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How a single World Series home run in 1993 created the entire plot of Adam Sandler’s Big Daddy.
A pitcher develops a friendship with a catcher who has a terminal disease. Broadcast on The United States Steel Hour . Based on the novel of the same name by Mark Harris . [ 44 ]
Reviewing the achievements, controversies of all-time hit leader Pete Rose . [ 150 ]
HBO film directed by Billy Crystal about the 1961 season of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle . [ 114 ]
A fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s, starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks . [ 89 ]
TV film on Yankee immortal's marriage and tragedy, featuring Blythe Danner and Edward Herrmann . [ 56 ]
A minor-league manager stumbles on a hidden talent who throws apples on a farm. [ 161 ]
A television film on one-armed pro ballplayer Pete Gray , played by Keith Carradine . [ 70 ]
Fourth entry in the Air Bud series. [ 117 ]
Joe E. Brown as a pitcher with a million excuses. [ 26 ]
A Montana boy refuses to pitch Little League until the world bans nuclear weapons. With Gregory Peck as President of the United States. [ 73 ]
Based on true events, depicts life inside internment camps , where baseball was one of the major diversions from the reality of the internees' lives. [ 142 ]
Patrick Warburton in second made-for-TV sequel to the 1994 film . [ 113 ]
A Pittsburgh Pirates manager ( Paul Douglas ) gets some help from above. [ 37 ]
Disney remake of the 1951 film of the same name. [ 96 ]
A disabled women sets up a baseball team of street kids to save them from juvenile delinquency. [ 58 ] [ 59 ]
Babe Ruth stars as a baseball player who falls for the laundry woman who cleans his uniform. [ 9 ]
Remake of 1976 film of same name, starring Billy Bob Thornton . [ 131 ]
A behind-the-scenes glimpse into the remarkably organized and well-managed system in the Dominican Republic that has produced an inordinate amount of elite athletes. [ 163 ]
Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty star in Mark Harris 's adaptation of his own novel about a pitcher who develops a friendship with a catcher who has a terminal disease. [ 49 ]
Comprehensive history of the game, 18 hours-plus, as chronicled by Ken Burns . [ 95 ]
An all-girl baseball team uses two Harvard boys in disguise. [ 2 ]
Story of a high school student who tries to join a professional team with the help of her coach. [ 186 ]
A slacker adopts a kid to impress a girl, but the entire plot hinges on a drunken trip to the 1993 World Series.
Hans Lobert ( Edward G. Robinson ) runs a training camp for baseball's New York Giants. [ 42 ]
Boston teen tries to escape family problems through his pitching. [ 141 ]
TV version of the 1970s stage play about diehard fans in the outfield bleachers. [ 119 ]
Denver Devils' potential second baseman isn't a man, it's a young woman. [ 64 ]
After serving 17 years in prison for a violent mistake he made in his youth, a once-aspiring baseball player returns to his Bronx neighborhood. [ 185 ]
A 30-year-old minor league prospect reconnects with his high school sweetheart during the off season. [ 182 ]
Richard Pryor as a minor-leaguer with a chance to inherit 300 million dollars. [ 67 ]
Ron Shelton 's screwball comedy of a woman's ( Susan Sarandon ) summer with two minor-leaguers ( Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins ). [ 75 ]
Talentless baseball player Alex Frost tries to make Steve Zahn coached college team. [ 149 ]
A lost five-reeler based on Ernest Thayer 's poem and starring DeWolf Hopper . [ 4 ]
Wallace Beery in slugger's fable based on Ernest Thayer poem. [ 13 ]
Made for TV as a follow-up to ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores relationship between Steve Bartman and other Chicago Cubs fans since foul-ball incident in Game 6 of 2003 NLCS . [ 160 ]
Two boys go a long way to witness 3,000th career hit of Roberto Clemente . [ 151 ]
The career and last days of Ty Cobb , played by Tommy Lee Jones . [ 97 ]
A former pitcher is visited by the ghost of his catcher. [ 94 ]
A man sells his soul to the devil on behalf of the Washington Senators . [ 47 ]
A man sells his soul to the devil on behalf of the Washington Senators . [ 47 ]
Short film about baseball in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. [ 121 ]
Ballplayer ( Robert Young ) tries to find who's killing his fellow St. Louis Cardinals . [ 25 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the lives, careers, and struggles with addiction of former New York Mets stars Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Darryl Strawberry . [ 177 ]
TV film with Louis Gossett Jr. as Satchel Paige . [ 62 ]
