The SABR Bookshelf Archives

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  • Baltimore Baseball, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • One-Hit Wonders, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • Baseball Generations: Career Value Index – A New Look at the Hall of Fame and Rating the Greatest Players of All Time, by David J. Gordon
  • The Least Among Them: 29 Players, Their Brief Moments in the Big Leagues, and a Unique History of the New York Yankees, by Paul Russell Semendinger
  • Jackie Mitchell: The Girl Who Loved Baseball, by John M. Kovach
  • 1979: The Expos First, Great Season, by Norm King
  • Seven Games in ’62: The Yankees and Giants Square Off in a Classic World Series, by John Iamarino
  • Baseball’s Most Bizarre Plays: A Roster of the Odd, the Improbable and the Downright Confounding in Major League History, by Alan Hirsch
  • A Brand New Ballgame: Branch Rickey, Bill Veeck, Walter O’Malley and the Transformation of Baseball, 1945–1962, by G. Scott Thomas
  • American Legion Baseball: A History, 1924–2020, by William E. Akin
  • Dr. Strangeglove: The Life and Times of All-Star Slugger Dick Stuart, by William J. Ryczek
  • Barney Dreyfuss: Pittsburgh’s Baseball Titan, by Brian Martin
  • Bill DeWitt Sr.: Patriarch of a Baseball Family, by Burton A. Boxerman and Benita W. Boxerman
  • A Complete History of the Major League Baseball Playoffs – Volume I, by Evan Thompson
  • Banned For Life: The Benny Kauff Story, by Jimmy Keenan
  • Gettysburg Eddie Plank: A Pitcher’s Journey to the Hall of Fame, by Dave Heller

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  • Jackie: Perspectives on 42, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
  • When the Monarchs Reigned: Kansas City’s 1942 Negro League Champions , edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin
  • Baseball in Occupied Japan: US Postwar Cultural Policy, by Takeshi Tanikawa
  • COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season, by Tim Neverett
  • The Baseball 100, by Joe Posnanski
  • Beyond Baseball’s Color Barrier: The Story of African Americans in Major League Baseball, Past, Present, and Future, by Rocco Constantino
  • Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball, by Dan Taylor
  • The Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s, by Gaylon White
  • Gathering Crowds: Catching Baseball Fever in the New Era of Free Agency, by Paul Hensler
  • The Reshaping of America’s Game: Major League Baseball After the Players’ Strike, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
  • America’s Game in the Wild Card Era: From Strike to Pandemic, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
  • The Big 50: The Men and Moments that Made the Chicago Cubs, by Carrie Muskat
  • If These Walls Could Talk: New York Mets, by Mike Puma
  • Hank Aaron: A Tribute to the Hammer, 1934-2021, by Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 11 in ’11: A Hometown Hero, La Russa’s Last Ride in Red, and a Miracle World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, by Benjamin Hochman
  • The Best Team Over There: The Untold Story of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the Great War, by Jim Leeke
  • Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir, by Greg Larson
  • Forty Years a Giant: The Life of Horace Stoneham, by Steven Treder
  • Baseball Under the Lights: The Rise of the Night Game, by Charlie Bevis
  • Baseball in Hawaii During World War II, by Gary Bedingfield
  • #NeverGiveUp: A Memoir of Baseball and Traumatic Brain Injury, by Ruppert Jones with Ryan Dempsey
  • Redleg Memories: The Reds of the Fifties and Sixties, by Greg Rhodes
  • The Forgotten 1970 Chicago Cubs: Go and Glow, by William S. Bike
  • The Case for Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame: The Untold and Forgotten Stories of Baseball’s Home Run King, by K.P. Wee
  • Base Ball: Simple Stats for a Simple Game, by Bob Morris
  • Wahoo Sam Crawford: The King of Sluggers, by Kent Krause

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  • From Rube to Robinson: SABR’s Best Articles on Black Baseball, edited by John Graf
  • A Palace in the Nation’s Capital: Griffith Stadium, Home of the Washington Senators, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • The Miracle Has Landed: The Amazin’ Story of How the 1969 Mets Shocked the World, edited by Matthew Silverman and Ken Samelson
  • Baseball’s Greatest Comeback Games, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • The African American Baseball Experience in Nebraska: Essays and Memories, edited by Angelo J. Louisa
  • Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball, by Luke Epplin
  • Detroit Tigers Gone Wild: Mischief, Crimes and Hard Time, by George Hunter
  • Historic Ballparks of the Twin Cities, by Stew Thornley
  • Baseball and the House of David: The Legendary Barnstorming Teams, 1915-1956, by P.J. Dragseth
  • New York Loves Them, Cooperstown Snubs Them, by Tom Van Riper
  • Zack Wheat: The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer, by Joe Niese
  • Frank Selee: Hall of Fame Manager of the Boston Beaneaters and Chicago Cubs, by Richard Bressler
  • Walter Alston: The Rise of a Manager from the Minors to the Baseball Hall of Fame, by Alan H. Levy
  • Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball, by Pat O’Neill and Tom Coffman
  • Tony Lazzeri: Yankees Legend and Baseball Pioneer, by Lawrence Baldassaro
  • Two Sides of Glory: The 1986 Boston Red Sox in Their Own Words, by Erik Sherman
  • Comeback Pitchers: The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn, by Lyle Spatz & Steve Steinberg
  • Escape from Castro’s Cuba: A Novel, by Tim Wendel
  • Making Japan’s National Game: A Cultural History of Baseball in Japan, by Blair Williams
  • Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920, by Don Zminda
  • After Jackie: Fifteen Pioneers Who Helped Change the Face of Baseball, by Jeffrey S. Copeland
  • Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin, by Jean Fruth
  • The New Baseball Bible, by Dan Schlossberg
  • That Lively Railroad Town, by William H. Brewster
  • Phillies 1980! Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Philadelphia’s First World Series Championship, by Lew Freedman
  • Dodgers vs. Yankees: The Long-Standing Rivalry Between Two of Baseball’s Greatest Teams, by Michael Schiavone
  • Subway Series: Baseball’s Big Apple Battles and the Yankees-Mets 2000 World Series Classic, by Jerry Beach
  • The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion, by Erin R. Corrales-Diaz
  • This Never Happened: The Mystery Behind the Death of Christy Mathewson, by J. B. Manheim
  • The Only Way is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro and How We Watch the Game, by Andrew Forbes
  • Eddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned Black Sox Pitcher, by David Fleitz
  • Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood, by Dave Parker and Dave Jordan
  • Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, by Andrew Maraniss
  • The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace and the Negro Leagues, by Lonnie Wheeler
  • Baseball’s Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the Rise and Fall of the Negro Leagues, by Andrea Williams
  • The Pride of Minnesota: The Twins in the Turbulent 1960s, by Thom Henninger
  • The Captain and Me: On and Off the Field With Thurman Munson, by Ron Blomberg and Dan Epstein
  • 1962: Baseball and America in the Time of JFK, by David Krell

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  • Baseball’s Biggest Blowout Games, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • The Seasons of Buffalo Baseball, 1857-2020, edited by James H. Overfield
  • Negro Leaguers and the Hall of Fame: The Case for Inducting 24 Overlooked Ballplayers, by Steven R. Greenes
  • The Baltimore Black Sox: A Negro League History, 1913-1936, by Bernard McKenna
  • The New York Mets in Popular Culture, edited by David Krell
  • Eddie Cicotte: The Life and Career of the Banned Black Sox Pitcher, by David Fleitz
  • The Umpire was Blind! Controversial Calls by MLB’s Men in Blue, by Jonathan Weeks
  • Boom and Bust in St. Louis: A Cardinals History, 1885 to the Present, by Jon David Cash
  • Invisible Men: Life in Baseball’s Negro Leagues, by Donn Rogosin
  • Edgar: An Autobiography, by Edgar Martínez with Larry Stone
  • Mission 27: A New Boss, A New Ballpark, and One Last Win for the Yankees’ Core Four, by Mark Feinsand and Bryan Hoch
  • Take Me Out To The Ballgame: Comical and Freakish Injuries We Cannot Make Up, by Dave Berger
  • Beyond Silence and Light: A Collection of Short Stories, by Kevin Trusty
  • Mascots in Baseball, by Norm Coleman
  • Home Plate: Henry Kimbro and Other Negro Leaguers of Nashville, Tennessee, by Harriet Kimbro Hamilton and Patrick Hamilton

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  • SABR 50 at 50: The Society for American Baseball Research’s Fifty Most Essential Contributions to the Game, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • Harvey’s Wallbangers: The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords, edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin
  • An Illustrated Introduction to Japanese Baseball Cards, by Rob Fitts
  • The Resisters: A Novel, by Gish Jen
  • A Year of Playing Catch: What a Simple Daily Experiment Taught Me about Life, by Ethan D. Bryan
  • Spanking the Yankees: 366 Days of Bronx Bummers, by Gabriel Schechter
  • The Baseball Brain: Mental Game Training for the Developing Ballplayer, by Aaron Weinstein
  • The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated: An Irreverent Look at the Rules of Baseball and How They Came to Be What They Are Today, by David Nemec
  • Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories, by Chris Williams
  • Sports Journalism: A History of Glory, Fame, and Technology, by Patrick S. Washburn and Chris Lamb
  • Buzzie & The Bull: A GM, a Clubhouse Favorite, and the Dodgers’ 1965 Championship Season, by Ken LaZebnik
  • The Baseball Bat: From Trees to the Major Leagues, 19th Century to Today, by Stephen M. Bratkovich
  • Cy Young: The Baseball Life and Career, by Lew Freedman
  • Deaf Players in Major League Baseball: A History, 1883 to the Present, by R.A.R. Edwards
  • Arky: The Baseball Life of Joseph Floyd “Arky” Vaughan, by Frank Garland
  • Hardball Architects – Volume 1 (American League), by Derek Bain

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  • Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of All Major League and Negro League Ballparks, Fifth Edition, by Philip J. Lowry
  • Whales, Terriers, and Terrapins: The Federal League 1914-15, edited by Steve West and Bill Nowlin
  • Braves Win! Braves Win! Braves Win! The 1995 World Champion Atlanta Braves, edited by Tom Hufford and Bill Nowlin
  • Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball’s Home Run Revolution, by Jared Diamond
  • Yogi: A Life Behind the Mask, by Jon Pessah
  • Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry, by Joan Ryan
  • The Cactus League, by Emily Nemens
  • Rosenblatt Stadium: Essays and Memories of Omaha’s Historic Ballpark, 1948-2012, edited by Kevin Warneke, Libby Krecek, Bill Lamberty, Gary Rosenberg
  • The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, The Chicago Cubs, & The Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932, by Thomas Wolf
  • Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid, by Willie Mays and John Shea
  • The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, by Anika Orrock
  • Gotham Baseball: New York’s All-Time Team, by Mark C. Healey
  • The Man Who Made Babe Ruth: Brother Matthias of St. Mary’s School, by Brian Martin
  • The Hall Ball: One Fan’s Journey to Unite Cooperstown Immortals with a Single Baseball, by Ralph Carhart
  • George “Mooney” Gibson: Canadian Catcher for the Deadball Era Pirates, by Richard C. Armstrong and Martin Healy Jr.
  • Billy Ball: Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A’s, by Dale Tafoya
  • Summer Baseball Nation: Nine Days in the Wood Bat Leagues, by Will Geoghegan
  • Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original, by Mitchell Nathanson
  • Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban American Baseball Star, by Kat D. Williams
  • Stealing Home: Los Angeles, the Dodgers, and the Lives Caught in Between, by Eric Nusbaum
  • Last Ride of the Iron Horse: How Lou Gehrig Fought ALS to Play One Final Championship Season, by Dan Joseph
  • Future Value: The Battle for Baseball’s Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar, by Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel
  • A Fan’s Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball, by Anthony Castrovince
  • Hall of Name: Baseball’s Most Magnificent Monikers from ‘The Only Nolan’ to ‘Van Lingle Mungo’ and More, by D.B. Firstman

