Baseball History Books

Explore books about baseball’s past, including the development of the game, its leagues and ballparks, and the people and events that shaped different eras. The catalog below updates when a published book is assigned the Baseball History topic in Author Library.

Baseball History Book Catalog

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Baseball History bibliography
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100 Years Of Baseballby Andy Gondle, Lee Allen1950 Description / Buy at Amazon
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?by Jimmy Breslin1963 Description / Buy at Amazon
Eight Men Outby Eliot Asinof1963 Description / Buy at Amazon
Great Baseball Pitchersby Jim Brosnan1965 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Glory of Their Timesby Lawrence S. Ritter1966 Description / Buy at Amazon
Only The Ball Was Whiteby Robert Peterson1970 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Boys of Summerby Roger Kahn1972 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball when the grass was realby Donald Honig1975 Description / Buy at Amazon
Dynastyby Peter Golenbock1975 Description / Buy at Amazon
Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leaguesby John B. Holway1975 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball between the linesby Donald Honig1976 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball I Gave You All the Best Years of My Lifeby Kevin Kerrane, Richard Grossinger1977 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Man In The Dugoutby Donald Honig1977 Description / Buy at Amazon
Showdown!by Stan Fischler1978 Description / Buy at Amazon
The October Heroesby Donald Honig1979 Description / Buy at Amazon
New York Yankeesby Donald Honig1981 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Brooklyn Dodgersby Donald Honig1981 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Unforgettable Seasonby Gordon H. Fleming1981 Description / Buy at Amazon
1947by Red Barber1982 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball's Ten Greatest Teamsby Donald Honig1982 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball's Great Experimentby Jules Tygiel1983 Description / Buy at Amazon
Invisible Menby Donn Rogosin1983 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Los Angeles Dodgersby Donald Honig1983 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Story of Baseballby Lawrence S. Ritter1983 Description / Buy at Amazon
Bumsby Peter Golenbock1984 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Boston Red Soxby Donald Honig1984 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Americaby Donald Honig1985 Description / Buy at Amazon
Beyond the Sixth Gameby Peter Gammons1985 Description / Buy at Amazon
National Leagueby Donald Honig1985 Description / Buy at Amazon
The American Leagueby Donald Honig1985 Description / Buy at Amazon
Dodgersby Donald Honig1986 Description / Buy at Amazon
Green Cathedralsby Philip Lowry1986 Description / Buy at Amazon
The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Timeby Donald Honig, Lawrence S. Ritter1986 Description / Buy at Amazon
The New York Metsby Donald Honig1986 Description / Buy at Amazon
The World Seriesby Donald Honig1986 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball in the '50sby Donald Honig1987 Description / Buy at Amazon
Sixty-Oneby Terry Pluto, Tony Kubek1987 Description / Buy at Amazon
The All-Star Gameby Donald Honig1987 Description / Buy at Amazon
Bill James Historical Baseball Abstractby Bill James1988 Description / Buy at Amazon
Greatest First Basemen Of All Timeby Donald Honig1988 Description / Buy at Amazon
Greatest Pitchers Of All Timeby Donald Honig1988 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cincinnati Gameby John Baskin, Lonnie Wheeler1988 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Image of Their Greatnessby Donald Honig, Lawrence S. Ritter1988 Description / Buy at Amazon
1961by Donald Honig1989 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball in the '30sby Donald Honig1989 Description / Buy at Amazon
Summer of '49by David Halberstam1989 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Pitch That Killedby Mike Sowell1989 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Power Hittersby Donald Honig1989 Description / Buy at Amazon
1919by Eliot Asinof1990 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseballby Donald Honig1990 Description / Buy at Amazon
Big Sticksby William Curran1990 Description / Buy at Amazon
Hustleby Michael Sokolove1990 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Curse of the Bambinoby Dan Shaughnessy1990 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball and Other Matters in 1941by Robert W. Creamer1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Centuryby Marc Okkonen1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
Stolen Seasonby David Lamb1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Chicago Cubsby Donald Honig1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Greatest Catchers of All Timeby Donald Honig1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
