Resources & Links
Printed Resources
—Baseball America, Inc., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (1997)
—Paul Batesel, Players And Teams Of The National Association, 1871-1875 (2012)
—James H. Bready, Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years (1998)
—Jean-Pierre Caillault, The Complete New York Clipper Baseball Biographies (2009)
—Jay Miller, Joe Gonsowski and Richard Masson, The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company, 1886-1890 (2008)
—Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Founders (2013)
—Peter Morris and others, Base Ball Pioneers, 1850-1870 (2012)
—Preston D. Orem, Baseball 1845-1881 From Newspaper Accounts (1961)
—SABR, The National Pastime, Number 3 (1984)
—Marshall D. Wright, The National Association Of Base Ball Players, 1857-1870 (2000)
Online Resources
Antique Apparel Websites
—Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Fashion History Timeline: go to site
—Historical Emporium, historicalemporium.com: go to site
Ballpark Databases & Maps
—Andrew Ross and David Dyte, BrooklynBallParks.com: go to site
—Curve In The Dirt: go to site
—Eric and Wendy Pastore, digitalballparks.com: go to site
—Kevin Johnson, seamheads.com, Ballparks Database: go to site
—SABR, Baseball Map: go to site
—Jeff Suntala, There Used To Be A Ballpark: go to site
Baseball Card Databases
—Library of Congress, Benjamin K. Edwards Collection: go to site
—Lyman Hardeman, oldcardboard.com: go to site
—The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jefferson R. Burdick Collection: go to site
—RustyWilly, rustywilly.com: go to site
—Sports Collectors Digest, Information on Cameo Pepsin Gum Pins by Keith Olbermann: go to page
—Trading Card Database, tcdb.com: go to site
—Wayne Delia, images.oldbaseball.com: go to site
Equipment Databases
—KeyMan Collectibles, Baseball Glove Dating Guide Index: go to site
Image Libraries
—Baseball-fever.com, online forum on early baseball photography: go to page
—Boston Public Library, baseball images: go to site
—Chicago Collections: go to site
—Detroit Public Library, Ernie Harwell Collection: go to site
—Frank Russo, The Dead Ball Era, team photo library: go to site
—Full Count Vintage Baseball Card Forum, online forum on early baseball photography: go to page
—Getty Images, 19th-century baseball pictures: go to site
—Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: go to site
—Mark Rucker, The Rucker Archive: go to site
—New York Public Library, A. G. Spalding Collection: go to site
—Paul Winter, Teams of the 1888 Western Association: go to site
—SABR, The Rucker Archive: go to site
Online Books – Baseball Histories
—Albert G. Spalding, America’s National Game (1911): go to book
—Alfred H. Spink, The National Game (1910): go to book
—Charles A. Peverelly, The Book Of American Pastimes (1866): go to book
—George V. Tuohey, A History Of The Boston Base Ball Club (1897): go to book
—Harry Ellard, Baseball in Cincinnati, A History (1907): go to book
—Harry C. Palmer, Frank Richter & W. Harris, Athletic Sports in America, England and Australia (1889): go to book
Photographer Databases
—19th-century Cabinet Card Photographers: go to site
—Broadway Photographs, prominent performing art photographers, 1870s to 20th century (site down): go to page
—Langdon’s List of 19th & Early 20th Century Photographers: go to site
Reference Libraries
—Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia, online baseball guides: go to site
—Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper, 1841-1902: go to site
—Google News Archive: go to site
—LA84 Foundation, The Sporting Life newspaper, 1885-1917: go to site
—Library of Congress, Chronicling America, digitized US newspaper archive, 1777-1963: go to site
—Library of Congress, Chronicling America, US newspaper directory, 1690-present: go to site
—Paper of Record, The Sporting News newspaper, 1886-2003: go to site
