If you know of any stories or novels I may have missed, please let me know:
Steven Silver.

Anonymous, "London Wins Great Game," Pittsburg Press January 1, 1905.

Max Apple, "Understanding Alvarado," American Review #22, 1975.

Paolo Bacigalupi, Zombie Baseball Beatdown. Little, Brown, 2013.

Robert H. Beer, "The Winning Spirit," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund, "The Good of the Game," New Ball Games for the Future, PS Publishing, 2018.

Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund, New Ball Games for the Future, PS Publishing, 2018.

Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund, "Red Planet Reds," New Ball Games for the Future, PS Publishing, 2018.

Steven Bryan Bieler, "Tinkers to Evers to Chance," Full Spectrum, edited by Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy. Bantam Spectra, 1988.

Lloyd Biggle, Jr., "Who's On First?" If, 8/58.

Michael Bishop, Brittle Innings. Bantam, 1994.

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, "Distance," Analog 2/03.

Nelson Bond, "The Einstein Inshoot," Astounding, 11/38.

Ben Bova. "Grandfather Sam," Chicon 2000 Guest of Honor Publication. 8/00.

Ben Bova & Rick Wilber, "The Babe, the Iron Horse and Mr. McGillicuddy," Asimov's. 3/97.

George Bowering, "October 1, 1961," Taking the Field: The Best of Baseball Fiction, edited by George Bowering. Red Deer, 1990.

T. Coraghessan Boyle, "The Hector Quesadilla Story," Paris Review 93, Fall 1984.

Ray Bradbury, "Ahab at the Helm," Connoisseur's World, 4/64.

Ray Bradbury, "The Great Black and White Game," American Mercury, 1945.

Terry Bramlett, "Retirement," Golden Age SF: Tales of a Bygone Era, edited by Eric T. Reynolds. Hadley Rille Books, 2006.

James Breaux, "The Game is Afoot," The National Pastime: The Future According to Baseball, edited by Cecilia M. Tan and Marty Resnick. SABR, 2021.

Darryl Brock, If I Never Get Back. Crown, 1990.

Darryl Brock, Two in the Field. Plume, 2002.

Walter R. Brooks, Freddie and the Baseball Team From Mars.Overlook, 2000.

Robert Browne (a.k.a. Marvin Karlins), The New AToms Bombshell. Ballantine, 1980.

R.A. Cabral, The Pitch: The Adventures of Luther Woundup and His Magical Orange Ball, Booksurge, 2004.

Ron Carlson, "My Last Season with the Owls," 108, Summer 2006.

Ron Carlson, "Sunny Billy Day," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Ron Carlson, "Zanduce at Second," Harper's.

Michael Cassutt, "Kingsbury 1944," Analog, 9/22.

Michael Chabon, Summerland. Atheneum, 2002.

Brigid & Ron Collins, Home Run Enchanted. Skyfox Publishing, 2023.

Donald Colvin, "Half Past Alligator," Galaxy, 9/53.

Robert Coover, "McDuff on the Mound," Iowa Review, Fall 1971.

Robert Coover, The Universal Baseball Association Inc., J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Random House, 1968.

Valentine Davies, It Happens Every Spring. Farrar, 1949.

Keith DeCandido, "What You Can Become Tomorrow," Three Time Travelers Walk Into..., edited by Michael A. Ventrella, Fantasic Books, 2022

Peter Delacorte, Time On My Hands. Scribner's, 1997.

Chris DeVito, "Diamond," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March-April, 2016

Gordon R. Dickson & Poul Anderson, "Joy in Mudville," F&SF, 11/55.

Stefano Donati, "Two Men On, Bases Empty," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

James F. Donohue, Spitballs and Holt Water. Avon, 1977.

Gardner Dozois, "The Hanging Curve," F&SF, 4/02.

Gardner Dozois, "The Mayan Variation," Amazing, 9/84.

George Alec Effinger, "Naked to the Invisible Eye," Analog, 5/73.

Philip Jose Farmer, Flesh, 1960

Karen Joy Fowler, "The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man," Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists. Bard College, 2002.

