THE ARCHIVE
The Complete Chronological Database of Baseball Cinema.
The Ball Game
Short film depicting an 1898 baseball game between Reading and Newark. [ 1 ]
Baseball and Bloomers
An all-girl baseball team uses two Harvard boys in disguise. [ 2 ]
Little Sunset
Right Off the Bat
A bio-pic of sorts starring professional baseball player Mike Donlin . [ 3 ]
Spit Ball Sadie
Beatrice Fairfax (Episode 10: Play Ball)
Casey at the Bat
A lost five-reeler based on Ernest Thayer 's poem and starring DeWolf Hopper . [ 4 ]
Somewhere in Georgia
Ty Cobb as a ball-playing bank clerk in a story by Grantland Rice . [ 5 ]
Baseball Madness
A silent film starring Gloria Swanson . [ 6 ]
One Touch Of Nature
The Pinch Hitter
Baseball: An Analysis of Motion
The Busher
Small-town ballplayer gets a big head after joining the St. Paul Pink Sox. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]
Headin' Home
A silent film about young Babe Ruth , who stars as himself. [ 9 ]
As The World Rolls On
Trifling With Honor
Hit And Run
Life's Greatest Game
Chicago Cubs pitcher Jack Donovan refuses to throw a game. [ 10 ]
The Battling Orioles
A barber enlists the help of his father and his old professional baseball teammates to solve a problem. [ 11 ]
Play Ball
The Pinch Hitter
Out Of The West
The New Klondike
A pitcher and his manager clash over a Florida land purchase. [ 12 ]
Babe Comes Home
Babe Ruth stars as a baseball player who falls for the laundry woman who cleans his uniform. [ 9 ]
Casey at the Bat
Wallace Beery in slugger's fable based on Ernest Thayer poem. [ 13 ]
Catch-As-Catch-Can
College
Slide, Kelly, Slide
A cocky newcomer thinks he's the New York Yankees' new star. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
The Bush Leaguer
An eccentric inventor is also the local team's star pitcher. [ 16 ]
Speedy
The Cameraman
Warming Up
New player competes with team's star for owner's daughter. [ 17 ]
Fast Company
Elmer Kane ( Jack Oakie ) hopes the Yankees and an actress are interested in him. [ 18 ] [ 19 ]
Hot Curves
Pittsburgh pitcher finds romance with manager's daughter. [ 20 ]
They Learned About Women
Two pals play ball by day, perform in vaudeville by night. [ 21 ]
Up the River
A prison baseball game prompts Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart to break into the pen. [ 22 ]
Fancy Curves
Babe Ruth coaches a women's baseball team, and ends up in drag as one of the players. [ 9 ]
Fireman, Save My Child
Joe E. Brown as a small-town fireman who is also the town's star ballplayer. [ 23 ]
Just Pals
Babe Ruth umpires a baseball game at an orphanage. [ 9 ]
Over the Fence
Babe Ruth convinces a schoolteacher to allow the class to play baseball instead of having their math lesson. [ 9 ]
Perfect Control
A schoolboy dreams that his classmates play a sandlot game with Babe Ruth. [ 9 ]
Slide, Babe, Slide
Babe Ruth plays baseball with a group of kids who refuse to believe he is who he says he is. [ 9 ]
Elmer, the Great
Joe E. Brown as an egotistical Chicago Cubs baseball star. Remake of 1929 film . [ 24 ]
Death on the Diamond
Ballplayer ( Robert Young ) tries to find who's killing his fellow St. Louis Cardinals . [ 25 ]
Alibi Ike
Joe E. Brown as a pitcher with a million excuses. [ 26 ]
Swell-Head
The Adventures Of Frank Merriwell
Girls Can Play
A women's softball team owner murders a player ( Rita Hayworth ) by poisoning her catcher's mitt. [ 27 ]
Home Run on the Keys
Musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay sit with Babe Ruth and write a song about baseball. [ 9 ]
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Brother Rat
Rawhide
How to Play Baseball
It Happened in Flatbush
Hard-hearted manager ( Lloyd Nolan ) falls for Brooklyn team's owner. [ 28 ]
The Pride of the Yankees
The life and career of Lou Gehrig , with Gary Cooper as Gehrig and Babe Ruth as himself. [ 9 ]
Woman Of The Year
Ladies' Day
Sox pitcher Wacky Waters ( Eddie Albert ) is distracted by a hot Hollywood movie star, Pepita Zorita ( Lupe Vélez ). [ 29 ]
Whistling In Brooklyn
