The baseball subgenre features the sport of baseball, the players' experiences, the challenges they face, and the impact of baseball on their lives. Baseball stories capture the excitement of the sport, the camaraderie among teammates, and the personal journeys of players, coaches, and fans.

In the summer of 1962, a new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prodigy and his rowdy team, resulting in many adventures.

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

During World War II, sisters Dottie and Kit join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.

Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Madonna in A League of Their Own (1992)

Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella is inspired by a voice he can't ignore to pursue a dream he can hardly believe. Supported by his wife, Ray begins the quest by turning his ordinary cornfield into a place where dreams can come true.

In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.

The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.

Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen in Major League (1989)

A daughter tries to remedy her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip which could be his last.

Clint Eastwood in Trouble with the Curve (2012)

A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.

When an accident miraculously gives a boy an incredibly powerful pitching arm, he becomes a major league pitcher for the Chicago Cubs.

Gary Busey, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Albert Hall, and Daniel Stern in Rookie of the Year (1993)

A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon in Bull Durham (1988)

When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal in The Bad News Bears (1976)

Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker in BASEketball (1998)

A Detroit Tigers pitcher handles personal and professional crises.

A gambling addict and ticket scalper living an aimless life reluctantly agrees to coach a Little League team from the Chicago projects as part of a loan agreement.

Keanu Reeves, A. Delon Ellis Jr., Julian Griffith, Bryan Hearne, Michael B. Jordan, Kris D. Lofton, Michael Perkins, Brian M. Reed, and DeWayne Warren in Hardball (2001)

An all-star baseball player becomes the unhealthy focus of an obsessive salesman.

Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes in The Fan (1996)

A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.

John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B. Sweeney, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, and Michael Rooker in Eight Men Out (1988)

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard children's Little League squads.

Rob Schneider, David Spade, and Jon Heder in The Benchwarmers (2006)

The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.

Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright in The Pride of the Yankees (1942)

Jack Elliot, once a great baseball player, is forced to play in Japan where his brash, egotistical ways cause friction with his new teammates and friends.

Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle race to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record.

The Cleveland Indians are now a World Series contender. But last year's hunger is now replaced with complacency, and bad decisions by the team's new owner Roger Dorn threaten to tear the team apart.

Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, David Keith, Omar Epps, Eric Bruskotter, James Gammon, Dennis Haysbert, and Takaaki Ishibashi in Major League II (1994)

A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.

Jon Hamm, Madhur Mittal, and Suraj Sharma in Million Dollar Arm (2014)

Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.

A film about a group of young baseball-enthusiasts who test the terrifying myth of Mr. Mertle owning a freakishly large and dangerous dog in his backyard.

Brett Kelly, Cole Evan Weiss, Neilen Benvegnu, Sean Berdy, Max Lloyd-Jones, James Willson, and Samantha Burton in The Sandlot 2 (2005)

An investigation into the downfall of the Montreal Expos, Canada's first Major League Baseball team and who was ultimately responsible.

Lindsay is stuck in the middle of her relationship with Ben and his passion for the Boston Red Sox.

Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon in Fever Pitch (2005)

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

James Stewart and June Allyson in The Stratton Story (1949)

Kent Stock disrupts his life to become coach of the Norway High School baseball team and try to lead them to victory.

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings

In the late 1930s during racial segregation, a star of the Negro League Baseball, Bingo Long, leaves his team and convinces other stars of the league to join him as free agent players touring the towns of the Midwest.

James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor, and Billy Dee Williams in The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976)

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

A famed Major League Baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing, very public meltdown live on-air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity, decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small town a decade later.

Comedy series about the WWII All-American professional women's baseball league.

Gbemisola Ikumelo, Abbi Jacobson, D'Arcy Carden, and Chanté Adams in A League of Their Own (2022)

A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.

A young pitcher becomes the first woman to play in the Major Leagues.

Follows the life of Eijun Sawamura, a gifted baseball player who have his own extraordinary pitcher's talent. His goal is one, to become the ace of Seidou High School.

Toua Tokuchi is a prodigy when it comes to both baseball and gambling. Pitching nothing but mediocre fastballs, he has made a name for himself by attaining 499 consecutive victories in the game of One Outs: a one-on-one showdown between a pitcher and a batter. Despite his remarkable abilities, however, Tokuchi sees the sport as nothing more than a way to make some quick money. When Hiromichi Kojima, a legendary hitter for the struggling Saikyou Saitama Lycaons, witnesses Tokuchi's skills firsthand, he realizes that the man might be exactly what the team needs to get out of their slump. Determined to recruit Tokuchi no matter what, Kojima places his own career on the line and defeats Tokuchi at his own specialty-One Outs. Forced to become a Lycaon, Tokuchi soon finds himself at odds with the team's owner, Tsuneo Saikawa. After Saikawa refuses to give him a reasonable salary, Tokuchi proposes a special contract: pitching an out will earn him five million yen, but giving up a run will cost him fifty million. With every game having the potential to either make or break him, Tokuchi must outwit all who stand in his way.

