Baseball Books & Rare Photographs
Baseball Books & Rare Photographs

* HISTORICAL BASEBALL BOOKS * RARE PHOTOGRAPHS / CARDS

Hard Cover

BASEBALL LOOKING BACK

FIRST 100 YEARS

(385) pages - 4.5 lbs) (2023) edition

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

 Hardcover heavy stock with Color & Black and White

Collector - quality photographs (1833-1929)

HISTORIC EVENTS SHAPED BASEBALL

Showcasing early days of Base Ball  from the start.

New York Knickerbockers - (1860) Colored Clubs - Negro leagues

 Cuban League - Mexican League - Copper League

Federal League - (1919) Chicago Black Sox Scandal

 Native American Indians - Pacific Coast League

(Fully illustrated with detailed players index)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-36

BACK COVER

BASEBALL LOOKING BACK

FIRST 100 YEARS

(385) pages - 4.5 lbs) (2023) edition

 Hardcover - heavy stock - Color &  Black and White

Collector - quality photographs (1833-1929)

HISTORIC EVENTS SHAPED BASEBALL

Showcasing early days of Base Ball  from the start.

New York Knickerbockers - (1860) Colored Clubs - Negro leagues

 Cuban League - Mexican League - Copper League

Federal League - (1919) Chicago Black Sox Scandal

 Native American Indians - Pacific Coast League

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* Custom on demand book printing 

*(Made in USA)

FIRST 100 YEARS


HISTORIC EVENTS SHAPED BASEBALL

Showcasing early days of Base Ball  from the start.

New York Knickerbockers - (1860) Colored Clubs - Negro leagues

 Cuban League - Mexican League - Copper League

Federal League - (1919) Chicago Black Sox Scandal

 Native American Indians - Pacific Coast League

* Call or text during office hours - - -

* Custom on demand book printing 

*(Made in USA)

RARE BASEBALL STORY

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(1,025) pages - (2020) edition - * TRILOGY  

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

The Historical Record of The COPPER LEAGUE 

Massive collection of Rare Documents and Photographs

Detailing the lives of three famous ball players 

(1925) HAL CHASE - FRONTIER LEAGUE

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-0-5  (Series (1) 

(1926) BUCK WEAVER - COPPER LEAGUE

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-1-2   (Series (2)

(1927) CHICK GANDIL - COPPER LEAGUE

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-2-9  (Series (3)

* TRILOGY 

(22) FULL NINE-INNING GAMES  - Played  

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality (3) Paperback Books

* Fully illustrated * Detailed index

* Custom  on demand book printing

* (Made in USA)


1925 FRONTIER LEAGUE

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(306) pages - (2020) edition - (Series (1)

HAL CHASE & THE FRONTIER LEAGUE (1925)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-0-5 

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

Historical Record of the  FRONTIER LEAGUE 

Ultra- Rare collection of Documents and Photographs

Details the life of Hal Chase in the Southwest after leaving the 

 New York Giants  (1919) National League 


(10) FULL NINE-INNING GAMES - Ball games played 

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality - Full-Size Paperback Book

* Fully Illustrated * Detailed index


HAL CHASE

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(Series (1)

HAL CHASE & THE FRONTIER LEAGUE (1925)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-0-5 

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH


Historical Record of the  FRONTIER LEAGUE 

Details the Life and Times of Hal Chase in the Southwest as he battles his way to first place against the 

Juarez Indians from Juarez, Mexico. As documented from the life experience of John Lawrence Smirch as a Copper League ball player

highlighting ten ball games and the historical events that took place 

in the Southwest 100 years ago.

The 1925 frontier League as it happened.


Hal puts out the call for experienced ball players.

Buck Weaver, Chick Gandil, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson,

answered the call and came out West to play with their 

old friend Hal Chase.



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1926 COPPER LEAGUE

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(364) pages - (2020) edition - (Series (2)

BUCK WEAVER  & THE COPPER LEAGUE (1926)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-1-2 

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

Historical Record of the  COPPER LEAGUE 

Ultra- Rare collection of Documents and Photographs

Details the life of Buck Weaver in the Southwest after leaving the 

 Chicago White Sox  (1919) American League

* Banned from professional baseball in (1921)

* (1919) BLACK SOX SCANDAL 


Highlights of key ball games played 

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality - Full-Size Paperback Book 

* Fully Illustrated * Detailed index


BUCK WEAVER

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(Series (2)

BUCK WEAVER  & THE COPPER LEAGUE (1926)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-1-2 

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

Historical Record of the  COPPER LEAGUE 

Ultra- Rare collection of Documents and Photographs

Details the life of Buck Weaver in the Southwest after leaving the 

 Chicago White Sox  (1919) American League

* Banned from professional baseball in (1921)

* (1919) BLACK SOX SCANDAL 


Highlights of key ball games played 

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality - Full-Size Paperback Book 

* Fully Illustrated * Detailed index


* Call or text during office hours - - -

* Custom  on demand book printing

* (Made in USA)


1927 COPPER LEAGUE

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

(350) pages - (2020) edition - (Series (3)

CHICK GANDIL  & THE COPPER LEAGUE (1927)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-2-9

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

Historical Record of the  COPPER LEAGUE 

Ultra- Rare collection of Documents and Photographs

Details the life of Chick Gandil in the Southwest after leaving the 

 Chicago White Sox  (1919) American League

* Banned from professional baseball in (1921)

* (1919) BLACK SOX SCANDAL 


Highlights of key ball games played 

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality - Full-Size Paperback Book 

* Fully Illustrated * Detailed index


CHICK GANDIL

THE LAST STAND of OUTLAW BASEBALL

 (Series (3)

CHICK GANDIL  & THE COPPER LEAGUE (1927)

ISBN: 978-1-7347249-2-9

AUTHOR - JOHN WILLIAM SMIRCH

Historical Record of the  COPPER LEAGUE 

Ultra- Rare collection of Documents and Photographs

Details the life of Chick Gandil in the Southwest after leaving the 

 Chicago White Sox  (1919) American League

* Banned from professional baseball in (1921)

* (1919) BLACK SOX SCANDAL 


Highlights of key ball games played 

On both sides of the Mexican border during Prohibition.

* High-Quality - Full-Size Paperback Book 

* Fully Illustrated * Detailed index


* Call or text during office hours - - -

* Custom  on demand book printing

* (Made in USA) 


FIRST 100 YEARS

EARLY DAYS OF BASE BALL

HENRY CHADWICK - publisher (1870s)

Pioneer - Hand Written Box Scores.

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN * JIM THORPE * THE GREATEST

    NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS Photo Gallery

      NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS PHOTO GALLERY

        CUBAN Photo Gallery

          CONNIE MACK * 50 YEARS IN BASEBALL

            *lucky rookie * the road to hollywood

              * NEW BOOK - LUCKY ROOKIE - THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD AVAILABLE JULY 2025 - (385) PAGES - PAPERBACK

              * LUCKY ROOKIE - * THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD * BIG STORY

                THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD * JOHN SMIRCH * FILMS

                  * LUCKY ROOKIE * THE ROAD TO HOLLYWOOD

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