Pro Baseball is a terrific hobby. Very highly recommended!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as much fun as I thought it would be, September 20, 2011

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Jeffrey Mills - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: APBA Pro Baseball Board Game (Toy)

I purchased this game through APBA 2 years ago along with the football game. I'm sorry, but I wasn't impressed with either of them. They both come with a "basic" game for beginners, but if you want to play the "master" game for advanced players, you have to purchase that game separately. Whereas a game like Strat-O-Matic comes with both a basic and advanced game.

Moreover, you can't call for your players to steal bases in APBA Baseball. This decision is already made for you on the play results. I'm not a fan of this as I like to be able to make the moves as a baseball manager on a board game. The football game was an absolute headache to play. It literally gave me a headache after playing it for less than a week. And this game, while not a bad game, just isn't as much fun as other games like Strat-O-Matic.

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointed, October 24, 2010

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George R. Mauger "if412" (South Jersey) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: APBA Pro Baseball Board Game (Toy)

I enjoyed playing this game. It isn't as involved as Strat-o-Matic which I like. The cards are also smaller than Strat-o-Matic which I also like. What I didn't like was that I couldn't buy current teams.