Karen Joy Fowler, The Sweetheart Season. Henry Holt, 1995.

Esther Friesner, "Jesus at the Bat," F&SF, 7/94.

Augustine Funnell, "Maxie Silas," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Paul Gallico, "The Word of Babe Ruth," Baseball 3000. Edited by Frank McSherry, et al. Elsevier/Nelson, 1981.

Henry Garfield, Tartabull's Throw, Atheneum, 2001.

Ray Gonzalez, "Baseball," Circling the Tortilla Dragon. Creative Arts, 2003.

Bill Granger, The New York Yanquis. Arcade, 1995.

Robert Grossbach, "Jew on a Chip," F&SF, 12/97.

Jack C. Haldeman, "Home Team Advantage," IASFM, Fall 1977.

Jack C. Haldeman, "Louisville Slugger," Asimov's, 7/77.

Jack C. Haldeman, "Thrill of Victory," Asimov's, 1/78.

Pete Hamill. Snow in August. Little, Brown, 5/97.

David H. Hendrickson. "The Preacher's Kid and the 2004 Red Sox," Pulphouse #9, August, 2020,

Ed Hoch, "Centaur Fielder for the Yankees,"Isaac Asimov's Magical World of Fantasy 6-Mythical Beasties, edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh. Signet Books, 1986.

Alexander Irvine, "Agent Provocateur," Strange Horizons, April 2001.

Alexander Irvine, One King, One Soldier, Del Rey, 2004.

Gish Jen, The Resisters, Knopf, 2020.

Marvin Karlins, The Last Man is Out. Prentice-Hall, 1969.

Lysander Kemp, "The Airborne Baserunner," F&SF, 5/54.

Jack Kerouac, "Ronnie on the Mound," Esquire 5/58.

Katharine Kerr, Polar City Blues. Acacia, 1992.

Katharine Kerr & Kate Daniel, Polar City Nightmare. Orion, 2000.

John Kessel, Corrupting Dr. Nice. Tor, 1997.

John Kessel, "The Franchise," Asimov's, 8/93.

John Kessel, "Judgment Call," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Scribner, 1999.

Stephen King & Stewart O'Nan, "A Face in the Crowd," Scribner, 2012,

W.P. Kinsella, Baseball Fantastic. Quarry Press, 2000.

W.P. Kinsella, "The Baseball Spur," The Thrill of the Grass. Penguin, 1984.

W.P. Kinsella, "The Battery," The Thrill of the Grass. Penguin, 1984.

W.P. Kinsella, Box Socials. Ballentine, 1992.

W.P. Kinsella, "Fred Noonan Flying Services," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

W.P. Kinsella, "How I Got My Nickname," Spitball #8. Fall 1983.

W.P. Kinsella, "The Indestructible Hadrian Wilks," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

W.P. Kinsella, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Ballentine, 1986.

W.P. Kinsella, "The Night Manny Mota Tied the Record," The Thrill of the Grass. Penguin, 1984.

W.P. Kinsella, "Searching for January," Baseball History 3, 1988.

W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe. Ballentine, 1983.

W.P. Kinsella, "Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa," Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa. Southern Methodist University Press, 1980.

W.P. Kinsella, "The Thrill of the Grass," The Thrill of the Grass. Penguin, 1984.

Ellen Klages, Out of Left Field. Viking Books, 2018.

Mindy Klasky, Stake Me Out to the Ball Game. Peabridge Press, 2018.

Mark LaFlamme, Asterisk. Booklocker, 2006.

Kim Allen Lang, Wild and Outside. 1966.

Michael Libling, "Mosquito League," F&SF, 8/97.

Bernard Malamud, The Natural. Harcourt, Brace, 1952.

Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini, "On Account of Darkness," F&SF, 11/77.

Louise Marley, "Diamond Girls," Absalom's Mother and Other Stories, Fairwood Press, 2007.

Bruce McAllister, "The Southpaw," Asimov's, 8/93.

Gordon McAlpine, Joy in Mudville. Dutton 1989.

