The original post was in 2004 but forum readers are so interested in the topic that they have been discussing the the same topic to this day. Looking at the real life stats and comparing the card numbers (and J numbers, if they exist) will help.I read with interest a post on the APBA forums about the revisions that the APBA baseball boards have gone throughout the years.
For example, if the Dodgers team you have has Don Sutton and Don Drysdale but not Sandy Koufax, most likely it is a year after 1966. Try narrowing down the year by using roster lists on Baseball Reference.If the folks there don’t know, no one does! Post it to the APBA Baseball group on Facebook.Here are a couple more ideas to try finding the elusive year of the APBA card: I frequently refer to this list especially when confirming the years of Monster Cards. There is also some very interesting info including set size and year it was published. At the very least I have narrowed it down to a couple years. However, after consulting with Rich Zawadzki and Lance Freezeland, it turns out this card is from the OFAS (Original Franchise All-Stars) and is based on Rice’s 1978 season. With a look at stats for Rice (who played from 1974-1989), I can tell his 1976 stats look more appropriate for this card. Looking at the APBA 12 List, I see that the APBA cardmakers put the 12 on the 26 for these years: So with this example of this Jim Rice card here, I see that his 12 is at the 26. Many thanks to Doug Burg for compiling the original list! With a little detective work and just a little baseball knowledge, you should be able to figure out what season it is. You can see a full list of APBA Baseball season set up until 2011 with a host of information including the location of the 12. Aside from being an interesting tradition by the Company it became a helpful way to determine the year of the season set. It would be located on different dice roll each year. Before 2012, APBA had a tradition of moving the result number 12 on the card. Since 2012, APBA has always placed the 12 at 23. Like me, you may have a lot of APBA Baseball sets printed before 2000 and do not have the year printed on the card.
Starting in 2000, the APBA Company started this practice of putting the stats. If you’re buying the current set and any from the past couple of decades, APBA puts the year on the players card along with the stats. Is there a way to identify the year? Yes… mostly. Maybe we’ll find a loose card somewhere and will want identify it. Of course, we want to know what season it is for. Sometimes we buy card sets and then set them aside and rediscover them.
This is a question I get frequently… I have a baseball card but I can’t tell what year it represents.
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