Baseball Joe at Yale was published in 1913 by Cupples & Leon Company in New York as part of the "Baseball Joe" series. The book was written by Lester Chadwick, a pseudonym of Howard R. Garis. Other titles in the series include Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars and Baseball Joe on the School Nine. There were 14 titles in the Baseball Joe series.

The book has a beautifully illustrated color dust jacket

The subtitle of Baseball Joe at Yale is "Pitching for the College Championship." The book is organized into thirty chapters and follows Baseball Joe as he goes off the Yale and pitches with the plot winding up with Joe pitching the championship game.

Baseball Joe's full name is Joe Matson and he is an accomplished player, making the varsity team as a Sophmore. The Baseball Joe series were books for young boys, a popular genre at the time.