Reach and Spalding Baseballs

[Matt Felix]

My collecting focuses on baseballs that were approved for use in MLB games.

I was wondering if anybody could point me in the direction of a reference that would be able to show me 1) the markings on each baseball 2) the different variations of baseballs and 3) the years each basbeall was used.

I am having difficulity finding good sources for baseballs made by Reach and Spalding for use in Major League games.

thanks in advance for any help.

Matt

[jbsports33]

I try and use catalogs from the different years, there are some sites that show full pages, try the Library of Congress first. I feel they have mostly the guides and not the catalogs. When I need to I sometimes just do a regular search if I do not have a particular catalog.

Jimmy