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I found some more guides that he didn't have listed, as well as some supplemental baseball material. | I found some more guides that he didn't have listed, as well as some supplemental baseball material. | ||
| − | John Thorn has a nice two part look at the guides: [https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-base-ball-guides-5ef2aa168263 Part 1] and [https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-baseball-guides-part-2-39b1d447dd43 Part 2] | + | John Thorn has a nice two part look at the guides: [https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-base-ball-guides-5ef2aa168263 Part 1] and [https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/the-baseball-guides-part-2-39b1d447dd43 Part 2], and an excellent overview [https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/baseball-guides-galore-7112c4143472 Baseball Guides Galore]. |
== Daniel "Doc" Adams' Laws of Base Ball == | == Daniel "Doc" Adams' Laws of Base Ball == | ||
* '''1857 – Laws of Base Ball''' | [https://www.retroseasons.com/library/laws-of-baseball-magna-carta/1857-01-01/ View online] (Source: RetroSeasons Sports Library) | * '''1857 – Laws of Base Ball''' | [https://www.retroseasons.com/library/laws-of-baseball-magna-carta/1857-01-01/ View online] (Source: RetroSeasons Sports Library) | ||
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== Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player == | == Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player == | ||
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* '''1876 – De Witt's Base-ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/dewittsbaseballg00unse_0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1876 – De Witt's Base-ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/dewittsbaseballg00unse_0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| − | + | == Reach's Official Base Ball Guide == | |
| − | == Reach's Official | ||
* '''1883 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cojDW2Kzhsk-pBZa1NMegIWD9rfHj9la/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1883 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cojDW2Kzhsk-pBZa1NMegIWD9rfHj9la/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
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* '''1890 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/reachofficialame1890phil/page/n3 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1890 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/reachofficialame1890phil/page/n3 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1891 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0bKu24BYFS4m7ibh26xYzjZVgCIqGbf/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1891 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0bKu24BYFS4m7ibh26xYzjZVgCIqGbf/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
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* '''1892 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/reachofficialame1892phil/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1892 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/reachofficialame1892phil/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1893 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-1Pij3OJhq-mw7HYIwp5922Qnoi0i2L/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1893 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-1Pij3OJhq-mw7HYIwp5922Qnoi0i2L/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
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* '''1935 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15rQHKnjuyg5s350O1rE7zzh1BmgqJaCc/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1935 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/15rQHKnjuyg5s350O1rE7zzh1BmgqJaCc/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1939 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nGPYItfxVz-yoarZBZBi0u_itepk87HG/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1939 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nGPYItfxVz-yoarZBZBi0u_itepk87HG/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
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| + | == Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide == | ||
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| + | * '''1940 – Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rVu1_r_LvwA0-B0L3qxd-qQd9dGVAWjk/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
| + | * '''1941 – Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WM0KBla4MjBYJXyxn2CmB6JFqdjB4N6/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
== Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide == | == Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide == | ||
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* '''1879 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://books.google.com/books?id=wRHwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3&#v=onepage&q&f=false View online] (Source: Google Books) | * '''1879 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://books.google.com/books?id=wRHwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3&#v=onepage&q&f=false View online] (Source: Google Books) | ||
* '''1880 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal1880chic/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1880 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal1880chic/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1881 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U6ygq0lkbnLGzaU1hrmDm9iq4g21B70D/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1882 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://books.google.com/books?id=_BHwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false View online] (Source: Google Books) | * '''1882 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://books.google.com/books?id=_BHwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false View online] (Source: Google Books) | ||
* '''1883 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal18831chic/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1883 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://archive.org/details/spaldingsbasebal18831chic/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
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* '''1929 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00171/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | * '''1929 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00171/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | ||
* '''1930 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00172/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | * '''1930 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00172/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | ||
| + | * '''1933 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zmn-afuoRX6CDPO1kkMZ0wo4jft6RDkv/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1934 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00174/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | * '''1934 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00174/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | ||
| + | * '''1936 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IbcbBS70T_uO1pcmFo99cx3UtfFfKK0W/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