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  • The Glorious Beaneaters of the 1890s, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin
  • Do It for Chappie: The Ray Chapman Tragedy, by Rick Swaine
  • War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War, by Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith
  • The Cup of Coffee Club: 11 Players and Their Brush with Baseball History, by Jacob Kornhauser
  • Tony Oliva: The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend, by Thom Henninger
  • The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, by Brad Balukjian
  • Issei Baseball: The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers, by Robert K. Fitts
  • The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars: The Best Players at Each Position for the Amazin’s, by Brian Wright
  • The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues: Historians Reappraise Black Baseball, edited by Todd Peterson
  • Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of the Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer, by James E. Overmyer
  • John Cangelosi: The Improbable Baseball Journey of the Undersized Kid from Nowhere to World Series Champion, by John Cangelosi and K.P. Wee

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  • The Babe, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
  • Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox, edited by Don Zminda
  • The Base Ball Palace of the World: Comiskey Park, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • San Francisco Year Zero: Political Upheaval, Punk Rock and a Third-Place Baseball Team, by Lincoln Mitchell
  • The Blake Street Bombers, by Manny Randhawa
  • The Workingman’s Game: Waverly, New York, the Twin Tiers and the Making of Modern Baseball, 1887-1898, by William H. Brewster
  • Bases to Bleachers: A Collection of Personal Baseball Stories from the Stands and Beyond, by Eric Gray
  • Mike Hargrove and the Cleveland Indians: A Baseball Life, by Jim Ingraham
  • Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Player, by Jeremy Beer
  • Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History, Second Edition, by Josh Chetwynd
  • Building the Brewers: Bud Selig and the Return of Major League Baseball to Milwaukee, by Chris Zantow
  • James T. Farrell & Baseball: Dream & Realism on Chicago’s South Side, by Charles DeMotte
  • Curveball: How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and Fame, by Barry Zito with Robert Noland
  • Sixty-One in ’61: Roger Maris Home Runs Game by Game, by Robert M. Gorman
  • Ballpark: Baseball in the American City, by Paul Goldberger

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  • The Newark Eagles Take Flight: The Story of the 1946 Negro League Champions, edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin
  • Kansas City Royals: A Royal Tradition, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • San Diego Padres: The First Half Century, edited by Tom Larwin and Bill Nowlin
  • Brothers in Baseball: The History of “Family” Relationships in Major League Baseball, by Arthur G. Sharp
  • Baseball Revolutionaries: How the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings Rocked the Country and Made Baseball Famous, by Greg Rhodes, John Erardi, and Greg Gajus
  • Classic Reds: The 50 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Reds History, by Joe Heffron and Jack Heffron
  • The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America’s National Pastime, by Phil S. Dixon
  • Tumultuous Times in America’s Game: From Jackie Robinson’s Breakthrough to the War Over Free Agency, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
  • That’s My Team!: The History, Science, and Fun Behind Sports Teams’ Names, by Paul Volponi
  • Mantle: The Best There Ever Was, by Tony Castro
  • Strike Four: The Evolution of Baseball, by Richard Hershberger
  • The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime, 2nd edition, by Paul Dickson
  • Black Baseball’s Last Team Standing: The Birmingham Black Barons, 1919-1962, by William J. Plott
  • Comiskey Park’s Last World Series: A History of the 1959 Chicago White Sox , by Charles N. Billington
  • Rocky Colavito: Cleveland’s Iconic Slugger, by Mark Sommer
  • Understanding Sabermetrics: An Introduction to the Science of Baseball Statistics, Second Edition, by Gabriel B. Costa, Michael R. Huber and John T. Saccoman
  • Here’s the Catch: A Memoir of the Miracle Mets and More, by Ron Swoboda
  • Empire of Infields: Baseball in Taiwan and Cultural Identity, 1895-1968, by John J. Harney
  • George Foster and the 1977 Reds: The Rise of a Slugger and the End of an Era, by Mike Shannon
  • Tip O’Neill and the St. Louis Browns of 1887, by Dennis Thiessen
  • For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball, by Bud Selig, with Phil Rogers

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  • Wrigley Field: The Friendly Confines at Clark and Addison, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Jeff Bagwell in Connecticut: A Consistent Lad in the Land of Steady Habits, edited by Karl Cicitto, Bill Nowlin, and Len Levin
  • The Team that Couldn’t Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers, edited by Steve West and Bill Nowlin
  • A Whole New Ballgame: The 1969 Washington Senators 50th Anniversary Edition, by Stephen J. Walker and Ronnie Joyner
  • Baseball Under the Palms: The History of Miami Minor League Baseball – The Early Years 1892-1960, by Sam Zygner and Barbra Cabrera
  • The Four Home Runs Club: Sluggers Who Achieved Baseball’s Rarest Feat, by Steven K. Wagner
  • The 1988 Dodgers: Reliving the Championship Season, by K.P. Wee
  • The Legendary Harry Caray: Baseball’s Greatest Salesman, by Don Zminda
  • Let’s Play Two: The Life and Times of Ernie Banks, by Doug Wilson
  • When the Crowd Didn’t Roar: How Baseball’s Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope, by Kevin Cowherd
  • No Place I Would Rather Be: Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing, by Joe Bonomo
  • When Big Data was Small: My Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design, by Richard D. Cramer
  • Almost Yankees: The Summer of ’81 and the Greatest Baseball Team You’ve Never Heard Of, by J. David Herman
  • Pastime Lost: The Humble, Original, and Now Completely Forgotten Game of English Baseball, by David Block
  • Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees fought for New York’s Baseball Soul, by Chris Donnelly
  • They Played the Game: Memories from 47 Major Leaguers, by Norman Macht
  • A Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched, by Joe Cox
  • Great American Baseball Stories, edited by Jeff Silverman
  • The New York Yankees of the 1950s, by David Fisher
  • Shea Stadium Remembered: The Mets, The Jets, and Beatlemania, by Matthew Silverman
  • Women’s College Softball on the Rise: A Season Inside the Game, by Mark Allister
  • Bad Boys, Bad Times: The Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Prewar Years, 1937-1941, by Scott Longert
  • Reclaiming 42: Public Memory and the Reframing of Jackie Robinson’s Radical Legacy, by David Naze
  • Here’s the Pitch: The Amazing, True, New, and Improved Story of Baseball and Advertising, by Roberta J. Newman
  • Black Baseball, 1858-1900: A Comprehensive Record of the Teams, Players, Managers, Owners and Umpires (3 vols.), by James E. Brunson III
  • The Polo Grounds: Essays and Memories of New York City’s Historic Ballpark, 1880-1963, edited by Stew Thornley
  • Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball during the Great War, by Alexander F. Barnes, Peter L. Belmonte & Samuel O. Barnes
  • Dick Allen: The Life and Times of a Baseball Immortal, by William C. Kashatus
  • Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know About Baseball, by Christopher J. Phillips
  • Early Baseball in New Orleans: A History of 19th Century Play, by S. Derby Gisclair
  • Before They Were the Cubs: The Early Years of Chicago’s First Professional Baseball Team , by Jack Bales
  • Infinite Baseball: Notes from a Philosopher at the Ballpark, by Alva Noë
  • Black Thursday, Blue Monday: In Search of the Curse of the Washington Nationals, by David Bledsoe

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  • Time for Expansion Baseball, edited by Maxwell Kates and Bill Nowlin
  • Base Ball’s 19th Century “Winter” Meetings, 1857-1900, edited by Jeremy K. Hodges and Bill Nowlin
  • 1995 Cleveland Indians: The Sleeping Giant Awakes, edited by Joseph Wancho
  • Charles Ebbets: The Man Behind the Dodgers and Brooklyn’s Beloved Ballpark, by John G. Zinn
  • The Days of Rube, Matty, Honus and Ty: Secens from the Early Deadball Era, 1904-1907, by Chuck Kimberly
  • Bobby Maduro and the Cuban Sugar Kings, by Lou Hernandez
  • The Last Yankee Dodgers: Fred Kipp, from Brooklyn to Los Angeles and the Bronx, by Fred Kipp and Scott Kipp
  • Last Seasons in Havana: The Castro Revolution and the End of Professional Baseball in Cuba, by Cesar Brioso
  • K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, by Tyler Kepner
  • 108 Stiches, by Ron Darling
  • The New York Yankees in Popular Culture, edited by David Krell
  • The Cleveland Indians, 1946-1960, by Shawn Eckhart
  • San Diego’s First Padres and “The Kid”: The Story of the Remarkable 1936 San Diego Padres and Ted Williams’ Professional Baseball Debut, by Tom Larwin, Carlos Bauer, Dan Boyle, Frank Myers, and Larry Zuckerman
  • Great American Baseball Stories, edited by Jeff Silverman

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  • Met-rospectives: A Collection of the Greatest Games in New York Mets History, edited by Brian Wright and Bill Nowlin
  • The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created, by Jane Leavy
  • Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game, by Rob Neyer
  • Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises, by Thomas Stone
  • Young John McGraw Of Truxton, by Tony Kissel
  • New York Yankees Openers, by Lyle Spatz
  • Manager of Giants: The Tactics, Temper, and True Record of John McGraw, by Lou Hernandez
  • Baseball and American Culture: A History, by John P. Rossi
  • Game Faces: Early Baseball Cards from the Library of Congress, by Peter Devereaux
  • Baseball Goes West: The Dodgers, the Giants, and the Shaping of the Major Leagues, by Lincoln A. Mitchell
  • Insight Pitch: My Life as a Major League Closer, by Skip Lockwood
  • An October to Remember 1968: The Tigers-Cardinals World Series as Told by the Men Who Played in It, by Brendan Donley
  • Ballpark 2 Ballpark: Journey Through the Minor Leagues, by John and Vicki Hoppin
  • Cuba and the “Last” Baseball Season, by José I. Ramirez
  • The Run Don’t Count: The Life and Times of Frank Chance and His 1908 Chicago Cubs, by Herb Gould
  • Four Decades of Seattle Mariner Baseball, by Shawn Eckhart
  • Hardball Retroactive, by Derek Bain
  • Principle of the Curve, Second Inning, by Anika Orrock
  • Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs: A Reference Guide, Second Edition, by Ron Keurajian
  • Phinally! The Phillies, the Royals and the 1980 Baseball Season That Almost Wasn’t, by J. Daniel

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  • Cincinnati’s Crosley Field: A Gem in the Queen City, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Major League Baseball A Mile High: The First Quarter Century of the Colorado Rockies, edited by Bill Nowlin and Paul Parker  
  • The World Series in the Deadball Era, by Steve Steinberg
  • The Lost Art of Baseball Humor (1860-1900), by Gerard S. Petrone
  • German-Americans and Our National Pastime, by Frank Amoroso
  • Ted Williams: The First Latino in the Baseball Hall of Fame, by Bill Nowlin
  • Wee Willie Sherdel: The Cardinals’ Winningest Left-hander, by John G. Coulson with John T. Sherdel
  • Baseball in a Grain of Sand: Seeing the Game through a Small Town Season, by Bill Gruber
  • The 1967 American League Pennant Race: Four Teams, Six Weeks, One Winner, by Cameron Bright
  • A Game of Moments: Baseball Greats Remember Highlights of Their Careers, by Ron Gerrard
  • The Page Fence Giants: A History of Black Baseball’s Pioneering Champions, by Mitch Lutzke
  • Babe Ruth and the Creation of the Celebrity Athlete, by Thomas Barthel
  • Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century: Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues, by Eddie Mitchell
  • Baseball in Alabama: Tales of Hardball in the Heart of Dixie , by Doug Wedge
  • The Age of Ruth and Landis: The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties, by David George Surdam and Michael J. Haupert
  • The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Basebal & the White House, by Curt Smith
  • The Integration of the Pacific Coast League: Race and Baseball on the West Coast, by Amy Essington
  • Something Magic: The Baltimore Orioles, 1979-1983, by Charles Kupfer
  • The Giant Killer, by James Carmody

