A HISTORY OF UK BASEBALL
A brief history of UK baseball Early bat and ball games
THE SABR UK EXAMINER
Archive of articles and pictures
ABOUT SABR UK
About SABR UK About Bobby Thomson Planned meetings Contact us
LINKS
MLB news and scores Baseball history Statistics UK baseball SABR Other baseball sites
Links
A small but, we hope, perfectly formed collection of baseball-related links.
MLB news and scores - Baseball history - Statistics - UK baseball - SABR - Other baseball sites
Society for American Baseball Research (
SABR)SABR The organisation to which we are affiliated. Of course, we recommend you consider joining.
The Origins of Baseball
Larry McCray's Protoball The organisation to which we are affiliated. Of course, we recommend you consider joining.
British
BaseballBaseball Softball UK Baseball's UK governing body is online, and offers information on how to get involved in the game in the UK.
Baseball Softball UK Baseball's UK governing body is online, and offers information on how to get involved in the game in the UK.
British Baseball Webring If it's a British baseball team and it's online, it can likely be found via this webring.
MLB on Five Details of Five's UK baseball coverage can be found here. Set your DVD recorders if you want to get to bed early...
NASN One game a week on Five not enough? £15 a month buys you plenty more from these guys.
Old-Timers Baseball Club Proof that baseball had fans in Britain before Channel 5 came along.
Sportspages The UK's leading sports bookstore is also - predictably - the best shop in which to pick up baseball literature in the UK.
MLB news and scores
Baseball Audio Links to live online radio commentaries - the majority using Real Player - for all 30 major league teams, plus many minor league teams, too.
ESPN: MLB The US sports network has a fine website, with comprehensive baseball content and a baseball scoreboard updated in real time.
Yahoo: MLB An excellent website, also with a baseball scoreboard updated in real time.
Major League Baseball But of course...
Baseball history
Ballparks by Munsey and Suppes A gallery of ballparks old and new, presented with due care and attention.
Baseball Cards 1887-1914 A fascinating archive of early baseball cards.
Black Baseball: The Negro Leagues A fantastic primer on the Negro Baseball Leagues, with sections on history, players, teams and more.
National Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown online. If you haven't made the pilgrimage yet, this should whet your appetite.
Statistics
Retrosheet An organisation devoted to collating play-by-play accounts for major league games past and present.
Baseball Archive Sean Lahman and Todd Greanier's site is highlighted by the astonishing Baseball Database, a free, downloadable archive of season-by-season stats for every player in major league history. A must.
Baseball Prospectus Sabermetrics and more from the people behind the excellent annual publication.
Baseball Reference Season-by-season stats for every MLB player and manager in history, plus a full summary of awards (Cy Young, MVP, etc) and league leaders for each year, plus player comparisons, plus a comprehensive baseball travel guide, plus, etc, etc... Easily one of the most valuable online baseball resources.
ESPN: MLB Stats Sortable statistics in countless categories for current MLB players.
Stathead A fine sabermetrically inclined stats site, with a particularly useful glossary of statistics.
Other baseball sites
Jim Furtado's Baseball Stuff Sabermetrics and more, including the handy Baseball Newsstand, which offers links to the baseball sections of newspapers local to each major league team.
John Skilton's Baseball Links Several thousand baseball-related links, compiled and collated in handy categories. One of the most essential baseball resources on the web.
Strike Three Witty, incisive baseball news and comment, with a new feature each day.
Suite 101: Baseball Links Skilton redux, Suite 101 offers a handy digest of the most essential baseball links on the web.
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