Baseball Books


The White RabbitThe White Rabbit
Best Price: $22.94
Tommy Yeo-Thomas fell out with Bruce Marshall. This book was based on Yeo-Thomas' own...
The Last Hero: A Life of Henry AaronThe Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
Best Price: $10.38
In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry (Hank) Aaron?s reputation has only grown in...
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair GameMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Best Price: $12.40
Moneyball is a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money...
The Sports EncyclopediaThe Sports EncyclopediaThe Sports EncyclopediaThe Sports Encyclopedia


The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball BookThe Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel's Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book
Best Price: $152.24
A baseball manager for over 30 years, Stengel is best known for his convoluted, yet insightful,...
Wrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago CubsWrigleyville: A Magical History Tour of the Chicago Cubs
Best Price: $14.38
I heartily recommend all of Mr. Golenbock's works, Wrigleyville as well as Bums and Fenway. ...
The Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with StatisticsThe Numbers Game: Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics
Best Price: $3.99
Author Alan Schwartz examines baseball statistics and the individuals that developed and...
Rogers Hornsby: A Biography (Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters)Rogers Hornsby: A Biography (Baseball's All-Time Greatest Hitters)
Best Price: $31.95
Rogers Hornsby has the highest career batting average of any right-handed hitter and the second...
Players in Pinstripes: New York YankeesPlayers in Pinstripes: New York Yankees
Best Price: $0.85
How do you buy for the die-hard Yankee Fan? Buy this! He loves it!


Summer of '49Summer of '49
Best Price: $1.44
David Halberstam poses an interesting question in his entertaining book about the 1949 American...
National Pastime: Sports, Politics, and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.National Pastime: Sports, Politics, and the Return of Baseball to Washington, D.C.
Best Price: $26.37
For a Washington baseball fan like me, this book is a must-have, for those who want to read a...
The Yankee YearsThe Yankee Years
Best Price: $3.98
It was with great eagerness that I dove into The Yankee Years, which seems to be the most...
Field of Screams: The Dark Underside of America's National PastimeField of Screams: The Dark Underside of America's National Pastime
Best Price: $18.00
When I first began reading this book, I was a little turned off by the author's style of...
Sports Collectors Digest Baseball Card Pocket Price Guide, 1992 EditionSports Collectors Digest Baseball Card Pocket Price Guide, 1992 Edition
A guide to baseball cards includes information on more than fifty-seven thousand cards,...

Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection, a 40-Year History, 1951-1990Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection, a 40-Year History, 1951-1990
This book shows the front side of every Topps baseball card that was created from their...
Uppity: My Untold Story About The Games People PlayUppity: My Untold Story About The Games People Play
Best Price: $2.65
I have read literally hundreds upon hundreds of baseball books in my life and this is the first...
Sports Encyclopedia of Baseball, 1982Sports Encyclopedia of Baseball, 1982Great Baseball Feats, Facts, and Firsts (Signet)Great Baseball Feats, Facts, and Firsts (Signet)
Best Price: $0.01
This book is the baseball fan's dream. Packed with almost every record imaginable, even to...
Stolen!: A History of Base StealingStolen!: A History of Base Stealing
The stolen base is one of the most fascinating plays in all of sports. In no other sport is the...

Japanese Baseball: A Statistical HandbookJapanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook
Best Price: $95.80
Batter stats included in this book are games played, at bats, runs scored, hits, doubles,...
Mel Ott: The Little Giant of BaseballMel Ott: The Little Giant of Baseball
Best Price: $32.00
Mel Ott, in this day and age, seems to be a forgotten superstar. I think there are a number of...
No-Hitters: The 225 Games, 1893-1999No-Hitters: The 225 Games, 1893-1999
Best Price: $24.95
Rich Westcott & Allen Lewis went above and beyond in compiling all the pertinent data on...
The 1919 World Series: What Really Happened?The 1919 World Series: What Really Happened?
Best Price: $25.00
I'm a South-Side Chicago born, 55 year old former baseball player, and lifelong White Sox...
Cool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro LeaguesCool Papas and Double Duties: The All-Time Greats of the Negro Leagues
Best Price: $26.95
Many of the great ballplayers of the Negro League have been forgotten simply because...