| + | * '''1937 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16MIVmkFnWkB3grYrgxHjVHmIycEJ8deD/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
| + | * '''1938 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-jlOrEzomMhM6FBnj4liURaalFMGbYs/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1939 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00179/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | * '''1939 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide''' | [https://www.loc.gov/resource/spalding.00179/?st=gallery View online] (Source: Library of Congress) | ||
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* '''1905 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1905 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1905 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1905 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1905 – How To Play Shortstop''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayshortst00wray_0/page/n5/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1905 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1905 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1905 – How To Play the Outfield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayoutfiel00matt/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1906 – How To Play Base Ball''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybasebal03murn View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1906 – How To Play Base Ball''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybasebal03murn View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1907 – How To Play Base Ball''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybasebal04murn View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1907 – How To Play Base Ball''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybasebal04murn View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
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* '''1911 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch00sull/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1911 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch00sull/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1911 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti04cumm/page/n23 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1911 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti04cumm/page/n23 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1913 – How To Play Base Ball''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybasebal00newy/page/n9/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1913 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch01sull/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1913 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch01sull/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1913 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba00newy/page/n7 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1913 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba00newy/page/n7 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1913 – How To Play Shortstop''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayshortst01wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1913 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba00newy/page/n8 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1913 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba00newy/page/n8 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1913 – How To Play the Outfield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayoutfiel01matt/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1913 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti01cumm/page/n7 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1913 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti01cumm/page/n7 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1914 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch02sull/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1914 – How To Catch''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatch02sull/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1914 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba01newy/page/n1 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1914 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba01newy/page/n1 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1914 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb00newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1914 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb00newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| − | * '''1914 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba01newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive | + | * '''1914 – How To Play Shortstop''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayshortst02wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) |
| + | * '''1914 – How To Play Third Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaythirdba01newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1914 – How To Play the Outfield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayoutfiel03matt/page/n1/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba02newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – How To Play First Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayfirstba02newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb01newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – How To Play Second Base''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaysecondb01newy View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1915 – How To Play Shortstop''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayshortst03wray/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – How To Play the Outfield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayoutfiel02matt/page/n6 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – How To Play the Outfield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayoutfiel02matt/page/n6 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti02cumm/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – How To Score''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoscorepracti02cumm/page/n0 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
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* '''1921 – How To Catch and How To Run Bases''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatchhowtor00fost/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1921 – How To Catch and How To Run Bases''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtocatchhowtor00fost/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1921 – How To Organize A League, Manage A Team, Captain A Team, ... ''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoorganizelea00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1921 – How To Organize A League, Manage A Team, Captain A Team, ... ''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoorganizelea00wray View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1921 – How To Play the Infield ''and'' the Oufield''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplayinfield00fost/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
== The Sporting News == | == The Sporting News == | ||
