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- $1000 paid for a release
- $2,500 for the release of a minor league player
- 'American League' floated as the name of a combined league
- 'Boss' Cammeyer
- 'Boss' Hulbert forbids an exhibition game
- 'Bridegrooms' nickname
- 'Deacon' Whites' nickname
- 'George Wright style' of fielding
- 'Good and Bad Umpiring' and time of game
- 'Hired Med vs. Gate Money'
- 'Jim Crow' and a German team
- 'Martin's' twists
- 'Martinizing'
- 'Mr. Umpire'
- 'Oscar Wilde' BBCs
- 'The Only' Flint
- 'We are the People'
- 'blacklist' changed to 'ineligible'
- 'blocking' a fair-foul hit
- 'cranks' used collectively for spectators
- 'fly tips' definition
- 'going down' to get a base: an early slide?
- 'innings' should be plural
- 'many' bases on balls
- 'no strike' after stepping into the pitch
- 'no strike' on batter stepping forward
- 'roughs' at matches
- 'sliding in' to the base
- 'stealing in' home
- 'traveling expenses' as a cover for professionalism
- ...note, however:
- 1762.2
- 18 bases on balls in one game
- 1830s.34
- 1834.9
- 1837.13
- 1837.8
- 1838.14
- 1843.10
- 1844.13
- 1844.19
- 1845.30
- 1845.31
- 1845.32
- 1846.21
- 1846.22
- 1846.23
- 1847.21
- 1849.11
- 1849.15
- 1849.16
- 1850.22
- 1850c.17
- 1851.7
- 1854.15
- 1855.1
- 1855.33
- 1855.35
- 1856.30
- 1856.35
- 1857.48
- 1858.63
- 1859.54
- 1859.73
- 1860.25
- 1864.58
- 1865.30
- 1866.5
- 1866c.1
- 1867.16
- 1868.4
- 1868.7
- 1868c.5
- 1869.15
- 1870.10
- 1870.11
- 1870.12
- 1870.13
- 1870.14
- 1870.15
- 1870.16
- 1870.9
- 1871.10
- 1871.11
- 1871.12
- 1871.13
- 1871.14
- 1871.15
- 1871.16
- 1871.17
- 1871.18
- 1871.19
- 1871.9
- 1872.1
- 1872.10
- 1872.11
- 1872.12
- 1872.13
- 1872.14
- 1872.15
- 1872.16
- 1872.17
- 1872.18
- 1872.19
- 1872.2
- 1872.4
- 1872.5
- 1872.6
- 1872.7
- 1872.8
- 1872.9
- 1873.1
- 1873.11
- 1873.12
- 1873.13
- 1873.14
- 25 cent admission for the Phillies
- A 'club' nine vs. a 'picked' nine
- A 'double curve'
- A 'drop hit' a bunt?
- A 'drop hit' bunt; playing in to defend against it
- A 'foul' call drowned out by the crowd
- A 'foul' call; and a force play remains intact even after the batter is out
- A 'fusion' game of mixed sides
- A 'peculiar home base hit' bunt?
- A 'point' of the game illustrated
- A 'point' of the game:
- A 'political firebrand' at the upcoming convention
- A 'pudding' ball
- A 'shell battery'
- A 'short hit' bunt?
- A 'steal' on a batted ball
- A 'weak block' bunt
- A 4-3 line drive double play; second baseman playing off the bag
- A Boston condemnation of revolvers
- A Boston opinion on the Wise case
- A California player comes East
- A Canadian joint stock company
- A Chicago Base Ball Academy
- A Cincinnati reserve team
- A German language baseball column
- A Grand Duchess in Philadelphia
- A Japanese delegation at a ball game, catches a foul ball
- A League club poaches a player
- A League game in Brooklyn
- A Massachusetts professional circuit?
- A Pennsylvania state association
- A Providence reserve player released to go to Philadelphia
- A Sunday League exhibition game
- A Sunday ground outside Baltimore
- A UA alliance Western League
- A Western Pennsylvania semi-pro league
- A baby grounder: a bunt?