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  • From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors, edited by Rob Edelman and Bill Nowlin
  •  Moments of Joy and Heartbreak: 66 Significant Episodes in the History of the Pittsburgh Pirates, edited by Jorge Iber and Bill Nowlin
  • Tiger Stadium: Essays and Memories of Detroit’s Historic Ballpark, 1912-2009, edited by Michael Betzold, John Davids, Bill Dow, John Pastier, and Frank Rashid
  • Perfect Pitch: The National Anthem for the National Pastime, by Joseph L. Price
  • Home of the Braves: The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee, by Patrick W. Steele
  • Red Sox vs. Braves in Boston: The Battle for Fans’ Hearts, 1901-1952, by Charlie Bevis
  • Baseball Pioneers: True Stories of Guts and Glory As Told By Pioneering Men and Women of the Game, by Kelly Holtzclaw and Jon Leonoudakis
  • Biz Mackey, a Giant Behind the Plate: The Story of the Negro League Star and Hall of Fame Catcher, by Rich Westcott
  • Mets in 10s: Best and Worst of an Amazin’ History, by Brian Wright
  • Motor City Champs: Mickey Cochrane and the 1934-1935 Detroit Tigers, by Scott Ferkovich
  • Baseball Greatness: Top Players and Teams According to Wins Above Average, 1901-2017 , by David Kaiser
  • Whitey Herzog Builds a Winner: The St. Louis Cardinals, 1979-1982, by Doug Feldmann
  • Koufax Throws a Curve: The Los Angeles Dodgers at the End of an Era, 1964-1966, by Brian M. Endsley
  • Glenn Killinger, All-American: Penn State’s World War I Era Sports Hero, by Todd M. Mealy
  • Alou: My Baseball Journey, by Felipe Alou with Peter Kerasotis
  • The Pitcher and the Dictator: Satchel Paige’s Unlikely Season in the Dominican Republic, by Averell “Ace” Smith
  • Winning Ugly: A Visual History of the Most Bizarre Baseball Uniforms Ever Worn, by Todd Radom
  • Dick Bosman on Pitching: Lessons from the Life of a Major League Ballplayer and Pitching Coach, by Ted Leavengood and Dick Bosman
  • Gehrig and the Babe: The Friendship and the Feud, by Tony Castro
  • Davey Johnson: My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond, by Davey Johnson and Erik Sherman
  • Brothers in Arms: Koufax, Kershaw, and the Dodgers’ Extraordinary Pitching Tradition, by Jon Weisman
  • Try Not to Suck: The Exceptional, Extraordinary Baseball Life of Joe Maddon, by Bill Chastain and Jesse Rogers
  • The Big 50: St. Louis Cardinals, by Benjamin Hochman
  • The Big 50: Cincinnati Reds, by Chad Dotson and Chris Garber
  • The Big 50: Minnesota Twins, by Aaron Gleeman
  • The Shift: The Next Evolution of Baseball Thinking, by Russell Carleton
  • The Big 50: Boston Red Sox, by Evan Drellich
  • Joy in Tigertown: A Determined Team, a Resilient City, and Our Magical Run to the 1968 World Series, by Mickey Lolich with Tom Gage
  • Hawk: I Did It My Way, by Hawk Harrelson and Jeff Snook
  • The Hometown Team, by Steve Babineau and Mike Shalin
  • The Cloudbuster Nine: The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team that Helped Win World War II, by Anne R. Keene
  • Once Upon a Team: The Epic Rise and Historic Fall of Baseball’s Wilmington Quicksteps, by Jon Springer
  • The Lyston Brothers: A Journey Through 19th Century Baseball, by Jimmy Keenan
  • Babe Ruth: A Superstar’s Legacy, by Jerry Amernic
  • Hardball on the Hill, by James C. Roberts
  • If God Invented Baseball: Poems, by E. Ethelbert Miller
  • Outside the Lines of Gilded Age Baseball: Alcohol, Fitness, and Cheating in 1880s Baseball, by Rob Bauer
  • Baseball’s Brotherhood Team, by Bryan Steverson
  • Dawn and Dusk of the Colonial League, 1947-1950, by George Pawlush
  • 100 Moments that Shaped Baseball History, by Jacob Kornhauser

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  • The Whiz Kids Take the Pennant: The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies, edited By C. Paul Rogers III and Bill Nowlin
  • Baseball’s Business: The Winter Meetings: 1958-2016, edited By Steve Weingarden and Bill Nowlin
  • The Call to the Hall: When Baseball’s Highest Honor Came to 31 Legends of the Sport, by Kevin Warneke and David C. Ogden
  • The Half-Game Pennant of 1908, by Charles C. Alexander
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers Encyclopedia, by Richard J. Shmelter
  • Connie Mack’s First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914, by Lew Freedman
  • Tom Yawkey: Patriarch of the Boston Red Sox, by Bill Nowlin
  • Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History (New York State Series) , by Sally E. Svenson
  • Blue Monday: The Expos, The Dodgers and the Home Run That Changed Everything, by Danny Gallagher
  • When Baseball Met Big Bill Haywood, by Scott C. Roper and Stephanie A. Roper
  • Tom Gamboa: My Life in Baseball, by Tom Gamboa with David Russell
  • The Detroit Wolverines: The Rise and Wreck of a National League Champion, 1881–1888, by Brian “Chip” Martin
  • Roy Sievers, by Paul Scimonelli
  • Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance, by Mark Whitaker
  • Wopper: How Babe Ruth Lost His Father and Won the 1918 World Series Against the Cubs (Volume 3), by Frank Amoroso
  • The Hometown Team, by Steve Babineau
  • Baseball Italian Style, by Lawrence Baldassaro
  • Teaching Statistics Using Baseball, by Jim Albert
  • The Cornfield Boys, by Douglas Quinn
  • After the Cheering Stops: A Retirement Game Plan for Elite Athletes and Baby Boomer Career Professionals Seeking a New Future, by Alan Spector

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  • Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis: Home to the Browns and Cardinals at Grand and Dodier, edited by Gregory H. Wolf 
  • 20-Game Losers, edited by Bill Nowlin and Emmet R. Nowlin
  • The Call, by Laurie Boris
  • Don’t Blame the Knuckleballer II: More Baseball Legends, Myths, Stories, and Trivia, by K.P. Wee
  • St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team, by Bill Borst, Bill Rogers, and Ed Wheatley
  • No Bull: The Real Story of the Rebirth of a Team and a City, by Ron Morris
  • Clutch, by Heather Camlot
  • The New Boys of Summer: Baseball’s Radical Transformation in the Late Sixties, by Paul Hensler
  • National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball, by Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler
  • Fate’s Take-Out Slide: A Baseball Scout Recalls Can’t-Miss Prospects Who Did, by George Genovese with Dan Taylor
  • Baseball on the Brink: The Crisis of 1968, by William J. Ryczek
  • Player Won-Lost Records in Baseball, Measuring Performance in Context, by Tom Thress
  • Black Baseball in New York City: An Illustrated History, 1885-1959, by Larry Lester

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  • Bittersweet Goodbye: The Black Barons, the Grays, and the 1948 Negro League World Series, edited by Frederick C. Bush and Bill Nowlin
  • Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies, edited by Bill Nowlin and Edwin Fernandez
  • Connie Mack’s First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910–1914, by Lew Freedman
  • The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques, by Jay Jaffe
  • Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever, by Kevin Cook
  • Spirit of ’67: The Cardiac Kids, El Birdos, and the World Series That Captivated America, by Thomas J. Whalen
  • Latino Stars in Major League Baseball: From Bobby Abreu to Carlos Zambrano, by Jonathan Weeks
  • The Best Season: The Challenging Finish, by Bob May
  • Mexican American Baseball in El Paso, by Richard A. Santillán, Eric Enders, Pete G. Flores, Donavan López, and Jorge Iber
  • The Love of Baseball: Essays by Lifelong Fans, edited by Chris Arvidson and Diana Nelson Jones
  • The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, 2d ed., edited by Jonathan Fraser Light
  • Visualizing Baseball, by Jim Albert
  • Texas Heat, Chicago Fire: The Remarkable Life of Joe Horlen, by Robert L. McCartha
  • The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport, by Rafi Kohan
  • Between the Innings, by Dan J. Kirk
  • Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds, by Bill Traughber
  • Danger at the Ballpark, by Jack Herskowitz

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  • NO-HITTERS, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox: Pandemonium on the Field, edited by Bill Nowlin and Dan Desrochers
  • The SABR Book on Umpires and Umpiring, edited by Larry R. Gerlach and Bill Nowlin
  • Dome Sweet Dome: History and Highlights from 35 Years of the Houston Astrodome, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Overcoming Adversity: Baseball’s Tony Conigliaro Award, edited by Bill Nowlin and Clayton Trutor
  • Baseball’s Business: The Winter Meetings: 1901-1957, edited by Steve Weingarden and Bill Nowlin
  • Kill the Ámpaya! The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction, by Dick Cluster
  • Called Out: A Novel of Base Ball and America in 1908, by Floyd Sullivan
  • The Culture and Ethnicity of Nineteenth Century Baseball, by Jerrold I. Casway
  • They Wore Red Socks and Pinstripes: Players Who Went to the Enemy, by Todd Stanley
  • Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star, by Greg W. Prince
  • Bloomer Girls: Women Baseball Pioneers, by Debra A. Shattuck
  • Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son, by Paul Dickson
  • Wopper: How Babe Ruth Lost His Father and Won the 1918 World Series Against the Cubs, by Frank Amoroso
  • Rock Solid: My Life in Baseball’s Fast Lane, by Tim Raines with Alan Maimon
  • Big Papi: The Legend and Legacy of David Ortiz, edited by Janice Page
  • The Plan: Epstein, Maddon, and the Audacious Blueprint for a Cubs Dynasty, by David Kaplan
  • The 50 Greatest Players in New York/San Francisco Giants History, by Robert W. Cohen
  • Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War, by Ron Kaplan
  • The New Baseball Bible: Notes, Nuggets, Lists, and Legends from Our National Pastime, by Dan Schlossberg
  • Waiting for Pumpsie, by Barry Wittenstein
  • Breathing Orange Fire: Jose Altuve, by Bill Brown
  • Almost Perfect: The Heartbreaking Pursuit of Pitching’s Holy Grail, by Joe Cox
  • The All-American Girls After the AAGPBL: How Playing Pro Ball Shaped Their Lives, by Kat Williams
  • Playing for a Winner: How Baseball Teams’ Success Raises Player Reputations, by Brandon Isleib
  • Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth’s Shadow, by Dave Heller
  • The Culture of Sports in the Harlem Renaissance, by Daniel Anderson
  • Baseball in Northwest Iowa, by Joan Wendl Thomas
  • Ware’s Boys of Summer: The Stories of Seven Major League Baseball Players from One Small Central Massachusetts Town, by Stephen R. Katz
  • Hugh Casey: The Triumphs and Tragedies of a Brooklyn Dodger, by Lyle Spatz
  • Cincinnati Red and Dodger Blue: Baseball’s Greatest Forgotten Rivalry, by Tom Van Riper
  • Baseball’s Roaring Twenties: A Decade of Legends, Characters, and Diamond Adventures, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Lyman Bostock: The Inspiring Life and Tragic Death of a Ballplayer, by K. Adam Powell
  • Suicide Squeeze: Taylor Hooton, Rob Garibaldi, and the Fight against Teenage Steroid Abuse, by William C. Kashatus
  • Fathers, Sons, & Holy Ghosts: Baseball as a Spiritual Experience, by Austin Gisriel
  • A Deadly Game, by Gary M. Lepper
  • Coulda Woulda Shoulda: Baseball Stories You Haven’t Heard (Yet), by Chris Williams
  • Borchert Field: Stories from Milwaukee’s Legendary Ballpark, by Bob Buege
  • Legends Never Die: Athletes and their Afterlives in Modern America, by Richard Ian Kimball
  • From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball During the Great War, by Jim Leeke
  • Home Team: The Turbulent History of the San Francisco Giants, by Robert F. Garratt
  • Lefty O’Doul: Baseball’s Forgotten Ambassador, by Dennis Snelling
  • Urban Shocker: Silent Hero of Baseball’s Golden Age, by Steve Steinberg
  • Macho Row: The 1993 Phillies and Baseball’s Unwritten Code, by William C. Kashatus
  • One Nation Under Baseball: How the 1960s Collided with the National Pastime, by John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro
  • Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey, by Ila Jane Borders with Jean Hastings Ardell
  • Baseball Beyond Our Borders: An International Pastime, edited by George Gmelch and Daniel A. Nathan
  • Rowdy Patsy Tebeau and the Cleveland Spiders: Fighting to the Bottom of Baseball, 1887-1899, by David Fleitz
  • Ed Bolden and Black Baseball in Philadelphia, by Courtney Michelle Smith
  • Baseball Meets the Law: A Chronology of Decisions, Statutes and Other Legal Events, by Ed Edmonds and Frank G. Houdek
  • The 1933 New York Giants, by Lou Hernandez
  • Kansas Baseball, 1858-1941, by Mark Eberle
  • Right Down the Middle: The Ralph Terry Story, by Ralph Terry with John Wooley
  • City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles, by Jerald Podair
  • Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography: The Faith of a Boundary-Breaking Hero, by Michael G. Long and Chris Lamb
  • The Year of the Pitcher: Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, and the End of Baseball’s Golden Age, by Sridhar Pappu
  • The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball’s Most Historic Record, by John Eisenberg
  • The Life and Trials of Roger Clemens: Baseball’s Rocket Man and the Questionable Case Against Him, by Hansen Alexander
  • Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character, by Marty Appel
  • Baseball Life Advice: Loving the Game That Saved Me, by Stacey May Fowles
  • A History of Badger Baseball: The Rise and Fall of America’s Pastime at the University of Wisconsin, by Steven D. Schmitt
  • High and Inside: The New York Knickerbockers Baseball Team and the Season of 1956, by Mark Mitchell