The Naughty Nineties
Make Mine Music
The Babe Ruth Story
The life and career of Babe Ruth , starring William Bendix . [ 30 ]
It Happens Every Spring
Ray Milland as a scientist whose secret formula turns him into a great pitcher. [ 31 ]
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly as singing, dancing ballplayers. [ 33 ]
The Kid from Cleveland
The '48 World Series champion Cleveland Indians come to the aid of a young fan. [ 34 ]
The Stratton Story
The career and fateful accident of pitcher Monty Stratton , starring James Stewart . [ 32 ]
Kill the Umpire
William Bendix as a baseball fan who becomes an umpire. [ 35 ]
The Jackie Robinson Story
Baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson as himself, with Ruby Dee as his wife . [ 36 ]
Angels in the Outfield
A Pittsburgh Pirates manager ( Paul Douglas ) gets some help from above. [ 37 ]
On Moonlight Bay
Rhubarb
Ray Milland in a cute tale about a cat who inherits a baseball team. [ 38 ]
The Pride of St. Louis
Dan Dailey as the colorful pitcher Dizzy Dean . [ 39 ]
The Winning Team
Based on pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander , played by Ronald Reagan . [ 40 ]
Big Leaguer
Hans Lobert ( Edward G. Robinson ) runs a training camp for baseball's New York Giants. [ 42 ]
Jackie & Joe (The Jackie Robinson Story, The History of Joe Louis)
The Kid from Left Field
The son of a peanut vendor ( Dan Dailey ) becomes the leader of a big-league team. [ 41 ]
Casey Bats Again
Play Ball With the Orioles
Roogie's Bump
A mysterious bump somehow gives a boy a big-league arm. [ 43 ]
Strategic Air Command
Three Stripes In The Sun
"Bang the Drum Slowly" ( The United States Steel Hour )
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 ]
I'll Buy You
The Great American Pastime
A man ( Tom Ewell ) decides to coach a Little League team, then regrets it. [ 45 ]
Fear Strikes Out
The life and career of Jimmy Piersall , played by Anthony Perkins . [ 46 ]
Damn Yankees
A man sells his soul to the devil on behalf of the Washington Senators . [ 47 ]
The Geisha Boy
Moochie of the Little League
Experiment in Terror
Safe at Home!
With Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris as themselves . [ 48 ]
That Touch Of Mink
Damn Yankees
A man sells his soul to the devil on behalf of the Washington Senators . [ 47 ]
One-Legged Ace
The Ceremony
Bang the Drum Slowly
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 ]
It's Good To Be Alive
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 ]
Two Ball Games
The Bad News Bears
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 ]
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
A barnstorming team of Negro leagues players, with James Earl Jones , Billy Dee Williams , Richard Pryor . [ 52 ]
Just The Beginning
Murder at the World Series
TV film starring Karen Valentine and Janet Leigh . [ 53 ]
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
Sequel to 1976 film , with William Devane as the team's coach. [ 54 ]
A Boy Called Third Base
A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story
TV film on Yankee immortal's marriage and tragedy, featuring Blythe Danner and Edward Herrmann . [ 56 ]
Goodbye, Franklin High
Here Come The Tigers
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
TV film on the life and career of Ron LeFlore , starring LeVar Burton . [ 55 ]
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Second sequel to 1976 film , this time starring Tony Curtis . [ 54 ]
Aunt Mary
A disabled women sets up a baseball team of street kids to save them from juvenile delinquency. [ 58 ] [ 59 ]
The Kid from Left Field
Made-for-TV remake of the 1953 film , starring Gary Coleman . [ 57 ]
It's My Turn
The Comeback Kid
Former minor leaguer ( John Ritter ) begins coaching underprivileged kids. [ 61 ]
Don't Look Back : The Story of "Satchel" Paige
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
TV film with Louis Gossett Jr. as Satchel Paige . [ 62 ]
Million Dollar Infields
Squeeze Play!
Sexy women form a softball team. [ 60 ]
Zapped!
