Automatic Whiffle

Automatic Whiffle, released in July 1932, is part of the Whiffle family of early coin-operated pin games produced by Automatic Industries, Incorporated of Youngstown, Ohio (active 1931-1936). It continues the lineage that began with Arthur L. Paulin's 1930 homemade prototype and Yohio Manufacturing's subsequent commercial Whiffle releases.

While the exact gameplay mechanics and features of Automatic Whiffle are not documented in surviving records, it likely shared the pure mechanical construction typical of its Whiffle siblings — relying on plunger shots and gravity rather than flippers, which had not yet been invented (they arrived in 1947).

Limited information is available about Automatic Whiffle's design, art, or theme, making it, like much of the early Whiffle line, a subject of ongoing interest for collectors and historians researching the origins of the coin-operated pinball industry.