Sockit

The Sockit, produced by Western Equipment & Supply Company in April 1936, is a baseball-themed electro-mechanical one-ball payout machine, advertised at 48 inches long by 22 inches wide. As a one-ball game, it stands apart from the multi-ball formats more common among its EM contemporaries.

With just a single ball per play, Sockit likely emphasized precision over volume, giving each shot outsized importance compared to five-ball games of the same era. No official rule book or detailed instruction manual for Sockit is known to survive, leaving some aspects of its gameplay open to interpretation.

Sockit's baseball theme reflects the sport's enduring popularity in mid-1930s America, a common well for pinball and payout-machine manufacturers of the period to draw from. While little else is documented about its design or specific features, its age and status as a one-ball payout game make it a notable piece for collectors of early EM pinball.