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  • Boston’s First Nine: The 1871-75 Boston Red Stockings, edited by Bob LeMoine and Bill Nowlin
  • When Pops Led the Family: The 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, edited by Bill Nowlin and Gregory H. Wolf
  • Clearing the Bases: A Veteran Sportswriter on the National Pastime, by Jim Kaplan
  • They Played for the Love of the Game: Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota, by Frank M. White
  • The Life, Times, and Tragic Death of Pitcher Win Mercer: A Baseball Biography, by Jimmy Keenan
  • The Passion of Baseball: A Journey to the Commissioner’s Office of Major League Baseball, by Bob Wirz
  • Long Before The Miracle: The Making of the New York Mets, by Bill Sullivan
  • Blue Hombres: The Life and Times of Major League Baseball’s Latino Umpires, by Phil Ross
  • The Anatomy of Baseball Nicknames, by Ken Melley
  • Major League Baseball Organizations: Team Performances and Financial Consequences, by Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
  • Maybe Next Year: Long-Suffering Sports Fans and the Teams that Never Deliver, by Greg Pearson
  • Plié Ball! Baseball Meets Dance on Stage and Screen, by Jeffrey M. Katz
  • Johnny Temple: All-Star Second Baseman, by William A. Cook
  • J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs: Trailblazers in Black Baseball, by William A. Young
  • Ted Strong Jr.: The Untold Story of an Original Harlem Globetrotter and Negro Leagues All-Star, by Sherman L. Jenkins
  • Will Big League Baseball Survive? Globalization, the End of Television, Youth Sports, and the Future of Major League Baseball, by Lincoln A. Mitchell
  • Ossie & The Babe: Unlocking the Secrets Behind a Historical Baseball Photograph, by David Beattie
  • Dizzy: Dean of Baseball and My Podnah, by Gene Kirby, with Bo Carter and Mark S. McDonald
  • The Low Self-Esteem Club: The Stories Behind Baseball’s Most Unflattering Nicknames, by C. Terry Walters
  • Pud Galvin: Baseball’s First 300-Game Winner, by Brian Martin
  • Frick*: Baseball’s Third Commissioner, by John P. Carvalho
  • Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s, by Jason Turbow
  • Baseball’s Most Baffling MVP Ballots, by Jeremy Lehrman
  • The Cubs and the A’s of 1910: One Dynasty Ends, Another Begins, by Richard Bressler
  • Baseball in the Mining Camps: A Deadwood Baseball Book, by David Kemp and Michael Runge
  • The Couch Potato’s Guide to Baseball Statistics, by Daniel Knoblach and Gerald D. Oster

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  • Tigers by the Tale: Great Games at Michigan & Trumbull, edited by Scott Ferkovich
  • From the Braves to the Brewers: Great Games and Exciting History at Milwaukee’s County Stadium, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Cuban Baseball Legends: Baseball’s Alternative Universe / Leyendas del Béisbol Cubano: El Universo Alternativo del Béisbol, edited by Peter C. Bjarkman and Bill Nowlin, transcribed by Reynaldo Cruz
  • The Baseball Whisperer: A small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams, by Michael Tackett
  • The Kid from Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton, by Audrey Vernick
  • Herb Pennock: Baseball’s Faultless Pitcher, by Keith Craig
  • Baseball’s Dynasties and the Players Who Built Them, by Jonathan Weeks
  • The Games That Changed Baseball: Milestones in Major League History, by John G. Robertson and Andy Saunders
  • Chronology of Latin Americans in Baseball, 1871-2015, by Lou Hernandez
  • From Buck To Pudge: The Evolution of Baseball’s Catcher’s Mitt, 1888-2015, by Richard Macaluso
  • Mets By The Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Amazin’ Mets by Uniform Number, by John Springer and Matthew Silverman
  • Washington Nationals A-Z, by Ann Lambert Good
  • Chris Von der Ahe and the St. Louis Browns, by J. Thomas Hetrick
  • Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, by Steve Dahl and Dave Hoekstra
  • Bienvenido a Cuba, by Julio Rodriguez

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  • Au jeu/Play Ball: The 50 Greatest Games in the History of the Montreal Expos, edited by Norm King
  • The 1986 Boston Red Sox: There Was More Than Game Six, edited by Bill Nowlin and Leslie Heaphy
  • The 1986 New York Mets: There Was More Than Game Six, edited by Leslie Heaphy and Bill Nowlin
  • 100: The 100 Year Journey of a Baseball Journeyman, Mike Sandlock, edited by Karl Cicitto
  • Down on the Korner: Ralph Kiner and Kiner’s Korner, by Mark Rosenman and Howie Karpin
  • The Yankees Index: Every Number Tells a Story, by Mark Simon
  • The Only Rule Is It Has To Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team, by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller
  • The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports, by Jeff Passan
  • Amazin’ Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens, by Greg W. Prince
  • When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants, and Jets, by Brett Topel
  • When the Braves Ruled the Diamond: Fourteen Flags over Atlanta, by Dan Schlossberg
  • Pirates By the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Bucs By Uniform Number, by David Finoli
  • Tales from the Atlanta Braves Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Braves Stories Ever Told, by Cory McCartney
  • Incredible Baseball Stats: The Coolest, Strangest Stats and Facts in Baseball History, by Kevin Reavy and Ryan Spaeder
  • Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles, by Todd Karpovich and Jeff Seidel
  • Dingers: The 101 Most Memorable Home Runs in Baseball History, by Joshua Shifrin and Tommy Shea
  • Another Time … Another Place — Baseball Reflections, by Stu Rossman
  • The Boy Who Would Not Play Ball, by Robert Brewer
  • For the Love of Baseball: A Celebration of the Game That Connects Us All, edited by Lee Butkind and Andrew Blauner
  • Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution, by Brian Kenny
  • Fantasy Sports and the Changing Sports Media Industry: Media, Players, and Society, edited by Nicholas David Bowman, John S.W. Spinda, and Jimmy Sanderson
  • 50 Moments That Defined Major League Baseball, by Rocco Constantino
  • The 50 Greatest Players in Pittsburgh Pirates History, by David Finoli
  • Characters from the Diamond: Wild Events, Crazy Antics, and Unique Tales from Early Baseball, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Jackie Robinson: An Integrated Life, by J. Christopher Schutz
  • Game 7, 1986: Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life, by Ron Darling and Daniel Paisner
  • Lawyerball: The Courtroom Battle of the Orioles Against the Nationals and MLB For The Future of Baseball, by Charles H. Martin
  • When Baseball Was King: The History of Semi-pro Baseball in Dunsmuir, California (1895-1970), by John David Fischer
  • Baseball in Territorial Arizona: A History, 1863-1912, by John Darrin Tenney
  • The Baseball Whisperer: A Small-Town Coach Who Shaped Big League Dreams, by Michael Tackett
  • Kings of Queens: Life Beyond Baseball with ’86 Mets, by Erik Sherman
  • Blackguards and Red Stockings: A History of Baseball’s National Association, 1871-1875, by William J. Ryczek
  • Ralph Kiner: A Baseball Biography, by Robert P. Broadwater
  • Happy Felsch: Banished Black Sox Center Fielder, by Thomas Rathkamp
  • The Tigers and Yankees in ’61: A Pennant Race for the Ages, the Babe’s Record Broken and Stormin’ Norman’s Greatest Season, by Jim Sargent
  • The Prehistories of Baseball, by Seelochan Beharry
  • Hairs vs. Squares: The Mustache Gang, the Big Red Machine, and the Tumultuous Summer of ’72, by Ed Gruver
  • Dodgerland: Decadent Los Angeles and the 1977-78 Dodgers, by Michael Fallon

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  • Nuclear Powered Baseball: Articles Inspired by The Simpsons episode “Homer At the Bat”, edited by Emily Hawks and Bill Nowlin
  • The Team That Time Won’t Forget: The 1951 New York Giants, edited by Bill Nowlin and C. Paul Rogers III
  • Bobo Newsom: Baseball’s Traveling Man, by Jim McConnell
  • Road-Tripping the South Atlantic League: A Guide to the Teams, Ballparks and Cities, by Walter Triebel
  • The Great Baseball Revolt: The Rise and Fall of the 1890 Players League, by Robert B. Ross
  • Baseball’s Power Shift: How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture, by Krister Swanson
  • Playing with Tigers: A Minor League Chronicle of the Sixties, by George Gmelch
  • Kiss the Sky: My Weekend in Monterey at the Greatest Concert Ever, by Dusty Baker
  • The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend, by Glenn Stout
  • The Cardinals Way: How One Team Embraced Tradition and Moneyball at the Same Time, by Howard Megdal
  • Cuba’s Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story, by Peter C. Bjarkman
  • The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
  • Handsome Ransom Jackson: Accidental Big Leaguer, by Ransom Jackson Jr. with Gaylon H. White
  • Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore, by Bob Luke
  • All-Time Nines: Baseball’s Greatest Teams As Determined by Analytics, by Don Cox
  • Boiling Out at the Springs, by Don Duren
  • The Boy Who Would Not Play Ball, by Robert Taylor Brewer
  • The Art of Being a Baseball Fan, by Brian R. Johnston
  • Baseball’s No-Hit Wonders: More Than a Century of Pitching’s Greatest Feats, by Dirk Lammers
  • Baseball and the Law: Cases and Materials, by Louis H. Schiff and Robert M. Jarvis
  • The Champions of Philadelphia: The Greatest Eagles, Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers Teams, by Rich Westcott
  • Baseball FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About America’s Pastime, by Tom DeMichael
  • Finley Ball: How Two Baseball Outsiders Turned the Oakland A’s into a Dynasty and Changed the Game Forever, by Nancy Finley
  • Bob Oldis: A Life in Baseball, by Stephen M. Bratkovich and Bob Oldis
  • Babe’s Place: The Lives of Yankee Stadium, by Michael Wagner
  • The Baseball Hall of Fame Corrected, by Eddie Daniels
  • 1930 – St. Louie Browns – A Fantasy, by T. Robert Yani

