Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "baseball-scout"

1. A League of Their Own (1992)

PG | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amid their own growing rivalry.

Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty, Madonna

Votes: 120,999 | Gross: $107.53M

2. Moneyball (2011)

PG-13 | 133 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 464,410 | Gross: $75.61M

3. The Hill (2023)

PG | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The remarkable true-life story of Rickey Hill's improbable journey to play Major League Baseball.

Director: Jeff Celentano | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Colin Ford, Joelle Carter, Scott Glenn

Votes: 5,648

4. The Scout (1994)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

The story of a baseball scout who discovers a talented but troubled baseball player.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest, Anne Twomey

Votes: 6,949 | Gross: $2.67M

5. The Perfect Catch (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Jessica, a single parent, owner of a struggling diner, finds the inspiration she needed when her high school boyfriend, Chase, a professional baseball player returns to town.

Director: Steven R. Monroe | Stars: Nikki Deloach, Andrew W. Walker, Chance Hurstfield, Vincent Dangerfield

Votes: 2,293

6. Talent for the Game (1991)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Sport

Virgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when he discovers Sammy Bodeen, a country boy with no pro ball experience, but with a pitching arm no one has seen the like of.

Director: Robert M. Young | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco, John E. Coleman, Jeff Corbett

Votes: 993 | Gross: $0.34M

7. Ferrell Takes the Field (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 49 min | Documentary, Comedy, Sport

A documentary that follows Will Ferrell as he takes the field in five Major League Baseball training games, playing all nine positions for ten different teams in a single day.

Director: Brian McGinn | Stars: Will Ferrell, Robert Scheer, Sean Graham, Victor Winters-Junco

Votes: 1,205

8. War Eagle, Arkansas (2007)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama

A high school baseball star must choose between pursuing a college sports career and staying near family and friends in his struggling rural Ozark mountains community.

Director: Robert Milazzo | Stars: Brian Dennehy, Mary Kay Place, Mare Winningham, James McDaniel

Votes: 300 | Gross: $0.12M

9. Casey at the Bat (1927)

Passed | 68 min | Action, Comedy, Sport

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his ... See full summary »

Director: Monte Brice | Stars: Wallace Beery, Zasu Pitts, Ford Sterling, Sterling Holloway

Votes: 38 | Gross: $0.43M

10. Dizzy & Daffy (1934)

Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A half-blind minor league pitcher meets, and nicknames, Dizzy and Daffy Dean, who go on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Dizzy Dean, Paul 'Daffy' Dean, Roscoe Ates, Shemp Howard

Votes: 29

11. The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode: The Braggart (1973)

TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

When a grownup Hobie Shanks visits the Waltons, John Boy seems to be the only one put off by his outlandish claims.

Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Richard Thomas, Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby

Votes: 149

12. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: The Unnatural (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Searching through an FBI reference book, Mulder finds a photograph of Arthur Dales with a baseball team and the alien bounty hunter. Mulder goes to Arthur Dales' house to ask him about the ... See full summary »

Director: David Duchovny | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Jesse L. Martin, Fredric Lehne

Votes: 4,371

13. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962–1963)
Episode: Kid from Brooklyn (1963)

Comedy

Senator Smith tries to help a hotshot young pitcher avoid professional baseball scouts and enter West Point as a plebe.

Stars: Fess Parker, Kip King, Pat McCaffrie, Ann Peterson

14. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Throwing Fire (2009)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The founder of a prestigious Baseball Academy is murdered. After Jane is hit in the head by a baseball as the investigation begins, he dwells on his father and his teenage years as a carnival psychic.

Director: Martha Mitchell | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,411

15. The Cleveland Show (2009–2013)
Episode: California Dreamin' (All the Cleves Are Brown) (2013)

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

The Browns move to Los Angeles and get new lives after Donna pulls some strings and gets Cleveland his dream job as a scout for the L.A. Dodgers.

Directors: Oreste Canestrelli, Albert Calleros, Anthony Lioi | Stars: Mike Henry, Sanaa Lathan, Kevin Michael Richardson, Reagan Gomez-Preston

Votes: 207

16. Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Episode: Curve Ball (2013)

Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Major Crimes spends their Christmas vacations investigating the murder of a baseball scout, while Rusty's therapist asks him some tough questions about his mom.

Director: Jon Tenney | Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan

Votes: 289