Malcolm K. McClintock, "Living in the Baseball Game," Amazing, 1/88.

Frank McSherry, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles Waugh. Baseball 3000. Elsevier/Nelson, 1981.

Lincoln Michel, The Body Scout. Orbit 2021.

John A. Miller, Coyote Moon. Forge 2003.

John Jos. Miller, "Don't Look Back," Dreamforge 6, 12/21.

Randy Miller, "The Scout, the Slugger and the Stripper," Excalibur. edited by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, May 1995.

Bob Mitchell, Once Upon a Fastball. Kensington, 2008.

William Morrison (a.k.a. Joseph Samachson), "Star Slugger," F&SF, 6/56.

Scott Nicholson, "The Vampire Shortstop," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Bob Olsen, "The Educated Pill," Amazing Stories, 7/28.

Frank O'Rourke, "The Heavenly World Series," Esquire, 1952.

Angie Peng, "Do AIs Dream of Perfect Games?," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September-October, 2020,

Louis Phillips, "Ted Williams Storms the Gates of Heaven," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Frederik Pohl, "The Celebrated No-Hit Inning," Fantastic Universe, 9/56.

David Prill, The Unnatural. St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Robert Reed, "Starbuck," F&SF, 4/06.

Marty Resnick, "The 'Natural'," The National Pastime: The Future According to Baseball, edited by Cecilia M. Tan and Marty Resnick. SABR, 2021.

Mike Resnick, The Outpost. Tor, 2001.

Kim Stanley Robinson,"Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars," The Martians. Bantam Spectra, 1999.

L.K. Rogers, "Drayton's Ace," Baseball Fantastic, edited by W.P. Kinsella. Quarry Press, 2000.

Calvin Ross, The Aliens of Summer. Distant Starr, 1994.

Philip Roth, The Great American Novel. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973.

David Sandner & Jacob Weisman, "Lost October," Pulp Eternity, 1999

Andy Saks, "My Night at Fenway," Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from Red Sox Nation. Edited by Adam Emerson Pachter. Rounder, 2005.

Valerie Sayers, "How to Read a Man," Zoetrope, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Robert Scherrer, "Extra Innings," Analog, 11/04.

Wilbur Schramm, "My Kingdom for Jones," Saturday Evening Post, 11/25/1944.

Harper Scott. How I Helped the Chicago Cubs (Finally) Win the World Series, Aardwolf Press, 2005.

Rod Serling, "The Mighty Casey," Stories from The Twilight Zone. Bantam, 1981.

Byron L. Sherwin. The Cubs and the Kabbalist: How a Kabbalah-Master Helped the Chicago Cubs Win Their First World Series Since 1908, West Oak Press, 2006.

Larry Siegel, "Another Chance for Casey," American Legion Magazine, 1950.

Michael Skeet, "Breaking Ball," Tesseracts3. Edited by Candas Jane Dorsey. Porcepic Books, 1990.

Dean Wesley Smith, "Brown Betsy," Alternate Outlaws. edited by Michael Resnick. Tor, 10/94.

Will Stanton, "Dodger Fan," F&SF, 6/57.

Don Strachan, King of Diamonds, Penthe, 2004.

Theodore Sturgeon, "How to Forget About Baseball," Sports Illustrated, 1963.

Cecilia M. Tan, "Pitchers and Catchers Report," Further Fenway Fiction. Edited by Adam Emerson Pachter. Rounder, 2007.

Cecilia M. Tan, "Signs of the Times," The National Pastime: The Future According to Baseball, edited by Cecilia M. Tan and Marty Resnick. SABR, 2021.

Shane Tourtellotte, "High and Away," Artemis, Summer 2000.

Harry Turtledove, "Batboy," F&SF, 12/88.

Harry Turtledove, "Designated Hitter," F&SF, 6/90.

Harry Turtledove, "The House That George Built," Tor.com, 6/23/09.

Harry Turtledove, "The Star and the Rockets," Tor.com, 11/17/09.