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  • A Pennant for the Twin Cities: The 1965 Minnesota Twins, edited by Gregory H. Wolf
  • Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O’s Three-Time Champions: The Oakland Athletics, 1972-74, edited by Chip Greene
  • Lady Moguls: A History of Women Who Have Owned Major League Baseball Teams, by William A. Cook
  • Tim Keefe: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher and Player-Rights Advocate, by Charlie Bevis
  • Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1862-2014, by Robert M. Gorman and David Weeks
  • College Mathematics Through Baseball, by Fred Worth
  • The Pirates Unraveled: Pittsburgh’s 1926 Season, by Angelo J. Louisa
  • Stan Musial: Baseball Hero, by James N. Giglio
  • Iowa Baseball Greats: Sixteen Major Leaguers Who Were in the Game for Life, by Don Doxsie
  • The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball, by Charles Fountain
  • Our Bums: The Brooklyn Dodgers in History, Memory and Popular Culture, by David Krell
  • Playing First: Early Baseball Lives at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, by Thomas W. Gilbert
  • The Flannel Past, by Matt Dahlgren
  • The Voices of Baseball: The Game’s Greatest Broadcasters Reflect on America’s Pastime, by Kirk McKnight
  • Pudge: The Biography of Carlton Fisk, by Doug Wilson
  • The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball’s Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy, by Filip Bondy
  • The Making of Major League: A Juuuust a Bit Inside Look at the Classic Baseball Comedy, by Jonathan Knight
  • Hardball Retrospective: Evaluating Scouting and Development Outcomes for the Modern-Era Franchises, by Derek Bain
  • The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration, by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
  • Of Tribes and Tribulations: The Early Decades of the Cleveland Indians, by James E. Odenkirk
  • Clem Labine: “Always A Dodger”, by Richard Elliott
  • Gehrig: Game by Game, by Kevin Larkin
  • In Cobb’s Shadow: The Hall of Fame Careers of Sam Crawford, Harry Heilmann and Heinie Manush, by Dan D’Addona
  • Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014, by Pete Cava
  • The Hunt for a Reds October: Cincinnati in 1990, by Charles F. Faber and Zachariah Webb

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  • The Little General: Gene Mauch, A Baseball Life, by Mel Proctor
  • Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present, by Stuart Shea
  • Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 Chicago White Sox, edited by Jacob Pomrenke
  • Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston’s Lost Diamond, edited by Bill Nowlin and Bob Brady
  • The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse, by Molly Knight 
  • Reading’s Big League Exhibition Games, by Brian C. Engelhardt
  • Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak, by Travis Sawchik 
  • Split Season: 1981: Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball, by Jeff Katz
  • Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and The Cuban League, by César Brioso
  • Lucky Me: My Sixty-Five Years in Baseball, by Eddie Robinson with C. Paul Rogers
  • The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932-1956, by Norman Macht
  • The Middle Atlantic League, 1925-1952: A Baseball History, by William E. Akin
  • Had ‘Em All the Way: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, by Thad Mumau
  • The Haymakers, Unions and Trojans of Troy, New York: Big-Time Baseball in the Collar City, 1860-1883, by Jeffrey Michael Laing
  • Nine Innings for the King: The Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July 4, 1918, by Jim Leeke
  • The 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates: Treachery and Triumph, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Finding the Left Arm of God: Sandy Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers, 1960-1963, by Brian M. Endsley
  • The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season, by Barry Svrluga
  • The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All Time, by J.P. Hoornstra
  • The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball’s Power Brokers, by Jon Pessah
  • The Miracle Boston Braves of 1914: The Impossible Miracle, by Mark Leiter
  • Montana Baseball History, by Skylar Browning and Jeremy Watterson
  • RuleGraphics: Professional Baseball, First Edition, by Dennis Goodman
  • The Galveston Buccaneers: Shearn Moody and the 1934 Texas League Championship, by Kris Rutherford
  • Breaking Ground: How Jackie Robinson Changed Brooklyn, by Alan Lelchuk
  • Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years of Orioles Magic, by Jim Henneman

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  • ’75: The Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball, edited by Bill Nowlin and Cecilia M. Tan
  • Who’s on First: Replacement Players in World War II, edited by Marc Z. Aaron and Bill Nowlin
  • Red Sox Nation: The Rich and Colorful History of the Boston Red Sox, by Peter Golenbock 
  • Throw Like A Woman, by Susan Petrone
  • Baseball Stadium Insider: A Dissection of All Thirty Ballparks, Legendary Players, & Memorable Moments, by Matt Lupica
  • Cincinnati Reds Legends, by Mike Shannon
  • One Fine Summer, by Kevin Zahn 
  • The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes, by Gary Cieradkowski
  • New Mexico’s Pueblo Baseball League (Images of Baseball), by James D. Baker, Herbert Howell, and Marie A. Cordero 
  • Willie Keeler: From the Playgrounds of Brooklyn to the Hall of Fame, by Lyle Spatz
  • The Nats and the Grays: How Baseball in the Nation’s Capital Survived WWII and Changed the Game Forever, by David E. Hubler and Joshua H. Drazen
  • Baseball’s Top 10: Ranking the Best Major League Players by Position, by Robert Kuenster 
  • Finding the Hidden Ball Trick: The Colorful History of Baseball’s Oldest Ruse, by Bill Deane 
  • The Game Must Go On: Hank Greenberg, Pete Gray, and the Great Days of Baseball on the Home Front in WWII, by John Klima 
  • Pinstripes and Penance: The Life Story Of John Malangone, by Michael Harrison
  • The Astrodome: Building an American Spectacle, by James Gast
  • Z-Score: How a Statistic Used in Psychology Will Revolutionize Baseball, by John G. Cottone and Jason Wirchin 
  • The St. Paul Saints: Baseball in the Capital City, by Stew Thornley 
  • Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer, by Robert K. Fitts 
  • The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership that Transformed the New York Yankees, by Steve Steinberg and Lyle Spatz 
  • Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio, by James R. Walker 
  • A Game of Their Own: Voices of Contemporary Women in Baseball, by Jennifer Ring 
  • In Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball, by Mark L. Armour and Daniel R. Levitt 
  • The On-Base Specialist: A New Model for Baseball Offense, by Bill Hagedorn 
  • A Scout’s Report: My 70 Years in Baseball, by George Genovese with Dan Taylor 
  • Big Sam Thompson: Baseball’s Greatest Clutch Hitter, by Roy Kerr
  • Bibb Falk: The Man Who Replaced Shoeless Joe, by William A. Cook 
  • Honus Wagner and His Pittsburgh Pirates: Scenes from a Golden Era, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Tearin’ Up the Pea Patch: The Brooklyn Dodgers 1953, by Andrew Paul Mele 
  • A Calculus of Color: The Integration of Baseball’s American League, by Robert Kuhn McGregor 
  • The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, by Andres Wirkmaa 
  • The Negro Southern League: A Baseball History, 1920-1951, by William J. Plott 
  • The Miracle Braves, 1914-1916, by Charles C. Alexander 
  • Reporting Baseball’s Sensational Season of 1890: The Brotherhood War and the Rise of Modern Sports Journalism, by Scott D. Peterson 
  • Understanding Baseball: A Textbook, by Trey Strecker, Steven P. Gietschier, Mitchell Nathanson, John A. Fortunato, and David George Surdam 
  • The Boyer Brothers of Baseball, by Lew Freedman 
  • The Joy of Ballpark Food: From Hot Dogs to Haute Cuisine, by Bennett Jacobstein 
  • Mystery Ball ’58: A Season-Long Whodunit, by Jeff Polman
  • The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families, by Kevin Cook 
  • Marvin Miller: Baseball Revolutionary, by Robert F. Burk 
  • The Hidden Game of Baseball: A Revolutionary Approach to Baseball and Its Statistics, by John Thorn and Pete Palmer

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  • The Real McCoy: My Half-Century with the Cincinnati Reds, by Hal McCoy
  • The Minnesota Twins Through Memorabilia, by Clyde Doepner, Stew Thornley, and Jerry Stebbins 
  • Winning on the North Side: The 1929 Chicago Cubs, edited by Gregory H. Wolf 
  • The National Pastime: Premiere Issue (Replica Edition), edited by John Thorn 
  • Detroit the Unconquerable: The 1935 World Champion Tigers, edited by Scott Ferkovich 
  • Painting the Corners Again: Off-Center Baseball Fiction, by Bob Weintraub 
  • Baseball: It’s More Than Just a Game, by Greg Lucas 
  • Out Of The Blue: The Kansas City Royals’ Historic 2014 Season, by Matt Fulks 
  • 512, by Ralph Peluso 
  • From the Babe to the Beards: The Boston Red Sox in the World Series, by Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime 
  • Earned Wins, by Andre Lower 
  • Sports Metric Forecasting: Guides to Beating the Spreads in Major League Baseball, Basketball, and Football Games, by William Mallios 
  • Picker’s Pocket Guide: Baseball Memorabilia, How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro, by Jeff Figler 
  • Pinstripes and Penance: The Life Story Of John Malangone, by Michael Harrison 
  • Joe Black: More than a Dodger, by Martha Joe Black and Chuck Schoffner 
  • Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life, by Mort Zachter 
  • Big Sam Thompson: Baseball’s Greatest Clutch Hitter, by Roy Kerr 
  • The Tecumsehs of the International Association: Canada’s First Major League Baseball Champions, by Brian Martin 
  • Handy Andy: The Andy Pafko Story, by Joe Niese
  • Before the Ivy: The Cubs’ Golden Age in Pre-Wrigley Chicago, by Laurent Pernot 
  • Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary, by Robert F. Burk 
  • Portrait of a Franchise: An Intimate Look at Cleveland Indians Baseball in the Rockin’ Sixties, by Doug Kurkul