Blue Skies Again
Denver Devils' potential second baseman isn't a man, it's a young woman. [ 64 ]
Max Dugan Returns
Tiger Town
Early Disney Channel film about an aging Detroit Tigers ( Roy Scheider ). [ 65 ]
A Soldier's Story
The Natural
Robert Redford in a fable about an unlikely, unlucky hero, Roy Hobbs. [ 66 ]
Brewster's Millions
Richard Pryor as a minor-leaguer with a chance to inherit 300 million dollars. [ 67 ]
Heck of a Year
Insignificance
MacArthur's Children
The Slugger's Wife
An Atlanta Braves player tries to break Roger Maris ' record and make a marriage work. [ 68 ] [ 69 ]
A Winner Never Quits
A television film on one-armed pro ballplayer Pete Gray , played by Keith Carradine . [ 70 ]
Chasing Dreams
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Amazing Grace and Chuck
A Montana boy refuses to pitch Little League until the world bans nuclear weapons. With Gregory Peck as President of the United States. [ 73 ]
Long Gone
Early cable television film about a minor-league ballclub starring William Petersen . [ 71 ]
New York Yankees (The Movie)
Interviews and footage covering the then-84 year history of the New York Yankees. [ 74 ]
Stogies
Trading Hearts
Has-been player ( Raúl Juliá ) and his romance with a Florida single mom. [ 72 ]
Bull Durham
Ron Shelton 's screwball comedy of a woman's ( Susan Sarandon ) summer with two minor-leaguers ( Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins ). [ 75 ]
Eight Men Out
Based on the 1919 Black Sox Scandal . [ 76 ]
Stealing Home
Mark Harmon and Jodie Foster in a fictional tale of lost love. [ 77 ]
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
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 ]
Field of Dreams
Voices tell an Iowa farmer ( Kevin Costner ) to build a baseball stadium in his cornfield. [ 79 ]
Major League
Fictional story of a team of misfit Cleveland Indians . [ 80 ]
Night Game
A ballpark murder mystery starring Roy Scheider . [ 81 ]
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Leagues
Babe Ruth : Man Myth Legend
Mr. Destiny
A man ( James Belushi ) blames his misfortune on a long-ago baseball game. [ 82 ]
Taking Care of Business
A man ( James Belushi ) escapes jail to see the Chicago Cubs play in a World Series. [ 83 ]
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Andre Braugher in TV biopic of Robinson's court-martial in U.S. Army. [ 85 ]
Babe Ruth
City Slickers
Pastime
A pair of minor leaguers, one 17, one 40, form a bond. [ 84 ]
Talent for the Game
A fictional Los Angeles Angels baseball scout ( Edward James Olmos ) finds a fantastic young pitcher. [ 86 ]
When It Was a Game
A League of Their Own
A fictionalized account of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League of the 1940s, starring Geena Davis and Tom Hanks . [ 89 ]
Mr. Baseball
Tom Selleck as a baseball star who ends up in Japan. [ 90 ]
The Babe
Based on the life and career of Babe Ruth , starring John Goodman . [ 87 ]
The Comrades of Summer
A television film about a manager ( Joe Mantegna ) asked to take over a Soviet ballclub. [ 88 ]
When It Was a Game 2
Cooperstown
A former pitcher is visited by the ghost of his catcher. [ 94 ]
Rookie of the Year
A boy develops a magical right arm and becomes a big-league pitcher for the Cubs. [ 91 ]
The Man From Left Field
A television film about a homeless man ( Burt Reynolds ) coaching a Little League team. [ 92 ]
The Sandlot
A man reminisces about his childhood friends and the games they played. [ 93 ]
Angels in the Outfield
Disney remake of the 1951 film of the same name. [ 96 ]
Baseball
Comprehensive history of the game, 18 hours-plus, as chronicled by Ken Burns . [ 95 ]
Baseball - A Film by Ken Burns
Cobb
The career and last days of Ty Cobb , played by Tommy Lee Jones . [ 97 ]
Little Big League
A child becomes owner of the Minnesota Twins . [ 98 ]
Major League II
Second film in the Major League series about the Cleveland Indians . [ 99 ]
The Scout
A New York Yankees scout ( Albert Brooks ) finds a phenomenal but psychologically troubled prospect. [ 100 ]
Cooperstown : Baseball's Main Street
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
Aaron's pursuit of Babe Ruth 's all-time homer record, directed by Michael Tollin . [ 102 ]
Past The Bleachers
Baseball Girls
A history of women's baseball. [ 101 ]
Dorf on the Diamond
Direct-to-video short film in the Dorf series starring Tim Conway . [ 103 ]
Ed
Matt LeBlanc befriends a baseball-playing chimpanzee. [ 104 ]
Soul of the Game
Story of baseball trailblazers including Jackie Robinson , Satchel Paige , Josh Gibson . [ 106 ]
Space Jam
The Fan
A deranged San Francisco fan ( Robert De Niro ) kills a player, kidnaps another's son. [ 105 ]
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way
Paul Sorvino as the former New York Yankees manager. [ 107 ]
Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
BASEketball
Babe Ruth - The Life Behind the Legend
If the Sun Rises in the West
South Korean story of an umpire. [ 109 ]
Major League 3 : Back To The Minors
Major League: Back to the Minors
Third film in the Major League series. [ 110 ]
Simon Birch
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
The life and career of a former Detroit Tigers star and war hero. [ 108 ]
World Series Fix: Black Sox Scandal
For Love of the Game
In possibly his last start, a Detroit pitcher ( Kevin Costner ) goes after a perfect game. [ 111 ]
Major League Baseball All Century Team
Angels in the Infield
Patrick Warburton in second made-for-TV sequel to the 1994 film . [ 113 ]
Finding Buck McHenry
Frequency
Greener Grass - Cuba, Baseball and the U.S.