I Will Never Forget: Interviews With 39 Former Negro League PlayersI Will Never Forget: Interviews With 39 Former Negro League Players
Best Price: $100.87
This book continues the riches of two highly praised previous volumes, Voices from the Negro...
Ebbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped BaseballEbbets to Veeck to Busch: Eight Owners Who Shaped Baseball
Best Price: $10.00
For anyone interested in the business of baseball this is an interesting and informative...
The College World Series: A Baseball History, 1947-2003The College World Series: A Baseball History, 1947-2003
Best Price: $48.00
It is a well written book of college baseball's great event. I have been to the Omaha...
Jimmie Foxx: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967Jimmie Foxx: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer, 1907-1967
Best Price: $32.00
In February 1925, 17-year-old Jimmie Foxx left his home in Sudlersville, Maryland, and joined...
Coaching Youth Softball, Fourth EditionCoaching Youth Softball, Fourth Edition
Best Price: $11.51
Fun, safety, and effective instruction are the focus of the fourth edition of Coaching Youth...

The Cleveland Indians: The Cleveland Press Years,  1920-1982  (OH)  (Images of Baseball)The Cleveland Indians: The Cleveland Press Years, 1920-1982 (OH) (Images of Baseball)
Best Price: $13.09
Baseball and photography grew up together with the still photo reinforcing the memories of the...
Baseball in Broome County  (NY)  (Images of Baseball)Baseball in Broome County (NY) (Images of Baseball)
Best Price: $12.61
Throughout the years, scores of players have polished their skills in Broome County with the...
Detroit  Sluggers:  The  First  75  Years  (MI)  (Images  of  Baseball)Detroit Sluggers: The First 75 Years (MI) (Images of Baseball)
Best Price: $10.93
Ever since the city was granted its fi rst major-league team, the Wolverines in 1881, Detroit...
Baseball in Fort Wayne   (IN)  (Images of Baseball)Baseball in Fort Wayne (IN) (Images of Baseball)
Best Price: $10.94
Baseball in Fort Wayne is an impressive collection of baseball photos and stories. Baseball...
Baseball in Ventura County (CA) (Images of Baseball)Baseball in Ventura County (CA) (Images of Baseball)
Best Price: $7.54
Baseball on the West Coast dates back to 1847, when the New York Volunteer Regiment stationed in...

The Funniest Baseball Book Ever: The National Pastime's Greatest Quips, Quotations, Characters, Nicknames, and PranksThe Funniest Baseball Book Ever: The National Pastime's Greatest Quips, Quotations, Characters, Nicknames, and Pranks
Best Price: $4.99
The game of baseball has had its share of colorful personalities over the years - from Casey...
Muscle: A Minor League LegendMuscle: A Minor League Legend
Best Price: $11.80
Minor league baseball has long been the heartbeat of the sport in America and no one exemplifies...
Baseball AmericaBaseball America
Best Price: $15.71
This is a terrific book, fun to read, knowledgeable. Anyone who likes baseball history will...
True Blue: The Dramatic Story Of The Los Angeles Dodgers, Told By The Men Who Lived ItTrue Blue: The Dramatic Story Of The Los Angeles Dodgers, Told By The Men Who Lived It
Best Price: $23.99
Baseball Around the World: How the American Game Is Played and Loved EverywhereBaseball Around the World: How the American Game Is Played and Loved Everywhere

Dean Of Umpires: A Biography Of Bill Mcgowan, 1896-1954Dean Of Umpires: A Biography Of Bill Mcgowan, 1896-1954
Best Price: $32.00
Bob Luke's book on Bill McGowan is a good read--at times a bit chaotic but then that's...
Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of BaseballCap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Best Price: $29.95
He was named after cities in Michigan that his family once lived near, and depending on the part...
Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero)Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero)
Best Price: $29.95
This book is more than an intimate biography of a baseball legend. It is also a look back at a...
Stars, Stripes and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball FilmStars, Stripes and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball Film
Best Price: $29.95
Since the Progressive Era, baseball has been promoted as an institution encapsulating the best...
Baseball's Canadian-American LeagueBaseball's Canadian-American League
Best Price: $35.00
Excellent book! Lots of history in there...including my grandfather Admiral Joseph...

"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie": The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie": The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game
Best Price: $15.58
In 1908 baseball was the only game that mattered in the South. With no major league team in the...
Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Games: A Complete Record Through Spring 2006Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Games: A Complete Record Through Spring 2006
Best Price: $132.70
This is a complete record and history of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's basketball...
"Swish Nicholson": A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger"Swish Nicholson": A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger
Best Price: $26.00
This is the first biography of Bill "Swish" Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and...
Perfect Game USA and the Future of Baseball: How the Remaking of Youth Scouting Affects the National PastimePerfect Game USA and the Future of Baseball: How the Remaking of Youth Scouting Affects the National Pastime
Best Price: $15.58
For decades baseball scouts have beat the bushes for talent, wandering throughout the United...
Baseball's Book of FirstsBaseball's Book of Firsts
Best Price: $0.01
Baseball fans love statistics. They are part and parcel of the lore and the talk of the game. ...

Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for BaseballFair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball
Best Price: $4.42
Bob Costas is one of America's best-known baseball, and for that matter, sports...
The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe RuthThe Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth
Best Price: $7.71
This is a riveting biography of the life of Babe Ruth, the Sultan of Swat, the Big Bam (one nom...
You're Out and You're Ugly, Too : Confessions of an Umpire with AttitudeYou're Out and You're Ugly, Too : Confessions of an Umpire with Attitude
Best Price: $31.47
For twenty-one major league seasons, Durwood Merrill has been one of the most colorful...
The Great Chase: The Dodgers-Giants Pennant Race of 1951 (Library Edition)The Great Chase: The Dodgers-Giants Pennant Race of 1951 (Library Edition)
Best Price: $39.66
[This is the Audiobook CASSETTE Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Read by Barrett Whitener] ...
Baseball Pioneers: Ratings of Nineteenth Century PlayersBaseball Pioneers: Ratings of Nineteenth Century Players
Best Price: $17.95
Hitting and fielding ratings are given for infielders and outfielders and catchers appearing in...

The Cultural Encyclopedia of BaseballThe Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball
Best Price: $48.01
Authoritative and fun to read. What more can you ask of a reference book? This is not a book...
Former Major League Teams: An EncyclopediaFormer Major League Teams: An Encyclopedia
Best Price: $172.75
This comprehensive reference work includes each of the 116 former teams that played at least one...
The King of Swat : An Analysis of Baseball's Home Run Hitters from the Major, Minor, Negro, and Japanese LeaguesThe King of Swat : An Analysis of Baseball's Home Run Hitters from the Major, Minor, Negro, and Japanese Leagues
Best Price: $8.50
Using statistical comparisons and accounting for the variances between players of different eras...
More Than a Pastime: An Oral History of Baseball FansMore Than a Pastime: An Oral History of Baseball Fans
This is a fantastic book from a fans perspective on the game of baseball. It shows all aspects...
Baseball Around the World: How the American Game Is Played and Loved EverywhereBaseball Around the World: How the American Game Is Played and Loved Everywhere

Dean Of Umpires: A Biography Of Bill Mcgowan, 1896-1954Dean Of Umpires: A Biography Of Bill Mcgowan, 1896-1954
Best Price: $32.00
Bob Luke's book on Bill McGowan is a good read--at times a bit chaotic but then that's...
Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of BaseballCap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Best Price: $29.95
He was named after cities in Michigan that his family once lived near, and depending on the part...
Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero)Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero)
Best Price: $29.95
This book is more than an intimate biography of a baseball legend. It is also a look back at a...
Stars, Stripes and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball FilmStars, Stripes and Diamonds: American Culture and the Baseball Film
Best Price: $29.95
Since the Progressive Era, baseball has been promoted as an institution encapsulating the best...
Baseball's Canadian-American LeagueBaseball's Canadian-American League
Best Price: $35.00
Excellent book! Lots of history in there...including my grandfather Admiral Joseph...

"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie": The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game"The Greatest Game Ever Played in Dixie": The Nashville Vols, Their 1908 Season, and the Championship Game
Best Price: $15.58
In 1908 baseball was the only game that mattered in the South. With no major league team in the...
Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Games: A Complete Record Through Spring 2006Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Games: A Complete Record Through Spring 2006
Best Price: $132.70
This is a complete record and history of Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Men's basketball...
"Swish Nicholson": A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger"Swish Nicholson": A Biography of Wartime Baseball's Leading Slugger
Best Price: $26.00
This is the first biography of Bill "Swish" Nicholson, a Cubs favorite and...
Perfect Game USA and the Future of Baseball: How the Remaking of Youth Scouting Affects the National PastimePerfect Game USA and the Future of Baseball: How the Remaking of Youth Scouting Affects the National Pastime
Best Price: $15.58
For decades baseball scouts have beat the bushes for talent, wandering throughout the United...
The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary BookThe Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book
Best Price: $10.95
I've had this book for the 20 years since it came out and keep finding more in it. Beyond...

The Detroit Tigers: An Illustrated HistoryThe Detroit Tigers: An Illustrated History
Best Price: $98.81
When it comes to Detroit sportswriting, there is Joe Falls and then there is everyone else. His...
Branch Rickey: A Life (Penguin Lives)Branch Rickey: A Life (Penguin Lives)
Best Price: $11.20
" Branch Rickey is all good, all 146 pages of it. You might read a longer baseball book...
Home Run (Harvest Original)Home Run (Harvest Original)
Best Price: $0.86
Interesting writers like George Plimpton and Garrison Keillor join with some of the great...
The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New YorkThe Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York
Best Price: $3.48
The Diamond in the Bronx is a verryy ticky book. It leads you to believe that it's all about...
Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His LegacyBaseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy
Best Price: $11.25
Author Jules Tygiel describes "Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His...