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  • Houston Baseball: The Early Years 1861-1961, edited by Mike Vance
  • The First Yankees Dynasty: Babe Ruth, Miller Huggins and the Bronx Bombers of the 1920s, by Gary A. Sarnoff
  • Black Ball and the Boardwalk: The Bachrach Giants of Atlantic City, 1916-1929, by James E. Overmyer
  • The Millers and the Saints: Baseball Championships of the Twin Cities Rivals, 1903-1955, by Rex D. Hamann
  • Frank Robinson: A Baseball Biography, by John C. Skipper
  • The Catcher’s Handbook, by Conor Kelley
  • Baseball’s Great Hispanic Pitchers: Seventeen Aces from the Major, Negro and Latin American Leagues, by Lou Hernandez
  • Joe Quinn among the Rowdies: The Life of Baseball’s Honest Australian, by Rochelle Llewelyn Nichols
  • More Than a Pastime: An Oral History of Baseball Fans, by William Freedman
  • The Days of Wee Willie, Old Cy and Baseball War: Scenes from the Dawn of the Deadball Era, 1900-1903, by Chuck Kimberly
  • Tom Candiotti: A Life of Knuckleballs, by K.P. Wee
  • Kammie on First: Baseball’s Dottie Kamenshek, by Michelle Houts
  • Joe Black: More than a Dodger, by Martha Jo Black and Chuck Schoffner
  • The Lost Decade: Players of the 1970s Cardinals, by Gary W. Abbott
  • Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson, by Doug Wilson
  • The Cooperstown Chronicles: Baseball’s Colorful Characters, Unusual Lives, and Strange Demises, by Frank Russo
  • The Valley Baseball League: A History of Baseball In the Shenandoah Valley, by Chaz Weaver
  • Baseball: A Special Gift from God, by Bryan Steverson
  • Lon Warneke, by Don Duren
  • Baseball: It’s More Than Just a Game, by Greg Lucas
  • Van Lingle Mungo: The Man, The Song, The Players, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • Fastball Fari: A Novel, by Michael John Cruit
  • Protection: A fading baseball career and the Great Depression, by Kevin Nielsen
  • Ecstasy to Agony: The 1994 Montreal Expos: How the Best Team in Baseball Ended Up in Washington Ten Years Later, by Danny Gallagher and Bill Young

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  • Yesterday’s Tiger Heroes: The Detroit Tigers and the 1956 Baseball Season, by Jim Sargent
  • Boots Poffenberger: Hurler, Hero, Hellraiser, by Austin Gisriel
  • Sol White’s Official Baseball Guide, by Solomon White, with introduction and notes by Gary Ashwill
  • A Whole Lot of Bar-B-Q: and Other Baseball Stories, by Mike Shannon
  • Baseball Skippers and Their Crews: The History of Every Major League Manager and Coach – 1871-2014, by Thomas W. Brucato 
  • The 1934 St. Louis Cardinals: The World Champion Gas House Gang, edited by Charles F. Faber
  • Baseball: The Fans’ Game, by Gordon S. (Mickey) Cochrane
  • Japanese American Baseball in California: A History, by Kerry Yo Nakagawa
  • The Texas League Baseball Almanac, by David King and Tom Kayser
  • The Bridgeport Hammer, by Jonathan Weeks
  • Baseball on the Prairie: How Seven Small-Town Teams Shaped Texas League History, by Kris Rutherford
  • Strike Four! The Crankshaft Baseball Book, by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers
  • How Baseball Explains America, by Hal Bodley 
  • Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural, edited by Rick Wilber 
  • Mudville Madness: Fabulous Feats, Belligerent Behavior, and Erratic Episodes on the Diamond, by Jonathan Weeks
  • The Devil’s Snake Curve: A Fan’s Notes From Left Field, by Josh Ostergaard
  • Three Up – Three Down: Pearls of Wisdom, by Merrianna L. McCully
  • The All-In-One Baseball Stat ‘Effectiveness of Advanced Bases’ (EAB), by Alfredo Nasiff Fors
  • Baseball’s Greatest Comeback: The Miracle Braves of 1914, by J. Brian Ross
  • The 1928 New York Yankees: The Return of Murderers’ Row, by Charlie Gentile
  • Milwaukee Braves: Heroes and Heartbreak, by William Povletich
  • Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues, by Michael Lomax
  • Inventing Baseball Heroes: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America, by Amber Roessner
  • Winning in Both Leagues: Reflections from Baseball’s Front Office, by J. Frank Cashen
  • When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime, by Ryan A. Swanson
  • Forfeits and Successfully Protested Games in Major League Baseball: A Complete Record, 1871-2013, by David Nemec and Eric Miklich
  • Baseball Explained, by Phillip Mahony
  • When in Doubt, Fire the Skipper: Midseason Managerial Changes in Major League Baseball, by Gary Webster 
  • The Set-Up Men: Race, Culture and Resistance in Black Baseball, by Sarah L. Trembanis 
  • Old Comiskey Park: Essays and Memories of the Historic Home of the Chicago White Sox, 1910-1991, edited by Floyd Sullivan
  • Johnny Evers: A Baseball Life, by Dennis Snelling
  • Lefty Grove and the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics, by Robert P. Broadwater
  • Ed McKean: Slugging Shortstop of the Cleveland Spiders, by Rich Blevins 
  • Lead Me Out to the Ballgame: Stories and Strategies to Develop Major League Leadership, by Howard C. Fero and Rebecca L. Herman 

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  • The Fight Of Their Lives: How Juan Marichal And John Roseboro Turned Baseball’s Ugliest Brawl Into A Story Of Forgiveness And Redemption, by John Rosengren
  • Wrigley Field: The Long Life & Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines, by Stuart Shea
  • Baseball On Trial: The Origin of Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption, by Nathaniel Grow
  • Early Professional Baseball and the Sporting Press: Shaping the Image of the Game, by R. Terry Furst
  • Baseball Prodigies: Best Major League Seasons by Players Under 21, by Charles F. Faber
  • Baseball’s Comeback Players: Forty Major Leaguers Who Fell and Rose Again, by Rick Swaine
  • A’s Bad as it Gets: Connie Mack’s Pathetic Athletics of 1916, by John G. Robertson and Andy Saunders
  • The Great Eight: The 1975 Cincinnati Reds, edited by Mark Armour
  • Pitching to the Pennant: The 1954 Cleveland Indians, edited by Joseph Wancho
  • Jackie & Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball’s Color Barrier, by William C. Kashatus
  • Throwing Hard Easy: Reflections on a Life in Baseball, by Robin Roberts with C. Paul Rogers
  • Bring In the Right-Hander! My Twenty-Two Years in the Major Leagues, by Jerry Reuss
  • The Chalmers Race: Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie, and the Controversial 1910 Batting Title That Became a National Obsession, by Rick Huhn
  • The Continental League: A Personal History, by Russell D. Buhite
  • The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels, by Gaylon H. White 
  • Pitching Around Fidel: A Journey into the Heart of Cuban Sports, by S.L. Price 
  • The Cubs Quotient: How The Chicago Cubs Changed The World, by Scott Rowan 
  • Down To The Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time, by Tim Wendel 
  • 1954: The Year Willie Mays And The First Generation Of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever, by Bill Madden 
  • Mover and Shaker: Walter O’Malley, The Dodgers, and Baseball’s Westward Expansion, by Andy McCue 
  • Called Out But Safe: A Baseball Umpire’s Journey, by Al Clark with Dan Schlossberg 
  • How to Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter, by James Charlton and Sally Cook 
  • Shane Victorino: The Flyin’ Hawaiian, by Alan Maimon 
  • Wrigley Field Year by Year: A Century at the Friendly Confines, by Sam Pathy 
  • Black Baseball, Black Business: Race Enterprise and the Fate of the Segregated Dollar, by Roberta J. Newman and Nathan Rosen 
  • Thar’s Joy in Braveland! The 1957 Milwaukee Braves, edited by Gregory H. Wolf 
  • The Ashippun Trap, by Doug Welch 
  • A Tribe Reborn: How The Cleveland Indians Of The ’90’s Went From Cellar Dwellers To Playoff Contenders, by George Christian Pappas 
  • Baseball in Hawai’i, by Jim Vitti 
  • Minnesota Twins Baseball: Hardball History On The Prairie, by Stew Thornley 
  • The Best Seat In Baseball, But You Have To Stand!: The Game As Umpires See It, by Lee Gutkind 
  • Star Spangled Baseball: True Tales Of Flags And Fields, by James Breig

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  • The Forgotten History of African American Baseball, by Lawrence Hogan
  • Curse of the Black Bambino: Baseball’s Failure to Attract African-American Athletes, by Anup Sinha
  • Ball Nuts: A Mad 1977 Baseball Replay Odyssey, by Jeff Polman
  • Babe Ruth’s Called Shot: The Myth and Mystery of Baseball’s Greatest Home Run, by Ed Sherman
  • Gib Bodet, Major League Scout: Twelve Thousand Baseball Games and Six Million Miles, by Gib Bodet as told to P.J. Dragseth
  • Vaudeville on the Diamond: Minor League Baseball in Today’s Entertainment World, by David M. Sutera
  • The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball, by Benjamin Baumer and Andrew Zimbalist
  • Ecstasy to Agony: The 1994 Montreal Expos: How the Best Team in Baseball Ended up in Washington 10 Years Later, by Danny Gallagher and Bill Young
  • Analyzing Baseball Data with R, by Max Marchi and Jim Albert
  • 521: The Story of Ted Williams’ Home Runs, by Bill Nowlin
  • Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Wildest Times in Baseball History, by Mark Halfon
  • Turning the Black Sox White: The Misunderstood Legacy of Charles A. Comiskey, by Tim Hornbaker
  • Great Stuff: Baseball’s Most Amazing Pitching Feats, by Rich Westcott
  • The Closer: A Baseball Love Story, by Alan Mindell
  • Base-Ball: How to Become a Player, by John Montgomery Ward
  • The Miracle Braves of 1914: Boston’s Original Worst-to-First World Series Champions, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans, edited by Bill Nowlin
  • Angels in the Ozarks: Professional Baseball in Fayetteville and the Arkansas State/Arkansas-Missouri League 1934-1940, by J.B. Hogan
  • White Elephant: The Rise and Fall of Miami Baseball Stadium, by Rolando Llanes
  • Outsider Baseball: The Weird World of Hardball on the Fringe, 1876–1950, by Scott Simkus
  • Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos, by Jonah Keri
  • Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draft: What the Top Picks Teach Us About Selecting Tomorrow’s Major League Stars, by Alan Maimon and Chuck Myron
  • The A’s: A Baseball History, by David M. Jordan
  • The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835-1920, by Patrick R. Redmond

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  • The Fenway Project, edited by Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan
  • Dollar Sign on the Muscle, by Kevin Kerrane
  • The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams, by Ben Bradlee Jr.
  • Bushers: Ballplayers Drawn from Left Field, by Ed Attanasio and Eric Gouldsberry
  • New York Yankees Home Runs: A Comprehensive Factbook, 1903–2012, by Mitchell S. Soivenski
  • The Stars Are Back: The St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, and Player Unrest in 1946, by Jerome M. Mileur
  • The 50 Greatest Players in St. Louis Cardinals History, by Robert W. Cohen
  • Baseball Beyond Borders: From Distant Lands to the Major Leagues, by Frank P. Jozsa Jr.
  • Before Jackie: The Negro Leagues, Civil Rights and the American Dream, by Mary E. Corey and Mark Harnischfeger
  • The Groundbreakers! There Is a First Time for Everything: 1,804 Answers to First Time Happenings in Major League Baseball That You Were Curious to Know, by Richard L. Chilton
  • Double Play, by Art Voellinger
  • Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency, by Daniel A. Gilbert
  • Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat was the Best Job on the Paper, by Dennis D’Agostino
  • Wrigley Field: The Centennial: 100 Years at the Friendly Confines, by Les Krantz
  • Baseball: A Casual Fan’s Guide, by John Yates Britt
  • I Love The Work, But I Hate the Business, by Mel Proctor
  • Spitballing: The Baseball Days of Long Bob Ewing, by Mike Lackey
  • Barnstormin’ Across America: The Bustin’ Babes and Larrupin’ Lous, by Rick Cabral
  • Hub Perdue: Clown Prince of the Mound, by John A. Simpson
  • George Altman: My Baseball Journey from the Negro Leagues to the Majors and Beyond, by George Altman with Lew Freedman
  • Baseball GPA: A New Statistical Approach to Performance and Strategy, by David P. Gerard
  • .721: A History of the 1954 Cleveland Indians, by Gary Webster
  • Big Dan Brouthers: Baseball’s First Great Slugger, by Roy Kerr

