This is my 1958 William's Deluxe Short Stop. I rescued it from a barn back in 1994. Almost everything is original including the backglass (which has a bit of flaking by the outs). I found a new pitching motor on Ebay a while back and replaced the ailing one it had in it. It also needed a new pitching spring - that is an amazing mechanism. I found out that Pinball Resource had a replacement pitching spring for it so I bought two just in case. The coin door was stripped but I've mostly replaced all brackets and coin mechanisms, but the only parts I am still missing are the coin chutes from the lock-down bar slots to the coin mechanisms.

I have been told that the Short Stop is the only pitch'n'bat with a reverse slope on the playfield, so the ball will always roll down toward the targets. The kids really love playing the old Short Stop - I wouldn't sell it for anything!

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Short Stop only has two pitches, Fast and Slow, but the S-H-O-R-T-S-T-O-P carry-over feature is really cool. You spell out one letter for each grand-slam and then win multiple credits when completed. I also like the cabinet colors - nothing else quite like the yellow base and stripes and baseballs. If I get a chance I"ll pull it out and get some better photographs as the ones I used are quite old.