Anthologies of Baseball Stories
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Below are some anthologies that include baseball short stories. Entries on individual stories in the Guide are linked to this page.
- Aethlon Sport Literature Anthology Issue 14.1 (Fall 1996)
- Bjarkman, Peter C., ed., Baseball and the Game of Life. New York: Birch Brook Press, 1990.
- Bowering, George, ed., Taking the Field: The Best of Baseball Fiction. Red Deer, Alberta: Red Deer College Press, 1990.
- The Boys' Life Book of Baseball Stories. Illustrated by Ed Vebell. New York: Random House, 1964.
- Cummings, Parke, ed., Baseball Stories. New York: Hill & Wang, 1959.
- Fenner, Phyllis R., ed. Crack of the Bat: Stories of Baseball. New York: Knopf, 1952.
- Herzberg, Max, ed. A Treasure Chest of Sport Stories. New York: Julian Messner, 1951.
- Holtzman, Jerome, ed., Fielder's Choice. New York: Harcourt, 1979.
- Kinsella, W.P., ed., Baseball Fantastic. Kingston, ON: Quarry, 2000.
- Lewis, Jerry D., ed., Great Baseball Stories. New York: Tempo, 1979.
- McNally, John, ed., Bottom of the Ninth. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2003.
- Margulies, Leo, ed. Baseball Round-Up. New York: Cupples and Leon, 1948.
- Mercado, Nancy E., ed., Baseball Crazy. New York: Dial Books, 2008.
- Nauen, Elinor, ed., Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend. Boston: Faber, 1994.
- Owen, Frank, ed., Teen-Age Baseball Stories. Illustrated by Drayton S. Haff. New York: Lantern, 1948.
- Pachter, Adam Emerson, ed., Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from Red Sox Nation. Cambridge, MA: Rounder, 2005.
- Pachter, Adam Emerson, ed., Further Fenway Fiction: More Short Stories from Red Sox Nation. Burlington, MA: Rounder, 2007.
- Penzler, Otto, ed., Murderers' Row: Baseball Mysteries. Beverly Hills: New Millennium, 2001.
- Shannon, Mike, ed., The Best of Spitball, the Literary Baseball Magazine. New York: Pocket Books, 1988.
- Silverman, Jeff, ed., Classic Baseball Stories. Guilford, CT: Lyons, 2003.
- Staudohar, Paul D., ed., Baseball's Best Short Stories. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1995.
- Staudohar, Paul D., ed., Baseball's Best Short Stories, Expanded Edition. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2012.
- Strecker, Trey, ed. Dead Balls and Double Curves: An Anthology of Early Baseball Fiction. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
- Thomas, David, ed. Teen-Age Stories of the Diamond. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950.
Criticism: Peterson
