2013 Books on Baseball
(These titles received for review by Spitball make up the most comprehensive list of new baseball books to be found anywhere. Lists of previous years's books follow this one. Updated: March 20, 2013)
All the Babe's Men: Baseball's Greatest Home Run Seasons and How They Changed America by Eldon L. Ham. Potomac Books. HB, $29.95. The American League in Transition, 1965-1975: How Competition Thrived When the Yankees Didn't by Paul Hensler. McFarland. PB, $39.95. America's Jews: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball by Larry Ruttman. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $34.95. Baseball in Colorado Springs (Images of Baseball) by Roger P. Hadix. Arcadia. PB, $21.99. Baseball in Denver (Images of Baseball) by Matthew Kasper Repplinger II. Arcadia. PB, $21.99. Baseball Injuries: Case Studies, by Type, in the Major Leagues by W. Laurence Coker. McFarland. PB, $45. Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing beyond the Game by John Sexton. Gotham Books. HB, $27.50. Baseball Team Nicknames: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869-2011 by Richard Worth. McFarland. PB, $55. Baseball's Iconic 1-0 Games by Warren N. Wilbert. The Scarecrow Press. HB, $65. Baseball's Last Great Scout: The Life of Hugh Alexander by Dan Austin. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $24.95. Baseball's New Frontier: A History of Expansion, 1961-1998 by Fran Zimniuch. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $19.95. Bat, Ball & Bible: Baseball and Sunday Observance in New York by Charles DeMotte. Potomac Books. HB, $24.95. Becoming Big League: Seattle, the Pilots, and Stadium Politics by Bill Mullins. University of Washington Press. HB, $26.95. Billy Southworth: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Manager and Ballplayer by John C. Skipper. McFarland. PB, $29.95. The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych by Doug Wilson. Thomas Dunne Books. HB, $26.99. Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees ed. by Lyle Spatz. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $26.95. Bud Fowler: Baseball's First Black Professional by Jeffrey Michael Laing. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Burleigh Grimes: Baseball's Last Legal Spitballer by Joe Niese. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Classic Bucs: The 50 Greatest Games in Pittsburgh Pirates History by David Finoli. Black Squirrel Books. PB, $18. The Coal Barons Played Cuban Giants: A History of Early Professional Baseball in Pennsylvania, 1886-1896 by Paul Browns. McFarland. PB, $35. Conversations with Coach Wooden: On Baseball, Heroes, and Life by Gary Adams. Santa Monica Press. HB, $24.95. Core Four: The Heart and Souk of the Yankees Dynasty by Phil Pepe. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95. Cracking Baseball's Cold Cases: Filling in the Facts about 17 Mystery Major Leaguers by Peter Morris. McFarland. PB, $29.95. The DiMaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream by Tom Clavin. Ecco. HB, $25.99. Drama and Pride in the Gateway City: The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals ed. by John Harry Stahl & Bill Nowlin. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $26.95. Duke City Diamonds: Baseball in Albuquerque by Gary Herron. Rio Grande Books. PB, $24.95. The Easter Monday Baseball Game: North Carolina State and Wake Forest on the Diamond, 1899-1956 by Tim Peeler. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Ebbets Field: Essays and Memories of Brooklyn's Historic Ballpark, 1913-1960 ed. by John G. Zinn & Paul G. Zinn. McFarland. PB, $39.95. The Expos in Their Prime: The Short-Lived Glory of Montreal's Team, 1977-1984 by Alain Usereau. McFarland. PB, $29.95. The Farmers' Game: Baseball in Rural America by David Vaught. The Johns Hopkins University Press. HB, $29.95. Francona: The Red Sox Years by Terry Francona & Dan Shaughnessy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB, $28. Frantic Frank Lane: Baseball's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer by Bob Vanderberg. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Full Count: Four Decades of Blue Jays Baseball by Jeff Blair. Random House Canada. HB, $30. Great Baseball Stories: Ruminations and Nostalgic Reminiscences on Our National Pastime ed. by Lee Gutkind & Andrew Blauner. Skyhorse Publishing. PB, $14.95. Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren. New American Library. HB, $26.95. Heart of a Tiger: Growing Up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb by Herschel Cobb. ECW Press. HB, $24.95. Historical Dictionary of Baseball by Lyle Spatz. The Scarecrow Press. HB, $115. How the Red Sox Explain New England by Jon Chattman & Allie Tarantino. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95. Inside the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Simon & Schuster. HB, $35. Instant Baseball: The Baseball Instagrams of Brad Mangin. Cameron & Company. HB, $18.95. Keepers of the Game: When the Baseball Beat Was the Best Job on the Ppaer by Dennis D'Agostino. Potomac Books. HB, $29.95. League Park 1891-1946: Historic Home of Cleveland Baseball by Ken Krsolovic & Bryan Fritz. McFarland. PB, $39.95. Long Shot by Mike Piazza w/Lonnie Wheeler. Simon & Schuster. HB, $27. Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Leagues of the 1950s by Lou Hernandez. McFarland. PB, $39.95. Mexican American Baseball in Orange County (Images of Baseball) by Richard A. Santillan, Susan C. Luevano, et al. Arcadia. PB, $21.95. Mickey and Willie: Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age by Allen Barra. Crown Publishing. HB, $27. Mr. Wrigley's Ball Club: Chicago and the Cubs during the Jazz Age by Robert Ehrgott. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $34.95. Nailed! The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra by Christopher Frankie. Running Press. HB, $25. Nikkei Baseball: Japanese American Players from Immigration and Interment to the Major Leagues by Samuel O. Regalado. University of Illinois Press. PB, $25. Philadelphia's Top 50 Baseball Players by Rich Westcott. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $24.95. Put It in the Book! A Half-Century of Mets Mania by Howie Rose w/Phil Pepe. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95. Rod Dedeaux: Master of the Diamond by David Rankin. Coaches Choice. PB, $19.95. The Science of the Fastball by William Blewett. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Season of Ghosts: The '86 Mets and the Red Sox by Howard Burman. McFarland. PB, $35. Smoky Joe Wood: The Biography of a Baseball Legend by Gerald C. Wood. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $34.95. Stealing Home: Baseball Poems by Dwayne Brenna. Hagios Press. PB, $16.95. Summers at Shea: Tom Seaver Loses His Overcoat and Other Mets Stories by Ira Berkow. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95. Swinging '73: Baseball's Wildest Season by Matthew Silverman. Lyons Press. PB, $16.95. Tales from First Base: The Best, Funniest, and Slickest First Baseman Ever by Brad Engel & Wayne Stewart. Potomac Books. HB, $22.95. Warren Ballpark: Images of Sport by Mike Anderson. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99. We Were the All-American Girls: Interviews with Players of the AAGPBL, 1943-1954 by Jim Sargeant. McFarland. PB, $39.95. When Baseball Isn't White, Straight and Male: The Media and Difference in the National Pastime by Lisa Doris Alexander. McFarland. PB, $39.95. Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball by Frank Garland. McFarland. PB, $29.95. Who's on Worst: The Lousiest Players, Biggest Cheaters, Saddest Goats and Other Antiheroes by Filip Bondy. Doubleday. HB, $24.95. 100 Things Brewers Fans Should Know & Do before They Die by Tom Haudricourt. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95. 100 Things Reds Fans Should Know & Do before They Die by Joel Luckhaupt. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95. 501 Baseball Books Fans Must Read before They Die by Ron Kaplan. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $24.95. The 1957 San Francisco Seals: End of an Era in the Pacific Coast League by P. J. Dragseth. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
2012 Books on Baseball
(Updated: May 5, 2013) Addie Joss on Baseball: Collected Newspaper Columns and World Series Reports, 1907-1909 compiled & ed. by Rich Blevins. McFarland. PB, $33.
Arlie Latham: A Baseball Biography of the Freshest Man on Earth by L.M. Sutter. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Ballgame: A Decade Covering the Texas Rangers from the Best Seat in the House by Josh Lewin. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, & Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan by Robert K. Fitts. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $34.95.
The Barnstorming Hawaiian Travelers: A Multiethnic Baseball Team Tours the mainland, 1912-1916 by Joel S. Franks. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Base Ball Pioneers 1850-1870: The Clubs and Players Who Spread the Sport Nationwide ed. by Peter Morris, William J. Ryczek, et al. McFarland. PB, $49.95.
Baseball Hall of Fame Autographs: A Reference Guide by Ron Keurajian. McFarland. PB, $49.95.
The Baseball Hall of Shame: The Best of Blooperstown by Bruce Nash & Allan Zullo. Lyons Press. PB, $14.95.
Baseball in Memphis (Images of Baseball) by Clarence Watkins. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Baseball in Orange County (Images of America) by Chris Epting. Arcadia. PB, $21.99.
Baseball in Savannah (Images of Baseball) by Brian Harold Lee. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Baseball and Social Class: Essays on the Democratic Game that Isn't ed. by Ronald E. Kates & Warren Tormey. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites by Chris Jensen. McFarland. PB, $55.
Baseball's Best Short Stories (expanded ed.) ed. by Paul D. Staudohar. Chicago Review press. PB, $18.95.
Baseball's War Roster: A Biographical Dictionary of Major and Negro League Players Who Served, 1861 to the Present by Brent Kiser. McFarland. PB, $55.
The Battling Bucs of 1925: How the Pittsburgh Pirates Pulled Off the Greatest Comeback in World Series History by Ronald T. Waldo. McFarland. PB, $40.
Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs' Glory Years, 1870-1945 ed. by Randy Roberts & Carson Cunningham. University of Illinois Press. PB, $21.95.
