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About Project Cobb
Research registry
Project Cobb collaborators
Relevant literature
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About Project Cobb

The Project for the Chronicling of British Baseball (Project Cobb) has been established to unify the various efforts to publish historical details of British baseball and to publicize ongoing research projects through a central registry. In addition, it serves to promote the preservation of British baseball history as it happens. If you would like to join the collaboration or add a project to the research registry, or if you have a story that you would like to share, send an email to the address at the top of this page.

The official Project Cobb blog can be found by clicking
here.

Research registry


RESEARCH PROJECT COLLABORATOR HOW TO HELP
Southern top-tier domestic stats for 1995-2000
The goal of this project is to find full season stats for each
Southern top-tier team from the 1995 season to the 2000 season.
These are currently known only for the London Warriors.

Individual British champions from 1890 onwards
While it would be an unrealistic goal to aim for a full list of
batting and pitching category leaders back to 1890, it is hoped.
that many of the gaps can be filled.

Feats in Southern top-tier play
List of feats in Southern top-tier play are being maintained by
the Great Britain Baseball Scorers Association, and that includes
adding any feats that are missing.
Great Britain Baseball
Scorers Association
To help with this project, send an email
to the address at the top of this page.

For more details on the collaborator,
see the relevant entry in the table
of Project Cobb collaborators below.
Baseball in the 1950s
Mark Tobin, who runs British Baseball Data, is trying to gather as
much information as possible on domestic baseball in the 1950s.

Unification of northern and southern leagues in the 1960s/70s
Mark is also attempting to establish for which years in the 1960s and
1970s the northern and southern leagues - and therefore the national
championships - were unified and for which years they were not.
British Baseball Data To help with either of these projects
contact Mark, whose email address
can be found here.

For more details on the collaborator,
see the relevant entry in the table
of Project Cobb collaborators below.
Baseball in World War II
Gary Bedingfield, who runs Baseball in Wartime, is collecting
information on baseball relating to World War II, including
that with a British connection.
Baseball in Wartime If you can help with this project
contact details can be found here.

For more details on the collaborator,
see the relevant entry in the table
of Project Cobb collaborators below.
Longest games in British baseball
Phil Lowry collates details of the longest games played
all over the world (particularly those lasting at least
5 hours or 20 innings). His records include separate
lists for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Phil Lowry To help with this project contact
Phil, whose email address is:

For more details on the collaborator,
see the relevant entry in the table
of Project Cobb collaborators below.
Baseball in Folkestone and Hythe during World War I
Andrew Taylor is gathering information on baseball played in
the Folkestone and Hythe area during World War I.
Andrew Taylor To help with this project contact
Andrew, whose email address is:

For more details on the collaborator,
see the relevant entry in the table
of Project Cobb collaborators below.

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Project Cobb collaborators


COLLABORATOR DETAILS LINK
Great Britain Baseball
Scorers Association (GBBSA)



The GBBSA website hosts the Project Cobb webpage. In addition,
the official archives of the Great Britain Seniors and Juniors
are held on the website. Current and historical statistics
for domestic baseball can also be found there.
Click here
British Baseball Data


Run by Mark Tobin, British Baseball Data contains by far the
most comprehensive collection of league standings and play-off
results from the history of British baseball on the internet.
Click here
BaseballGB


BaseballGB is a blog on baseball from a British
perspective, and it hosts the official Project Cobb blog.
Click here
Baseball in Wartime

Run by Gary Bedingfield, Baseball in Wartime is a project that
has the aim of collating and presenting all information on baseball
in World War II, including that played on British soil.
Click here
Phil Lowry Phil researches the longest baseball games that have
been played across the globe, including in Britain.
A fascinating article
by Phil that appeared
in SABR's Baseball
Research Journal

can be found here.
Andrew Taylor
Andrew is collecting information on the baseball that
was played in Folkestone and Hythe during World War I.

No web link
British Baseball Federation (BBF)


The BBF website houses a page of placeholders for the British
Baseball Archives, including a space for a Hall of Fame, should
one be established. The BBF website also has records of domestic
standings and results, including some line-scores, going back to 2003.
Click here

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Relevant literature


PUBLICATION DETAILS LINK
Baseball Mercury
Editor: William Morgan

Years: 1972 to 1989

Description (by Project Cobb)
This British baseball publication was edited by baseball historian
William Morgan from 1972 until 1989. Fifty-one issues were produced
in all, and the publication's scope covered both domestic and
international baseball, as well as softball.

Click here
British Baseball and the West Ham Club: History of a 1930s Professional Team in East London
Authors: Josh Chetwynd and Brian A Belton

Year: 2007

Publisher: McFarland

Pages: 272

ISBN: 978-0-7864-2594-5

Description (from publisher)
This book traces the history of baseball as a popular British
sport concentrating on one particularly successful and
notable team, the West Ham Hammers.

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Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History
Author: Josh Chetwynd

Year: 2008

Publisher: McFarland

Pages: 272

ISBN: 978-0-7864-3724-5

Description (from publisher)
Organized by country, this heavily researched book delves into the
history of baseball in 40 nations, describing not only the efforts
to spread the game but also the culture of baseball unique to Europe.

Click here
Strike Four: Adventures in European Baseball
Author: Jeff Archer

Year: 1995

Publisher: White-Boucke

Pages: 234

ISBN: 978-0-9625006-7-1

Description (from the preface)
From the cow pastures of England to the magnificently manicured
baseball fields of Holland, [this] is a wonderful description
of how the game is interpreted in other countries.

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When Baseball Went to War
Editors: Todd Anton and Bill Nowlin

Year: 2008

Publisher: Triumph Books

Pages: 256

ISBN: 978-1-60078-126-1

Description (by Project Cobb)
This book includes writing on baseball in Britain during
World War II, with a chapter by Gary Bedingfield entitled
"The 1943 All-Pro Game in England".

Click here
Growing the Game: The Globalization of Major League Baseball
Author: Alan M Klein

Year: 2008

Publisher: Yale University Press

Pages: 288

ISBN: 978-0-300-13639-5

Description (by Project Cobb)
In exploring the globalization of baseball, Klein dedicates
several pages to the development of the game in Britain.

Click here

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Miscellaneous


During the independent breakaway league of 1992-1994, a fanzine titled Linedrive was edited by London Warriors supporter Phil Ross, with contributions from Rex Phillips (including cartoons offering British baseball humour). A selection of the cartoons has been made available as part of Project Cobb. The fanzines were kindly supplied by Project Cobb collaborator Mark Tobin (who runs the
British Baseball Data website).

Click here to open the cartoons in a new window.

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