| Title |
Author |
Date |
State |
City |
Online Link |
Origins Study Group
|
| 'Many Exciting Chases After the Ball: 19th Century Base Ball in Bismarck, Dakota Territory'
|
Bohn, Terry
|
2014
|
ND
|
Bismarck
|
|
|
| 'Old Fashioned Base Ball' in Western New York, 1825-1860
|
Astifan, Priscilla and Larry McCray
|
2008
|
NY
|
|
|
|
| 100 Years of Buffalo Baseball
|
Overfield, J. M.
|
1985
|
NY
|
Buffalo
|
|
|
| 1726 -- Ballplaying and Boston Common: A Town Playground for Boys . . . And Men
|
Turner, Brian
|
2011
|
MA
|
Boston
|
|
|
| 1755 -- 'The Bat and Ball;' A Distinct Game or a Generic Term?
|
Turner, Brian
|
2011
|
MA
|
|
|
|
| 1781 -- Protoball at Harvard: From Pastime to Contest
|
Lewis, Harry
|
2011
|
MA
|
Cambridge
|
|
|
| 1791 -- The Pittsfield 'Baseball' Bylaw -- What it Means
|
Thorn, John
|
2011
|
MA
|
Pittsfield
|
|
|
| 1805 -- An Enigmatic 1805 'Game of Bace' in New York
|
Thompson, George
|
2011
|
NY
|
Manhattan
|
|
|
| 1825 -- Thurlow Weed and the Growth of Baseball in Rochester, New York
|
Astifan, Priscilla
|
2011
|
NY
|
Rochester
|
|
|
| 1829 -- The Rise and Fall of New England-Style Ballplaying
|
McCray, Larry
|
2011
|
MA
|
|
|
|
| 1831 -- The Olympic Ball Club of Philadelphia
|
Hershberger, Richard
|
2011
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| 1843 -- Magnolia Club Predates the Knickerbocker
|
Thorn, John
|
2011
|
NY
|
Manhattan
|
|
|
| 1845 -- Baseball in Brooklyn, 1845 - 1870
|
Dyte, David
|
2011
|
NY
|
Brooklyn
|
|
|
| 1858 -- Diffusion of the New York Game in Maryland
|
Payne, Marty
|
2011
|
MD
|
|
|
|
| 1859 -- State Championship Wicket Game in Connecticut: A Hearty Hurrah for a Doomed Pastime
|
McCray, Larry
|
2011
|
CT
|
|
|
|
| 19th Century Baseball in Chicago
|
Rucker, M., and John Freyer
|
2003
|
IL
|
Chicago
|
|
|
| A Century of Philadelphia Cricket
|
Lester, J. A.
|
1951
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| A Grassroots History of Baseball: Days of the Rosewood Bat and the Silver Ball
|
Staats, Richard
|
2003
|
OH
|
|
|
|
| A History of Baseball in the San Francisco Bay Area
|
unknown
|
1985
|
CA
|
San Francisco
|
|
|
| A History of Scranton Professional Baseball 1865-1953
|
Petula, Nickolas
|
1992
|
PA
|
Scranton
|
|
|
| A History of the Boston Baseball Club
|
Twohey, George
|
1897
|
MA
|
Boston
|
|
|
| A Manly Pastime -- A Blog by John Zinn
|
Zinn, John
|
|
NJ
|
|
link
|
|
| A Question of Territory. Troy’s Baseball Heritage
|
Pietruzsa, D.
|
1992
|
NY
|
Troy
|
|
|
| A Reconstruction of Philadelphia Town Ball
|
Hershberger, R.
|
2007
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| A Short History of Baseball in Miami and Miami Beach
|
Unknown
|
1992
|
FL
|
Miami
|
|
|
| A Sporting Time: New York City and the Rise of Modern Athletics, 1820-1870
|
Adelman, M. A.
|
1986
|
NY
|
New York
|
|
|
| America's 50th Home Run
|
Johnson, Drew
|
2013
|
HI
|
|
link
|
|
| Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia (website)
|
Hardwick, Caleb
|
|
AR
|
|
link
|
|
| Athletics at Princeton: A History
|
Presbey, F.