Direct-to-video short film in the Dorf series starring Tim Conway . [ 103 ]
About the final game of an amateur New England baseball league before their stadium is demolished. [ 195 ]
Joe E. Brown as an egotistical Chicago Cubs baseball star. Remake of 1929 film . [ 24 ]
Film by Richard Linklater about immature 1980 college baseball players in Texas. [ 176 ]
Explores the life and career of Hall of Fame Pitcher Nolan Ryan . [ 190 ]
Babe Ruth coaches a women's baseball team, and ends up in drag as one of the players. [ 9 ]
Elmer Kane ( Jack Oakie ) hopes the Yankees and an actress are interested in him. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
With Kevin Costner narrating, lead a cast of baseball legends and scientists who explore the magic within the 396 milliseconds it takes a fastball to reach home plate, and decipher who threw the fastest pitch ever. [ 178 ]
The life and career of Jimmy Piersall , played by Anthony Perkins . [ 46 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Chronicles impact of Fernando Valenzuela 's 1981 rookie season with Los Angeles Dodgers . [ 152 ]
Loosely based on Nick Hornby soccer story, in this case a Boston Red Sox fan ( Jimmy Fallon ). [ 129 ]
Voices tell an Iowa farmer ( Kevin Costner ) to build a baseball stadium in his cornfield. [ 79 ]
Joe E. Brown as a small-town fireman who is also the town's star ballplayer. [ 23 ]
In possibly his last start, a Detroit pitcher ( Kevin Costner ) goes after a perfect game. [ 111 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. On the Boston Red Sox ' comeback from 3–0 series deficit against Yankees in 2004 ALCS . [ 153 ]
A playwright ( Michael Keaton ) has a wild night during a Red Sox playoff series. [ 130 ]
Story of the 2005 Gibsonburg High School baseball team, the first Ohio high school team in any sport to win a state championship with a losing record. [ 169 ]
A women's softball team owner murders a player ( Rita Hayworth ) by poisoning her catcher's mitt. [ 27 ]
Aaron's pursuit of Babe Ruth 's all-time homer record, directed by Michael Tollin . [ 102 ]
Keanu Reeves as a young man who takes charge of an inner-city team. [ 115 ]
A silent film about young Babe Ruth , who stars as himself. [ 9 ]
About the underdog Israel national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic . [ 183 ]
Guardian angel introduces an ill 12-year-old to New York Yankees of different eras. [ 174 ]
A ballplayer dealing with substance abuse returns to his hometown. [ 167 ]
Musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay sit with Babe Ruth and write a song about baseball. [ 9 ]
Pittsburgh pitcher finds romance with manager's daughter. [ 20 ]
A romantic triangle involving a softball player ( Reese Witherspoon ) and a Washington Nationals pitcher ( Owen Wilson ). [ 154 ]
ESPN dramatization on success and scandal of Pete Rose , starring Tom Sizemore . [ 122 ]
Explores the life and career of New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra . [ 189 ]
Hard-hearted manager ( Lloyd Nolan ) falls for Brooklyn team's owner. [ 28 ]
Ray Milland as a scientist whose secret formula turns him into a great pitcher. [ 31 ]
TV movie about former Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella , whose career was cut short when he lost the use of his legs in an auto accident in January 1958. [ 50 ]
Documentary film on the connection and history between American Jews and baseball. [ 156 ]
Paul Sorvino as the former New York Yankees manager. [ 107 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores Michael Jordan 's brief career in minor league baseball after his first retirement from basketball. [ 157 ]
William Bendix as a baseball fan who becomes an umpire. [ 35 ]
A season following pitchers Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey . [ 165 ]
Broadcast on the U.S. PBS series POV . Explores the phenomenon of high school baseball in Japan . [ 136 ]
US–Japanese coproduction exploring Japanese high school baseball , focusing on two schools trying to reach the 100th Summer Koshien national tournament and the differing approaches of their coaches. [ 184 ]
Sox pitcher Wacky Waters ( Eddie Albert ) is distracted by a hot Hollywood movie star, Pepita Zorita ( Lupe Vélez ). [ 29 ]
Chicago Cubs pitcher Jack Donovan refuses to throw a game. [ 10 ]
A child becomes owner of the Minnesota Twins . [ 98 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. On a Kirkland National Little League team's stunning victory in 1982 Little League World Series , and players' lives in the decades that followed. [ 158 ]
