Ballpark Mysteries Books in Order
Ballpark Mysteries by David A. Kelly contains 27 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is The Fenway Foul-Up (2011) and the newest is The Bobblehead Bunt (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 2011–2025
- Pages on record
- 1,683 in 15 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 28–42 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,683 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Ballpark Mysteries is a children's mystery series written by David A. Kelly. Twenty-four books run from The Fenway Foul-Up (2011) to The Bobblehead Bunt (2025), each title naming a baseball team or its ballpark: The L.A. Dodger, The Pinstripe Ghost, The Astro Outlaw, The Wrigley Riddle, The Philly Fake. Baseball, cousins, theft and detection are the recurring subjects, across books of about 112 pages. A Ballpark Mysteries Super Special line runs alongside the main sequence.
How many Ballpark Mysteries books are there?
Ballpark Mysteries has 27 books, released between 2011 and 2025.
Ballpark Mysteries Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Ballpark Mysteries books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 12011–1/4
- 22011–1/4
- 32011–1/4
- 42012–1/4
- 52012–1/4
- 62013–1/4
- 720131121/4
- 820141051/4
- 920141051/4
- 1020151031/4
- 1120151031/4
- 1220161341/4
- 1320161031/4
- 1420171251/4
- 1520171041/4
- 1620181201/4
- 1720181051/4
- 1820191281/4
- 1920191121/4
- 2020201121/4
- 212021–1/4
- 2220221121/4
- 232022–2/4
- 242024–1/4
- 252024–1/4
- 262025–1/4
- 272025–2/4
Do you have to read Ballpark Mysteries books in order?
You should read the Ballpark Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ballpark Mysteries book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ballpark Mysteries
Start with The Fenway Foul-Up (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ballpark Mysteries book?
The Bobblehead Bunt (2025) is the newest Ballpark Mysteries book released so far.
Is there a new Ballpark Mysteries book coming?
No next Ballpark Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ballpark Mysteries at a glance
- Still running
- Ballpark Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Ballpark Mysteries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,683 pages across the 15 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 112 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ballpark Mysteries books, 19 of 27, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ballpark Mysteries books are about
22 of the 27 Ballpark Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: baseball is tagged on 19 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Baseball 19 of 22 books
- Mystery & detective 16 of 22 books
- Children's fiction 13 of 22 books
- Cousins 13 of 22 books
- Baseball stories 7 of 22 books
- Stealing 4 of 22 books
- Conduct of life 2 of 22 books
- Extortion 2 of 22 books
- Family life 2 of 22 books
More books by David A. Kelly
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- David A. Kelly books in order 37 books