- A backdoor reduced admission in Philadelphia
- A backdoor scoring of sacrifice flies
- A bad call on a slide
- A balk
- A balk 2
- A balk called for a sidearm delivery
- A balk delivery; a slow delivery favors base runners
- A balk move
- A balk move 2
- A balk move 3
- A balk move 4
- A balk move 5
- A balk move 6
- A balk not a dead ball
- A ball blocked by the crowd
- A ball club of girls
- A ball dropped on the fly, caught on the bound
- A ball goes under the fence
- A ball goes under the fence 2
- A ball hit over the fence bounces back onto the field for a triple
- A ball hits a building and its stoop
- A ball in the catcher's mask
- A ball in the crowd in play
- A ball into the crowd, who assist the home team
- A ball is fair if touched in fair territory
- A ball knocked from the baseman's hands
- A ball lodged in a carriage spring
- A ball lodged in the catcher's mask
- A ball of Ferguson's own make
- A ball off the club house
- A ball players employment agency
- A ball to the mask
- A ball touched by an outsider; block ball
- A barnstorming team goes south
- A barnstorming team to play exhibitions with the PL
- A base ball manufactory partnership opportunity
- A base displaced off the base post
- A base on balls
- A base on balls after a 'considerable time'; a courtesy runner
- A base on balls; catching a runner out on a foul ball
- A base runner picked off; customary to steal second when a man is on third
- A baseball academy
- A baseball battalion is proposed
- A baseball club fundraiser
- A baseball club in Cincinnati
- A baseball club-turned social club
- A baseball hustle
- A baseball made from a railroad car spring
- A baseball recall
- A baseball resort in East New York
- A baseball statistician
- A baseball storefront diorama
- A baseball team playing cricket
- A bases loaded walk
- A batter now must take his turn or be out
- A batter refuses to take first on a hit by pitch
- A batter skipping his turn
- A batting cage at Penn
- A bench-clearing brawl
- A bench-clearing brawl on the diamond
- A benefit game for Sharsig
- A benefit game for abandoned Washington players
- A benefit match
- A benefit match for George Wright
- A benefit match, and crowd deportment
- A better offer from a minor league club
- A bicycle track at the new Chicago grounds
- A bid to split gate receipts in the AA
- A big crowd expected on Rosh Hashanah
- A blackboard scoreboard
- A blackboard scoreboard 2
- A block ball
- A block ball 2
- A block ball 3
- A block ball 4
- A block ball 5
- A block ball candidate
- A block ball for an out; a ground rule
- A block ball in a game on ice
- A block ball; the crowd blocking the ball to favor the home team
- A block ball?
- A blown call on a block ball
- A blown pick-off attempt
- A bogus 'practice' game
- A bogus game account
- A bogus lost ball trick
- A bogus reporter scam
- A bonus to players for winning the championship
- A borderline infield fly
- A botched attempt to trade Indianapolis players to Detroit
- A botched infield fly play; early use of 'trap'
- A botched infield fly; a blown call; stealing bases during the ensuing argument
- A botched intentionally dropped third strike
- A botched transfer from the New York to the Metropolitans
- A bound game on ice
- A brawl in Newark
- A brick wall at the new Phillies ground
- A brick wall enclosing the grounds
- A broken bat
- A broken bat out
- A broken bat single
- A broken bat single 2
- A broken catcher's mask
- A broken catcher's mask 2
- A broken catcher's mask 3
- A broken catcher's mask 4
- A broken mask
- A broken mask 2
- A broken mask 3
- A broken mask 4
- A broken mask 5
- A broken mask 6
- A broken promise about the reserve
- A broken umpire's mask
- A bucolic championship game
- A bunt hit
- A bunt pop-up
- A bunt with Barlow's 'penholder'
- A bunted foul ball
- A bursted ball
- A calculation of Phillies finances
- A call for Gentleman Amateur clubs
- A call for a convention of professional clubs
- A call for a minor league association; Western Association hints at going major
- A call for a minor league convention on salary control
- A call for a slide
- A call for an amateur association; a contrary view
- A call for minor league representation on the Board of Arbitration
- A call for minor leagues to band together
- A call for reform
- A call for the end of championship games
- A call for the return of straight arm pitching
- A call for two umpires
- A call for two umpires in regular season games
- A call for umpires to be paid
- A call to abolish the underhand throw; questioning the curve ball
- A call to fire the manager
- A called ball is dead if hit; an appeal to Chadwick; appeals of rule misinterpretations
- A called ball is still live
- A called game reverting to the half-inning
- A called shot
- A called third strike
- A called third strike to determine the game; bullying the umpire
- A called third strike to end the inning
- A calming influence on Fitzgerald; a toast to the press
- A capacity crowd
- A capacity crowd in Providence
- A carpetbagger club
- A catch off the fence not an out
- A catcher has swollen hands
- A catcher not wearing a mask?
