The SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2026
Here are the SABR Bookshelf listings for Fall 2026.
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Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Edited by Bill Nowlin, Glen Sparks, and Marlene Vogelsang
Publisher: SABR
Retail Price: $9.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-960819-78-9
Buy It: SABR
Summary: SABR Digital Library collection of essays and memorable game stories about the Athletics’ longtime home at the Oakland Coliseum.
How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr
Publisher: SABR
Retail Price: $9.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-960819-66-6
Buy It: SABR
Summary: SABR Digital Library (and companion website) focused on Japanese Americans who were forcibly incarcerated during World War II and how baseball helped serve as a vital source of community, dignity, and resilience behind barbed wire.
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness
Edited by Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin
Publisher: SABR
Retail Price: $9.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-960819-68-0
Buy It: SABR
Summary: SABR Digital Library book on one of the most dominant teams in Negro Leagues and baseball history, featuring legendary Hall of Famers like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Smokey Joe Williams, and Jud Wilson.
Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures
Edited by Mike Richard and Bill Nowlin
Publisher: SABR
Retail Price: $9.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-960819-64-2
Buy It: SABR
Summary: SABR Digital Library collection of essays, profiles, and historical accounts of America’s premier summer collegiate baseball league.
Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners
Edited by Steve Friedman, Eric Vickrey, and Bill Nowlin
Publisher: SABR
Retail Price: $9.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-1-960819-62-8
Buy It: SABR
Summary: SABR Digital Library book on the Seattle Mariners’ historic 2001 season, with player biographies, game recaps, and essays.
After the Black Sox: The Chicago White Sox in Transition, 1920-1926
By Bruce S. Allardice
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $35.00 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9769-7
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: Examining how the White Sox navigated the immediate fallout of the 1919 World Series scandal and the lifetime bans of eight key players.
Warren Giles: The National League’s Longest Serving President
By Don Doxsie
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $39.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1-4766-5902-2
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: On the life and career of the Hall of Fame executive who led the National League through eighteen pivotal years from 1951 to 1969.
Tar Heel Boys of Summer: North Carolina’s Major League Ballplayers
By Frank V. Tursi
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $39.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9267-8
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: On the rich baseball heritage of North Carolina through the stories and careers of the state’s homegrown Major Leaguers.
The Greatest of Their Times: Comparing Baseball’s Peak Performers Across Eras
By R. Gordon Shepherd
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $49.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9796-3
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: An evaluation of the most dominant peaks in baseball history to compare player performance across different eras.
The Land of Sand and Cotton: Texas, Workingmen, and Professional Baseball in 1888
By William H. Brewster
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Retail Price: $39.95 (hdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1496245960
Buy It: University of Nebraska Press
Summary: On the emergence of professional baseball in 19th-century Texas through the lens of labor, culture, and community identity.
Integration at Second Base: Jackie Robinson and the Quest for Black Citizenship
By Peter Eisenstadt
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Retail Price: $29.95 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-0813955001
Buy It: University of Virginia Press
Summary: A biography focusing on Jackie Robinson’s vision of integration and full Black citizenship.
This One Will Be Different: False Promises and Fiscal Realities of Publicly Funded Stadiums
By J.C. Bradbury
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Retail Price: $39.99 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-0197820216
Buy It: Oxford University Press
Summary: A sports economist draws from decades of academic research and his personal experiences with the Atlanta Braves stadium deal to explore why publicly funded venues are unwise investments.
A Baseball Memoir: From the Last Fan to Work in Major League Baseball
By Andy Strasberg
Publisher: August Publications
Retail Price: $24.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8996929306
Buy It: August Publications
Summary: A memoir from the longtime San Diego Padres executive covering his years working in baseball.
Timing is Everything
By Timothy Bernard Carr
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $15.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8994873007
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A fictional time-travel novel that uses baseball history to advance the story.
The Gilt Edge of Ambition: A Sportsman’s Gamble for Power and Baseball
By Lisa Jonsson
Publisher: Solvent Press
Retail Price: $26.95 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 979-8994842621
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A biography of a 19th-century baseball executive and promoter in Sacramento, California.
Beyond the Mic: Behind the Scenes Stories from America’s Best and Brightest Broadcasters
By Micah Soloshatz
Publisher: 9 Inning Press
Retail Price: $13.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8994388112
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: Interviews with a series of baseball radio, TV, and public address announcers.