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* '''1923 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1923''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000021279645&view=2up&seq=4 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | * '''1923 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1923''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000021279645&view=2up&seq=4 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | ||
* '''1924 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1924''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000021279652&view=2up&seq=2 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | * '''1924 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1924''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000021279652&view=2up&seq=2 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | ||
| + | * '''1942 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1942''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MEUC0h17Kr4limRU2sfIbmNa_8hjffo/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1943 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1943''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1943stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1943 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1943''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1943stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
| + | * '''1943 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1943 - Radio Edition''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1675fnbiHKlA31puiNa5BKi4x1559Tx5f/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1944 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1944''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1944stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1944 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1944''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1944stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1945 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1945''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1945stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1945 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1945''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1945stlo/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
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* '''1951 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1950''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X32fYTrltF4ZCPmeOpCEVHwxmWrcf6xT/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | * '''1951 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1950''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X32fYTrltF4ZCPmeOpCEVHwxmWrcf6xT/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
* '''1962 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1962''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1962stlo/page/n1 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1962 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1962''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballguiderec1962stlo/page/n1 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
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| + | == The Commissioner's Guide == | ||
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| + | * '''1943 – The Commissioner's Guide for 1943''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rEAtL0YFHGTIf6gWJk9Bz0_Gjgdn1SKk/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
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| + | == Heilbroner Baseball Bureau boxscores for the American Association == | ||
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| + | * '''1945 – Heilbroner Baseball Bureau boxscores for the American Association''' | [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cB0VrvQSj4KFEF7TU8i-VZ71vCpPx9pc/view?usp=drive_link View online] (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets) | ||
== A.S. Barnes Official Baseball Guide == | == A.S. Barnes Official Baseball Guide == | ||
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* '''1914 – ''How to Play Baseball : A Manual For Boys'' by John McGraw''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybaseba00mcgrgoog/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1914 – ''How to Play Baseball : A Manual For Boys'' by John McGraw''' | [https://archive.org/details/howtoplaybaseba00mcgrgoog/page/n5 View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1914 – ''Richter's History and Records of Base Ball : the American Nation's Chief Sport''''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t8x932375;view=1up;seq=7 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | * '''1914 – ''Richter's History and Records of Base Ball : the American Nation's Chief Sport''''' | [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t8x932375;view=1up;seq=7 View online] (Source: Hathi Trust) | ||
| + | * '''1914 – ''The Book of Athletics'' - Baseball section (Withington)''' | [https://archive.org/details/bookathletics01withgoog/page/250/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – ''Baseball, Individual Play and Team Play in Detail'' (Clarke & Dawson)''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballindividu00clar/page/n7/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – ''Baseball, Individual Play and Team Play in Detail'' (Clarke & Dawson)''' | [https://archive.org/details/baseballindividu00clar/page/n7/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
* '''1915 – ''Learn Major League Baseball'' (Troy)''' | [https://archive.org/details/learnmajorleague00troy/page/n1/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | * '''1915 – ''Learn Major League Baseball'' (Troy)''' | [https://archive.org/details/learnmajorleague00troy/page/n1/mode/2up View online] (Source: Internet Archive) | ||
Latest revision as of 15:46, 19 December 2023
Baseball statistics and guides have been a part of the sport since the early days. There have been a variety of publishers, focusing on a range of leagues and accomplishments.
In 2014 Sean Lahman assembled a list of guides available online.
I found some more guides that he didn't have listed, as well as some supplemental baseball material.
John Thorn has a nice two part look at the guides: Part 1 and Part 2, and an excellent overview Baseball Guides Galore.
Contents
- 1 Daniel "Doc" Adams' Laws of Base Ball
- 2 Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player
- 3 De Witt's Base-ball Guide
- 4 Reach's Official Base Ball Guide
- 5 Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide
- 6 Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide
- 7 Burton's Pocket Baseball Guide
- 8 "Bull" Durham Base Ball Guide
- 9 Napoleon Lajoie's Base Ball Guide
- 10 John McGraw's Scientific Baseball
- 11 Spalding's Official Base Ball Record
- 12 Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide
- 13 Spalding's City Specific Base Ball Books
- 14 Spalding's Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs
- 15 Spalding's Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues
- 16 Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual
- 17 Spalding's Library of Athletic Sports
- 18 The Sporting News
- 19 The Commissioner's Guide
- 20 Heilbroner Baseball Bureau boxscores for the American Association
- 21 A.S. Barnes Official Baseball Guide
- 22 The Emerald Guide to Baseball
- 23 Misc.