- A catcher or fielder's glove
- A catcher released due to sore hands
- A catcher reluctant to play close to the bat
- A catcher suffering from sore hands
- A catcher who doesn't use a mask
- A catcher with sore hands
- A catcher's glove manufacturer
- A catcher's glove pad
- A catcher's hands in bad condition
- A catcher's hands in good shape
- A catcher's mask and gloves used in a railroad nine game
- A catcher's mask in street play
- A caught third strike is not a caught fly ball
- A caution not to violate the laws of God or man
- A celebratory riot following a victory
- A challenge to Chadwick on playing 'social' games to evade eligibility rules
- A challenge to prove a ball can curve
- A championship game changed to an exhibition
- A change pitcher needed for practice
- A character sketch of Mullane
- A charge of an illegal delivery
- A charge of game throwing in St. Louis
- A charge of sold games
- A charged abuse of the reserve system
- A cheap shot at Caylor
- A claim of a doctored bat
- A claim of an illicitly substituted ball
- A claim of doctored balls
- A claim of early signs
- A claim of unfair pitching; Chadwick appealed to
- A claim that AA clubs asked to join the NL
- A claim that Day might get involved with the PL
- A claim that Mills was the brains of the operation
- A claim that Phenomenal Smith's numbers were inflated
- A claim that Pittsburgh jumped due to Sunday games
- A claim that Ward approached Erastus Wiman to back a league
- A claim that Ward threw games
- A claim that the AA asked to put a franchise in Chicago or Boston
- A claim that the AA is trying to throw the pennant to St. Louis
- A claim that the Brush plan is being evaded
- A claim that the League is trying to force Lucas to buy out the Mets
- A claim that the NA attendance is higher than the NL
- A claim that the Philadelphia Club managers threw games
- A claim that the UA is paying Wilmington Club expenses
- A claim that the reinstated players will pay their own fines
- A claim to inventing the first catcher's glove
- A claimed flooding of the infield for a rain out
- A claimed peace feeler from the NL
- A club chaplain
- A club hostler
- A club made up of reporters
- A club must play five games against every other team for its games to count
- A club named after its president
- A club reverts to amateur status
- A club revived after the war
- A club trainer
- A club's expenses; finances
- A clue about the popularity of grandstand seats
- A coaching trick
- A collective association for ball grounds
- A collective hold out
- A collective hold-out
- A collective holdout
- A college club scared off from playing the PL
- A college nine not considered a club nine, doesn't affect eligibility
- A college player expelled for academic failure
- A college player with the Chicagos
- A college twist pitcher
- A collegiate plays professionally under an assumed name
- A collegiate professional
- A collision at home
- A collision at the plate
- A colored club in an Emancipation Celebration procession
- A colored club in the amateur association; touring enclosed grounds
- A colored club victory
- A colored female umpire
- A colored mascot?