—SABR, baseball guides: go to site
—SABR, BioProject: go to site
—SABR, newspaper archives: go to site
—SABR, Pictorial History Research Committee newsletter archive: go to site
—Thomas M. Tryniski, newspaper archive, Old Fulton NY Postcards: go to site
—University of Illinois, New York Clipper newspaper, 1853-1923: go to site
Statistical Databases
—David W. Smith and others, retrosheet.org: go to site
—Gary Ashwill and Kevin Johnson, seamheads.com, Negro Leagues Database: go to site
—Sports Reference LLC, baseball-reference.com: go to site
—Stats Crew, major league database: go to site, minor league database: go to site
Team Nickname Histories
—Ed Coen, Setting the Record Straight on Major League Team Nicknames, SABR Fall 2019 Baseball Research Journal (2019): go to article
Team Ownership Histories
—SABR, BioProject: Team Ownership Histories: go to listing
Timelines
—John Thorn, Our Game: Baseball Integration Timeline: go to blog post
Topical Bloggers
—Diamonds in the Dusk, baseball oddities and unknowns: go to blog
—Gary Ashwill, Agate Type, Negro League & Latin American baseball history: go to blog
—Gary Cieradkowski, The Infinite Baseball Card Set, baseball card stories: go to blog
—John Thorn, Our Game, from the official MLB historian: go to blog
—Paul Lukas, Uni Watch, the obsessive study of uniform aethetics: go to blog
—Peter Reitan, Early Sports & Pop Culture, tracing the origins of the familiar and forgotten: go to blog
—SABR, Blog Roll: go to listing
—Sam Gazdziak, RIP Baseball, grave-side biographies & obituaries: go to blog
—seamheads.com, general topics: go to blog
—Todd Radom, sports graphics stories: go to blog
—Thom Karmik, Baseball History Daily, heroes, villains, oddities & minutia: go to blog
—Tom Gilbert, How Baseball Happened: go to blog
—Tom Shieber, Baseball Researcher, pictorial research & discoveries: go to blog
Topical Tweeters
—Alex Cheremeteff: go to posts
—Baseball by BSmile: go to posts
—Baseball History Nut: go to posts
—ManCave Pictures: go to posts
—Goat Jerseys: go to posts
—John Thorn: go to posts
—Old-Time Baseball Photos: go to posts
—Paul Lukas: go to posts
—Phil Hecken: go to posts
—Todd Radom: go to posts
—Tom Shieber: go to posts
—The Skimmers: go to posts
—Zinn Beck Digital Library: go to posts
Topical Websites
—Eric Miklich, 19c Base Ball: go to site
—Larry McCray, Project Protoball: go to site
—National Baseball Hall Of Fame & Museum: go to site
—The National Pastime Museum: go to site
—Society For American Baseball Research (SABR): go to site
—Vintage Base Ball Association (VBBA): go to site
Uniform Databases – Baseball
—Chris Creamer, sportslogos.net, MLB uniform tracker: go to site
—The Diamond Uniform Database: go to site –site currently unavailable
—Kyle Linette, uniformlineup.com, MLB uniform tracker: go to site
—mlbcollectors.com, uniform and cap database: go to site
—National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Dressed to the Nines Database: go to site
—William Henderson, MLB Game Worn Guides: go to site
Uniform Databases – Other Sports
—Basketball, NBA Jersey Database: go to site
—Football, The Gridiron Uniform Database: go to site
—Football – Australian Rules, Footy Jumpers: go to site
—Hockey, NHL Uniform Database: go to site
—Soccer – English/Scottish Leagues, Historical Football Kits: go to site
—Soccer – MLS, Historical Football Kits: go to site
—Soccer – NASL, NASL Jerseys: go to site
Uniform & Cap Reproductions
—Ebbets Field Flannels: go to site
—Ideal Cap Co. (successor to the Cooperstown Ball Cap Co.): go to site
—Stockbridge Sewing Works: go to site
Uniform-related Fine Art & Graphic Design
—Gary Cieradkowski, baseball graphics: go to site
—Graig Kreindler, game scenes and portraits: go to site
—Jesse Loving, Ars Longa Art Cards, retro baseball card illustrations: go to site
—Scott Sillcox, Heritage Sports Art, paintings of uniforms: go to site
—Todd Radom, baseball graphics: go to site