|
1901
|
NJ
|
Princeton
|
link
|
|
| Ball, Bat, and Bitumen:A History of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South
|
Sutter, L. M.
|
2009
|
WV
|
|
|
|
| Base Ball in Philadelphia: A History of the Early Game, 1831-1900
|
Shiffert, J.
|
2006
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| Base Ball on the Western reserve: The Early Game in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, Year by Year and Town by Town, 1865-1900
|
Egan, J. M.
|
2008
|
OH
|
Cleveland
|
|
|
| Baseball Fever: Early Basebnall in Michigan
|
Morris, Peter
|
2003
|
MI
|
|
|
|
| Baseball and Richmond: A History of the Professional Game. 1884-2000
|
Daniel, W. Harrison
|
2003
|
VA
|
Richmond
|
|
|
| Baseball at Salisbury Prison Camp
|
Sumner, J.
|
1989
|
OH
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in Baltimore: The First 100 Years
|
Bready, J.
|
1998
|
MD
|
Baltimore
|
|
|
| Baseball in Catawba County NC
|
Peeler, Tim, and B. McLawhorn
|
2004
|
NC
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in Cincinnati: A History
|
Ellard, H.
|
2004
|
OH
|
Cincinnati
|
|
|
| Baseball in Columbus
|
Tootle, James
|
2002
|
OH
|
Columbus
|
|
|
| Baseball in Dutchess County: When it Was a GameCountry=US
|
Poillucci, J. V.
|
2001
|
NY
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in Eau Claire (Pictoral History)
|
Christopherson, Jason
|
2003
|
WI
|
Eau Claire
|
|
|
| Baseball in Florida
|
McCarthy, Kevin
|
1996
|
FL
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in Geneva
|
Myers, Minor
|
1988
|
NY
|
Geneva
|
|
|
| Baseball in Illinois
|
several
|
|
IL
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in Indianapolis
|
Madden, W.C.
|
2003
|
IN
|
Indianapolis
|
|
|
| Baseball in Minnesota: A Definitive History
|
Thornley, Stew
|
2006
|
MN
|
|
|
|
| Baseball in New Haven
|
Rubin, Sam
|
2003
|
CT
|
New Haven
|
|
|
| Baseball in Old Chicago
|
Federal Writers' Project (Illinois)
|
1939
|
IL
|
Chicago
|
|
|
| Baseball in Portsmouth
|
Shampoe, Clay, and T. Garrett
|
2004
|
VA
|
Portsmouth
|
|
|
| Baseball in Rochester
|
Pitoniak, Scott
|
2003
|
NY
|
Rochester
|
|
|
| Baseball in San Diego:From the Pares to Petco
|
Swank, Bill
|
2004
|
CA
|
San Diego
|
|
|
| Baseball in South Bend
|
Kovach, John M.
|
2004
|
IN
|
South Bend
|
|
|
| Baseball in Trenton
|
unknown
|
2003
|
NJ
|
Trenton
|
|
|
| Baseball in the Berkshires: A County's Common Bond
|
Overmyer, Jim, et. al
|
tbd
|
MA
|
Dalton
|
|
|
| Baseball in the Bronx, Before the Yankees
|
Christiano, Gregory
|
2013
|
NY
|
The Bronx
|
|
|
| Batter Up: Fort Wayne's Baseball History
|
Parker, B.
|
1967
|
IN
|
Fort Wayne
|
|
|
| Batter Up: Ft. Wayne's Baeball History 1862-1967
|
Parker, Bob
|
1967
|
IN
|
Fort Wayne
|
|
|
| Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858-1918
|
Soos, T.
|
1997
|
MA
|
|
|
|
| Big Apple Baseball: An Illustrated History from the Burroughs to the Ballparks
|
Frommer, H.