Harry Turtledove, "Under Coogan's Bluff," The National Pastime: The Future According to Baseball, edited by Cecilia M. Tan and Marty Resnick. SABR, 2021.

Harry Turtledove, Worldwar: In the Balance. Del Rey, 1994.

Harry Turtledove, Worldwar: Striking the Balance. Del Rey, 1996.

Harry Turtledove, Worldwar: Tilting the Balance. Del Rey, 1995.

Harry Turtledove, Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance. Del Rey, 1996.

Edo van Belkom, "Baseball Memories," Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1989.

James van Pelt, "The Comeback," Analog, 4/00.

Mark Waid, "A Whole New Ballgame," Strange, 1/10.

Douglass Wallop, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, Norton, 1954.

David Weber, War of Honor. Baen 2002.

Andrew Weiner, "Streak," Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 5/92.

Nathaniel Norsen Weinreb, "Devil Play," Fantastic Universe, 4/55.

Scott Westerfeld, "Unsportsmanlike Conduct," SciFiction 4/9/03.

Leslie What, "Magic Carpets," Realms of Fantasy, 9-10/95.

Rick Wilber, "At Palomar," Asimov's, 7/13.

Rick Wilber, "Billie the Kid," Asimov's, 9-10/21.

Rick Wilber, "Bridging," Phobias. Edited by Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam & Ed Kramer. Pocket, 1994.

Rick Wilber, "Donny Boy," Alternate Peace, edited by Steven H Silver & Joshua Palmatier. ZNB Books, 2019.

Rick Wilber, "In Boise," Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, edited by Richard Gilliam, 1999.

Rick Wilber, "In Dublin, Fair City," Asimov's, 12/17.

Rick Wilber, "Run Down West," World Fantasy Program Book, 1996.

Rick Wilber, "The Secret City," Asimov's, 9/18.

Rick Wilber, "Sixty Feet and Sinking," Spitball, 1991.

Rick Wilber, "Something Real," Asimov's, 4-5/12.

Rick Wilber, "Stephen to Cora to Joe," Where Garagiola Waits and Other Baseball Stories. University of Tampa Press, 1999.

Rick Wilber, "Straight Changes," F&SF, 4/98.

Rick Wilber, "Where Garagiola Waits," F&SF, 4/97.

Rick Wilber, Where Garagiola Waits and Other Baseball Stories. University of Tampa Press, 1999.

Nancy Willard, Things Invisible to See. Knopf, 1984.

Chet Williamson, "Gandhi at the Bat," The New Yorker, 6/20/1983.

Jack Williamson, Trapped in Space. Doubleday, 1968.

Gene Wolfe, "The On-deck Circle," Postscript Autumn 2006,

In the film version of Arthur C. Clarke's 2010, the characters Curnow and Floyd (played by John Lithgow and Roy Scheider) have a conversation about baseball stadiums and the relative merits of their hotdogs, eventually deciding that you can't grow good hotdogs indoors.

Not SF, but of interest are Karen Joy Fowler's The Sweetheart Season, Henry Holt, 1996 and Ivan Felt & Harris Conklin's Believeniks! 2005: The Year We Wrote A Book About the Mets, Doubleday, 2006 (pseudonymously written by Jonathan Lethem and Christopher Sorrantino).

For more novels about baseball, see T. Morris's Guide to Baseball Fiction.

I would like to thank Diane Blackwood, Danny J. Boggs, Bill Dunphy, William George Ferguson, "Foxbrick", Jim Frankel, Stephanie A. Hall, Mad Hamish, Tom Hardison, Diana Tixier Herald, Rich Horton, Greg Johnson, Richard W Kondrat, Evelyn Leeper, Andrea Leistra, Sarah Monette, Joe Morris, James Palmer, Sallye Kerr Prenger, Mike Resnick, Susan Rosenberg, Maxine Rubin, Bill Sansbury, W. Fraser Sandercombe, Mike Schilling, Robert Schmunk, Arlen Snyder, Gordon van Gelder, Leslie What, Rick Wilber, Jeffrey Wolfe, and Theresa Wojtasiewicz for their contributions to this page.

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