- 24 Ready Reckoners
- 25 Canadian Guides
- 26 Indoor Base Ball
- 27 Novels, both Young Adult and Adult
- 27.1 Ralph Henry Barbour, author
- 27.2 Gerald Beaumont, author
- 27.3 Billy Boxer, author
- 27.4 Noah Brooks, author
- 27.5 Lester Chadwick, author
- 27.6 William Everett, author
- 27.7 William Faulkner, author
- 27.8 James Fenimore Cooper, author
- 27.9 F. Scott Fitzgerald, author
- 27.10 Zane Grey, author
- 27.11 Ring W. Lardner, author
- 27.12 Christy Mathewson, author
- 27.13 Henry B. Needham, author
- 27.14 Bliss Perry, author
- 27.15 Raymond Stone, author
- 27.16 Edward Stratemeyer, author
- 27.17 Ernest L. Thayer, author
- 27.18 Mark Twain, author
- 27.19 H. C. Witwer, author
- 28 Credit
Daniel "Doc" Adams' Laws of Base Ball
- 1857 – Laws of Base Ball | View online (Source: RetroSeasons Sports Library)
Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player
- 1860 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1862 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1865 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1866 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1867 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1869 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1870 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1871 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1872 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1873 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1874 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1875 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1876 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1878 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1879 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1880 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
- 1881 – Beadle's Dime Base-Ball Player | View online (Source: Northern Illinois University)
De Witt's Base-ball Guide
- 1872 – De Witt's Base-ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1874 – De Witt's Base-ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1876 – De Witt's Base-ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Reach's Official Base Ball Guide
- 1883 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1884 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1885 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1886 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1887 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1888 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1889 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1890 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1891 – Reach's Official American Association Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1892 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1893 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1894 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1895 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1896 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1897 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1898 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1899 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1900 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1901 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1902 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1904 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1906 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1908 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1922 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1923 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1929 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1930 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1931 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1932 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1935 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1939 – Reach's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide
- 1940 – Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1941 – Spalding-Reach Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide
- 1884 – Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Wright & Ditson's Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Burton's Pocket Baseball Guide
- 1908 – Burton's Pocket Baseball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
"Bull" Durham Base Ball Guide
- 1910 – The "Bull" Durham Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – The "Bull" Durham Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Napoleon Lajoie's Base Ball Guide
- 1905 – Napoleon Lajoie's Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1906 – Napoleon Lajoie's Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
John McGraw's Scientific Baseball
- 1904 – The Science of Baseball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – John McGraw's Scientific Baseball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – John McGraw's Scientific Baseball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – John McGraw's Scientific Baseball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Spalding's Official Base Ball Record
American Sports Publishing Company published many different athletic books. In the baseball community, they are mostly known for Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. I recently became aware of their Spalding's Official Base Ball Record.
From their own descriptions:
No. 1A - Spalding's Official Base Ball Record - Something new in Base Ball. Contains records of all kinds from the beginning of the National League and official average of all professional organizations for past season. Illustrated with pictures of leading teams and players. Price 10 cents.
- 1908 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1922 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1923 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1924 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide
No. 1 - Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide - The leading Base Ball annual of the country, and the official authority of the game. Contains the official playing rules, with an explanatory index of the rules compiled by Mr. A. G. Spalding; pictures of all the teams in the National, American and minor leagues; review of the season; college Base Ball, and a great deal of interesting information. Price 10 cents.
