HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL
Big League Baseball Game
HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL Big League Baseball Game
Everything you need to create your OWN tabletop baseball legacy!
Game contents include: Two-piece game board, spiral-bound game action booklet, Game Day and Game Day Extras reference boards, manager strategy cards, umpire and generic player cards, dice and marker tokens, complete rules and instructions, sample scoresheets, game box and eight championship finalist pro teams from the 2023 Pro Season (Baltimore, Houston, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Philadelphia) plus a PDF download link for the rest of pro baseball's teams from the '23 season. Full card sets based on other real-life pro and fictional seasons may be purchased separately, or with your copy of the game. FREE card sets available on our baseball “free stuff” page. Read MORE about the game below…
Played tabletop baseball games before? Welcome to a whole NEW baseball board game experience! Easy to learn, addictively fun to play, realistic and engaging, HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL brings you classic tabletop baseball realism, with a fresh, new approach.
The latest “vintage” season in our fictional baseball universe features cards and teams from BOTH our Continental and Century Leagues, sixteen teams in all, over 400 player cards! Full-color retro-themed presentation patterned after vintage baseball trading cards of the era, with team identities (cities, nicknames, logos and colors). Also includes 32 umpire cards, 18 ball park cards, 12 pitcher batting cards and a sheet of liner notes.
• This page is for the printed version, click here for the PDF version…
Digital version of our printed sets, you get BOTH the full-color cards with specific team identities AND the standard black-and-white cards with team numbers. Twelve teams, 24 players per team and 36 unassigned free-agents and rookies. Set also includes 18 ball park cards and 32 umpire cards plus intro notes.
• Download the 2026 Baseball Alternative Season Preview Guide here!
• NOTE that this is a large file (19.5mb) and may take some time to download!
• This page is for the PDF version, click here for the PRINTED version…
• READ MORE: Here’s our 2026 Baseball Alternative “Spring Training Tour Guide,” with an overview of each team’s prospects for the new season!
Includes over 300 player cards, your choice of presentations (standard "generic" presentation in classic black and white print with teams identified numerically, or full-color presentation with team identities (cities, nicknames, logos and colors). Also includes 32 umpire cards, 18 ball park cards and a sheet of liner notes.
• This page is for the printed versions of the set; click here for the PDF version…
Game contents include: Two-piece game board, spiral-bound game action booklet, Game Day and Game Day Extras reference boards, manager strategy cards, umpire and generic player cards, dice and marker tokens, complete rules and instructions, sample scoresheets, game box and eight championship finalist pro teams from the 2023 Pro Season (Baltimore, Houston, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Philadelphia) plus a PDF download link for the rest of pro baseball's teams from the '23 season. Full card sets based on other real-life pro and fictional seasons may be purchased separately, or with your copy of the game. FREE card sets available on our baseball “free stuff” page. Read MORE about the game below…
Includes individual cards for over 1000 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 2025 pro season, presented in classic black and white; also includes nearly 90 umpire cards and suggested batting orders. (Read more below…)
• This page is for the PDF version, click here for the printed versions…
Once again, you have TWO options for this year's Pro Season: the "Classic" Edition includes individual cards for over 1000 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 2025 pro season, presented in classic black and white; the XL Color "Express" Edition includes 810 individual color-print cards (27 per team), presented in standard baseball trading card size (each card 2.5" x 3.5"). BOTH sets also include nearly 90 umpire cards and suggested batting orders. (Read more below…)
• PLEASE NOTE that the XL Color edition includes 810 color cards, the classic edition includes 1,017 black-and-white cards. BOTH sets include umpire cards, intro notes and suggested batting orders.
• This page is for the printed versions of the card set. For the PDF version (B&W only), click here…
Includes 120 cards, four new players for each of the 30 current big league teams. Add them to your original “50 Years of Baseball Greatness” set, or use them on their own as a stand-alone set! Standard baseball trading card size (3.5” x 2.5”), full color cards with game ratings and Kurt’s personal take on each player!