MLB Superstars Show You Their Game
Modern Marvels - Baseball Parks (History Channel)
My Dog Skip
Only The Ball Was White
A tribute to the topflight players of the Negro leagues . [ 63 ]
Perfect Game
Television film starring Ed Asner . [ 112 ]
The Broken Hearts Club
When It Was a Game
When It Was a Game 3
61*
HBO film directed by Billy Crystal about the 1961 season of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle . [ 114 ]
A Little Inside
All Over Again (Against Time)
Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History
Hardball
Keanu Reeves as a young man who takes charge of an inner-city team. [ 115 ]
Summer Catch
Fictional love story starring Freddie Prinze, Jr. . [ 116 ]
The 30 Most Memorable Moments in Baseball History
When It Was a Game - Triple Play Collection
When It Was a Game 2
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy
Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
Fourth entry in the Air Bud series. [ 117 ]
Bleacher Bums
TV version of the 1970s stage play about diehard fans in the outfield bleachers. [ 119 ]
The Rookie
Based on true story of a high school coach, pitcher Jim Morris , portrayed by Dennis Quaid . [ 118 ]
100 Years of the New York Yankees
Ball of Wax
Battlefield Baseball
Japanese film. [ 120 ]
Boston Red Sox - Cowboy Up! The Wild Ride of
Day of Independence
Short film about baseball in a Japanese-American internment camp during World War II. [ 121 ]
MLB - All Access Sound
Major League Baseball - 100 Years of the World Series
Mickey - A Family Story by John Grisham
The Curse of the Bambino
Yankee Immortals
Awesome All-Star Action
Baseball's Greatest Rivalries
Faith Rewarded - The Historic Season of the 2004 Red Sox
Hu$tle
Hustle
ESPN dramatization on success and scandal of Pete Rose , starring Tom Sizemore . [ 122 ]
Mickey
John Grisham story about a Little Leaguer and his father. [ 123 ]
Mr.
Mr. 3000
A potential Hall of Famer ( Bernie Mac ) is told he's actually three hits shy of 3,000. [ 124 ]
Nine Innings From Ground Zero
How the 2001 World Series helped America cope with 9/11 . [ 125 ]
Nine Innings From Ground Zero: The 2001 World Series
Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino
Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie
A chronicle of the 2003 Boston Red Sox season . [ 74 ]
The Winning Season
A child from 1985 wakes up in 1909 and meets hero Honus Wagner ( Matthew Modine ). [ 128 ]
This Old Cub
Chronicles life of Ron Santo , focusing on his struggle with type 1 diabetes . [ 126 ]
This Old Cub: The Inspiring Story of Chicago Legend Ron Santo
Touching the Game, The Story of The Cape Cod Baseball League
Up for Grabs
A battle over who owns ball hit in 2001 by Barry Bonds for his 73rd home run. [ 127 ]
Yankeeography, Vol. 1
Yankeeography, Vol. 2
Bad News Bears
Remake of 1976 film of same name, starring Billy Bob Thornton . [ 131 ]
Fever Pitch
Loosely based on Nick Hornby soccer story, in this case a Boston Red Sox fan ( Jimmy Fallon ). [ 129 ]
Game 6
A playwright ( Michael Keaton ) has a wild night during a Red Sox playoff series. [ 130 ]
History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony
Pitcher and the Pin-Up
Pure Heat - Ultimate MLB Flamethrowers
The Sandlot 2
Direct-to-video sequel to The Sandlot . [ 93 ]
World Series 2005 - Chicago White Sox
Beer League
A town drunk plays in a big softball game. [ 134 ]
Everyone's Hero
Cartoon family film with baseball theme. [ 133 ]
Here Come the Tigers
Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball
Broadcast on the U.S. PBS series POV . Explores the phenomenon of high school baseball in Japan . [ 136 ]
MLB Vintage World Series Films - New York Yankees 17 Championship Seasons
Off the Black
An umpire ( Nick Nolte ) befriends a high school player who hated him. [ 135 ]
The Benchwarmers
David Spade and Rob Schneider as middle-aged nerds who want to play ball. [ 132 ]
The Cincinnati Reds 1975 World Series Collector's Edition
American Pastime
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 ]
Black Irish
Boston teen tries to escape family problems through his pitching. [ 141 ]
Chasin October A Fan's Crusade
Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero
MLB Vintage World Series Films - Cincinnati Reds 1975, 1976 &
MLB Vintage World Series Films - Detroit Tigers 1945, 1968 &
New York Yankees 1977 World Series Collector's Edition
