Challenge The Yankees

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Challenge The Yankees was a popular baseball board game, sold only in 1964 and 1965 by Hasbro (Hassenfeld Bros.) of Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game and many of its components, especially the player cards is now a popular eBay item, consisting of 25 New York Yankees player cards, 25 All Star player cards (non-Yankees), a baseball diamond game board, cards representing different plays (single, double, triple, fly ball, ground ball) 4 pegs to move around the bases, manager strategy cards, and other accessories. The player up at bat rolls the dice, and refers to that "batter's" card, to check to see what that dice roll represents for that particular ball player, and moves a pegs accordingly. Each player's card is different, for example, a dice roll of 3 when Yogi Berra is at bat represents a home run, while a 3 rolled for Bill Mazeroski represents a base on balls. The object is to score the most runs at the end of 9 innings.

Baseball Sport

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objectives of the offensive team are to hit the ball into the field of play, and to run the bases—having its runners advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "runs". The objective of the defensive team is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate. The team that scores the most runs by the end of the game is the winner.

Hasbro toy and media company

Hasbro, Inc. is an American multinational toy and board game company. It is the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value, and third largest with revenues of approximately $5.12 billion. Hasbro acquired the trademarks and products of Kenner, Parker Brothers, and Milton Bradley, among others. Among its products are Monopoly, G.I. Joe, Furby, Transformers, Nerf, My Little Pony, Twister and the Power Rangers franchise. The Hasbro brand also spawned TV shows to promote its products, such as Family Game Night on the Discovery Family network. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The majority of its products are manufactured in East Asia.

New York Yankees Baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in the Bronx, New York, United States

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the New York Mets of the National League. In the 1901 season, the club began play in the AL as the Baltimore Orioles. Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders. The Highlanders were officially renamed the Yankees in 1913.

Contents

The 50 player cards in the set are approximately 4" × 5½", with a blank back, and feature a small black & white photo of the player, a facsimile autograph, and a few biographical details and stats. The only way to distinguish the cards between the two years is to compare the stats. There has been some confusion over the years about the 50 player cards in the 1964 set, and the 50 in the 1965 set. Some players are the same in both editions, and some are different.

Collectors

Collectors like to be certain which year player card they are buying. Below is the complete listing of 1964 and 1965 cards. The ERA for pitchers and batting averages for the position players are noted in order to distinguish between 1964 and 1965. Only four of the 100 cards are identical for the two years: Yankees Hector Lopez and Tom Metcalf, and All Stars Carl Yastrzemski and Johnny Podres. Every other card differs in some small way, either by player fact, ERA or Batting Average.

1964 Set

Position Player's Batting Ave or Pitcher's ERA

Player name ERA/batting averages
Hank Aaron .320
Yogi Berra .285
Johnny Blanchard .247
Jim Bouton 3.04
Clete Boyer .243
Marshall Bridges 3.75
Harry Bright .255
Tom Cheney 3.67
Del Crandall .257
Al Downing 2.81
Whitey Ford 2.78
Tito Francona .278
Jake Gibbs .250
Pedro Gonzalez .192
Dick Groat .293
Steve Hamilton 3.47
Elston Howard .286
Al Kaline .309
Tony Kubek .275
Phil Linz .276
Hector Lopez .272
Art Mahaffey 3.81
Frank Malzone .280
Mickey Mantle .309
Juan Marichal 3.07
Roger Maris .261
Eddie Mathews .280
Bill Mazeroski .264
Ken McBride 3.54
Willie McCovey .282
Tom Metcalf 2.77
Jim O'Toole 3.52
Milt Pappas 3.42
Joe Pepitone .265
Ron Perranoski 2.33
Johnny Podres 3.63
Dick Radatz 2.13
Hal Reniff 2.78
Bobby Richardson .272
Rich Rollins .302
Ron Santo .266
Bill Skowron .289
Duke Snider .298
Bill Stafford 3.55
Ralph Terry 3.52
Tom Tresh .278
Pete Ward .290
Carl Warwick .256
Stan Williams 3.74
Carl Yastrzemski .294

1965 Set

Player name ERA/batting averages
Hank Aaron .320
Johnny Blanchard .248
Jim Bouton 3.03
Clete Boyer .239
Leon Carmel .219
Joe Christopher .266
Vic Davalillo .279
Al Downing 3.18
Whitey Ford 2.73
Bill Freehan .281
Jim Gentile .266
Jake Gibbs .214
Pedro Gonzalez .261
Dick Groat .293
Steve Hamilton 3.42
Elston Howard .289
Al Kaline .307
Tony Kubek .270
Phil Linz .262
Don Lock .251
Hector Lopez .272
Art Mahaffey 3.93
Frank Malzone .278
Mickey Mantle .309
Juan Marichal 2.93
Roger Maris .263
Eddie Mathews .277
Bill Mazeroski .264
Ken McBride 4.14
Tim McCarver .281
Willie McCovey .271
Tom Metcalf 2.77
Pete Mikkelsen 3.56
Jim O'Toole 3.37
Milt Pappas 3.34
Joe Pepitone .258
Ron Perranoski 2.55
Johnny Podres 3.63
Dick Radatz 2.20
Pedro Ramos 4.07
Hal Reniff 2.87
Bobby Richardson .271
Rich Rollins .291
Ron Santo .276
Rollie Sheldon 4.18
Bill Stafford 3.46
Mel Stottlemyre 2.06
Tom Tresh .268
Pete Ward .286
Carl Yastrzemski .294

Notes for 1965 cards where Pitcher's ERA or Player's Batting Average are the same as in the 1964 set

Mickey Mantle - All Star Years Listed; Hank Aaron - 64 All Star noted; Dick Grote - 64 All Star noted; Bill Mazeroski - 64 All Star noted; Johnny Podres - Same Card 64/65; Carl Yastrzemski - Same Card 64/65; Héctor López - Same Card 64/65; Tom Metcalf - Same Card 64/65.

Mickey Mantle American baseball player

Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951-1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers and is regarded by many as the greatest switch hitter in baseball history. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Hank Aaron American baseball player

Henry Louis Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder who serves as the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) and two seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL), from 1954 through 1976. Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list.

Bill Mazeroski American baseball player and coach

William Stanley Mazeroski is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman. Nicknamed "Maz", he spent his entire 17-year career playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1956–72. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

Also note that some of the 1965 cards have single digit numbers or letters in the top right or left hand corner of the card.

1965 Yankee Rollie Sheldon Card

Not all of the 1965 sets contain the NYY Rollie Sheldon card. Rollie was traded to Kansas City on May 3, 1965 and his card was withdrawn from the set, making it more scarce than the others.

Roland Frank Sheldon is a retired American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in 160 Major League games from 1961 to 1962 and 1964 to 1966. Born in Putnam, Connecticut, he attended the University of Connecticut. He was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 185 pounds (84 kg).

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