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• Catcher Craig (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1915), by Christy Mathewson, illust. by C. M. Relyea (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Dick Merriwell's Assurance: or, In His Brother's Footsteps (New York: Street and Smith Corp., c1904), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dick Merriwell's Backers: or, Well Worth Fighting For (New York: Street and Smith Corp., c1907), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text)
• Dick Merriwell's Day: or, Iron Nerve (New York: Street and Smith Corp., c1904), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dick Merriwell's Heroic Players: or, How the Yale Nine Won the Championship (New York: Street and Smith Corp., c1912), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Grammar School Boys in Summer Athletics: or, Dick and Co. Make Their Fame Secure, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• The High School Pitcher: or, Dick and Co. on the Gridley Diamond, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• Lefty Locke, Pitcher-Manager (New York and Newark: Barse and Co., c1916), by Burt L. Standish, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Our Base Ball Club and How it Won the Championship (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1884), by Noah Brooks, contrib. by A. G. Spalding
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• The Shortstop, by Zane Grey (PDF at arfalpha.com)
• Won in the Ninth (New York: R. J. Bodmer Co., 1910), by Christy Mathewson, ed. by W. W. Aulick, illust. by Felix Mahony (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Young Pitcher, by Zane Grey (Gutenberg text)
• Frank Merriwell's Support: or, A Triple Play (New York: Street and Smith Corp., c1901), by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Humming Bird (New York: Baker and Taylor Co., 1910), by Owen Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rover Boys on a Tour: or, Last Days at Brill College (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, c1916), by Edward Stratemeyer (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Won in the ninth, (New York, R.J. Bodmer, 1910), by Christy Mathewson and W. W. Aulick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lefty o' the big league / (New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1914), by Burt L. Standish (page images at HathiTrust)
• Captain of the nine. (New York, 1912), by William Heyliger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The shortstop / (New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1937), by Zane Grey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Batter up! : a story of American Legion junior baseball / (New York : Grosset & Dunlap, c1930), by Harold M. Sherman, illust. by Ernest N. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shorty at shortstop / (Chicago : Wilcox & Follett Co., c1951), by C. Paul Jackson, illust. by Kevin Royt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baseball Joe at Yale, or, Pitching for the college championship / (New York, Cupples & Leon Co., [c1913]), by Lester Chadwick and Library donation (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Rambler Club's ball nine, by W. Crispin Sheppard (Gutenberg ebook)
• Winning his game, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Walt Louderback (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Junior Trophy, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by H. Richard Boehm (Gutenberg ebook)
• First Base Faulkner, by Christy Mathewson, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dick Merriwell's Heroic Players; Or, How the Yale Nine Won the Championship, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jimmy Kirkland of the Cascade College Team, by Hugh S. Fullerton, illust. by Charles Paxson Gray (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dick Merriwell's Backers; Or, Well Worth Fighting For, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Merriwell's Support; Or, A Triple Play, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Merriwell's Marriage; Or, Inza's Happiest Day, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Keeping His Course, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Norman Rockwell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Merriwell's False Friend; Or, An Investment in Human Nature, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dick Merriwell's Assurance; Or, In His Brother's Footsteps, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Merriwell's Strong Arm; Or, Saving an Enemy, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dick Merriwell's Day; Or, Iron Nerve, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Frank Merriwell's Diamond Foes; Or, Straight Over the Plate, by Burt L. Standish (Gutenberg ebook)
• Our Base Ball Club and How It Won the Championship, by Noah Brooks, contrib. by A. G. Spalding (Gutenberg ebook)
• Finkler's Field: A Story of School and Baseball, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Howard Heath (Gutenberg ebook)
• Double Play: A Story of School and Baseball, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Walter Biggs (Gutenberg ebook)
• Making the Nine, by Albertus T. Dudley, illust. by Charles Copeland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Catcher Craig, by Christy Mathewson, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• With Mask and Mitt, by Albertus T. Dudley, illust. by Charles Copeland (Gutenberg ebook)
• Second Base Sloan, by Christy Mathewson, illust. by Edward C. Caswell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ned, Bob and Jerry at Boxwood Hall; Or, The Motor Boys as Freshmen, by Clarence Young (Gutenberg ebook)
• Four Afoot: Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Highway, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• Half past Alligator, by Donald Colvin, illust. by Ernie Barth (Gutenberg ebook)
• Pitcher Pollock, by Christy Mathewson, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• Won in the Ninth: The first of a series of stories for boys on sports to be known as The Matty Books, by Christy Mathewson, ed. by W. W. Aulick, illust. by Felix Mahony (Gutenberg ebook)
• Bobby Blake on the School Nine; Or, The Champions of the Monatook Lake League, by Frank A. Warner, illust. by Robert Emmett Owen (Gutenberg ebook)
• Weatherby's Inning: A Story of College Life and Baseball, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by C. M. Relyea (Gutenberg ebook)
• Mystery Wings: A Mystery Story for Boys, by Roy J. Snell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The New Boys at Oakdale, by Morgan Scott, illust. by A. O. Scott (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Lucky Seventh, by Ralph Henry Barbour, illust. by Norman Rockwell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball, by J. W. Duffield (Gutenberg ebook)
• Fast Nine; or, A Challenge from Fairfield, by Alan Douglas (Gutenberg ebook)
• Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager, by Burt L. Standish, illust. by Charles L. Wrenn (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant, by Hugh S. Fullerton, illust. by Charles Paxson Gray (Gutenberg ebook)
• Jack Winters' Baseball Team; Or, The Rivals of the Diamond, by Mark Overton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rival Pitchers of Oakdale, by Morgan Scott, illust. by Elizabeth Colborne (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Chums of Scranton High: Or, Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight, by Donald Ferguson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Don Strong, Patrol Leader, by William Heyliger (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant: or, In the Three Town League, by Donald Ferguson (Gutenberg ebook)

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