Behind the Plate: A Catcher's View of the Braves Dynasty by Javy Lopez w/Gary Caruso. Triumph Books. HB, $25.95.
Big Klu: The Baseball Life of Ted Kluszewski by William A. Cook. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick by Paul Dickson. Walker & Company. HB, $28.
Bluegrass Baseball: A Year in the Minor League Life by Katya Cengel. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $19.95.
The Bubble Gum Card War: the Great Bowman & Topps Sets from 1948 to 1955 by Dean Hanley. Mighty Casey Books. PB, $9.99.
Buck Ewing: A Baseball Biography by Roy Kerr. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Bushville Wins! The Wild Saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the Screwballs, Sluggers, and Beer Swiggers Who Canned the New York Yankees and Changed Baseball by John Klima. Thomas Dunne Books. HB, $25.99.
Calico Joe (novel) by John Grisham. Doubleday. HB, $24.95.
Can You Believe It: 30 Years of Insider Stories with the Boston Red Sox by Joe Castiglione. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
Chasing a Dream by C. J. Boerger. Self-published. PB, $12.99.
The Classic Mantle by Buzz Bissinger (photographs by Marvin E. Newman). Stewart, Tabori & Chang. HB, $19,95.
Connie Mack: the Turbulent & Triumphant Years 1915-1931 by Norman L. Macht. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $39.95.
Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball by Chris Lamb. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $39.95.
Contract Year: A Baseball Novel by Bee Hylinski. Andrew Benzie Books. PB, $13.95.
Damn Yankees: Twenty-four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team ed. by Rob Fleder. Ecco. HB, $27.99.
Deacon Bill McKechnie: A Baseball Biography by Mitchell Conrad Stinson. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Dirty Rice: A Season in the Evangeline League (novel) by Gerald Duff. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. PB, $20.
Double No-Hit: Johnny Vander Meer's Historic Night Under the Lights by James W. Johnson. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $15.95.
Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel by Dorothy Seymour Mills. McFarland. PB, $25.
Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift by Harvey Araton. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB, $26.
Eliot Asinof and the Truth of the Game: A Critical Study of the Baseball Writings by William Farina. McFarland. PB, $55.
Extra Innings (novel) by Bruce E. Spitzer. Bear Hill Media. PB, $16.95.
Extra Innings: More Baseball between the Numbers from the Team at Baseball Prospectus ed. by Steven Goldman. Basic Books. HB, $27.99. Family Ties: A Comprehensive Collection of Facts and Trivia about Baseball's Relatives by Richard A. Cuicchi. PB, $29.95.
Fenway Park (Images of America) by David Hickey, Raymond Sinibaldi, & Kerry Keene. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Ballpark in America by John Powers & Ron Driscoll. Running Press. HB, $30.
Fenway Park at 100: Baseball's Hometown by Bill Nowlin & Jim Prime. Sports Publishing. HB, $29.95.
Few and Chosen: Defining Phillies Greatness Across the Eras by Gary Matthews w/Phil Pepe. Triumph Books. HB, $25.95.
F Is for Fenway: America's Oldest Major League Ballpark by Jerry Pallotta & John S. Dykes (illustrator). Sleeping Bear Press. HB, $16.95.
Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend by Tom Clavin & Danny Peary. New American Library. HB, $26.95.
Girardi: Passion in Pinstripes by Kevin Kernan. Triumph Books. HB, $25.95.
Golden Boys: Baseball Portraits, 1946-1960: Paintings by Andy Jurinko (text by Christopher Jennison). Skyhorse Publishing. HB, $50.
The Greatest Phillies Clubs of All Time by Ken Bingham. Camino Books. PB, $17.95.
Harmon Killebrew: Ultimate Slugger by Steve Aschburner. Triumph Books. Hb, $25.95.
Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler: A Baseball Biography by Ronald T. Waldo. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
High Fives, Pennant Drives, and Fernandomania: A Fan's History of the Los Angeles Dodgers' Glory Years 1977-1981 by Paul Haddad. Santa Monica Press. PB, $16.95.
Hit By Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball by Molly Lawless. McFarland. PB, $24.95.
If You Love This Game: An MVP's Life in Baseball by Andre Dawson w/Alan Maimon. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
"If You Were Only White:" The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige by Donald Spivey. University of Missouri Press. HB, $29.95.
I Love the Red Sox; I Hate the Yankees: Personal Stories about the World's Greatest (Absolute Worst) Team, Fans, and Traditions by Jon Chattman, Allie Tarantino, & Rich Tarrantino. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
Imperfect: An Improbable Life by Jim Abbott & Tim Brown. Ballantine Books. HB, $26.
Jack and Larry: Jack Graney and Larry, the Cleveland Baseball Dog by Barbara Gregorich. Philbar Books. PB, $12.
Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players by Peter Ephross w/Martin Abramowitz. McFarland. PB, $35.
