Tuesday, October 31, 2017

60 years of Boys' Life baseball covers

Google Books has digitized  many copies of Boys' Life, the organ of the Boy Scouts.  I decided to share the covers that featured baseball.  Baseball related covers continue through 2009, but they just didn't have the charm of the early ones.

August 1912

April 1915

April 1926

May 1927

April 1929

May 1931

May 1932

June 1935

May 1937

July 1938

June 1943

April 1952

August 1959

April 1963

April 1965

March 1966

March 1968

March 1969

March 1970

July 1971

September 1971

March 1972


Thursday, September 7, 2017

Spalding's Official Base Ball Record books



American Sports Publishing Company published many different athletic books.  In the baseball community, they are mostly known for Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide.  I recently became aware of their Spalding's Official Base Ball Record.

From their own descriptions:
No. 1 - Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide -  The leading Base Ball annual of the country, and the official authority of the game.  Contains the official playing rules, with an explanatory index of the rules compiled by Mr. A. G. Spalding; pictures of all the teams in the National, American and minor leagues; review of the season; college Base Ball, and a great deal of interesting information.  Price 10 cents.
No. 1A - Spalding's Official Base Ball Record - Something new in Base Ball.  Contains records of all kinds from the beginning of the National League and official average of all professional organizations for past season.  Illustrated with pictures of leading teams and players.  Price 10 cents.
I've compiled a listing of the online Base Ball Record books that I could find.  It appears that

1908 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1909 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)

1910 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1911 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1912 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1913 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1914 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1915 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1916 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1917 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1918 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1919 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)

1920 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1921 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)
1922 – Spalding's Official Base Ball Record | View online (Source: Internet Archive)

This list is meant to complement Sean Lahman's index of online baseball guides, and my list of other online baseball guides.