NMLP P-014515 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Ball Four

Jim Bouton · World Publishing Company · 1970

The US World Publishing first is the true first, the most collected modern baseball book. First printings in fine jackets are scarce because the book was read to pieces.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014515 for "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014515, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).