Sitcom adaptation of the hit 1992 movie of the same name, featuring the further exploits of Dottie Hinson, Kit Keller, and the rest of the Rockford Peaches, an all-female World War II-era professional baseball team.

A star pitcher and catcher are reunited in high school, only the catcher now has sudden memory loss.

Honda Goro, son of a renowned baseball player, dreams of becoming the world's best pitcher. Despite hardships, he relentlessly pursues his goal.

The 2004 Red Sox team broke an 86-year drought, overcame a 3-0 series deficit and won the franchise's first World Series title since 1918. A historic comeback by the team that lifted one of baseball's longest curses.

After winning the regional championship Seido High School leading by captain Miyuki makes appearance in Koshien stadium at the spring invitational with both second year pitcher Sawamura and Furuya .

Ryôta Ôsaka in Ace of Diamond: Act II (2019)

Capturing the origins of the Bananas' wild style of baseball, following the team's owners, players, and staff as they embark on a seven-city "World Tour" in their quest to bring the extravagant showmanship of Banana Ball to the masses.

Follows the Boston Red Sox during the 2024 MLB season with unprecedented access to players, coaches and executives.

The Clubhouse: A Year with the Red Sox (2025)

Three of the most famous sports stars of the day, basketball star Michael Jordan, hockey star Wayne Gretzky and baseball star Bo Jackson, team up to respond to emergencies around the world.

Pitcher Taehun and catcher Jeongho, from a struggling high school baseball team on the brink of disbandment, lead their team in their own ways. As they get to know each other's true feelings, they gradually achieve perfect teamwork.

5th grader Koh Kitamura lives next door to the Tsukishima family, owners of a batting cage and the Clover cafe.

Pitcher Yomi Takeda has a new shot at baseball after reuniting with her childhood friend and catcher, Tamaki. It's time to bring the heat.

In a futuristic era overrun by gangs, a tournament of super-powered baseball takes place to determine which gang shall rule over all.

Daigo, the son of renowned baseball player Gorou Shigeno, believes he has to live up to his father's name by becoming an all-star player himself. With great dreams, as soon as he reaches fourth-grade, he promptly joins the same little league baseball team his dad played on, the Mifune Dolphins. However, things don't go as planned. After only the first couple of practices, Daigo's lack of talent and inherent baseball sense shows, and his confidence is crushed. Unable to bear the pressure of living up to his father, a baseball prodigy, he quits the team in less than a year. Two years later, now in sixth-grade, a transfer student joins Daigo's class. This student turns out to be Hikaru, the son of Gorou's lifelong friend and fellow baseball star, Toshiya Satou. One day, Daigo's mother receives a call from the Dolphins requesting players for a game, so she forces Daigo to attend. To Daigo's surprise, he finds Hikaru there. Even more shocking is that despite his father's occupation, Hikaru has never played baseball before! Unlike Daigo, though, Hikaru immediately picks up the game demonstrating excellent performance. Needless to say, Daigo and Hikaru are polar opposites of each other. But this friction will inevitably thrust both of these inexperienced children into the world their fathers cherish--the world of baseball.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays meet in the 2025 Fall Classic to vie for the World Series title.

The bond between three kids; the talented Kazuya, his lazy do-nothing brother Tatsuya and their childhood friend, the adoring Minami. Baseball, brotherhood, love, and high school challenges and strengthens their connection to one another.

Baseball teams of birds play against other baseball teams of animals in the town of Mynaville.

Takumi Harada is a talented baseball player. Takumi meets Go Nagakura, a catcher who can catch Takumi's fastest pitches. They join the school baseball team and grow together as a battery unit.

The story revolves around three students, Wu Tong (Karry Wang), Ban Xiao Song (Roy Wang), and Yin Ke (Jackson Yee), their lives at home and at school, and their shared interest of baseball.

Boy Hood: Wo Men De Shao Nian Shi Dai (2017)

Koshiyama High baseball team advances to finals after beating Hoshiba High. Costs a lot to participate in Koshien tourney though. Club members determined to make finals despite financial issues.

Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle (2023)

When aspiring teen singer Hiyori Hayama sees an extreme sports competition with the winner able to perform on stage, she goes for it, even though she's never played. Thankfully with the help of her friends, this extreme sport, Hyper Sports: Extreme Hearts, has this amateur ready to take it all. Best friends make for even better teammates!.

Kasumi Kishimoto, a 15-year-old girl, is boarding at her aunt's house, which is near the school she will be attending in April. Upon arriving, she's surprised to find out that four male students are already living there.

Ser'Darius Blain, Rick Wayne, and Alex Bentley in On Deck

Stepbrothers Touma and Suichirou are ace baseball players following in the tragic legacy of their fathers.

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