Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: America at Play: How Baseball Began
Illustrated overview of baseball's roots in the English game known as "rounders" or "four-old-cat."
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: American Imperialism: Negro League Baseball
In this primary source set, students will view original photographs, listen to oral history recordings, and read historical texts to gain a better understanding of the lives and experiences of Negro League baseball players. Includes...
A&E Television
History.com: How the Only Woman in Baseball Hall of Fame Challenged Convention and Mlb
Sports executive and civil rights champion Effa Manley was a passionate advocate for baseball players from the Negro leagues.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: History of Baseball, 1860 1945
Collection of digital resources gathered from public libraries, archives, and museums pertaining to the history of baseball. See Babe Ruth's reinvention of the game with his homers, and get to know the heroes who left the diamond to...
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: Early Texas Baseball
Some wonderful early history of baseball in Texas in the last half of the 19th century, where teams even traveled by stagecoach to get to a game. Describes the beginning stages of the Texas League, which still exists today.
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: Baseball Cards of Early Texas
Describes two of the earliest baseball card sets ever produced, and the associations to Texas that each had. These were issued in 1910.
Other
Michael Bein's Home Plate: Graphical History of Baseball
This site presents a graphical review of the history of baseball including batting, pitching, and fielding statistics.