Recall Register

Automatic Baseball Pitching Machines Warning

CPSC recall 77078. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .

CPSC recall 77078 has the recall date 21 Jul 1977. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Baseball/Softball Accessories.

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CPSC recall 77078: incidents, units, products and firms
UnitsThe CPSC record gives no number
Description
Automatic Baseball Pitching Machines Warning NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 1977 Release # 77-078 Warning Issued On Automatic Baseball Pitching Machines WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today issued an urgent warning to purchasers and users of certain automatic baseball pitching machines of the potential for severe bodily injury which the machines present. The machines are labeled as follows: "Blazer (Champ)," the "Professional," "Range, " "Pro-Trainer (Olympia)," and/or the "Dudley Automatic Pitching Machine." They were manufactured by Commercial Mechanisms, Inc., of Spring Park, Minnesota, and Kansas City, Missouri. The Commission has two reports of permanent and severe brain damage resulting from these machines. There are about 18 other injuries including brain concussions, severe lacerations and severe facial disfigurement. The Commission has authorized its staff to prepare the necessary papers for filing a complaint in U.S. District Court seeking recall of the machines and a declaration that they are an imminent…
ProductBlazer(Champ) automatic baseball pitching machines, Baseball/Softball Accessories
ProductDudley Automatic Pitching Machine
ProductPro-Trainer (Olympia) automatic baseball pitching machines
ProductProfessional automatic baseball pitching machines
ProductRange automatic baseball pitching machines
FirmThe CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons.

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The recall in context

Units in this recall
not givenMedian of 1977: not given
CPSC recalls of 1977
36
Recalls of 1977 with one of the same hazards
25%
Recalls of 1977 in the category Baseball/Softball Accessories
6%

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Recall Register. CPSC recall 77078. https://recallregister.com/product/3897-automatic-baseball-pitching-machines-warning/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .

Sources

Source
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence
US government work, public domain
Data retrieved
29 Sep 2026
Newest CPSC recall on the register
24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 77078 report injuries?
The CPSC record of recall 77078 has no incident or injury text.