Reel Baseball: Baseball Films from the Silent Era
Season of the Samurai
The Bronx Is Burning
A docudrama of the events surrounding the 1977 New York Yankees season , with John Turturro as Billy Martin . [ 140 ]
The Final Season
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 ]
The Sandlot: Heading Home
Second direct-to-video sequel to The Sandlot . [ 138 ] [ 139 ]
War Eagle, Arkansas
Yankeeography Megaset
City Without Baseball
Chinese film. [ 143 ]
Diminished Capacity
Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series Collector's Edition
Signs of the Time
Hour-long film which focuses on the origin of hand signals in baseball. [ 144 ]
Signs of the Times
Sugar
Story about a Dominican prospect and his adjustment to life in the U.S. [ 145 ]
The Girls of Summer
Touching Home
Brothers with pro-ball ambitions deal with their homeless father ( Ed Harris ). [ 146 ]
2009 New York Yankees - The Official World Series Film
Blutopia: The Los Angeles Dodgers Movie
Calvin Marshall
Talentless baseball player Alex Frost tries to make Steve Zahn coached college team. [ 149 ]
Renegades: A Beep Ball Story
The New York Yankees 2009 World Series Collector's Edition
The Official World Series Film Collection
The Open Road
Minor leaguer Justin Timberlake has issues with baseball-legend dad Jeff Bridges . [ 148 ]
Yankeeography: The Captains Collection
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Reviewing the achievements, controversies of all-time hit leader Pete Rose . [ 150 ]
Baseball's Greatest Games: 1960 World Series Game 7
Chasing
Chasing 3000
Two boys go a long way to witness 3,000th career hit of Roberto Clemente . [ 151 ]
Essential Games of the Detroit Tigers
Fernando Nation
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 ]
Four Days in October
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 ]
Four Days in October (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
How Do You Know
A romantic triangle involving a softball player ( Reese Witherspoon ) and a Washington Nationals pitcher ( Owen Wilson ). [ 154 ]
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Documentary film on the connection and history between American Jews and baseball. [ 156 ]
Jordan Rides The Bus (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
Jordan Rides the Bus
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 ]
Little Big Men
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 ]
Little Big Men (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
Reds Memories: The Greatest Moments in Cincinnati Reds History
Silly Little Game
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 ]
Silly Little Game (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
The House of Steinbrenner
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 ]
The Perfect Game
Based on true story of Mexico team that won 1957 Little League World Series . [ 147 ]
Yankeeography: The Core Four Collection
2011 World Series Collectors Edition
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King ( Pete Rose )
A Mile in His Shoes
A minor-league manager stumbles on a hidden talent who throws apples on a farm. [ 161 ]
Angels Memories: The Greatest Moments in Angels Baseball History
Ballplayer: Pelotero
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 ]
Baseball's Greatest Games: 1979 Wrigley Field Slugfest
Baseball's Greatest Games: 1986 World Series Game 6
Baseball's Greatest Games: 1992 NLCS Game 7
Baseball's Greatest Games: 1993 World Series Game 6
Baseball's Greatest Games: Collector's Edition
Baseball's Greatest Games: Derek Jeter's 3000th Hit
Catching Hell
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 ]
Catching Hell (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
Chicago Cubs: The Heart & Soul of Chicago
Fernando Nation (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
La Hazaña Del 41
Milltown Pride
Moneyball
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 ]
Prime 9: MLB Heroics
Steve Bartman: Catching Hell
The Anaheim Angels 2002 World Series Collection
Baseball's Greatest Games: 2011 World Series Game 6
Baseball's Greatest Games: Verlander's 2007 No-Hitter
Essential Games of the Chicago Cubs
Essential Games of the Philadelphia Phillies
Essential Games of the Texas Rangers
Harvard Park
Hitting for the Cycle
Houston Astros 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Knuckleball!