|
1995
|
NY
|
New York
|
|
|
| Bridgeport Baseball
|
Biewala, Michael
|
2003
|
CT
|
Bridgeport
|
|
|
| Chapter 10. Baseball in Philadelphia (of 'Baseball's First Inning')
|
Ryczek, William
|
2009
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| Chapter 1: Beginnings. From Amateur Teams of Disgrace in the National League
|
Bailey, Bob
|
1999
|
KY
|
Louisville
|
|
|
| Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game'
|
Genovese, Daniel L.
|
2004
|
MA
|
Westfield
|
|
|
| Chapter 5, Massachusetts
|
Peter Morris, et. al.
|
|
Massachusetts
|
Lexington
|
|
|
| Diamonds in the Coal Fields
|
Kashatus, William
|
|
PA
|
|
|
|
| Draft Chapter on Beginnings of Ballplaying in KY
|
Bailey, Bob
|
1990
|
KY
|
Louisville
|
|
|
| Early Baseball in Wahington, DCCountry=US
|
Ceresi, Frank, and C. McMains
|
TBD
|
DC
|
Washington
|
|
|
| Email messasge, 2005 --Pre-Major Leaguers in LouisianaCountry=US
|
Derenbecker, Sandy
|
|
LA
|
New Orleans
|
|
|
| Fast Day: Boston's Original Opening Day
|
Hulbert, J.
|
2007
|
MA
|
Boston
|
|
|
| Glory Days of Summer; the History of Baseball in Oklahoma.
|
Burke, Bob, et. al.
|
1999
|
OK
|
|
|
|
| Grace, Grit, and Growling: The Hartford Dark Blues Base Ball Club, 1874-1877
|
Arcidiacono, David
|
2003
|
CT
|
Hartford
|
|
|
| Haymakers and Daisycutters: Troy and the National Pastime
|
Puff, Richard
|
unknown
|
NY
|
Troy
|
|
|
| Henderson, Cartwright, and the 1953 US Congress
|
Berenbak, Adam
|
2014
|
DC
|
Washington
|
|
|
| History of Baseball in California and Pacific Coast Leagues 1847-1938; Memories of an Old Time Baseball Player
|
Lange, F. W.
|
1938
|
CA
|
|
|
|
| History of Baseball in Portland OR
|
Anon
|
2009
|
OR
|
Portland
|
link
|
|
| Juab County (UT) Information for Students
|
Anon
|
|
UT
|
|
link
|
|
| Knickerbocker Score Books, Game Books, and Meeting Logs
|
KBB Club
|
|
NY
|
Manhattan
|
|
|
| Litchfield and the Old Connecticut Game of Wicket
|
Dubois, Alexander
|
2018
|
CT
|
Litchfield
|
link
|
|
| Long Before the Dodgers: Baseball in Brooklyn, 1855-1884
|
Terry, J. L.
|
2002
|
NY
|
Brooklyn
|
|
|
| Major League Baseball in Gilded Age Connecticut
|
Arcidiacono, David
|
2010
|
CT
|
|
|
|
| Massachusetts (Chapter Five of Morris' "Baseball Founders")
|
Morris, Peter
|
2013
|
MA
|
|
|
|
| Massachusetts Baseball and Cricket, 1840-1870
|
Kirsch, G. B.
|
1991
|
MA
|
|
|
|
| Middleton's Seaason in the Sun: The Story of Connecticut's First Profefssional Baseball TeamCountry=US
|
Arcidiacono, David
|
|
CT
|
Middleton
|
|
|
| Midwest and National Base Ball in Minnesota Newspapers
|
Thilgen, D.
|
2002
|
MN
|
|
|
|
| Missionaries, Cartwright, and Spalding: The Development of Baseball in Nineteenth Century Hawaii
|
Ardolina, Frank
|
2002
|
HI
|
|
|
|
| Nestor of Ball Players
|
Adams, Roger
|
unpublished
|
NY
|
New York
|
|
|
| Newport Baseball History: America's Pastime by the Sea.
