1951 · Genco
Hits and Runs
Flat dark green painted ground with faint horizontal brush streaks, pale wooden frame border around the whole glass, large blank yellow card upper right, blank dark red rounded rectangle lower left and two oversized baseballs with red stitching as picture frames.
- Year
- 1951
- Maker
- Genco
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: GREAT HITS AND RUNS composition two giant baseballs red stitching acting as windows onto action, batter mid-swing white red trim, fielder glove colliding sliding baserunner arm skyward, sweeping red-yellow curved band linking carrying title, yellow POINTS card upper right quadrant, wooden frame dark green field
The whole composition is built from two giant baseballs with red stitching, each acting as a window onto an action scene, linked by a sweeping red-and-yellow curved band carrying the title. The memorable detail is the pair of realistic baseball vignettes: a batter mid-swing in white with red trim, and a fielder with a glove colliding with a sliding/running baserunner who throws one arm skyward. A bright yellow 'Baiting Average / POINTS' card occupies the whole upper-right quadrant and a blank dark red rectangle fills the lower left, leaving the middle diagonal title band as the only text spine.
Setting
- Flat dark green painted ground with faint horizontal brush streaks
- Pale wooden frame border around the whole glass
- Large blank yellow card upper right
- Blank dark red rounded rectangle lower left
- Two oversized baseballs with red stitching as picture frames
Symbols
- Two oversized baseballs with red stitching
- Crossed bats flanking the points text
- Wooden baseball bat
- Brown fielder's glove
- Small white baseballs in flight
- Red, yellow and orange curved ribbon band
- Sweeping arc stripes
- Brown dirt base path
Lettering
- Title uses huge bold yellow block capitals with black outline and cream highlight for hits and runs, a tiny black 'and' between them, and a small white cursive 'great' above; the top-right card uses white cursive script with black outline over bold red sans-serif capitals.
Themes
- Baseball
- Batting
- Runs and hits
- Sports
- Team sport
Title on it
- Great hits and runs
Text on it
- Baiting Average
- POINTS
- Great
- HITS
- AND
- RUNS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Baseball batter, adult male, white uniform with red side stripe, red belt, red socks, red cap, gripping a pale wooden bat in both hands, mid-swing, standing on a brown dirt patch inside a green sky area, white ball above and behind him |
| Man | Baseball fielder/catcher, adult male, grey short-sleeve shirt, dark maroon cap, crouching and lunging forward with a brown leather glove extended, seen from behind/side |
| Man | Baserunner, adult male, white uniform with red sleeves and red cap, one arm flung up in the air, running past a base with a small pale ball in flight above him |
A wooden-framed backglass on a dark green field, with two large circular baseball vignettes drawn as white-and-blue baseballs with red stitching, plus a yellow instruction card in the upper right and a plain dark red rectangular panel in the lower left. The upper-left circle shows a male batter in a white uniform with red side stripe, red belt, red socks and a red cap, gripping a pale wooden bat with both hands and swinging, with a small white ball above him. The lower-right circle shows two male figures at a base: a fielder in a grey shirt and dark cap lunging with a brown glove while a baserunner in a white uniform with red sleeves and a dark cap runs with one arm thrown up. A red, yellow and orange curved band sweeps diagonally between them, carrying the title. The yellow card reads 'Baiting Average' in white cursive outlined in black above 'POINTS' in bold red capitals, flanked by two crossed bats. The title is 'Great' in small white script above huge yellow 'HITS', a tiny 'AND', then 'RUNS'.