- A colorful nickname
- A combine of Association clubs against Byrne
- A combined manager, field captain, and player
- A comic take on the pitcher and batter
- A comment on Fitzgerald as umpire
- A comment on the AA's inaction to save the Athletics
- A commitment to play three innings even in the rain
- A committee to divide up the St. Louis NL players; plenipotentiary powers over trades
- A comparison of base ball and town ball
- A comparison of professional pay for American and English athletes
- A comparison of the Bennett case and the reserve clause
- A comparison of the Orioles new black and orange uniforms to the Canaries
- A comparison of the judicial rulings on the reserve
- A comparison of the reserve system to slavery
- A complaint about Athletic members' seating
- A complaint about baseball reports
- A complaint about baseball writing
- A complaint about low attendance in Indianapolis
- A complaint about the AA recruiting NL players before season's end; NL luring a contract breaker
- A complaint about the Reach ball
- A complaint about the accommodations at the Polo Grounds
- A complaint about the financial terms imposed by the League
- A complaint baseball being just between the pitcher and catcher
- A composite bat
- A composite bat 2
- A composite bat; the cost of broken bats
- A concise statement of the argument that 'reserve' is a technical term
- A condemnation of Pittsburgh's duplicity
- A condemnation of Sunday baseball
- A condemnation of Wikoff's leadership
- A condemnation of beer and Sunday baseball; the brewery influence
- A condemnation of hippodroming; and a retraction
- A condemnation of player sales, the reserve
- A condemnation of professional ball players
- A condemnation of the Mutuals, comparison with the Philadelphias
- A condemnation of the UA for reserve and contract-breaking
- A condemnation of the reserve
- A condemnation of the reserve system; a call for a Players' League
- A condemnation of the reserve; George Wright's hold out; proposal for a salary cap
- A condemnation of trickery and deception; hidden ball trick
- A conditional release
- A conditional three year contract
- A conference committee with the NL
- A conspiracy theory about the ball
- A contested Boston Club meeting
- A continuous seam ball; figure eight
- A continuous-seam ball
- A contract dispute with the media
- A contrary opinion on calling 'no strike' when the batter steps forward; a jab at Chadwick
- A correction to Rule Ten
- A counterfeit reporter
- A country catcher and the chest protector
- A country club can't handle Cummings's curves
- A country club with a curve pitcher
- A court refuses to enforce a player contract
- A courtesy runner
- A credible claim to a thrown game
- A cricketer bowls a baseball curve
- A critical assessment of the ten-man proposal
- A criticism of Chadwick
- A criticism of the City Item; a dig at Chadwick
- A criticism of the League and the League Alliance plan concentrating power too much
- A criticism of the word 'ballist'
- A critique of allowing players to sign before the end of the season
- A critique of backstops too close to the catcher
- A critique of fair foul hits
- A critique of pitching for strike outs
- A critique of sacrifice hitting
- A critique of scoring a base on balls as a hit
- A critique of scoring rules; a suggestion to abolish the error column
- A critique of swift overhand pitching
- A critique of the 'Hop Bitters' name
- A critique of the AA's expansion
- A critique of the Athletic grounds
- A critique of the Brush plan, penalties it imposes
- A critique of the block ball rule
- A critique of the foul bound
- A critique of the scoring rules
- A critique of the system of scoring and pitching stats
- A critique of the umpire behind the pitcher; umpire looking over the catcher's shoulder
- A crushed catcher's mask
- A curve pitcher advertises
- A curve pitcher in Binghampton
- A curve pitcher in Minnesota
- A curve pitcher on a semi-pro club
- A cutoff man
- A daring slider
- A de facto payment for being reserved
- A dead ball on a quick pitch
- A dead ball trick
- A deal blocked in waivers
- A debate over the proposal to eliminate scoring errors
- A deceptive curve pitcher
- A defense of loud coaching
- A defense of professional athletes
- A defense of scoring a base hit on a base on balls
- A defense of the Centennials' fifty-cent admission
- A defense of the Force decision and a condemnation of Nick Young
- A defense of the expanded reserve
- A defense of the hit on a base on ball; earned runs
- A defense of the mandatory guarantee: take it or leave it
- A defense of the player sales system
- A defense of the reserve system
- A definition and condemnation of 'revolving'
- A definition of a jerk
- A delay of game for a replacement ball
- A delayed call
- A deliberately dropped third strike for a double play
- A denial that the Boston Club salaries are in arrears
- A denial that the Louisville four's pay was in arrears
- A denial that the Maryland Club is defunct
- A denunciation of beer and Sunday games
- A denunciation of curve pitching
- A description of Arlie Latham's antics
- A description of Coogan's Bluff
- A description of a crank
- A description of a delivery
- A description of a hit and run
- A description of baseball