Colorful and durable, spread out your cards and immerse yourself in the baseball experience! This mat’s 14” x 24” spread accommodates any/all History Maker Baseball card sizes—trading card XL, standard or “Crackerjack” express!
A unique “Franchise Greats” card set created especially for History Maker Baseball by YouTube contributor Kurt Bergland (“Kurt Bergland’s Baseball World), this set focuses exclusively on the years 1975-2025. You get 24 of the era’s best players for each of the big league’s 30 clubs: ten pitchers and fourteen position players, presented in a colorful, baseball trading card-sized format (2.5” x 3.5”). Over 700 cards in all. Each card honors one of the club’s most important players of that 50-year span, with complete ratings for the game and a couple lines about the player from Kurt’s wealth of baseball knowledge.
The set also includes a roster sheet, suggested batting orders, two sets of eighteen pitcher batting cards and 32 umpire cards, featuring noteworthy (or notorious!) umpires from the years 1975-2025.
• Click here for a downloadable roster of all 30 teams.
• Click here to visit Kurt’s YouTube channel, “Kurt Bergland’s Baseball World”
Digital version of our printed card sets. Includes BOTH versions of the cards set. The "Classic" Edition includes individual cards for over 1200 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 2024 pro season, presented in classic black and white; the XL Color "Express" Edition includes 720 individual color-print cards (24 per team), presented in standard baseball trading card size (each card 2.5" x 3.5"). The download also includes nearly 90 umpire cards, instant results matrix and suggested batting orders.
Please NOTE that this download is relatively large, approximately 25 MB and has been prepared as a zip file containing separate print files for batters and pitchers, color and black-and-white (umpires are black-and-white).
• This page is for the PDF versions of the card set. For the printed versions, click here.
Double-sided cards printed in team colors, 54 cards representing 53 recently-emerging stars (Ohtani gets two cards!), real-life big-league baseball players who weren’t carded for the original sets. Each player rated for one of his top pro seasons.
Digital version of the printed card set. Individual cards for over 700 real-life big-league baseball players based on the real-life 1981 pro season. Also includes 60 umpire cards, traded player list, introductory notes and suggested batting orders.
• This page is for the PDF version. If you want the printed version, click here.
Individual cards for over 700 real-life big-league baseball players based on the real-life 1981 pro season. Also includes 60 umpire cards, traded player list, introductory notes and suggested batting orders.
• This page is for the printed version. For the PDF version, click here.
Tabletop baseball just got faster, with this quick-play companion to History Maker Baseball! Finish full games in 10 minutes or less, without losing the full-play drama and excitement! Use the HMB cards you already have, watch players perform with the same realism as its sports board game big brother. Includes game charts and rules booklet, use dice and cards from the full-play version of the game.
Complete instructions on how to create your own players and teams for HMB! Now in a durable half-sheet sized booklet with full color cover (contents are unchanged from the previous version).
Coil-bound game book for History Maker Baseball Big League Baseball Game, does not include rules or other game materials. Standard size is 7” x 8.5”, XL size is 8.5” x 11”.
Individual cards for nearly 300 big-league baseball players, fictional players reflective of real-life 1950s professional baseball, realistic progression from our original Century League card set (circa 1946). Each team presented in team colors, franchises aligned with our baseball time-line (read more below). Also includes 20 umpire cards, 18 ball-park cards, 18 pitcher batting cards, 42 free agent (unassigned) player cards and liner notes.
WOW! Includes BOTH versions of our 2023 Pro Season set, XL color and standard black and white! The color version includes individual cards for 720 real-life big league ball players presented in baseball trading card size (2.5” x 3.5”) and colors. The classic black and white set is our biggest card set ever, with over 1,200 players. Includes umpire cards, suggested batting orders, intro notes and instant results grid.
• This page is for the PDF version. A printed version is available here.