The St. Louis Cardinalsby Donald Honig1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
To Every Thing a Seasonby Bruce Kuklick1991 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseballby Benjamin G. Rader1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
Fenwayby Peter Golenbock1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
Lost Ballparksby Lawrence S. Ritter1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cincinnati Redsby Donald Honig1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Greatest Shortstops of All Timeby Donald Honig1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Philadelphia Philliesby Donald Honig1992 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball’s Golden Ageby Constance McCabe, Neal McCabe1993 Description / Buy at Amazon
Second to Noneby Stephen Brunt1993 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Era, 1947-1957by Roger Kahn1993 Description / Buy at Amazon
1939by Mike Towle, Talmage Boston1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Ask Daveby Dave Winfield1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseballby Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
It Happened in Baseballby Brian McFarlane1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Lords of the Realmby John Helyar1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
October 1964by David Halberstam1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Pennant Racesby Dave Anderson1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Curse of Rocky Colavitoby Terry Pluto1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Politics of Gloryby Bill James1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?by Bill James1994 Description / Buy at Amazon
Leagues Apartby Lawrence S. Ritter1995 Description / Buy at Amazon
Sol White's History of Colored Baseball with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886–1936by Sol White1995 Description / Buy at Amazon
At Fenwayby Dan Shaughnessy1996 Description / Buy at Amazon
Diamond Dreamsby Stephen Brunt1996 Description / Buy at Amazon
Seasons in Hellby Mike Shropshire1996 Description / Buy at Amazon
Wrigleyvilleby Peter Golenbock1996 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managersby Bill James1997 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseballby John Thorn1997 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseballby Jonathan Fraser Light1997 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Great Encyclopedia of 19th Century Major League Baseballby David Nemec1997 Description / Buy at Amazon
A Baseball Dynastyby Bruce Markusen1998 Description / Buy at Amazon
Smokeby Mark Rucker, Peter C. Bjarkman1999 Description / Buy at Amazon
Where They Ain’tby Burt Solomon1999 Description / Buy at Amazon
All Roads Lead to Octoberby Maury Allen2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
Anaheim Angelsby Ross Newhan2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Dynastiesby Eddie Epstein, Rob Neyer2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Head Gameby Roger Kahn2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
The National Gameby John P. Rossi2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Spirit of St. Louisby Peter Golenbock2000 Description / Buy at Amazon
Storied Stadiumsby Curt Smith2001 Description / Buy at Amazon
The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstractby Bill James2001 Description / Buy at Amazon
Amazin'by Peter Golenbock2002 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball As Americaby Roger Kahn2002 Description / Buy at Amazon
Perfectby James Buckley Jr.2002 Description / Buy at Amazon
Shut Outby Howard Bryant2002 Description / Buy at Amazon
The End of Baseball As we Knew Itby Charles P. Korr2002 Description / Buy at Amazon
October Menby Roger Kahn2003 Description / Buy at Amazon
Babe Ruthby Jim Reisler2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
Negro League Baseballby Neil Lanctot2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bad Guys Won!by Jeff Pearlman2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchersby Bill James, Rob Neyer2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Numbers Gameby Alan Schwarz2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
Wrigley Fieldby Stuart Shea2004 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Before We Knew Itby David Block2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
Blood Feudby Jim Prime2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseballby Jerrold I. Casway2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burningby Jonathan Mahler2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Sox Nationby Peter Golenbock2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
Remembering Japanese Baseballby Eliot Asinof2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Devil Wears Pinstripesby Jim Caple2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
You Never Forget Your Firstby Josh Lewin2005 Description / Buy at Amazon
