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The links below are chiefly to statistically oriented sites. Other sites describing baseball links include the Baseball Newsstand, Baseball: On the Net, Baseball S.W.A.T., Links to the Best Baseball Info on the Net, John Skilton’s Baseball Links, MLB Web-Ring, Society for American Baseball Research Links, and Suite 101: Baseball. To submit links or report broken links please send e-mail here.

Media Sites


Baseball America
News, analysis and information on the minor leagues, college, high school, and the fall and winter leagues.

CNN/SI
News, commentary, and information. Stats and Players offer comprehensive statistics on the current season and active players. All-Time Stats offers rosters and player statistics going back to 1876.

CBS Sportsline
News, commentary, and information. Linked to the Major League Baseball official site.

ESPN
News, commentary, and information. Statistics and Players offer comprehensive statistics on the current season and active players. All-Time Stats offers sortable all-time leaderboards. Features columnist Rob Neyer.

Fox Sports
News, columns, and information.

Major League Baseball
News and information. Stats features current player statistics sortable by position. Players offers comprehensive statistics on active players. History includes information on records,awards, and the postseason.

Sporting News
News, commentary, and information.

Sportserver
News, commentary, and information. Includes game stories and boxscores going back to 1995.

Sports Network
News, commentary, and information. Stats include team records in various situations.

Total Baseball
Online version of the printed publication. All-time statistics, leaderboards, essays, and other historical information.

Total Sports
News, commentary, and information. Linked to Total Baseball Weekly and USA Today Baseball Weekly Insider.

USA Today
News, commentary, and information. The Statistical Archive contains player statistics by team since 1992 as well as spring-training statistics since 1996. Features Jeff Sagarin’s computer ratings and USA Today Baseball Weekly.

Wall Street Journal
News, commentary, and information.

Organizational Sites


National Baseball Hall of Fame
News and information on members as well as the institution itself.

Retrosheet
Access to detailed play-by-play data from pre-1984 games.

Society for American Baseball Research
News and information on the 6,000-plus-member organization. Links includes a directory of member sites organized into categories, including Research and Analysis.

Personal Sites


BaseBall DataBase
Operated by Kenneth Matinale. Offers a downloadable baseball database for Windows.

Baseball Hootenany
Operated by Andy Brown. Essays and other information.

Baseball Notebook
Operated by David Luciani. Essays on statistical analysis and forecasting.

Baseball Prognosticator
Operated by David Sadowski. Essays and statistical analysis of teams.

Baseball Suite 101
Operated by Greg Spira. Essays and links.

Best and Worst Teams of All Time
Operated by Harry Hollingsworth. Statistical analysis and rankings of teams.

Dead League
Operated by Thomas Hyde. News and essays on current events and baseball history.

Down with ERA!
Operated by Wayne Eastman. Essay on comparison of earned-run average vs. opponents’ on-base percentage plus slugging average to evaluate pitchers.

Links to the Best Baseball Information on the Web
Operated by Greg Spira. Essay on baseball links.

Mendoza’s Heroes
Operated by Al Pepper. The 50 greatest hitters below the Mendoza line.

Mike Emleigh’s Baseball Page
Operated by Mike Emleigh. Essays on statistical studies.

Original Baseball Research
Operated by Clifford Blau. Essays on statistical studies by various contributors.

Statistical Studies of Baseball
Operated by John F. Jarvis. Essays on statistical studies.

Hall of Famer’s TBRs
Operated by M. Yawdoszyn. Hall of Famers’ TBRs. Statistical analysis and ranking of players.

James Fraser’s Sabermetrics Page
Operated by James Fraser. Essays and analysis.

Massey's Ratings and Rankings
Operated by Kenneth Massey. Statistical analysis and rankings of players and teams.

Mike Zaidlin’s Thinking Baseball
Operated by Mike Zaidlin. Commentary and analysis from a statistical point of view.

Offense Ratio Web Site
Operated by Paul Adel. Essays and statistical analyis and rankings of players and teams.

Pay vs. Performance in Major League Baseball
Operated by Chip Hart. Essay on pay vs. performance data.

RobNeyer.com
Operated by ESPN columnist Rob Neyer. Essays and analysis.

Rodney Fort’s Sports Business Page
Operated by Rodney Fort. Downloadable data on attendance, arbitration, salaries, team finances, ticket prices, and other economic information.

Statistics in Sports
Operated by Jim Box. Statistical analysis by members of the American Statistical Association.

Steve Nadel’s Baseball Site
Operated by Steve Nadel. Comprehensive career leaderboards downloadable in spreadsheet form.

Steve Roney’s Baseball Pages
Operated by Steve Roney. Notes and research on home-run hitters.

Strongest Baseball Teams of All Time
Operated by M. Yawdoszyn. Statistical analysis and ranking of teams.

Fantasy Sites


PlayerProjections.com
Player information and essays on player performance and value.

Pure Baseball Analyst
News, columns, and information. STATS offers access to STATS’ comprehensive database of player, team, and league statistics going back to 1989.

Rotonews
News, columns, and information on player performance and value.

Other Sites


AstrosConnection.com
The model of what a fan site should be. Of interest to non-Astros fans, too. Visit the TalkZone.

Around the Horn
Guide to baseball mailing lists.

Ballparks.com
History, statistics, and other information on major-league and minor-league ballparks.

Baseball Archive
Operated by Todd Greanier. Offers the Online Baseball Encyclopedia and a free downloadable database, as well as historical, economic, legal, and other information.

Baseball Boards
Online discussions of teams and topics.

Baseball Direct
Main site is an online store. Stats and Scores offers access to STATS’ comprehensive database of player, team, and league statistics going back to 1989.

Baseball Prospectus
Online version of the printed publication. Essays and statistical analysis of players and teams.

Baseball Stuff
Operated by Jim Furtado. Home of the Baseball Think Factory. Essays on statistical studies and analysis by various contributors.

Baseball S.W.A.T.
Baseball links organized by category.

Big Bad Baseball Web Site
Online version of the printed publication. Essays and statistical analysis of players and teams. Includes Big Bad Baseball Stats, an online database.

Diamond Mind
From the makers of the computer simulation game. Essays and statistical analysis of players and teams.

e-Sports! Baseball
Fan-submitted columns on current events, historical subjects, and other topics.

Fastball
News and information. The archives include active and all-time player rankings.

High Boskage House Baseball
Essays and statistical analysis of players and teams.

Hofstetter’s Baseball Jerk of the Week
None-too-kind commentary on baseball teams and personnel.

John Skilton’s Baseball Links
More than 6,000 links organized into categories, including Statistics and Analysis.

MLB Broadcast Page
Guide to Internet radio broadcasts.

MLB Web-Ring
Guide to personal baseball sites.

On Deck
News and information on prospects.

Pop Award
Dedicated to winners of the Pop Award, players with at least a .300 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and .500 slugging average.

Professional Baseball Player Database
Order site for a database containing statistics for major-leaguers and minor-leaguers from 1935 to 1974.

Prospects, Projects, and Suspects
News, information, and analysis on minor-leaguers and other young players.

Rob’s Simulation Baseball
Ratings and rankings of current players.

Slurve.net
Commentary on current and past events and topics.

SportsJones
Commentary on current and past events and topics.

Stathead Consulting
Essays and statistical analysis of players and teams.

Strikethree.com
News, information, commentary, and features.