Jimmy Collins: A Baseball Biography by Charlie Bevis. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Jinxed! (juvenile fiction) by Kurtis Scaletta. Amulet Books. HB, $15.95.
John Tortes "Chief" Meyers: A Baseball Biography by William A. Young. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
The Juju Rules: Or, How to Win Ballgames from Your Couch by Hart Seely. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB,$25.
Kid Nichols: A Biography of the Hall of Fame Pitcher by Richard Bogovich. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
The Kitty League (Images of Baseball) by Joshua R. Maxwell & Kevin D. McCann. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Knuckleball: The Uncertainties of (a) Life, a novel by Ken Beckley. AuthorHouse. PB, $19.95.
The Last Natural: Bryce Harper's Big Gamble in Sin City and the Greatest Amateur Season Ever by Rob Miech. Thomas Dunne Books. HB, $26.99.
Legal Decisions that Shaped Modern Baseball by Patrick K. Thornton. McFaland. PB, $39.95.
Lefty: An American Odyssey by Vernona Gomez & Lawrence Goldstone. Ballantine Books. HB, $28.
Long Taters: A Baseball Biography of George "Boomer" Scott by Ron Anderson. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
The Magic Glove (novel) by Louis Anthony Agnello. Author House. PB, $23.95.
Major League Dads: Baseball's Best players Reflect on the Fathers Who Inspired Them to Love the Game by Kevin Neary & Leigh A. Tobin. Running Press. HB, $20.
Making It in the Minors: A Team Owner's Lessons in the Business of Baseball by Arthur P. Solomon w/Allyn Freeman. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
A Member of the Local Nine: Baseball and Identity in the Fiction of W. P. Kinsella by William Steele. McFarland. PB, $55.
The Mental Road to the Major Leagues: A Guide for Rising Ballplayers by Kelly J. Pfaff & Peder N. Piering. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Mercy! A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told through Red Sox Radio and TV by Curt Smith. Potomac Books. HB, $27.50.
Mexican American Baseball in the Inland Empire by Richard A. Santillan, Mark A. Ocegueda, & Terry A. Cannon. Arcadia. PB, $21.99.
The Might Have Been: A Novel by Joseph M. Schuster. Ballantine Books. HB, $25.
The Mighty Roman (novel) by Jon Sindell. Self-published. PB, $10.99.
The New York Times Story of the Yankees: 382 Articles, Profiles & Essays from 1903 to the Present ed. by Dave Anderson. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. HB, $29.95.
New York Versus New York, 1962: The Birth of the Yankees-Mets Rivalry by Bill Morales. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Nothing Down: The Short Baseball Life of Homer Newbody (novel) by Mike Reuther. Self-published. PB, $
Occasional Glory: The History of the Philadelphia Phillies by David M. Jordan. 2nd ed. McFarland. PB, $35.
One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season by Tony La Russa w/Rick Hummel. William Morrow. HB, $27.99.
Out of My Life: A Rookie's Survival in the Bigs by Dirk Hayhurst. Citadel Press. HB, $24.95.
Packaging Baseball: How Marketing Embellishes the Cultural Experience by Mathew J. Bartkowiak & Yuya Kiuchi. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
A People's History of Baseball by Mitchell Nathanson. University of Illinois Press. HB, $29.95.
The Rank and File of 19th Century Major League Baseball: Biographies of 1,084 Players, Owners, Managers and Umpires by David Nemec. McFarland. PB, $55.
Reasoning with Sabermetrics: Applying Statistical Science to Baseball's Tough Questions by Gabriel B. Costa, Michael R. Huber, & John T. Saccoman. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Red Sox Roll Call: 200 Memorable Players, 1901-2011 by William F. McNeil. McFarland. PB, $45.
Return to Dead City: A Cozzy Crager Mystery (novel) by Mike Reuther. Self-published. PB, $
Ron Shandler's 2012 Baseball Forecaster and Encyclopedia of Fanalytics ed. by Ray Murphy. Triumph Books. PB, $25.95.
The Rotation: A Season with the Phillies and One of the Greatest Pitching Staffs Ever Assembled by Jim Salisbury & Todd Zolecki. Runnniing Press. PB, $15.
Root for the Home Team: Minor League Baseball's Most Off-the-Wall Team Names and the Stories behind Them by Tim Hagerty. Cider Mill Press. PB, $12.95.
Rube Foster in His Time: On the Field and in the Papers with Black Baseball's Greatest Visionary by Larry Lester. McFarland. PB, $40.
Run Home & Take a Bow: Stories of Life, Faith, and a Season with the Kansas City Royals by Ethan D. Bryan. Samizdat Creative. PB, $14.99. Running Out the Heart (novel) by Robert Joe Stout. Black Rose Writing. PB, $16.95.
Of Monarchs and Black Barons: Essays on Baseball's Negro Leagues by James A. Riley. McFarland. PB, $35.