Early cable television film about a minor-league ballclub starring William Petersen . [ 71 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A look back at the 1998 home run chase between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa . [ 187 ]
Fictional story of a team of misfit Cleveland Indians . [ 80 ]
Second film in the Major League series about the Cleveland Indians . [ 99 ]
Third film in the Major League series. [ 110 ]
John Grisham story about a Little Leaguer and his father. [ 123 ]
A sports agent ( Jon Hamm ) arranges a baseball tryout for two cricket players from India. [ 171 ]
Based on a true story , the Michael Lewis best-seller about Oakland A's exec Billy Beane , played by Brad Pitt , and assistant general manager Peter Brand (based on Paul DePodesta , played by Jonah Hill ). [ 162 ]
A potential Hall of Famer ( Bernie Mac ) is told he's actually three hits shy of 3,000. [ 124 ]
Tom Selleck as a baseball star who ends up in Japan. [ 90 ]
A man ( James Belushi ) blames his misfortune on a long-ago baseball game. [ 82 ]
TV film starring Karen Valentine and Janet Leigh . [ 53 ]
Interviews and footage covering the then-84 year history of the New York Yankees. [ 74 ]
How the 2001 World Series helped America cope with 9/11 . [ 125 ]
Canadian film telling the story of the Montreal Expos , including the continuing attempts to return MLB to the city. [ 194 ]
An umpire ( Nick Nolte ) befriends a high school player who hated him. [ 135 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. A four-part exploration of the 1986 New York Mets and their enduring place in sports culture. [ 188 ]
TV film on the life and career of Ron LeFlore , starring LeVar Burton . [ 55 ]
A tribute to the topflight players of the Negro leagues . [ 63 ]
Babe Ruth convinces a schoolteacher to allow the class to play baseball instead of having their math lesson. [ 9 ]
A schoolboy dreams that his classmates play a sandlot game with Babe Ruth. [ 9 ]
Ray Milland in a cute tale about a cat who inherits a baseball team. [ 38 ]
A bio-pic of sorts starring professional baseball player Mike Donlin . [ 3 ]
A mysterious bump somehow gives a boy a big-league arm. [ 43 ]
A boy develops a magical right arm and becomes a big-league pitcher for the Cubs. [ 91 ]
With Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris as themselves . [ 48 ]
Documentary made by ESPN Films exploring Shohei Ohtani 's rise from his beginning in Japan to becoming a two-way superstar in Major League Baseball. Starring Pedro Martínez as narrator. [ 192 ]
Hour-long film which focuses on the origin of hand signals in baseball. [ 144 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. About the New York City writers and academics who created Rotisserie fantasy baseball , and how their creation eventually left them behind. [ 159 ]
Babe Ruth plays baseball with a group of kids who refuse to believe he is who he says he is. [ 9 ]
A cocky newcomer thinks he's the New York Yankees' new star. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
Ty Cobb as a ball-playing bank clerk in a story by Grantland Rice . [ 5 ]
Story of baseball trailblazers including Jackie Robinson , Satchel Paige , Josh Gibson . [ 106 ]
Josh Duhamel portrays a colorful left-handed pitcher, Bill Lee . [ 179 ]
Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster in a fictional tale of lost love. [ 77 ]
A chronicle of the 2003 Boston Red Sox season . [ 74 ]
Story about a Dominican prospect and his adjustment to life in the U.S. [ 145 ]
Fictional love story starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. . [ 116 ]
Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly as singing, dancing ballplayers. [ 33 ]
A man ( James Belushi ) escapes jail to see the Chicago Cubs play in a World Series. [ 83 ]
A fictional Los Angeles Angels baseball scout ( Edward James Olmos ) finds a fantastic young pitcher. [ 86 ]
Based on the life and career of Babe Ruth , starring John Goodman . [ 87 ]
The life and career of Babe Ruth , starring William Bendix . [ 30 ]
Walter Matthau 's bad Little League team gets help from a girl pitcher ( Tatum O'Neal ) and a motorcycle-riding slugger ( Jackie Earle Haley ). [ 51 ]
Second sequel to 1976 film , this time starring Tony Curtis . [ 54 ]
Sequel to 1976 film , with William Devane as the team's coach. [ 54 ]
Short film depicting an 1898 baseball game between Reading and Newark. [ 1 ]
Look at a Portland minor-league team, featuring Bing (the team's owner) and Kurt Russell (who played for the team and later worked in its front office). [ 173 ]
A barber enlists the help of his father and his old professional baseball teammates to solve a problem. [ 11 ]
David Spade and Rob Schneider as middle-aged nerds who want to play ball. [ 132 ]