One Day in September: Baseball, Brotherhood, and the Birth of the All-Star Game
By Scott Reich
Publisher: Compass Rose Publishing
Retail Price: $21.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8994195871
Buy It: Compass Rose Publishing
Summary: The story of an early all-star game at Boston’s Fenway Park, honoring beloved sports writer and former major league player Tim Murnane.
The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers: My Dad’s Team
By Len Ferman
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $19.55 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8991501248
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A back-in-time perspective of notable games from the Brooklyn Dodgers’ World Series-winning season in 1955.
On This Rock: Pedro Martinez, Boston and a Pitching Peak for the Ages
By Allan S. Martin
Publisher: Amici Books
Retail Price: $12.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 979-8952889002
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: Focusing on the career of Pedro Martínez from the Dominican Republic to his peak in the late 1990s with the Boston Red Sox.
School of Hard Knucks: My Three Sons and Baseball’s Wildest Pitch
By Brian Gaffney
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Retail Price: $30.00 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 979-8895652046
Buy It: Post Hill Press
Summary: A father and his three sons go on a decade-long, cross-country quest to learn baseball’s wildest pitch, the knuckleball.
The Diamond Pyramid: Saving American Baseball by Breaking It
By Tim Brice
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $32.99 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 979-8890252838
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: An amusing novel about a child who finally gets his chance to be the Cleveland ball boy — on what turns out to be the infamous Ten-Cent Beer Night.
Obstructed Views: Vignettes in Verse from Baseball’s History
By Darren K. Rogers
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $19.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8191493237
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A collection of poems, prose and photographs about baseball in overlooked places.
I Would Have Paid Them to Play: A Memoir of Baseball, Family, and South Amboy
By Bill “Biff” McKeon
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $9.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8187459803
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A family compiles their father’s stories about minor league baseball in the 1950s.
Hardball Retro’s Compendium of Baseball Tabletop Simulations
By Derek Bain, Steven W. Etzel, Andy Palomino, and Kurt Bergland
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $44.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8174400641
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A deep dive into the history of baseball tabletop simulation games.
Patriarchs of the Dugout: Baseball’s Greatest Managers
By Matthew H. DiBiase
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $30.00 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-8297413962
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: Ranking the greatest baseball managers of all time.
From Runs to Wins
By Ricardo de la Peña
Publisher: Scholars’ Press
Retail Price: $56.00 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-6630466959
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: An alternative model to the traditional Pythagorean method for converting runs into wins in baseball analysis.
Jackie Robinson’s Real Gone: Baseball Poems of New York
By Matthew Johnson
Publisher: Cornerstone Press
Retail Price: $22.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1968148669
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A collection of poems focused on the history of the Negro Leagues and other themes.
Outfield Epiphanies: Baseball Haiku
By Rich Puerzer
Publisher: .406 Press
Retail Price: $14.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1967135042
Buy It: .406 Press
Summary: A collection of 66 baseball-themed haiku poems.
Comedians Talking Baseball
Edited by Mike Vance
Publisher: Dos Dogs Press
Retail Price: $29.99 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1965272190
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: Over 40 professional stand-up comics offer stories, jokes, and memories of the game they love.
Summer of the Cheap Wieners: What the 1941 Phillies Were Up To While Joe DiMaggio Was Making History
By Justin P. Klugh
Publisher: Brookline Books
Retail Price: $24.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1955041584
Buy It: Brookline Books
Summary: A wry look at one of baseball’s worst teams during a famous season.
The Howleyites: Toronto’s Changing City, A Stadium Rising, and The Champions of 1926
By D.M. Fox
Publisher: August Publications
Retail Price: $22.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1938532979
Buy It: August Publications
Summary: The construction of a new ballpark in a growing city helped spur the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 1926 International League title.
Ballparks of the Pacific Coast League
By Larry Zuckerman
Publisher: Baseball Press Books
Retail Price: $29.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1893392182
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A book containing illustrations and details of every Pacific Coast League ballpark from 1903-1997.
The New Expanded Pacific Coast League Record, 1897-1968
By Carlos Bauer
Publisher: Baseball Press Books
Retail Price: $39.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1893392175
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: An updated encyclopedia of the Pacific Coast League and its predecessor, the California League.
The Incredible Chicago Cubs Trivia Book: 300 Questions for the Super-Fan
By Al Yellon
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Retail Price: $12.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1683585275
Buy It: Sports Publishing
Summary: A trivia book based off of the rich history of the Chicago Cubs.
