These players, like them or not, crossed the proverbial picket line and became forever known as the replacements.Įach of the players below, according to the Players Association, are not allowed union membership. One of them was the use of replacement players during Spring Training in 1995 (Excel spreadsheet with complete rosters can be download from this page). The 1994 strike set in motion a chain of events that Major League Baseball and its fans still feels to this day. That steady increase in sales encouraged Seitz to quit his job in 1957 to make APBA a career.REPLACEMENT PLAYERS MLB Players That Crossed Picket Lines During The 1994-1995 Strike The 150 games sold encouraged Seitz that there was a market for his game so he produced new versions annually from 1952-56.

The original game offered 20 player cards for each of the 16 major league teams and two play charts. It played so smoothly that in 1951, Seitz decided to share his creation. The Whiz Kids captured the fancy of Seitz and his wife, Jean, and got them so baseball crazy that they resurrected the game. The plot twist that took APBA from a handmade diversion to a nationwide phenomenon comes courtesy of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies. 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. 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. Seitz's original game went with him to war in the 1940's. The game is APBA, and the word is pronounced 'App'Bah' - a term as slick and condensed as the game. So while APBA is still an acronym for that first baseball simulation league, the word has taken on a meaning of its own.

That appellation soon was whittled down to its essential form: APBA. The boys called themselves the American Professional Baseball Association.

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