A season following pitchers Tim Wakefield and R. A. Dickey . [ 165 ]
Not Exactly Cooperstown
One Hit From Home
Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era
Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story
The House of Steinbrenner (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
Trouble with the Curve
Clint Eastwood as a veteran Atlanta Braves scout whose vision is fading. [ 164 ]
Universal Babe
You Don't Know Bo
Made for TV as a part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series about baseball and football star Bo Jackson . [ 166 ]
42
Story of Jackie Robinson 's ( Chadwick Boseman ) historic signing with Brooklyn Dodgers under guidance of team executive Branch Rickey (played by Harrison Ford ). [ 168 ]
42 (The True Story of an American Legend / Jackie Robinson )
Gibsonburg
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 ]
Home Run
A ballplayer dealing with substance abuse returns to his hometown. [ 167 ]
I'll Knock A Homer For You: The Timeless Story of Johnny Sylvester and Babe Ruth
Season of Miracles
The Only Real Game
You Don't Know Bo (ESPN 30 for 30 Series)
108 Stitches
Henry & Me
Guardian angel introduces an ill 12-year-old to New York Yankees of different eras. [ 174 ]
Hero
Christian film about fathers and sons. [ 170 ]
Million Dollar Arm
A sports agent ( Jon Hamm ) arranges a baseball tryout for two cricket players from India. [ 171 ]
No No: A Dockumentary ( Dock Ellis )
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
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 ]
The Vancouver Asahi
Set in Canada during the 1930s. [ 172 ]
Pitching Love and Catching Faith
Doc & Darryl
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 ]
Everybody Wants Some!!
Film by Richard Linklater about immature 1980 college baseball players in Texas. [ 176 ]
Fastball
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 ]
Ken Burns: Jackie Robinson
Spaceman
Josh Duhamel portrays a colorful left-handed pitcher, Bill Lee . [ 179 ]
Spaceman ( Bill Lee )
The Phenom
A talented young baseball player struggles professionally as he deals with his abusive father. [ 175 ]
Undrafted
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 ]
Let's Play Two
World Beaters
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 ]
Brampton's Own
A 30-year-old minor league prospect reconnects with his high school sweetheart during the off season. [ 182 ]
Heading Home
About the underdog Israel national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic . [ 183 ]
The Catcher Was a Spy ( Moe Berg )
90 Feet From Home
Benchwarmers 2
Bottom of the 9th
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 ]
Chance
Extra Innings
High & Outside
Koshien: Japan's Field of Dreams
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 ]
Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story
The Other Boys of Summer
The Spy Behind Home Plate ( Moe Berg Documentary)
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience ( Jose Canseco & Mark McGwire )
Throw Like a Girl
Baseball Girl
Story of a high school student who tries to join a professional team with the help of her coach. [ 186 ]
Long Gone Summer
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 ]
Long Gone Summer (30 For 30: Jose Canseco & Mark McGwire )
Romance in the Outfield: Double Play
The SIlent Natural
Under the Grapefruit Tree: The CC Sabathia Story
Gem Mint
Home Plate
Love and Baseball
Once Upon a Time in Queens
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 ]
Still Pitching
The Kid Who Only Hits Homers
Facing Nolan
Explores the life and career of Hall of Fame Pitcher Nolan Ryan . [ 190 ]
Game Changer
It Ain't Over
Explores the life and career of New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra . [ 189 ]
It Ain't Over ( Yogi Berra )
Running the Bases
Young Again
Reggie
Shohei Ohtani: Beyond the Dream
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 ]
The Hill
The true-life story of Rickey Hill's improbable journey to play Major League Baseball. [ 193 ]
Tomorrow's Game
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 ]
Always Believe: The Ozzie Albies Story
Eephus
About the final game of an amateur New England baseball league before their stadium is demolished. [ 195 ]
Graceball: The Story of Bobby Richardson
Nos Amours: The Saga of the Montreal Expos
Canadian film telling the story of the Montreal Expos , including the continuing attempts to return MLB to the city. [ 194 ]