Super Pennant Baseball

The Super Pennant Baseball, manufactured by Williams Manufacturing Company in February 1954, is a single-player electro-mechanical baseball-themed machine featuring a super-sized backbox with score reel scoring. It was one of several baseball games Williams released around the same time, alongside the similar 1954 titles Special Deluxe Baseball and Super Star Baseball, reflecting just how popular sports themes, and baseball in particular, were for pinball manufacturers in the early-to-mid 1950s.

Gameplay stands out for its combination of a Replay-or-Novelty scoring option with a Double Match feature, awarding both a matching score number and a lit star match. A mechanical backbox animation shows runners advancing around the bases, while lights on the playfield indicate which bases are occupied, giving players a real-time visual sense of the inning's progress. The machine accepts nickels, dimes, and quarters through a single coin chute, with a replay wheel that maxes out at 47.

The machine's designer is not documented, but its elaborate backbox animation and scoring mechanisms reflect Williams' growing sophistication with electro-mechanical baseball games during this period, making it a notable collector's piece from the golden age of EM sports pinball.