FIRST INNING
The Ball Game (1898) – part of a game between the Reading Phillies and the Newark Bears – Produced by Edison Manufacturing Company
Casey at the Bat (1899) – from Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem – Produced by James H. White for Edison Manufacturing Company (40 seconds long)
Casey at the Bat (1913) Directed by James Young – with Harry T. Morey and Norma Talmadge
Spit Ball Sadie (1915) Directed by Hal Roach – with Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
Casey at the Bat (1916) Directed by Lloyd Ingraham – with DeWolf Hopper
Somewhere in Georgia (1917) Directed by George Ridgwel – with Ty Cobb as himself
The Pinch Hitter (1917) Directed by Victor Schertzinger – with Charles Ray
The Busher (1919) Directed by Jerome Storm – with Charles Ray and Colleen Moore
Heading Home (1920).
SECOND INNING
Headin’ Home (1920) Directed by Lawrence C. Windom – with Babe Ruth as himself
Casey at the Bat (1922) – with DeWolf Hopper reciting Thayer poem – Produced in DeForest Phonofilm experimental sound-on-film process (six minutes long)
Casey at the Bat (1927) Directed by Monte Brice – with Wallace Beery and Zasu Pitts
Babe Comes Home (1927) Directed by Ted Wilde – with Babe Ruth as Babe Dugan and Anna Q. Nilsson
Fireman, Save My Child (1927) Directed by A. Edward Sutherland – with Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton
The Bush Leaguer (1927) Directed by Howard Bretherton – with Monte Blue
Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) Directed by Edward Sedgwick – with William Haines
Fast Company (1929) – first sound baseball feature; first film version of the play Elmer the Great – Directed by A. Edward Sutherland – with Jack Oakie
THIRD INNING
Fireman, Save My Child (1932) Directed by Lloyd Bacon – with Joe E. Brown
Elmer the Great (1933) – from play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan. – Directed by Mervyn Leroy – with Joe E. Brown
Death on the Diamond (1934) Directed by Edward Sedgwick – with Robert Young
Alibi Ike (1935) – from Ring Lardner story – Directed by Ray Enright – with Joe E. Brown
FOURTH INNING
Pride of the Yankees (1942) Directed by Sam Wood – with Gary Cooper as Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth as himself
It Happened in Flatbush (1943) Directed by Ray McCarey – with Lloyd Nolan and Carole Landis
Ladies’ Day (1943) Directed by Leslie Goodwins – with Eddie Albert, Lupe Velez and Max Baer
The Babe Ruth Story (1948) Directed by Roy del Ruth – with William Bendix as Babe Ruth
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) Directed by Busby Berkeley – with Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Esther Williams
It Happens Every Spring (1949) Directed by Lloyd Bacon – with Ray Milland and Paul Douglas
The Stratton Story (1949) Directed by Sam Wood – with James Stewart as Monty Stratton
The Kid from Cleveland (1949) Directed by Herbert Kline – with George Brent, Tris Speaker, Hank Greenberg and Satchel Paige
Kill the Umpire (1950). Columbia Pictures
FIFTH INNING
Kill the Umpire (1950) – written by Frank Tashlin Directed by Lloyd Bacon – with William Bendix
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) Directed by Alfred E. Green – with Jackie Robinson and Ruby Dee
Rhubarb (1951) Directed by Arthur Lubin – with Ray Milland
Angels in the Outfield (1952) Directed by Clarence Brown – with Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh
The Winning Team (1952) Directed by Lewis Seiler – with Ronald Reagan as Grover Cleveland Alexander
The Pride of St. Louis (1952) Directed by Harmon Jones – with Dan Dailey as Dizzy Dean
The Kid from Left Field (1953) Directed by Harmon Jones – with Dan Dailey
The Big Leaguer (1953) Directed by Robert Aldrich – with Edward G. Robinson
The Great American Pastime (1956) Directed by Herman Hoffman – with Tom Ewell
Fear Strikes Out (1957) Directed by Robert Mulligan – with Tony Perkins as Jimmy Piersall
Damn Yankees (1958) Directed by George Abbott and Stanley Donen – with Gwen Verdon and Tab Hunter
SIXTH INNING
Safe at Home (1962) Directed by Walter Doniger – with Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) Directed by John D. Hancock – with Michael Moriarty and Robert De Niro
The Bingo Long Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (1976) Directed by John Badham – with Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones and Richard Pryor
The Bad News Bears (1976) Directed by Michael Ritchie – with Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neil and Jackie Earle Haley
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) Directed by Michael Pressman – with William Devane and Jackie Earle Haley
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Directed by John Berry – with Tony Curtis and Jackie Earle Haley
SEVENTH INNING
The Natural (1984) – from Bernard Malamud novel – Directed by Barry Levinson – with Robert Redford
The Slugger’s Wife (1985) – writ- ten by Neil Simon – Directed by Hal Ashby – with Michael O’Keefe and Rebecca De Mornay
Eight Men Out (1988) Written and Directed by John Sayles – with John Cusack and Charlie Sheen
Bull Durham (1988) Written and Directed by Ron Shelton – with Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins
Field of Dreams (1989) – from W.P. Kinsella novel – Written and Directed by Phil Alden Robinson – with Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones
Major League (1989) Written and directed by David S. Ward – with Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen and Corbin Bernsen
A League of Their Own (1992). Columbia Pictures
EIGHTH INNING
Talent for the Game (1991) Directed by Robert M. Young – with Edward James Olmos and Lorraine Bracco
The Babe (1992) Directed by Arthur Hiller – with John Goodman as Babe Ruth
A League of Their Own (1992) Directed by Penny Marshall – with Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and Madonna
Mr. Baseball (1992) Directed by Fred Schepisi – with Tom Selleck
Rookie of the Year (1993) Directed by Daniel Stern – with Thomas Ian Nicholas and Gary Busey
The Sandlot (1993) Directed by David Mickey Evans – with Tom Guiry
Cobb (1994) Written and Directed by Ron Shelton – with Tommy Lee Jones as Ty Cobb
The Scout (1994) Directed by Michael Ritchie – with Albert Brooks and Brendan Fraser
Angels in the Outfield (1994) – remake of 1952 movie – Directed by William Dear – with Danny Glover and Tony Danza
Major League II (1994) Directed by David S. Ward – with Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger and Corbin Bernsen
Little Big League (1994) Directed by Andrew Scheinman – with Luke Edwards and Timothy Busfield
The Fan (1996) Directed by Tony Scott – with Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes
Major League: Back to the Minors (1998) Directed by John Warren – with Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen
For Love of the Game (1999) Directed by Sam Raimi – with Kevin Costner
NINTH INNING
Hardball (2001) Directed by Brian Robbins – with Keanu Reeves and Diane Lane
The Rookie (2002) Directed by John Lee Hancock – with Dennis Quaid
Mr. 3000 (2004) Directed by Charles Stone III – with Bernie Mac and Angela Bassett
Bad News Bears (2005) – remake of 1976 movie Directed by Richard Linklater – with Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear
Fever Pitch (2005) – adapted from Nick Hornby novel Directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly – with Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon
Benchwarmers (2006) Directed by Dennis Dugan – with Rob Schneider and David Spade
The Final Season (2007) Directed by David Mickey Evans – with Sean Astin
Touching Home (2008) Directed by Logan Miller and Noah Miller – with Ed Harris and Brad Dourif
The Perfect Game (2009) Directed by William Dear – with Clifton Collins, Jr. and Cheech Marin
Moneyball (2011) Directed by Bennett Miller – with Brad Pitt and Philip Seymour Hoffman
– compiled by Edward Landler
