Bat and Ball

United Manufacturing Company's 1955 Bat and Ball is a two-player electro-mechanical entry in pinball's long-running tradition of baseball-themed bat games, a genre that had already been popular for two decades by the time this machine arrived, reflecting the enduring appeal of America's pastime as a coin-op theme in post-war America.

As a bat game, Bat and Ball has players batting a pitched ball for score rather than using the ramps and lane layouts of later pinball designs; its EM-era mechanics emphasize straightforward timing and accuracy rather than complex rule sets.

Specific details about Bat and Ball's designer, artwork, or notable features are not well documented, but as with many bat games of its era, it likely combined a baseball-themed backglass with simple, accessible gameplay aimed at a wide range of players.