Perfect: The Inside Story of Baseball's Twenty Perfect Games by James Buckley Jr. Triumph Books. PB, $16.95.
Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss by Marty Appel. Bloomsbury. HB, $28.
Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles ed. by Mark Armous & Malcolm Allen. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $24.95.
Players and Teams of the National Association, 1871-1875 by Paul Batesel. McFarland. PB, $35.
Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball by Stanley Rothman. Johns Hopkins University Press. HB, $85.
Season of '42: Joe D, Teddy Ballgame, and Baseball's Fight to Survive a Turbulent First Year of War by Jack Cavanaugh. Skyhorse Publishing. HB, $24.95.
Sophomore Campaign: A Mickey Tussler novel by Frank Nappi. Skyhorse Publishing. PB, $12.95.
The South Bend Blue Sox: A History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Team and Its Players, 1943-1954 by Jim Sargent & Robert M. Gorman. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Sparky and Me: My Friendship with Sparky Anderson and the Lessons He Shared about Baseball and Life by Dan Ewald. Thomas Dunne Books. HB, $25.99.
Standard Catalog of Vintage Baseball Cards: The World's Biggest and Best price Guide. Sports Collectors Digest/Krause Publications. PB, $29.99.
Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith, and One More Year by John Smoltz w/Don Yaeger. William Morrow. HB, $26.99.
Steal that Base! (juvenile fiction) by Kurtis Scaletta. Amulet Books. HB, $15.95.
Stealing First (novel) by Drew Golden. Legacy Book Publishing. PB, $16.95.
Steve Blass: A Pirate for Life by Steve Blass w/Erik Sherman. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
Steve Carlton and the 1972 Phillies by Bruce Morgan. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Summer of '68: The Season that Changed Baseball, and America, Forever by Tim Wendel. Da Capo Press. HB, $25.
The Team that Forever Changed Baseball and America: The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers ed. by Lyle Spatz. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $26.95.
Third Base for Life: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons, and Baseball by Joshua L. Berkowitz. Vantage Point Books. PB, $15.95.
Touching All the Bases: Baseball in 101 Fascinating Stories by Thomas D. Phillips. Scarecrow Press. HB, $55.
Trading Manny: How a Father & Son Learned to Love Baseball Again by Jim Gullo. Da Capo Press. HB, $23.
Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War by Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu. The University of North Carolina Press. HB, $39.95.
Turning Two: My Journey to the Top of the World and back with the New York Mets by Bud Harrelson w/Phil Pepe. Thomas Dunne Books. HB, $25.99.
Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball -and America by Robert C. Cottrell. Potomac Books. HB, $27.50.
Ty Cobb: Two Biographies: Our Ty: Ty Cobb's Life Story & Which Was Greatest: Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth? (reprints) by H. G. Salsinger, ed. by William R. Cobb. McFarland. PB, $33.
The Ultimate Cardinals Record Book: A Complete Guide to the Most Unusual, Unbelievable, and Unbreakable Records in Cardinals History by Dan Moore. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
Yankee Greats: 100 Classic Baseball Cards by Bob Woods. Stewart, Tobori & Chang. HB, $19.95.
You Stink: Major League Baseball's Terrible Teams & Pathetic Players by Eric J. Wittenberg & Michael Aubrecht. Black Squirrel Books. PB, $24.95.
When Baseball Was Still King: Major League Players Remember the 1950s by Gene Fehler. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Wherever I wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity and the Perfect Knuckleball by R. A. Dickey w/Wayne Coffey. Blue Rider Press. HB, $26.95.
Willie Mays Aikens: Safe at Home by Gregory Jordan. Triumph Books. HB, $25.95.
World Series Winners: MLB Champions in Their Own Words: What It Takes to Claim Baseball's Ultimate Prize by Ross Bernstein. Triumph Books. PB, $22.95.
World Series 2012: The Year of the San Francisco Giants: Celebrating the 2012 World Series Champions. Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. PB, $19.99.
60'6": Balls, Strikes, and Baseball Mortality (a novel) by Mike Arsenault. General Store Publishing House. PB, $20.
100 Things Cubs Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Jimmy Greenfield. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
100 Things Phillies Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Bill Baer. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
100 Things Rangers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Rusty Burson. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
100 Things Yankees Fans Should Know Before They Die by David Fischer. triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
2012 Minor League Baseball Analyst by Rob Gordon & Jeremy Deloney. Triumph Books. PB, $19.95.
2011 Books on Baseball
(Updated: January 24, 2012)
A Band of Misfits: Tales of the 2010 San Francisco Giants by Andrew Baggarly. Triumph Books. HB, $19.95.
All You Can Be: Learning and Growing through Sports by Curtis Granderson. Triumph Books. HB, $16.95.
The Amazins: Celebrating 50 Years of New York Mets History by the New York Post. Triumph Books. PB, $24.95.
The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach. Little Brown. HB, $25.99.
Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil by William B. Gould IV. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
The Baseball Film in Postwar America: A Critical Study, 1948-1962 by Ron Briley. McFarland. PB, $40.
Baseball in the Garden of Eden: The Secret History of the Early Game by John Thorn. Simon & Schuster. HB, $26.
Baseball, How to Play the Game: The Official Playing and Coaching Manual of Major League Baseball by Pete Williams. Universe. PB, $29.95.
Baseball Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Baseball by Matthew Silverman. Skyhorse Publishing. HB, $14.95.
Baseball Now! 2nd ed., by Dan Bortolotti. Firefly. PB, $24.95.
The Baseball: Stunts, Scandals, and Secrets Beneath the Stitches by Zack Hample. Anchor Books. PB, $14.95.
Baseball in Albuquerque (Images of Baseball) by Gary Herron. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Baseball in Tacoma-Pierce County (Images of Baseball) by Marc H. Blau. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Baseball's Heartland War, 1902-1903: The Western League and the American Associati on Vie for Turf, Players and Profits by Dennis Pajot. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Basic Ball: New Approaches for Determining the Greatest Baseball, Football, and Basketball Players of All-Time by Dave Heeren & Pete Palmer. St. Johann Press. PB, $29.95.
The Beauty of Short Hops: How Chance and Circumstance Confound the Moneyball Approach to Baseball by Sheldon Hirsch & Alan Hirsch. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Before the Machine: The Story of the 1961 Pennant-Winning Cincinnati Reds by Mark Schmetzer. Clerisy Press. PB, $15.95.
Beyond DiMaggio: Italian Americans in Baseball by Lawrence Baldassaro. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $34.95.
The Big Show: Golden Age Baseball Photographs by Neal & Constance McCabe. Abrams. HB, $35.
The Bill James Handbook 2011: The Complete Up-to-Date Statistics on Every Major League Player, Team and Manager through Last Season. Acta Sports. PB, $24.95.
Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game by Dan Barry. Harper. HB, $26.99
Branch Rickey: A Penguin Life by Jimmy Breslin. Viking. HB, $19.95.
Brit at the Ballpark: An Englishman's Baseball Tour of All 50 States by Peter Taylor. McFarland. PB, $25.
Broadcasting Baseball: A History of the National Pastime on Radio and Television by Eldon L. Ham. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Brooklyn Dodgers in Cuba by Jim Vitti. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees by Charley Rosen. Harper. HB, $25.99.
Bucketfoot Al: The Baseball Life of Al Simmons by Clifton Blue Parker. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball's Boy Wonder by Jack Smiles. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Cage Rat: Lessons from a Life in Baseball by the Yankees Hitting Coach by Kevin Long w/Glen Waggoner. Ecco. HB, $24.99.
The Cambridge Companion to Baseball ed. by Leonard Cassuto & Stephen Partridge. Cambridge University Press. PB, $24.99.
Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella by Neil Lanctot. Simon & Schuster. HB, $28.
The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Ian O'Connor. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB, $26.
The Cardinals and the Yankees, 1926: A Classic Season and St. Louis in Seven by Paul E. Doutrich. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Carl Furillo: Brooklyn Dodgers All-Star by Ted Reed. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Clark Griffith: The Old Fox of Washington Baseball by Ted Leavengood. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Clubhouse Confidential: A Yankee Bat Boy's Insider Tale of Wild Nights, Gambling, and Good Times with Modern Baseball's Greatest Team by Luis "Squeegee" Castillo. St. Martin's Press. HB, $25.99.
The Cooperstwon Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2009-2010 ed. by William M. Simons. McFarland. PB, $38.
Deadball: A Metaphysical Baseball Novel by David B. Stinson. Huntington Park Publications. PB, $15.
DiMaggio's Yankees: A History of the 1936-1944 Dynasty by Lew Freedman. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
The Dog Sox (novel) by Russell Hill. Caravel Books. PB, $15.95.
Donnie Baseball: The Definitive Biography of Don Mattingly by Mike Shalin. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
Double-Headers: A Major League History by Charlie Bevis. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Drinking Coffe with a Fork: The Story of Steve Carlton abd the '72 Phillies by Steve Bucci & Dave Brown. Camino Books. PB, $17.95.
Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and the Summer of '69 by Phil Rogers. Triumph Books. HB, $24.95.
Farewell to the Last Golden Era: The Yankees, the Pirates and the 1960 Baseball Season by Bill Morales. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year by Glenn Stout. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB, $26.
Fenway Park: The Centennial: 100 Years of Red Sox Baseball by Saul Wisnia (w/DVD). St. Martin's Press. HB, $29.99.
Flip Flop Fly Ball: An Infographic Baseball Adventure by Craig Robinson. Bloomsbury. HB, $25.
