Baseball

Baseball Biographies
Read about Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Darryl Strawberry, Lou Gehrig and more... For additional biographies, browse Baseball Players - United States - Biography.

Baseball: Facts and Fiction
From scientific facts on the physics of throwing a curveball to the true life stories of some of the greatest players in history, this list offers amazing facts as well as thrilling fictional stories about playing America's favorite game.

Baseball Fiction
A booklist of fiction with baseball themes.

Batter Up! Ten Books about Baseball
Read up on the history, present and future of our national pastime

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Movies

Baseball Movies
How many of these classics have you seen?

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Websites

Pittsburgh Pirates

• Pirateball!
  The Official Pittsburgh Pirates Page with news, information about the team, and online ticket ordering.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pirates
  Read the latest news from the Pittsburgh daily newspaper

Pennsylvania

Other major and minor league teams in the state

• The Altoona Curve
  The Altoona Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League, affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• Erie Seawolves
  The Erie Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League, affiliated with the Detroit Tigers.
• Philadelphia Phillies
  A member of the National League East of Major League Baseball
• Washington Wild Things
  At the end of 2001, Canton Crocodiles moved to Washington, Pennsylvania and became the Washington Wild Things. They are a member of the independent professional Frontier League.

Nearby States

• Cincinnati Reds
  A member of the National League Central of Major League Baseball (same as Pittsburgh).
• Cleveland Indians
  A member of the American League Central of Major League Baseball

United States

United States - Leagues and Teams

• American Legion Baseball
  Since 1925, The American Legion has sponsored a nationwide youth baseball program, making it the oldest and largest nationwide teenage baseball program in America.
• American Women's Baseball Federation
  A nonprofit amateur sports association whose mission is to promote female amateur baseball competitions nationally and internationally.
• Eastern League AA
  Minor League baseball league whose teams include the Altoona Curve, the Akron Aeros, Erie Seawolves, Harrisburg Senators, and the Reading Phillies.
• Frontier League
  An independent professional baseball league created in 1993 to serve the West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southeast Ohio areas. It has since expanded to include most of the midwest. Western Pennsylvania has a team in the Washington Wild Things.
• International League AAA
  A minor league whose teams include the Buffalo Bisons, Columbus Clippers, Charlotte Knights, Ottawa Lynx, Indianapolis Indians, Durham Bulls, Pawtucket Red Sox, Louisville RiverBats, Norfolk Tides, Rochester Red Wings, Toledo Mud Hens, Richmond Braves, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, and the Syracuse SkyChiefs.
• Little League Baseball
  Includes information on the various divisions: T-Ball, Little League Baseball, Little League Softball, Junior League Baseball, Junior League Softball, Senior League Baseball, Senior League Softball, Big League Baseball, Big League Softball, and Challenger.
• Major League Baseball: mlb.com
  The official site of Major League Baseball, covering the American and National Leagues.
• Minor League Baseball
  The official website covering A, AA, AAA, and Rookie leagues
• Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
  Located in Kansas City, Missouri.
• Negro Leagues Baseball Online Archives
  Learn the history of the Negro Leagues in baseball, including some player and team profiles.
• USA Baseball
  USA Baseball is the National Governing Body for the sport and represents amateur baseball in America as a member of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and the International Baseball Association (IBAF). Virtually every major national amateur baseball organization in America is united as a USA Baseball National Member. As a result, USA Baseball governs more than 20 million amateur players in ballparks and playgrounds across the country.

United States - News Coverage

• ESPN: Major League Baseball
• FoxSports

United States - General Sites

• American Memory Project: Baseball Cards 1887-1914
  An online exhibit from the Library of Congress, searchable by player, team, league and city.
  • Pittsburgh Alleghenys
  • Pittsburgh Pirates
• Ballparks: Baseball
  Information about ball parks.
• Baseball Almanac
  Baseball Almanac is rich with facts, stories, famous firsts, quotes, autographs, statistics, records, lists, feats, and thousands of other pages not readily found on commercial sites.
• Baseball-Links.com
  A large collection of links to everything about baseball, collected and maintained by John Skilton
• Baseball Think Factory
  Baseball analysis for the thinking fan. Daily statistical nuggets along with our authors' opinions of the latest in baseball news and baseball analysis.
• Baseball Reference
  Find statistics from 1871 to the present for major league players, teams, and leagues. Complete post-season and managerial data is included as well along with other interesting features including The Baseball Travel Guide where you can find all the baseball close to you from Akron to Yuma.
• Elysian Fields Quarterly, The Baseball Review
  the literary baseball journal that features 96 pages of great writing on baseball from rookies and established veterans
• National Baseball Hall of Fame
  a description of the exhibits and programs available at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
• Society for American Baseball Research
  The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) was formed in August 1971 in Cooperstown New York. It now consists of more than 6,700 members -- including many prominent writers, officials, and players -- worldwide.
• Sporting News: The Vault: Baseball
  Historical information on players, the World Series, ball parks, etc.

International

• International Baseball Federation
  Founded in 1938, the IBAF is the International BAseball Federation recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Established since 1994 in Lausanne, Switzerland (the Olympic Capital), the IBAF organizes the Baseball World Cup, World Championships in their different categories, the Intercontinental Cup and the Baseball Olympic Tournament, securing the development and expansion of this sport all over the world.