All three previously released Cooperstown card sets unite into one epic collection! Including over 100 new entries, you’ll find individual cards for nearly 500 real-life big-league baseball players and eighteen umpires, presented neatly in crisp, nine-to-a-page perforated sheets. Each card is based on (one of) that player's key season(s). Includes those already enshrined in baseball's hall of fame, as well as many who are on the fringes of induction, from "shoo-in" to "long-shot."
Play HMB with ordinary baseball trading cards using these Quick-Rate cards, which debuted at PLAAY-Dot-CON 2018! PLUS order the Deluxe edition to add four packs of unopened 1980s Topps baseball card wax packs!
• Please NOTE that you need to have either HMB or HMB express to use these quick-rate cards!
Digital version of the printed card set. Individual cards for over 500 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 1973 pro season. Also includes 48 umpire cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 24 blank player cards. Presented in our “express” format, 24 cards to a sheet (see examples). Please note that while card size is slightly smaller than standard, the print/font size is the same as our standard cards.
• This page is for the PDF version. Click here for the PRINTED version.
Individual cards for over 300 big-league baseball players, fictional players reflective of real-life 1970s professional baseball. Each team presented in team colors, franchises aligned with our baseball time-line. Also includes 28 umpire cards, 18 ball-park cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 36 free agent (unassigned) player cards and liner notes.
• This page is for the PDF version. Click here for the PRINTED version.
Individual cards for over 300 big-league baseball players, fictional players reflective of real-life 1970s professional baseball. Each team presented in team colors, franchises aligned with our baseball time-line. Also includes 28 umpire cards, 18 ball-park cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 36 free agent (unassigned) player cards and liner notes.
• This page is for the PRINTED version. Click here for the PDF version.
Individual cards for over 500 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 1973 pro season. Also includes 48 umpire cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 24 blank player cards. Presented in our “express” format, 24 cards to a sheet (see examples). Please note that while card size is slightly smaller than standard, the print/font size is the same as our standard cards.
• This page is for the PRINTED version. Click here for the PDF version.
Individual cards for over 700 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 1998 pro season. Also includes 32 umpire cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 12 blank player cards. Presented in our “express” format, 24 cards to a sheet (see examples). Please note that while card size is slightly smaller than standard, the print/font size is the same as our standard cards.
• This page is for the PRINTED version. Click here for the PDF version.
Digital version of our commemorative card set, individual cards for over 700 real-life big-league baseball players based on the 1998 pro season. Also includes 32 umpire cards, 24 pitcher batting cards and 12 blank player cards.
• This page is for the PDF version. If you want the printed version, click here.
PDF version of printed card set, includes cards for nearly 1200 players, 96 umpires plus batting orders, traded player guide and Instant Results matrix, you print on your own card stock. NOTE these cards DO contain cut lines.
• This page is for the PDF version. If you want the PRINTED version, click here.
Experience the greatest baseball league that never was! Real-life baseball pros take the field in this historically grounded imagining of what big league baseball’s third league could have looked like. You’ll get 240 players organized into eight fully realized teams, plus umps and ballparks, all in a vintage style that takes you back! Pre-cut, trading-card size and style, double-sided cards with team color front and league logo grayscale card backs.
PDF version of printed card set, includes cards for nearly 1200 players, 96 umpires plus batting orders, traded player guide and Instant Results matrix, you print on your own card stock. NOTE these cards DO contain cut lines.
• This page is for the PDF version. If you want the PRINTED version, click here.
Digital version of our printed card set. The latest “vintage” season in our fictional baseball universe features cards and teams from BOTH our Continental and Century Leagues, sixteen teams in all, over 400 player cards! Full-color retro-themed presentation patterned after vintage baseball trading cards of the era, with team identities (cities, nicknames, logos and colors). Also includes 32 umpire cards, 18 ball park cards, 12 pitcher batting cards and a sheet of liner notes.
• This page is for the PDF version. For the printed version, click here…