Fred Clarke: A Biography of the Baseball Hall of Fame Player-Manager by Ronald T. Waldo. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Gibson's Last Stand: The Rise, Fall, and Near Misses of the St. Louis Cardinals, 1969-1975 by Doug Feldman. University of Missouri Press. HB, $29.95.
Going Yard: The Everything Home Run Book by Lew Freedman. Triumph Books. PB, $16.95.
Graphical Player 2011: Eye-Opening Dashboards of Stats and Graphs for Over 1,050 Players ed. by John Burnson. Acta Sports. PB, $22.95.
The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century by Jim Kaplan. Triumph Books. HB, $24.
The Greatest Minor League: A History of the Pacific Coast League, 1903-1957 by Dennis Snelling. McFarland. HB, $45.
Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn't Want to Be One by Mark Kurlansky. Yale University Press. HB. $25.
The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2011 ed. by Joe Distelheim et al. Acta Sports. PB, $22.95.
The House that Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub. Little Brown. HB, $26.99.
Hutch: Baseball's Fred Hutchinson and a Legacy of Courage by Mike Shannon (illustrated by Scott Hannig). McFarland. PB, $25.95.
Induction Day at Cooperstown: A History of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony by Dennis Corcoran. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
In the Time of Bobby Cox: The Atlanta Braves, Their Manager, My Couch, Two Decades, and Me by Lang Whitaker. Scribner. HB, $24.
Jim Thorpe: A Biography by William A. Cook. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Joe DiMaggio: The Long Vigil by Jerome Charyn. Yale University Press. HB, $24.
Juan Marichal: My Journey from the Dominican Republic to Cooperstown by Juan Marichal w/Lew Freedman. MVP Books. HB, $25.
The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932 by Thomas Aielo. The University of Alabama Press. HB, $39.95.
Knuckler: My Life with Baseball's Most Confounding Pitch by Tim Wakefield w/Tony Massarotti. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. HB, $26.
The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Steven Travers. Taylor Trade Publishing. HB, $24.95.
Life Behind the Mask: Memoir of a Youth Baseball Umpire by Michael Schafer. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Life Is Yours to Win by Augie Garrido. Touchstone. HB, $23.
Lipman Pike: America's First Home Run King by Richard Michelson (illustrated by Zachary Pullen). Sleeping Bear Press. HB, $16.95.
The Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League: A History, 1903-1957 by Richard Beverage. McFarland. PB, $40.
Lucky Me: My Sixty-Five Years in Baseball by Eddie Robinson w/C. Paul Rogers III. Southern Methodist University Press. HB, $23.95.
Major League Baseball Players of 1884: A Biographical Dictionary by Paul Batesel. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900: The Ballplayers Who Built the Game, Vol. 1, compiled & edited by David Nemec. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $39.95.
Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900: The Hall of Famers and Memorable Personalities Who Shaped the Game, Vol. 2, compiled & edited by David Nemec. University of Nebraska Press. PB, $39.95.
Major League Baseball Scouts: A Biographical Dictionary by P. J. Dragseth. McFarland. PB, $75.
Major League Careers Cut Short: Leading Players Gone by 30 by Charles F. Faber. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
Major League Umpires' Performance, 2007-2010: A Comprehensive Statistical Review by Andrew Goldblatt. McFarland. PB, $39.95.
New York Mets: 50 Amazin' Seasons by Matthew Silverman. MVP Books. HB, $30.
Mets Journal: Year by Year & Day by Day with the New York Mets Since 1962 by John Snyder. Clerisy Press. HB, $24.95.
Mexican American Baseball in Los Angeles by Francisco E. Balderrama & Richard A. Santillan. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
The McFarland Baseball Quotations Dictionary, 3rd Edition, compiled by David H. Nathan. McFarland. PB, $45.
A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace by Ralph Branca w/David Ritz. Scribner. HB, $25.
The Most Famous Woman in Baseball: Effa Manley and the Negro Leagues by Bob Luke. Potomac Books. HB, $27.50.
My Summer as a Cub (fiction) by R. Rathbone Leonard. Author House. PB, $16.95.
New York Baseball in 1951: The Dodgers, the Giants, the Yankees and the Telescope by Rudy Marzano. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History by Armando Galarraga & Jim Joyce w/Daniel Paisner. Atlantic Monthly Press. HB, $24.
Out of Left Field: Jews and Black Baseball by Rebecca T. Alpert. Oxford University Press. HB, $27.95.
Parents Behaving Badly (novel) by Scott Gummer. Touchstone. HB, $23.
The Philadelphia Phillies (Images of Baseball) by Seamus Kearney & Dick Rosen. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
The Physics of Pitching (w/DVD) by Len Solesky & James T. Cain w/Rusty Meacham. MVP Books. PB, $24.99.
The Pitch (novel) by Hank Owens. Pocol Press. PB, $17.95.
Pitchers of Beer: The Story of the Seattle Rainiers by Dan Raley. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $26.95.
Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League by Aaron Pribble. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $24.95.