A Game of Inchesby Peter Morris2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
Birth of a Dynastyby Joel Sherman2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
Black and Blueby Tom Adelman2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blundersby Rob Neyer2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Gamesby Bill Nowlin, Cecilia Tan2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Echoing Greenby Joshua Prager2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Only Game in Townby Fay Vincent2006 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Eccentricsby Bill Lee, Jim Prime2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
Branch Rickeyby Lee Lowenfish2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
Crazy '08by Cait Murphy2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
Dropping the Ballby Dave Winfield2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
Opening Dayby Jonathan Eig2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Best Game Everby Jim Reisler2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cheater's Guide To Baseballby Derek Zumsteg2007 Description / Buy at Amazon
Benchclearingby Spike Vrusho2008 Description / Buy at Amazon
Hammerin' Hank, George Almighty and the Say Hey Kidby John Rosengren2008 Description / Buy at Amazon
We are the Shipby Kadir Nelson2008 Description / Buy at Amazon
Hard-Luck Harvey Haddix and the Greatest Game Ever Lostby Lew Freedman2009 Description / Buy at Amazon
Miracle Ballby Brian Biegel, Peter T. Fornatale2009 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Machineby Joe Posnanski2009 Description / Buy at Amazon
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates - Day by Dayby Rick Cushing2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Big Hair and Plastic Grassby Dan Epstein2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Branch Rickeyby Jimmy Breslin2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Firemanby Fran Zimniuch2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Glory in the Fallby Peter Golenbock2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Rickwood Fieldby Allen Barra2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Satch, Dizzy, and Rapid Robertby Timothy M. Gay2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Baseball Codesby Jason Turbow, Michael Duca2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Eastern Starsby Mark Kurlansky2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Good, the Bad, & the Uglyby Todd Zolecki2010 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball in the Garden of Edenby John Thorn2011 Description / Buy at Amazon
Bottom of the 33rdby Dan Barry2011 Description / Buy at Amazon
Fenway 1912by Glenn Stout2011 Description / Buy at Amazon
Hit by Pitchby Molly Lawless2011 Description / Buy at Amazon
Banzai Babe Ruthby Robert K. Fitts2012 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball State by Stateby Chris Jensen2012 Description / Buy at Amazon
Bushville Wins!by John Klima2012 Description / Buy at Amazon
One Shot at Foreverby Chris Ballard2012 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Expos in Their Primeby Alain Usereau2012 Description / Buy at Amazon
Mouth That Roaredby Alan Maimon, Dallas Green2013 Description / Buy at Amazon
Mr. Wrigley's Ball Clubby Roberts Ehrgott2013 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Summer of Beer and Whiskeyby Edward Achorn2013 Description / Buy at Amazon
Willard Mullin's Golden Age Of Baseball Drawings 1934-1972by Hal Bock, Michael Powers, willard mullins2013 Description / Buy at Amazon
1970s Baseballby Joe Gersbeck2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Down to the Last Pitchby Tim Wendel2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Glory Days in Tribe Townby Terry Pluto, Tom Hamilton2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Having A Career Dayby Stan Fischler2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draftby Alan Maimon, Chuck Myron2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Mudville Madnessby Jonathan Weeks2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Up, Up, and Awayby Jonah Keri2014 Description / Buy at Amazon
Legendsby Howard Bryant2015 Description / Buy at Amazon
Scandal on the South Sideby Jacob Pomrenke2015 Description / Buy at Amazon
Split Seasonby Jeff Katz2015 Description / Buy at Amazon
Something Magicby Charles Kupfer2016 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Utility of Boredomby Andrew Forbes2016 Description / Buy at Amazon
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantasticby Jason Turbow2017 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Streakby John Eisenberg2017 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Year of the Pitcherby Sridhar Pappu2017 Description / Buy at Amazon
Tinker to Evers to Chanceby David Rapp2018 Description / Buy at Amazon
Ballparkby Paul Goldberger2019 Description / Buy at Amazon
Kby Tyler Kepner2019 Description / Buy at Amazon