- 1876 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1878 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1879 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Google Books)
- 1880 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1881 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1882 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Google Books)
- 1883 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1884 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1885 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1886 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1887 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1888 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1890 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1891 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1892 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1893 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1894 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1895 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1896 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1897 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1898 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1899 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1900 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1901 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1902 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1904 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1906 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1908 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1922 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1925 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1926 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1927 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1928 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1929 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1930 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1933 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1934 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1936 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1937 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1938 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1939 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
Spalding's City Specific Base Ball Books
Buffalo
- 1905 – The Buffalo Amateur Base Ball Year Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Chicago
- 1904 – The Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual and Inter-City Base Ball Association Year Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – The Chicago Amateur Base Ball Annual and Inter-City Base Ball Association Year Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Cleveland
- 1913 – Official Guide of the Cleveland Amateur Base Ball Association | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Official Guide of the Cleveland Amateur Base Ball Association | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Denver
- 1905 – Spalding's Denver Amateur Base Ball Year Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Spalding's Official Denver Base Ball Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Spalding's Official Denver Base Ball Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Minneapolis
- 1905 – Spalding's Minneapolis Amateur Base Ball Year Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Metropolitan (New York City)
- 1909 – Spalding's Official Metropolitan Base Ball Book and Official Inter-city Base Ball Association Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Spalding's Official Metropolitan Base Ball Book and Official Inter-city Base Ball Association Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
St. Louis
- 1910 – Spalding's Official St. Louis Base Ball Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Spalding's Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs
- 1877 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1878 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1880 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1881 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1882 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1883 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1884 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1885 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1886 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1887 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1888 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1890 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1891 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1892 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1893 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1894 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1895 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1896 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1898 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1899 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1900 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1901 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1902 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1904 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1906 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Spalding's Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues
- 1902 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1904 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1908 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – Official Guide of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Leagues | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual
- 1912 – Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Spalding's Official College Base Ball Annual | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Spalding's Library of Athletic Sports
- 1885 – The Art of Base Ball Batting | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1885 – The Art of Pitching and Fielding | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1886 – The Art of Batting and Base Running | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1886 – The Art of Fielding | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Bat | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play First Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play Second Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play Third Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – How To Play the Outfield | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1906 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1908 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – How To Play Third Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – How To Catch | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – How To Score | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Catch | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Play First Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Play Third Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Play the Outfield | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How To Score | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Catch | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Play First Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Play Second Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Play Third Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How To Play the Outfield | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – How To Play First Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – How To Play Second Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – How To Play Shortstop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – How To Play the Outfield | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – How To Score | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – How To Catch | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – How To Play First Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – How To Play Second Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – How To Organize A League, Manage A Team, Captain A Team, ... | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – How To Play Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – How To Score | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – Base Ball For Beginners | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – How To Play Second Base | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – How To Umpire | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Base Ball For Beginners | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – How To Catch and How To Run Bases | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – How To Organize A League, Manage A Team, Captain A Team, ... | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – How To Play the Infield and the Oufield | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
The Sporting News
- 1921 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1921 | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1922 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1922 | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1923 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1923 | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1924 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1924 | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1942 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1942 | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1943 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1943 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1943 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1943 - Radio Edition | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1944 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1944 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1945 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1945 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1946 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1946 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1947 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1947 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1948 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1948 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1949 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1949 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1950 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1950 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1951 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1950 | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1962 – The Sporting News Record Book for 1962 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
The Commissioner's Guide
- 1943 – The Commissioner's Guide for 1943 | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
Heilbroner Baseball Bureau boxscores for the American Association
- 1945 – Heilbroner Baseball Bureau boxscores for the American Association | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
A.S. Barnes Official Baseball Guide
- 1945 – Barnes Official Baseball | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
- 1946 – Barnes Official Baseball | View online (Source: SABR Minor League Scoresheets)
The Emerald Guide to Baseball
- 2007 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2008 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2009 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2010 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2011 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2012 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2013 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2014 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
- 2015 – The Emerald Guide to Baseball | View online (Source: SABR)
Misc.
