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- The Spread of Base Ball, 1859 - 1870 by Bruce Allardice
- Some New Data on the Spread of Base Ball in the United States (Version 1.0, 9/26/2013)
- 1857 Rules by Jeffrey Kittel
- A Rule-by-Rule History Analysis of the Rules Adopted by the 1857 Convention of Base Ball Clubs
- 1845 Knickerbocker Rules by Jeffrey Kittel
- Evolution or Revolution? A Rule-By-Rule Analysis of the 1845 Knickerbocker Rules
- Irish Rounders (Burman's Report) by Howard Burman
- Length of Games, 1860-1865 1.0 by Bob Tholkes
- How Long Did Games Take 160 Years Ago?
- The Backstop by Richard Hershberger
- Were Foul-Ground Barriers Always Part of Base Ball? (3 pages)
- Beachville Deconstruction (The New York Game Comes to Canada) by Bill Humber
- version 1.0
- Cricket and the Rise of Baseball by Bruce Allardice
- Version 1.0
- Ten-Position Base Ball by Mark Brunke
- Baseball Making Notes by Corky Gaskell
- Very Early (pre-1857) Rules on Base Advancement After Caught Fly Balls by Richard Hershberger
- Did Runners Have to Tag Up?
- Pitchers Covering First by Richard Hershberger
- When did pitchers start covering first base on grounders to the right side? (2 pages)
- Base Ball on the Field, 1858-1865 by Bruce Allardice
- Tracking Run-scoring and Some Other On-Field Data Before 1866 [Published in Baseball Research Journal, Spring 2020, pages 85ff]
- Sons of Liberty by Tom Gilbert
- The Meaning of Early Base Ball Club Names [Published in Base Ball, Volume 11 (2019), pages 29ff]
- Number of Known BB Clubs in 40 Largest US Cities, 1870 3.0 by Bruce Allardice
- Which Cities Had the Most Early Ballclubs Per Capita?
- Ethnicity in 19C Base Ball -- A General Introduction by Tom Gilbert
- Number of Known BB Clubs in 40 Largest US Cities, 1870 5.0 by Bruce Allardice
- Which Cities Had the Most Early Ballclubs Per Capita?
- Runs, Runs and More Runs: Baseball 1866-1870. By the Numbers by Bruce Allardice
- Baseball statistics from the pre-pro era. From BRJ, Fall 2021
- Called Pitches by Richard Hershberger
- When Did Umpires Start Calling Balls and Strikes? (8 pages)
- Judgment! by Richard Hershberger
- At first, most umpiring calls were only made on appeal, and then things changed (7 pages)
- Stoolball Today -- The Rejuvenation of an Ancient Pastime by John and Kay Price
- For Fun and Health -- That's Why She Played by Debbie Shattuck
- Sliding by Richard Hershberger
- Evidence on Sliding in Early Base Ball Accounts (4 pages)
- Don't Forget the Girls by Debbie Shattuck
- The Play-Testing of Early Base Ball Rule Modifications, version 1.0 by Richard Hershberger
- Early Evidence on Base Stealing by Richard Hershberger
- The Spread of Base Ball in the Pacific Northwest by Mark Brunke
- What Was Town Ball, Anyway? by Larry McCray, Jeffrey Kittel
- A Source-Based Description of Town Ball Play
- What Was The Massachusetts Game, Anyway? by Jeffrey Kittel
- A Sourced-Based Description of Massachusetts Game Play
- What Was Rounders, Anyway? by Larry McCray, Jeffrey Kittel
- A Source-Based Description of Rounders Play
- Ballplaying in Civil War Camps by Larry McCray
- An Overview of an Enriched Data Base: NOTE -- This article was updated and re-cast by Bruce Allardice in 2018
- Ballplaying by Civil War Soldiers 1.0 by Bruce Allardice
- Nearly 400 Finds Let Us Understand the Frequency and Nature of Military Ballplaying During the War
- The Evolution of the Baseball Up To 1872 by Rob Loeffler
- A Chronology of Ballmaking up to 1872 – and a list of 32 Ballmakers, 1858 to 1890
- Early Championships by Larry McCray