Pujols: More than the Game by Scott Lamb & Tim Ellsworth. Thomas Nelson. HB, $24.99.
Red Sox Review: 110 Years of Boston Red Sox Photos by Mark Stang. St. Johann Press. HB, $39.95.
Richie Ashburn ... Why the Hall Not? The Amazing Journey to Cooperstown by Bruce E. Mowday & Jim Donahue. Barricade Books. HB, $19.95.
The Ringer: A Novel by Jenny Shank. Permanent Press. HB, $29.
The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961 by Lou Hernandez. McFarland. PB, $49.95.
Roger Connor: Home Run King of 19th Century Baseball by Roy Kerr. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Ron Santo: A Perfect 10 by Pat Hughes & Rick Wolfe. Lone Wolfe Press. HB, $24.95.
The Runmakers: A New Way to Rate Baseball Players by Frederick E. Taylor. The Johns Hopkins University Press. HB, $24.95.
Said in Stone: Your Game, My Way by Steve Stone. Triumph Books. HB, $22.95.
San Francisco Giants: Images of Baseball by Tricia O'Brien. Arcadia Publishing. PB, $21.99.
Shane Victorino: The Flyin' Hawaiian by Alan Maimon. Triumph Books, HB. $24.95.
Silver Bats and Automobiles: The Hotly Competitive, Sometimes Ignoble Pursuit of the Major League Batting Championship by David L. Fleitz. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
Solid Fool's Gold: Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom by Bill James. Acta Sports. PB, $14.95.
The Stadium: Images and Voices of the Original Yankee Stadium by Jon Plasse. State University of New York Press, Albany. HB, $19.95.
Summer of Shadows: A Murder, a Pennamt Race, and the Twilight of the Best Location in the Nation by Jonathan Knight. Clerisy Press. PB, $17.95.
Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present, rev. ed. by Josh Leventhal. Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. PB, $17.95.
Taking the Field: A Fan's Quest to Run the Team He Loves by Howard Megdal. Bloomsbury. HB, $25.
A Talk in the Park: Nine Decades of Baseball Tales from the Broadcast Booth by Curt Smith. Potomac Books. HB, $27.50.
This Is the Game (children's picture book) by Diane Z. Shore & Jessica Alexander, ill. by Owen Smith. HarperCollins. HB, $16.99.
This Is Our Time: The 2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants: The Inside Story: Improbable. Wild. Unforgettable by Chris Haft & Eric Alan. Confluence Books. PB, $16.95.
Turbulent Seasons: Baseball in 1890-1891 by Charles C. Alexander. Southern Methodist University Press. HB, $24.95.
The Ultimate Yankees Record Book: A Complete Guide to the Most Unusual, Unbelieveable, and Unbreakable Records in Yankees History by David Fischer. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
Under Pallor, Under Shadow: The 1920 American League Pennant Race that Rattled and Rebuilt Baseball by Bill Felber. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $26.95.
When Cobb Met Wagner: The Seven-Game World Series of 1909 by David Finoli & Bill Ranier. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
When the Dodgers Were Bridegrooms: Gunner McGunnigle and Brooklyn's Back-to-Back Pennants of 1889 and 1890 by Ronald G. Shafer. McFarland. PB, $29.95.
When the Red Sox Ruled: Baseball's First Dynasty 1912-1918 by Thomas J. Whalen. Ivan R. Dee. HB, $24.95.
Wild Cards: The St. Louis Cardinals' Stunning 2011 Championship Season by Rob Rains. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
Wins, Losses, & Empty Seats: How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression by David George Surdan. University of Nebraska Press. HB, $45.
Wizardry: Baseball's All-Time Greatest Fielders Revealed by Michael A. Humphreys. Oxford University Press. PB, $19.95.
The Yankees Baseball Reader: A Collection of Writings on the Game's Greatest Dynasty ed. by Adam Brunner & Josh Leventhal. MVP Books. HB, $25.
The Year of the St. Louis Cardinals: Celebrating the 2011 World Series Champions (no author). Fenn/McClelland & Stewart Ltd. PB, $19.99.
"21": The Roberto Clemente Story by Wilfrid Santiago. Fantagraphics Books. HB, $22.99.
56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports by Kostya Kennedy. Sports Illustrated Books. HB, $26.95.
100 Things Braves Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Jack Wilkinson. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
100 Things Giants Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Bill Chastain. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
100 Things Twins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die by Alex Halsted. Triumph Books. PB, $14.95.
162-0: A Mets Perfect Season by Howie Karpin. Triumph Books. PB, $16.95.
162-0: A Phillies Perfect Season by Paul Kurtz. Triumph Books. PB, $16.95.
365 Oddball Days in St. Louis Cardinals History by John Snyder. Clerisy Press. PB, $14.95.
1961*: The Story of the Maris-Mantle Home Run Chase by Phil Pepe. Triumph Books. HB, $20.
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