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  • Nikkei Baseball: Japanese American Players from Immigration and Internment to the Major Leagues, by Samuel O. Regalado
  • The Little Book of Yankees Evil, by Brook Zelcer
  • Arriba Baseball!: A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction, edited by Robert Paul Moreira
  • Tough Guy, Gentle Heart, by Felix Millan with Jane Allen Quevedo
  • The 1957 San Francisco Seals: End of an Era in the Pacific Coast League, by P.J. Dragseth
  • The Shutout in Major League Baseball: A History, by Warren N. Wilbert
  • Napoleon Lajoie: King of Ballplayers, by David L. Fleitz
  • We Were the All-American Girls: Interviews with Players of the AAGPBL, 1943-1954, by Jim Sargent
  • Baseball and the Bottom Line in World War II: Gunning for Profits on the Home Front, by Jeff Obermeyer
  • When Baseball Isn’t White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime, by Lisa Doris Alexander
  • Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s, by Lou Hernandez
  • Spring Training Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Grapefruit and Cactus League Ballparks, Second Edition, by Josh Pahigian
  • Baseball’s Creation Myth: Adam Ford, Abner Graves and the Cooperstown Story, by Brian Martin
  • Pennant Hopes Dashed by the Homer in the Gloamin’: The Story of How the 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates Blew the National League Pennant, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Eyes on the Sporting Scene 1870-1930: Will and June Ranking, New York’s Sportswriting Brothers, by Pamela A. Bakker
  • Burleigh Grimes: Baseball’s Last Legal Spitballer, by Joe Niese
  • Base Ball Founders: The Clubs, Players and Cities of the Northeast that Established the Game, edited by Peter Morris, William J. Ryczek, Jan Finkel, Leonard Levin and Richard Malatzky
  • Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball, by Frank Garland
  • Ballplayers in the Great War: Newspaper Accounts of Major Leaguers in World War I Military Service, compiled and edited by Jim Leeke
  • Baseball’s New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998, by Fran Zimniuch
  • The Forgotten Marlins: A Tribute to the 1956-1960 Original Miami Marlins, by Sam Zygner
  • Pitching for the Stars: My Seasons Across the Color Line, by Jerry Craft and Kathleen Sullivan
  • America’s Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation, by Joshua Kendall
  • You Can’t Beat the Hours: Umpires in the Deadball Era from 1901-1909, by David W. Anderson
  • Research Notes for Women at Play, Volume 2, by Barbara Gregorich
  • The 50 Greatest Players in New York Yankees History, by Robert W. Cohen
  • Conversations with Coach Wooden: On Baseball, Heroes, and Life, by Gary Adams
  • Put It In the Book! A Half-Century of Mets Mania, by Howie Rose with Phil Pepe
  • 100 Things Angels Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, by Joe Haakenson
  • Pops: The Willie Stargell Story, by Richard “Pete” Peterson
  • “Then Bowa Said to Schmidt. . .”: The Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told, by Robert Gordon
  • The Mouth That Roared: My Six Outspoken Decades in Baseball, by Dallas Green
  • Speak English! The Rise of Latinos in Baseball, by Rafael Hermoso
  • Cleveland Indians Legends, by Russell J. Schneider
  • Diamond Madness: Classic Episodes of Rowdyism, Racism and Violence in Major League Baseball, by William A. Cook
  • Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century, edited by Bill Felber
  • The Year of the Blue Snow: The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, edited by Mel Marmer and Bill Nowlin
  • So Many Seasons in the Sun: A Century and More of Conversation with Baseball’s Greatest Clubhouse Managers, by Larry Hogan
  • Bud Fowler: Baseball’s First Black Professional, by Jeffrey Michael Laing
  • Relentless Pursuit: Pete Rose’s Self-Serving Quest for the All-Time Hits Record – 1983-1986, by Kerry Keene

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  • Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes, by John Rosengren
  • Swinging ’73: Baseball’s Wildest Season, by Matthew Silverman
  • The Coal Barons Played Cuban Giants: A History of Early Professional Baseball in Pennsylvania, 1886-1896, by Paul Browne
  • League Park: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball, 1891-1946, by Ken Krsolovic and Bryan Fritz
  • Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011, by Richard Worth  
  • Billy Southworth: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayers, by John C. Skipper
  • Baseball Injuries: Case Studies, by Type, in the Major Leagues, by W. Laurence Coker, M.D.
  • Frantic Frank Lane: Baseball’s Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer, by Bob Vanderberg
  • Black Sox in the Courtroom: The Grand Jury, Criminal Trial and Civil Litigation, by William F. Lamb
  • The Easter Monday Baseball Game: North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956, by Tim Peeler
  • Cracking Baseball’s Cold Cases: Filling in the Facts About 17 Mystery Major Leaguers, by Peter Morris
  • 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read Before They Die, by Ron Kaplan
  • Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees, Edited by Lyle Spatz
  • Philadelphia’s Top 50 Baseball Players, by Rich Westcott
  • Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, edited by John Harry Stahl and Bill Nowlin
  • Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend, by Gerald C. Wood
  • Baseball’s Last Great Scout: The Life of Hugh Alexander, by Dan Austin
  • American Jews and America’s Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball, by Larry Ruttman
  • Mr. Wrigley’s Ball Club: Chicago & the Cubs During the Jazz Age, by Roberts Ehrgott Baseball’s Iconic 1-0 Games, by Warren N. Wilbert
  • The Pitching Professor: The Life & Times of Ernie Kershaw, by Ernie Kershaw and Len Corben
  • Summers At Shea, by Ira Berkow
  • 100 Things Brewers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, by Tom Haudricourt
  •  100 Things Reds Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, by Joel Luckhaupt
  • How the Red Sox Explain New England, by Jon Chattman and Allie Tarantino
  • Classic Bucs: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Pirates History, by David Finoli
  • Bleacher In The Bedroom: The Swampoodle Irish and Connie Mack, by John J. Rooney
  • Sports Illustrated Kids presents Goodnight Baseball, by Michael Dahl 
  • Baseball Comes Out: A Revolutionary Novel, by Jack Saunders
  • Heart of a Tiger: Growing Up With My Grandfather, Ty Cobb, by Herschel Cobb
  • Sweet ’60: The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates, edited by Clifton Blue Parker and Bill Nowlin

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  • Becoming Big League: Seattle, The Pilots and Stadium Politics, by Bill Mullins
  • Shibe Park-Connie Mack Stadium: Images of Sports, by Rich Westcott
  • The American League in Transition, 1965-1975, by Paul Hensler
  • Ebbets Field: Essays and Memories of Brooklyn’s Historic Ballpark, 1913-1960, edited by John G. Zinn and Paul Zinn
  • Season of Ghosts: The ’86 Mets and the Red Sox, by Howard Burman
  • The Expos in Their Prime: The Short-Lived Glory of Montreal’s Team, 1977-1984, by Alain Usereau
  • The Science of the Fastball, by William Blewett
  • The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2011-2012, edited by William M. Simons
  • Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball’s Color Line, by Tom Dunkel
  • Lefty: An American Odyssey, by Vernona Gomez and Lawrence Goldstone
  • The Happiest Recap, First Base: 1962-1973, by Greg W. Prince
  • Auditioning for Cooperstown: Rating Baseball’s Stars for the Hall of Fame, by Andre Lower
  • Historical Dictionary of Baseball, by Lyle Spatz
  • Memories of a Ballplayer: Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930s, by Bill Werber and C. Paul Rogers III
  • Batting, by F.C. Lane
  • The Farmers’ Game: Baseball in Rural America, by David Vaught
  • Detroit Tigers 1984: What A Start! What A Finish!, edited by Mark Pattison and David Raglin
  • Miracle on Grass, by David Fanucchi
  • Bat, Ball & Bible: Baseball and Sunday Observance in New York, by Charles DeMotte
  • After Many A Summer: The Passing of the Giants and Dodgers and a Golden Age in New York Baseball, by Robert E. Murphy
  • One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season, by Tony La Russa and Rick Hummel

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  • Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes, by John Rosengren
  • Small Town Baseball, Big League Dreams, by Bob Meyer
  • Images of America: Baseball in Orange County, by Chris Epting
  • Deacon Bill McKechnie: A Baseball Biography, by Mitchell Conrad Stinson
  • Reasoning with Sabermetrics: Applying Statistical Science to Baseball’s Tough Questions, by Gabriel B. Costa, Michael R. Huber and John T. Saccoman
  • Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth, by L.M. Sutter
  • Kid Nichols: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher, by Richard Bogovich
  • Hazen “Kiki” Cuyler: A Baseball Biography, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Big Klu: The Baseball Life of Ted Kluszewski, by William A. Cook
  • Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875, by Paul Batesel
  • Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies, Second Edition, by David M. Jordan
  • Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs: A Reference Guide, by Ron Keurajian 
  • When Baseball Was Still King: Major League Players Remember the 1950s, by Gene Fehler
  • New York Versus New York, 1962: The Birth of the Yankees-Mets Rivalry, by Bill Morales
  • Baseball and Social Class: Essays on the Democractic Game that Isn’t, edited by Ronald E. Kates and Warren Tormey
  • Making It in the Minors: A Team Owner’s Lessons in the Business of Baseball, by Arthur P. Solomon with Allyn I. Freeman
  • Baseball Myths: Debating, Debunking and Disproving Tales From the Diamond, by Bill Deane
  • Cellar Dwellers: The Worst Teams in Baseball History, by Jonathan Weeks
  • Family Ties: A Comprehensive Collection of Facts and Trivia About Baseball’s Relatives, by Richard A. Cuicchi
  • The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych, by Doug Wilson
  • Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics With Baseball, by Stanley Rothman
  • The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2013, edited by Dave Studenmund
  • Red Sox By The Numbers, by Bill Nowlin and Matthew Silverman
  • Bucky: A Story of Baseball in the Deadball Era, by Fred W. Veil
  • Fenway Park at 100: Baseball’s Hometown, by Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime
  • Golden Boys: Baseball Portraits, 1946-1960, by Andy Jurinko and Christopher Jennison
  • Baseball’s Biggest Miracle: The 1914 Boston Braves, by John Holway with Frank Ceresi

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  • Baseball’s Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball’s 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe, by Paul Kocak
  • ‘The Deacon’s’ Daughter, by Carol McKechnie Montgomery with Jerry Hanks
  • Legal Decisions that Shaped Modern Baseball, by Patrick K. Thornton
  • Packaging Baseball: How Marketing Embellishes the Cultural Experience, by Mathew J. Bartkowiak and Yuya Kiuchi
  • Addie Joss on Baseball, edited by Rich Blevins
  • Ty Cobb: Two Biographies, by H.G. Salsinger, edited by William R. Cobb
  • John Tortes “Chief” Meyers: A Baseball Biography, by William A. Young
  • Steve Carlton and the 1972 Phillies, by Bruce Morgan
  • Base Ball Pioneers 1850-1879: The Clubs and Players Who Spread the Sport Nationwide, edited by Peter Morris, Bill Ryczek, Jan Finkel, Len Levin and Richard Malatzky
  • Buck Ewing: A Baseball Biography, by Roy Kerr
  • Of Monarchs and Black Barons: Essays on Baseball’s Negro Leagues, by James A. Riley
  • Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites, by Chris Jensen
  • Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life, by Katya Cengel
  • The Glory Years of the Detroit Tigers: 1920-1950, by William M. Anderson
  • “If You Were Only White”: The Life of Leroy “Satchel” Paige, by Donald Spivey
  • Dick Siebert: A Life In Baseball, by Joel Rippel
  • Diamonds and Diplomas: How to Get Recruited to Play College Baseball, by Bill Ballew
  • Ron Santo: A Perfect 10, by Pat Hughes and Rich Wolfe
  • Baseball’s Rare Triple Crown, by Michael Francis Mann
  • Knuckleball: The Uncertainties of (a) life, by Ken Beckley
  • My Baseball Journey: A Broadcaster’s Memoir, by Bill Brown and Tim Gregg
  • World Series Winners: What it Takes to Claim Baseball’s Ultimate Prize, by Ross Bernstein
  • They Call Me Oil Can, by Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd with Mike Shalin
  • Harmon Killebrew: Ultimate Slugger, by Steve Aschburner
  • Connie Mack: Grand Old Man of Baseball, by Frederick G. Lieb
  • You Stink! Terrible Teams & Pathetic Players, by Eric J. Wittenberg and Michael Aubrecht
  • The Man in the Crowd: A Fan’s Notes on Four Generations of New York Baseball, by Stanley Cohen
  • Season of ’42: Joe D, Teddy Ballgame, and Baseball’s First Fight to Survive a Turbulent First Year of War, by Jack Cavanaugh
  • Nine Aces and a Joker: Defining Seasons from British Baseball’s Standout Pitchers, by Joe Gray
  • The Hall of Nearly Great, edited by Jason Wojciechowski & Marc Normandin