- 1858 – A Manual of Cricket and Base Ball (Mayhew & Baker) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1859 – The Base Ball Player's Pocket Companion (Mayhew & Baker) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1866 – The Base Ball Player's Book of Reference (Haney) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1868 – Book of American Pastimes (Peverelly) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1868 – Illustrated and Descriptive Price List of Base Ball, Cricket, Archery, and Sporting Goods in General. (Peck & Snyder) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1871 – Proceedings of Convention of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1873 – Encyclopædia and Price List of all Out and Indoor Sports and Games (Peck & Snyder) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1879 – American Manual of Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1884 – Official Schedule - Base Ball Games Throughout the US - Season of 1884 | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1886 – International Base Ball League Schedule | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1888 – Base-Ball. How To Become A Player (Ward) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1888 – Sphere and Ash. History of Base Ball. (Morse) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – How To Play Base Ball by Henry Chadwick | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – Morse's Annual Base Ball Book | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1889 – Outdoor Sports and Pastimes. Correct Rules for Lawn Tennis, Croquet, Base Ball, ... | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1890 – The Art of Base Running (Edward J. Prindle) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1890 – The Universal Base Ball Guide - Illustrated (Rand McNally) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1891 – Baseball (Crane) | View online (Source: Google Books)
- 1891 – Hughes' Official Base Ball Schedule - Western Association | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1893 – Reliable Book of Outdoor Games (Chadwick) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1894 – Constitution and Playing Rules of the Eastern League of Professional Base Ball Clubs | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1895 – American championships - A Record of Sports. | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1895 – The Life and base ball career of "Frog eye" (Claude T. Meredyth) (Hastings) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1896 – Outdoor Sports and Pastimes. Correct Rules for Athletics, Base Ball, ... | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1896 – The Victor Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1897 – Tuohey's History of the Boston Base Ball Club | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1902 – Church's Base Ball Vol. 1 (1845-1871) | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1903 – How to Play Base-Ball by Connie Mack | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – Official Base Ball Guide by John McGraw | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – Baseball in Cincinnati - A History (Ellard) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1907 – Pocket Manual - Base Ball History | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1909 – Baseball Dope for 1909 (Berry) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Baseball Secrets (Paige) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1910 – Touching Second - The Science of Baseball (Evers and Fullerton) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – America's National Game (Spalding) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – Base ball de patio y basket ball (Lockey) - Spanish Language | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1911 – Official National Base Ball Guide (Geo. L. Moreland, editor) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – The Base Ball Coacher (Seamster) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – The Book of Baseball - The National Game from the Earliest Days to the Present Season (Patten & McSpadden, editors) | View online (Source: Google Books)
- 1912 – Base Ball and Base Ball Players (Roff) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – The Battle of Base-Ball (Claudy) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Pitching in a Pinch (Mathewson / Wheeler) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – How to Play Baseball by The Greatest Baseball Players | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Balldom : the Britannica of Baseball by George L. Moreland | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – How to Play Baseball : A Manual For Boys by John McGraw | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Richter's History and Records of Base Ball : the American Nation's Chief Sport | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1914 – The Book of Athletics - Baseball section (Withington) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Baseball, Individual Play and Team Play in Detail (Clarke & Dawson) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Learn Major League Baseball (Troy) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Baseball Instruction Book (Fisher) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Baseball Notes For Coaches And Players (Berry) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – Commy - The Life Story of Charles A. Comiskey (Axelson) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – How To Play Base Ball / Comment On Joue A La Balle Au Camp - English / French parallel translation (Spalding) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – Knotty Problems in Base Ball (Foster and Evans) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1921 – Professional Base Ball in America | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1922 – The Baseball Cyclopedia (Lanigan) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1924 – The Baseball Bat Bag (Lanigan) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1939 – Baseball in Old Chicago (WPA) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1941 – Clowning Through Baseball (Schacht) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1941 – Baseball - From the Book of Major Sports (Jessee) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1942 – How To Pitch Baseball (Fonseca) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1945 – Famous Slugger Year Book (Hillerich & Bradsby) | [1] (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1947 – Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball (J.G. Taylor Spink) | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1954 – Championship Baseball - From Little League to Big League (Lai) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Ready Reckoners