A barnstorming team of Negro leagues players, with James Earl Jones , Billy Dee Williams , Richard Pryor . [ 52 ]
A docudrama of the events surrounding the 1977 New York Yankees season , with John Turturro as Billy Martin . [ 140 ]
An eccentric inventor is also the local team's star pitcher. [ 16 ]
Small-town ballplayer gets a big head after joining the St. Paul Pink Sox. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
Former minor leaguer ( John Ritter ) begins coaching underprivileged kids. [ 61 ]
A television film about a manager ( Joe Mantegna ) asked to take over a Soviet ballclub. [ 88 ]
Andre Braugher in TV biopic of Robinson's court-martial in U.S. Army. [ 85 ]
A deranged San Francisco fan ( Robert De Niro ) kills a player, kidnaps another's son. [ 105 ]
Based on 1991 season of Norway High School in Norway, Iowa , before it was closed and consolidated into its county school district , starring Sean Astin . [ 137 ]
A man ( Tom Ewell ) decides to coach a Little League team, then regrets it. [ 45 ]
The true-life story of Rickey Hill's improbable journey to play Major League Baseball. [ 193 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the legacy of George Steinbrenner 's ownership of the New York Yankees . [ 155 ]
Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson as himself, with Ruby Dee as his wife . [ 36 ]
The '48 World Series champion Cleveland Indians come to the aid of a young fan. [ 34 ]
The son of a peanut vendor ( Dan Dailey ) becomes the leader of a big-league team. [ 41 ]
Made-for-TV remake of the 1953 film , starring Gary Coleman . [ 57 ]
The life and career of a former Detroit Tigers star and war hero. [ 108 ]
A television film about a homeless man ( Burt Reynolds ) coaching a Little League team. [ 92 ]
Someone's out to kill the Queen of England during a California Angels baseball game, and it's up to bumbling detective Frank Drebin ( Leslie Nielsen ) to foil the plot. [ 78 ]
Robert Redford in a fable about an unlikely, unlucky hero, Roy Hobbs. [ 66 ]
A pitcher and his manager clash over a Florida land purchase. [ 12 ]
Minor leaguer Justin Timberlake has issues with baseball-legend dad Jeff Bridges . [ 148 ]
Based on true story of Mexico team that won 1957 Little League World Series . [ 147 ]
A talented young baseball player struggles professionally as he deals with his abusive father. [ 175 ]
Dan Dailey as the colorful pitcher Dizzy Dean . [ 39 ]
The life and career of Lou Gehrig , with Gary Cooper as Gehrig and Babe Ruth as himself. [ 9 ]
Based on true story of a high school coach, pitcher Jim Morris , portrayed by Dennis Quaid . [ 118 ]
A man reminisces about his childhood friends and the games they played. [ 93 ]
Second direct-to-video sequel to The Sandlot . [ 138 ] [ 139 ]
A New York Yankees scout ( Albert Brooks ) finds a phenomenal but psychologically troubled prospect. [ 100 ]
An Atlanta Braves player tries to break Roger Maris ' record and make a marriage work. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]
The career and fateful accident of pitcher Monty Stratton , starring James Stewart . [ 32 ]
A child from 1985 wakes up in 1909 and meets hero Honus Wagner ( Matthew Modine ). [ 128 ]
Based on pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander , played by Ronald Reagan . [ 40 ]
Two pals play ball by day, perform in vaudeville by night. [ 21 ]
Chronicles life of Ron Santo , focusing on his struggle with type 1 diabetes . [ 126 ]
Early Disney Channel film about an aging Detroit Tigers ( Roy Scheider ). [ 65 ]
On the day of his uncle's ascendance into the Baseball Hall of Fame , Daniel is forced to embark on a journey through time that sees him restore his family's legacy and rewrite baseball history. With Paul Rodriguez. [ 191 ]
Brothers with pro-ball ambitions deal with their homeless father ( Ed Harris ). [ 146 ]
Has-been player ( Raúl Juliá ) and his romance with a Florida single mom. [ 72 ]
Clint Eastwood as a veteran Atlanta Braves scout whose vision is fading. [ 164 ]
After a college baseball star doesn't make the Major League Baseball draft, an intramural game with friends becomes hugely important to him as he tries to accept his broken dreams. [ 180 ]
A battle over who owns ball hit in 2001 by Barry Bonds for his 73rd home run. [ 127 ]
A prison baseball game prompts Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart to break into the pen. [ 22 ]
New player competes with team's star for owner's daughter. [ 17 ]
ESPN Films production chronicling the Maine – Endwell Little League team that won the 2016 Little League World Series , becoming the smallest community ever to win that event. [ 181 ]
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series about baseball and football star Bo Jackson . [ 166 ]