The Fundamentals of Coaching and Playing BaseballThe Fundamentals of Coaching and Playing Baseball
Best Price: $60.76
Being a physical education major, using this book made it easy to understand the game of...
With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture (A Chicago original paperback)With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture (A Chicago original paperback)
Best Price: $15.00
What are boys like? Who is the creature inhabiting the twilight zone between the perils of the...
Play Ball!: The Story of Little League Baseball (Keystone Book)Play Ball!: The Story of Little League Baseball (Keystone Book)
Best Price: $19.15
On any given spring evening, 360,000 children around the world can be found on the dusty mounds...
Growing the Game: The Globalization of Major League BaseballGrowing the Game: The Globalization of Major League Baseball
Best Price: $19.96
Remarkable!! Klein's book is not even out yet, a minor point for M. Torrez who trashes it...
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts (2007 Edition) (Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts)Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Firsts (2007 Edition) (Great Baseball Feats, Facts & Firsts)
Best Price: $1.00
Discover the unconventional, the offbeat feats, the historic moments, and the one-of-a-kind...

Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It HappenPerfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen
Best Price: $0.01
To provide a new outlook on an event over 50 years since it happened is no small task -- and...
Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it HappenPerfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it Happen
Best Price: $0.01
"If you want to live inside the most famous statistical afternoon in baseball history, ...
The Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American HeroThe Jackie Robinson Reader: Perspectives on an American Hero
Best Price: $589.98
This book is pretty good. I just wish it would tell me more about baseball at that time. I...
Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League BaseballJuicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball
Best Price: $5.99
Juicing the Game: Drugs, Power, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball is an...
Baseball Prospectus 2011Baseball Prospectus 2011
Best Price: $2.92
I agree with a number of the other reviewers that this is just not the Prospectus that I used to...

Aces: The Last Season on the Mound with the Oakland A's Big Three -- Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry ZitoAces: The Last Season on the Mound with the Oakland A's Big Three -- Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito
Best Price: $3.99
IF YOU ARE AN A'S FAN THEN THIS FOR YOU. IT GIVES A REAL NICE CLOSE UP LOOK AT THE 3 ACES...
Story of Baseball Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book)Story of Baseball Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book)
Best Price: $2.03
The history of baseball comes vividly to life in ready-to-color action-packed pictures of 45 of...
Larry Doby: The Struggle of the American League's First Black Player (Dover Baseball)Larry Doby: The Struggle of the American League's First Black Player (Dover Baseball)
Best Price: $8.41
Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, this biography chronicles the struggles...
Baseball Letters: A Fan's Correspondence with His HeroesBaseball Letters: A Fan's Correspondence with His Heroes
Best Price: $24.98
This book is rich and full of exciting baseball history, as Swirsky writes to professional...
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World SeriesEight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
The scandal of the 1919 Black Sox is probably the most disilluisioning chapter in the history...

Baseball Comes Home -A History Of The Baseball Hall Of Fame Game 1940-2008Baseball Comes Home -A History Of The Baseball Hall Of Fame Game 1940-2008
Baseball Comes Home traces the Baseball Hall of Fame Game beginning in 1939 - the year the...
From New Baseball Pitches to Natural Cures And Much More (Second Edition)From New Baseball Pitches to Natural Cures And Much More (Second Edition)
Due to the great success of the first edition I decided to print a second edition. The second...
Go The DistanceGo The Distance
Best Price: $24.95
For the past 29 years former MLB player Jeff Anderson studied pitching, pitchers, and the...
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a ManagerThree Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager
Best Price: $0.01
First question: Did we really need another profile of Tony LaRussa, already the most...
The New Bill James Historical Baseball AbstractThe New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract
Best Price: $74.62
The great classic returns in somewhat different form. The original version was James'...

Away Games: The Life and Times of a Latin BallplayerAway Games: The Life and Times of a Latin Ballplayer
Best Price: $14.75
Being a baseball fan since Orlando Cepeda led the Cardinals over Yaz's 1967 Red Sox, I...
The Hitting EdgeThe Hitting Edge
Best Price: $10.82
The book was very interesting, I usually don't read a lot but, my coach gave it to me to...
Softball Skills & Drills Book/Video NTSC PackageSoftball Skills & Drills Book/Video NTSC Package
Best Price: $78.92
Combine the detailed instruction of the book with the dynamic visual presentation of the videos...
Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills (Technical and Tactical Skills Series)Coaching Baseball Technical and Tactical Skills (Technical and Tactical Skills Series)
Best Price: $12.74
Numerous coaching books cover the bases on the skills and drills of baseball. But very few hit...
 
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