|
Harris, Rick
|
2014
|
RI
|
Newport
|
link
|
|
| Newport Baseball History: America's Pastime in the City By the Sea
|
Harris, Richard
|
2014
|
RI
|
Newport
|
|
|
| Northern Sandlots: A Social History of Maritime Baseball
|
Howell, Colin D.
|
1995
|
ONT
|
|
|
|
| Ohio's First Baseball Game
|
Husman, J. R.
|
2004
|
OH
|
|
|
|
| Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played
|
Lovett, J. D. W.
|
1907
|
MA
|
Boston
|
link
|
|
| Research Notes on Modern BB in Early IL
|
Kittel, Jeff
|
2010
|
IL
|
|
|
|
| Rhode Island Baseball: The Early Years
|
Harris, Rick
|
2008
|
RI
|
|
link
|
|
| Seventy-five Years on Louisville Diamonds (booklet)
|
Tarvin, A. H.
|
1940
|
KY
|
Louisville
|
|
|
| Sixty Years of Canadian Cricket Toronto
|
McCulloch, J.
|
1895
|
Ontario
|
Toronto
|
link
|
|
| Some Reminiscences of Cricket in Philadelphia Before 1861
|
Wister, W. R.
|
1904
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
link
|
|
| Superstars and Screwballs: 100 Years of Brooklyn Baseball
|
Goldstein, R.
|
1991
|
NY
|
Brooklyn
|
|
|
| That Strange Yankee Game, Wicket
|
Norton, F. C.
|
1904
|
CT
|
|
|
|
| The Baseball Fad in Chicago, 1865-1870
|
Freedman, Stephen
|
1978
|
IL
|
Chicago
|
|
|
| The Doubleday Myth and Texas Baseball
|
Carroll, J. M.
|
1989
|
TX
|
|
|
|
| The Early History of Amateur Base Ball in the State of Maryland
|
Griffith, W. R.
|
1992
|
MD
|
|
|
|
| The First Baseball Game, the Newspaper References to Baseball, and the New York Club
|
Adelman, M. A.
|
1980
|
NY
|
New York
|
|
|
| The History of Baseball in Buffalo
|
Ohler, W. Richard
|
2001
|
NY
|
Buffalo
|
|
|
| The Hurrah Game: Baseball in Northampton, 1791-1953
|
Turner, Brian and John S. Bowman
|
2002, rev. 2011
|
MA
|
Northampton
|
|
|
| The Jersey Game: The History of Modern Baseball from Its Birth to the Big Leagues in the Garden State
|
DeClerico, J. M., and Barry J. Pavelec
|
1991
|
NJ
|
|
|
|
| The Knickerbockers; San Francisco's First Baseball Team?
|
Macfarlane, A.
|
2007
|
CA
|
San Francisco
|
|
|
| The Old-Time Game of Wicket and Some Old-Time Wicket Players.
|
Seymour, G. D.
|
1909
|
CT
|
|
link
|
|
| The Philadelphia Cricket Club, 1854-1954
|
unknown
|
1954
|
PA
|
Philadelphia
|
|
|
| The Pleasure of the Game: The Story of Toronto Cricket, 1827-1977
|
Fillmore, S.
|
1977
|
Ontario
|
Toronto
|
|
|
| The Rise of Baseball in Minnesota
|
Monroe, Cecil O.
|
2012
|
MN
|
|
|
|
| The Rise of Milwaukee Baseball . . . 1859-1901
|
Pajot, Dennis
|
2009
|
WI
|
Milwaukee
|
|
|
| US Infantry Faces Cavalry in WY in 1876
|
Bourke, John
|
??
|
WY
|
|
|
|
| Unidentified Source
|
Unidentified
|
|
HI
|
|
|
|
| Was Baseball Really Invented in Maine?
|
Anderson, Will
|
1992
|
ME
|
|
|
|
| West Virginia Baseball:A History, 1865-2000
|
Akin, William
|
|
WV
|
|
|
|
| When Towns Had Teams
|
Baumer, Jim
|
2005
|
ME
|
|
|
|