- 1889 – Maxfield's Table of Base Ball Percentages | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1905 – Ready Reckoner of Base Ball Percentages | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Ready Reckoner of Base Ball Percentages | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1914 – Ready Reckoner of Base Ball Percentages | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – Ready Reckoner of Base Ball Percentages | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Canadian Guides
- 1874 – Rules and Regulations Governing the Base Ball Championship of the Dominion | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1876 – The Official Rules of the Canadian Association of Base Ball Players (Bryce) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1876 – Proposed Rule Amendments (1 page) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1886 – Rules of the Maple Leaf Base Ball Club, Guelph, Ontario | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1900 – Le Sport, Guide Officiel : Baseball, Ligue de l'Est, Ligue Provinciale, Ligue de Montréal, Ligue Nationale, Ligue indépendante | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Indoor Base Ball
- 1891 – Hancock's Indoor Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1897 – Spalding's Athletic Library - Indoor Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1898 – Spalding's Athletic Library - Indoor Base Ball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1903 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1904 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1905 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1906 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1907 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1908 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1909 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1910 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1911 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1912 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1913 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1913-14 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1914-15 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1916 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1917 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1917 – Spalding's Athletic Library - Girls and Athletics (indoor baseball chapter) | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1919-20 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1921-22 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1925-26 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
- 1926 – Spalding's Indoor Official Base Ball Guide | View online (Source: Library of Congress)
Novels, both Young Adult and Adult
This list was culled from Noel Schraufnagel's book, The Baseball Novel: A History and Annotated Bibliography of Adult Fiction, specifically from section II, The Novels, Year by Year. If a novel was listed, I tried to find it at the Internet Archive and then link here. Several titles were omitted as an online digital copy could not be found.
Ralph Henry Barbour, author
- 1906 – Weatherby's Inning - A Story of College Life and Baseball | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1909 – Double Play - A Story of School and Baseball | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1911 – Finkler's Field - A Story of School and Baseball | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1915 – The Lucky Seventh | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
Gerald Beaumont, author
- 1921 – Hearts and the Diamond | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Billy Boxer, author
- 1894 – Yale Murphy, The Great Short-Stop; Or, The Little Midget Of The Giant New York Team | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Noah Brooks, author
- 1884 – Our Base Ball Club and How It Won the Championship | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Lester Chadwick, author
- 1910 – The Rival Pitchers - A Story of College Baseball | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars; Or, The Rivals of Riverside | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1912 – Baseball Joe on the School Nine; Or, Pitching for the Blue Banner | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1913 – Baseball Joe at Yale OR Pitching for the College Championship | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1916 – Baseball Joe on the Giants | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1917 – Baseball Joe in the World Series; Or, Pitching for the Championship | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Baseball Joe Around the World; Or, Pitching on a Grand Tour | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1922 – Baseball Joe, Home Run King; Or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
William Everett, author
- 1869 – Changing Base; or, What Edward Rice Learnt At School | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1874 – Double Play; or, How Joe Hardy Chose His Friends | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
- 1891 – Thine, Not Mine; A Sequel To "Changing Base." | View online (Source: Hathi Trust)
William Faulkner, author
- 1929 – The Sound and the Fury | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
James Fenimore Cooper, author
- 1838 – Home as Found | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author
- 1925 – The Great Gatsby | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Zane Grey, author
- 1909 – The Short-Stop | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1911 – The Young Pitcher | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1915 – The Redheaded Outfield and Other Baseball Stories | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Ring W. Lardner, author
- 1916 – You Know Me Al - A Busher's Letters | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1918 – Treat 'Em Rough - Letters from Jack The Kaiser Killer | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1919 – The Real Dope | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Christy Mathewson, author
- 1910 – Won in the Ninth | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Henry B. Needham, author
- 1915 – The Double Squeeze | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Bliss Perry, author
- 1895 – The Plated City | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Raymond Stone, author
- 1908 – The Baseball Boys of Lakeport OR the Winning Run | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Edward Stratemeyer, author
- 1912 – Tommy Tiptop and His Baseball Nine OR The Boys of Riverdale and Their Good Times | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Ernest L. Thayer, author
- 1888 – Casey at the Bat | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Mark Twain, author
- 1889 – A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
H. C. Witwer, author
- 1918 – From Baseball To Boches | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
- 1920 – There's No Base Like Home | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
Credit
This page was assembled and presented by Mark D. Aubrey.
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