Hill Country Ball: Depression-Era Baseball in the Texas German Belt
By Richard W. Butler Jr.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Retail Price: $31.49 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1682833155
Buy It: Texas Tech University Press
Summary: A look into how German settlers in Texas helped transform baseball into a tradition after the Civil War and through the Great Depression.
Spitballer: Stan Coveleski and the 1920 Cleveland Indians
By William C. Kashatus
Publisher: University of Nebraska
Retail Price: $16.80 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1496246981
Buy It: University of Nebraska Press
Summary: A biography on the Hall of Fame pitcher who dealt with the death of his wife and a beloved teammate during his, and his team’s, greatest season in 1920.
The Texas Rangers and Me: A Baseball Writer’s Thirty-Two Years in Arlington
By T.R. Sullivan
Publisher: University of Nebraska
Retail Price: $36.95 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1496246806
Buy It: University of Nebraska Press
Summary: Sullivan covered the Texas Rangers for more than three decades, including two of Nolan Ryan’s no-hitters and World Series runs.
So Young, So Great: Bob Feller Electrifies Baseball and America
By Jim R. Ingraham
Publisher: University of Nebraska
Retail Price: $36.95 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1496245595
Buy It: University of Nebraska Press
Summary: Focusing on the early years of Bob Feller as a phenom from Iowa and his initial burst of stardom in baseball.
You Gotta Love These Guys: Fifty Years of Seattle Mariners Baseball
By David F. Schmitz
Publisher: University of Nebraska
Retail Price: $39.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1496240576
Buy It: University of Nebraska Press
Summary: A history of the Seattle Mariners franchise on and off the field since 1977 and their impact on the Pacific Northwest.
The Shortstop Was a Crook: The Sordid Baseball Life and Crimes of Billy Geer
By Justin Mckinney
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $35.00 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1476699899
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: A biography of perhaps the most prolific forger in America, who played baseball in three major leagues before embarking on a life of crime.
Kid Gleason: A Baseball Life Beyond the Black Sox
By Dirk Baker
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $49.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1476699097
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: The first biography of the Chicago White Sox manager, longtime coach, and two-way player whose career was up-ended by the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
Fort Dodge and the Bawling, Brawling, Hard-Balling Iowa League, 1904-1906
By Scott M. Johnson
Publisher: Scotnik Press
Retail Price: $24.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-0974370309
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A history of an early twentieth-century minor league based in Iowa.
The Year St. Louis Became a Baseball Town: The Cardinals, Babe Ruth & the 1926 World Series
By Terry Lemons
Publisher: The History Press
Retail Price: $24.80 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1467171946
Buy It: The History Press
Summary: Marking the 100th anniversary of the underdog St. Louis Cardinals’ first World Series championship against Babe Ruth and the Yankees in 1926.
The Magical Game: The Spirit and History of Baseball’s Superstitions, Rituals, and Curses
By Addy Baird
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Retail Price: $29.00 (hrdcvr)
ISBN: 978-1250353467
Buy It: St. Martins Press
Summary: The relationship between magical culture and baseball has been an essential part of the game. A deep dive into the superstitions, rituals, curses, jinxes and hexes.
NINE: A Novel
By Luc Arnaud
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $26.99 (hdcvr)
ISBN: 979-8161304396
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A novel about a man who builds a full-dive baseball simulation that allows him explore the lives he never lived.
Baseball Changes Channels: The Dodgers, the Giants and the Birth of Pay TV
By David Gunzerath
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Retail Price: $39.95 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9973-8
Buy It: McFarland Books
Summary: Exploring how the promise of pay TV to watch baseball helped lead to the Dodgers and Giants moving to the West Coast.
The Luckiest Man Returns
By R.F. Walden
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $9.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8257152566
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: A novel that imagines a modern-day first baseman who looks just like Lou Gehrig returning to play baseball at Yankee Stadium.
Baseball, Birthday, and Ten-Cent Beer
By Gregg Sapp
Publisher: Self-published
Retail Price: $16.99 (sftcvr)
ISBN: 979-8890252838
Buy It: Amazon
Summary: An amusing novel about a child who finally gets his chance to be the Cleveland ball boy — on what turns out to be the infamous Ten-Cent Beer Night.
Compiled by Wesley Carter and Conor Aggers.