I recently picked up this 1959 Williams Deluxe Pinch Hitter. It appears to be a mostly original survivor and complete down to the small billboard signs in the running man unit. I plan to eventually change out the wood legs for the original style red metal ones, although they do not seem too much out of place. It works great and is a blast to play.

Does anyone know if the red ramps originally had #44 or #455 blinkers? Mine has old GE #455s which makes me think they’ve been there for a while.

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Thanks, I agree.

Can anyone tell me definitively what the correct leg length is on the late 1950’s Williams Pitch and Bats with the red metal painted legs? I am leaning towards 28.5” legs but am also seeing 31” depending on the source. 31” seems like it would be too high.

My ‘59 Pinch Hitter pictured above has (incorrect) wooden legs that are somewhere between these lengths and it already seems high.

A Williams Pinch Hitter is up for sale in Philadelphia. Priced right for a game needing a little elbow grease.

philadelphia.craigslist.org link

I am interested in cleaning up the play field on my 1959 Williams Pinch Hitter. From what I have read here, it sounds like the play field surface material is formica.

Can anyone tell me whether you can clean it up and wax it like a normal pinball? What should I use? Novus 1 and Carnuba?

The pitches should be straight down the unpainted pitching lane. If not, you need to align the pitching mechanism or check to see that the balls not hitting something before it comes out of the chute.

Wow, would love to see this game in action.

The Williams schematics for these P&B games have their own lingo that is a lot different than pinballs. I wish there was something that explained the theory of operation with some of these features named.

I saw a playfield for this game in an antique store a while ago. Now I know what the rest looks like!

Yahtzee!