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  • A People’s History of Baseball, by Mitchell Nathanson
  • Imperfect: An Improbable Life, by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
  • Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball’s Greatest Gift, by Harvey Araton
  • Behind the Plate: A Catcher’s View of the Braves Dynasty, by Javier Lopez with Gary Caruso
  • Fenway Park: Images of America, by David Hickey, Raymond Sinibaldi and Kerry Keene
  • The Baseballl Hall of Shame:The Best of Blooperstown, by Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo
  • Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball, by Molly Lawless
  • Life Behind the Mask: Memoir of a Youth Baseball Umpire, by Michael Schafer
  • Hardball Legends and Journeymen and Short-Timers: 333 Illustrated Baseball Biographies, by Ronnie Joyner
  • The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires, by David Nemec
  • Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel, by Dorothy Seymour Mills
  • Bill Veeck: Baseball’s Greatest Maverick, by Paul Dickson
  • Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball, by Christopher J. Lamb
  • Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931, by Norman L. Macht
  • Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination During the 1934 Tour of Japan, by Robert K. Fitts
  • Major League Baseball Profiles 1870-1900 Vol. 1: The Ballplayers who Built the Game, by David Nemec
  • Major League Baseball Profiles 1870-1900 Vol. 2: The Hall of Famers and Memorable Personalities Who Shaped the Game, by David Nemec
  • Sometimes They Even Shook Your Hand: Portraits of Champions Who Walked Among Us, by John Schulian
  • The Team that Forever Changed Baseball and America: The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers, edited by Lyle Spatz
  • Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles, edited by Mark Armour and Malcolm Allen
  • Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer’s Historic Night Under the Lights, by James W. Johnson
  • Strikeout: Baseball, Broadway and the Brotherhood in the 19th Century, by James Hawking
  • Joyce Westerman: Baseball Hero, by Bob Kann
  • The Last Rebel Yell: True tales from baseball’s last bastion of racial segregation: the Alabama-Florida League, by Ken Brooks
  • Deadball: A Metaphysical Baseball Novel, by David B. Stinson
  • Baseball Fantography: A Celebration in Snapshots and Stories from the Fans, by Andy Strasberg
  • The Greatest Show on Dirt: A Novel, by James Bailey
  • Baseball’s Lost Tradition: Two Eight-Team Leagues, by Eric Thompson
  • The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy, by Daniel R. Levitt
  • 100 Things Rangers fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, by Rusty Burson
  • 100 Things Yankees Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, by David Fischer
  • Safe At Home: Willie Mays Aikens, by Gregory Jordan
  • Marietta College Baseball: The Story of the ‘Etta Express, by Gary Caruso
  • Tales from the Philadelphia Phillies Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Phillies Stories Ever Told, by Rich Westcott
  • Red Sox Review: 110 Years of Boston Red Sox Photos, by Mark Stang
  • Basic Ball: New Approaches for Determining the Greatest Baseball, Football and Basketball Players of All-Time, by Dave Heeren and Pete Palmer
  • Painting the Corners: A Collection of Off-Center Baseball Stories, by Bob Weintraub
  • Shipwrecked: A People’s History of the Seattle Mariners, by Jon Wells
  • Third Base For Life: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Baseball, by Joshua L. Berkowitz

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  • Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, by Randy Roberts & Carson Cunningham
  • Trading Manny: How A Father & Son Learned To Love Baseball Again, by Jim Gullo
  • Summer of ’68: The Season that Changed Baseball — and America — Forever, by Tim Wendel
  • 1924 and You Are There!, by Jeff Polman
  • The School With All The Catchers: A History of the Crawford High School Baseball Program, by Joe Naiman
  • The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954, by Jim Sargent and Robert M. Gorman
  • Long Taters: A Baseball Biography of George “Boomer” Scott, by Ron Anderson
  • Eliot Asinof and the Truth of the Game: A Critical Study of the Baseball Writings, by William Farina
  • A Member of the Local Nine: Baseball and Identity in the Fiction of W.P. Kinsella, by William Steele
  • The Battling Bucs of 1925: How the Pittsburgh Pirates Pulled Off the Greatest Comeback in World Series History, by Ronald T. Waldo
  • Red Sox Roll Call: 200 Memorable Players, 1901-2011, by William F. McNeil
  • The Mental Road to the Major Leagues: A Guide for Rising Ballplayers, by Kelly J. Pfaff and Peder N. Piering
  • The Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers: A Multiethnic Baseball Team Tours the Mainland, 1912-1916, by Joel S. Franks
  • Baseball’s War Roster: A Biographical Dictionary of Major and Negro League Players Who Served, 1861 to the Present, by Brett Kiser
  • Center Field Grasses: Poems from Baseball, by Gene Fehler
  • Tiger Stadium, Comerica Park: History & Memories, by Irwin J. Cohen
  • Baseball Between Us: A Road Map to a Winning Father/Son Relationship, by Mike Luery
  • Travels with Ghosts and Other Tales, by Joe Scherrman and Suzanne Wright, eds.
  • The Wonder Team in the White City: U.V.M. At the Intercollegiate Base Ball Tournament of 1893, by Tom Simon
  • Jack and Larry, the Cleveland Baseball Dog, by Barbara Gregorich
  • Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography, by Stuart Shea
  • The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times, by Steven Travers
  • Best Mets: Fifty Years of Highs and Lows from New York’s Most Agonizingly Amazin’ Team, by Matthew Silverman
  • Willy’s Ballgame, by Dennis N. Ricci
  • Hot Hand: The Statistics Behind Sports’ Greatest Streaks, by Alan Reifman
  • Celebrating Ourselves: African-Americans and the Promise of Baseball, by Daryl Russell Grigsby
  • 3 Tales From the Grand Old Game, by Austin Gisriel

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  • Wizardry: Baseball’s All-Time Greatest Fielders Revealed, by Michael Humphreys
  • Moneyball, by Michael Lewis (republished)
  • Baseball Is …: Defining the National Pastime, edited by Paul Dickson
  • Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway’s Remarkable First Year, by Glenn Stout
  • The Deacon and the Schoolmaster: Phillippe and Leever, Pittsburgh’s Great Turn-of-the-Century Pitchers, by Robert Peyton Wiggins
  • DiMaggio’s Yankees: A History of the 1936-1944 Dynasty, by Lew Freedman
  • Roger Connor: Home Run King of 19th Century Baseball, by Roy Kerr
  • The Baseball Film in Postwar America: A Critical Study, 1948-1962, by Ron Briley
  • Baseball’s Heartland War, 1902-1903: The Western League and American Association vie for Turf, Players and Profits, by Dennis Pajot
  • The Rise of Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, by Lou Hernandez
  • The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League: A History, 1903-1957, by Richard Beverage
  • The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957, by Dennis Snelling
  • Peanuts and Crackerjacks: A Baseball Novel, by M.Z. Ribalow
  • Baseball in Petersburg: The Virginia League and Beyond, by Larry C. Toombs
  • The Bill James Handbook 2012, by Baseball Info Solutions
  • A Unique Look at Big League Baseball, by Joe Taxiera
  • The Giants Win The Series! Headlines and Highlights of 1954, by Mike Getz
  • Garlic Fries and Baseball: The Book, by Ronni Redmond
  • One Home Run, by Art Voellinger
  • Lipman Pike: America’s First Home Run King, by Richard Michelson (illustrations by Zachary Pullen)
  • Amazing Baseball Heroes: Inspirational Negro League Stories, by Bryan Steverson

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  • Vintage Base Ball: Recapturing the National Pastime, by James R. Tootle
  • Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball’s Boy Wonder, by Jack Smiles
  • Hutch: Baseball’s Fred Hutchinson and a Legacy of Courage, by Mike Shannon (author) and Scott Hannig (illustrator)
  • Dixie Walker: A Life in Baseball, by Lyle Spatz
  • Broadcasting Baseball: A History of the National Pastime on Radio and Television, by Eldon L. Ham
  • Silver Bats and Automobiles: The Hotly Competitive, Sometimes Ignoble Pursuit of the Major League Batting Championship, by David L. Fleitz
  • Life Behind the Mask: Memoir of a Youth Baseball Umpire, by Michael Schafer
  • Bucketfoot Al: The Baseball Life of Al Simmons, by Clifton Blue Parker
  • Farewell to the Last Golden Era: The Yankees, the Pirates and the 1960 Baseball Season, by Bill Morales
  • Jim Thorpe: A Biography, by William A. Cook
  • Clark Griffith: The Old Fox of Washington Baseball, by Ted Leavengood
  • Brit at the Ballpark: An Englishman’s Baseball Tour of All 50 States, by Peter Taylor
  • Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil, by William B. Gould IV
  • The Right Time: John Henry “Pop” Lloyd and Black Baseball, by Wes Singletary
  • When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms: Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn’s Back-to-Back Pennants of 1889 and 1890, by Ronald G. Shafer
  • Major League Umpires’ Performance, 2007-2010: A Comprehensive Statistical Review, by Andrew Goldblatt
  • The Runmakers: A New Way to Rate Baseball Players, by Frederick E. Taylor
  • The Pitch, by Hank Owens

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  • Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball, by Rebecca T. Alpert
  • Images of America: Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles, by Francisco E. Balderrama and Richard A. Santillan
  • Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game, by John Thorn
  • Catching Heat: The Jim Leyritz Story, by Jim Leyritz, Douglas B. Lyons and Jeffrey Lyons
  • Major League Baseball Scouts: A Biographical Dictionary, by P.J. Dragseth
  • Kenichi Zenimura: Japanese American Baseball Pioneer, by Bill Staples Jr.
  • Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball, by Lawrence Baldassaro
  • Wins, Losses & Empty Seats: How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression, by David George Surdam
  • The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932, by Thomas Aiello
  • Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891, by Charles C. Alexander
  • Solid Fool’s Gold: Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom, by Bill James
  • The Off Season: National League 1953/54, by John Oelerich
  • Remembering Fenway Park: An Oral and Narrative History of the Home of the Boston Red Sox, by Harvey Frommer
  • A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales From the Broadcast Booth, by Curt Smith
  • Territories to Boomers: Professional Baseball in Ardmore 1904-1926, by Peter G. Pierce
  • Indians, Cardinals and Rosebuds: Professional Baseball in Ardmore 1947-1961, by Peter G. Pierce
  • Jewel of the Sports World: The Story of the Hickok Belt Award, by Scott Pitoniak
  • 10 Rings: Stories of the St. Louis Cardinals World Championships, by James Rygelski and Robert L. Tiemann
  • This Is Our Time! The 2010 San Francisco Giants, by Chris Haft and Eric Alan

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