Ten Innings at Wrigleyby Kevin Cook2019 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball for Kidsby Adam C. MacKinnon2020 Description / Buy at Amazon
Double Plays and Double Crossesby Don Zminda2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
Lights, Camera, Fastballby Dan Taylor2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
Our Teamby Luke Epplin2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
So Many Ways to Loseby Devin Gordon2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
Stealing Homeby Eric Nusbaum2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Baseball 100by Joe Posnanski2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Best Team Over Thereby Jim Leeke2021 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball's Union Associationby Justin McKinney2022 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Grandest Stageby Tyler Kepner2022 Description / Buy at Amazon
Whispers of the Godsby Peter Golenbock2022 Description / Buy at Amazon
Called Upby Zak Ford2023 Description / Buy at Amazon
Gibbyby Greg Oliver, John Gibbons2023 Description / Buy at Amazon
Why We Love Baseballby Joe Posnanski2023 Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball Heavenby Peter Golenbock2024 Description / Buy at Amazon
The New York Gameby Kevin Baker2024 Description / Buy at Amazon
Field Workby Andrew Forbes2025 Description / Buy at Amazon
After the Black Soxby Bruce S. Allardice2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
Beyond the Last Inningby Zak Ford2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
It’s All About the Playersby Peter Gammons2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
Metropolitansby A.M. Gittlitz2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
Royal Treatmentby Sean J. McLaughlin2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Bosses of the Bronxby Mike Vaccaro2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Heyday of Willie, Duke, and Mickeyby Robert C. Cottrell2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
The Shortstop Was a Crookby Justin McKinney2026 Description / Buy at Amazon
Fifty Seasonsby Joe Posnanski2027 Description / Buy at Amazon
56by Kostya Kennedy— Description / Buy at Amazon
1921by Lyle Spatz— Description / Buy at Amazon
1954by Bill Madden— Description / Buy at Amazon
1978by David Krell— Description / Buy at Amazon
A Game of Inchesby Peter Morris— Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseball, Chicago Styleby Jerome Holtzman— Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseballby George Vecsey— Description / Buy at Amazon
Baseballby Dorothy Seymour Mills, Harold Seymour— Description / Buy at Amazon
Big Leaguesby Stephen R. Fox— Description / Buy at Amazon
Black Baseball in New York Cityby Larry Lester— Description / Buy at Amazon
Bottom of the Ninthby Michael Shapiro— Description / Buy at Amazon
Brothers in Armsby Jon Weisman— Description / Buy at Amazon
Burying the Black Soxby Gene Carney— Description / Buy at Amazon
Catcherby Peter Morris— Description / Buy at Amazon
Cheatedby Andy Martino— Description / Buy at Amazon
Clearing the Basesby Allen Barra— Description / Buy at Amazon
Creating the National Pastimeby G. Edward White— Description / Buy at Amazon
Deadball Stars of the National Leagueby Tom Simon— Description / Buy at Amazon
Diamonds in the Roughby Joel Zoss, John Bowman— Description / Buy at Amazon
Doc, Donnie, the Kid, and Billy Brawlby Chris Donnelly— Description / Buy at Amazon
Early Inningsby Dean A. Sullivan— Description / Buy at Amazon
Fifty-Nine in '84by Edward Achorn— Description / Buy at Amazon
Full Countby Jeff Blair— Description / Buy at Amazon
Game of My Lifeby Jack Wilkinson— Description / Buy at Amazon
Game Sixby Mark Frost— Description / Buy at Amazon
Here's the Pitchby Roberta J. Newman— Description / Buy at Amazon
Hoodooby Grant DePorter— Description / Buy at Amazon
Jackie Robinsonby J. Christopher Schutz— Description / Buy at Amazon
Josh Gibsonby William Brashler— Description / Buy at Amazon
Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseballby Leonard Koppett— Description / Buy at Amazon
Magic Summerby Stanley Cohen— Description / Buy at Amazon
Mattyby Ray Robinson— Description / Buy at Amazon
Mint Conditionby Dave Jamieson— Description / Buy at Amazon
Miracle at Fenwayby Saul Wisnia— Description / Buy at Amazon
Mr. Red Soxby Bill Nowlin— Description / Buy at Amazon
National Pastimeby Barry Svrluga— Description / Buy at Amazon
Neil Leiferby Eric Kroll, Gabriel Schechter, Neil Leifer, Ron Shelton— Description / Buy at Amazon
Now Taking the Fieldby Tom Stone— Description / Buy at Amazon
One Day In Mudvilleby Rip Pallotta— Description / Buy at Amazon
One Heartbeatby Jerry Johnson— Description / Buy at Amazon
One Pitch Awayby Mike Sowell— Description / Buy at Amazon
Pacific Coast League, 1903-1988by Bill O'Neal— Description / Buy at Amazon
Past Timeby Jules Tygiel— Description / Buy at Amazon
Playing America’s Gameby Adrian Burgos— Description / Buy at Amazon
Red Sox Centuryby Glenn Stout— Description / Buy at Amazon
Sayonara Home Run!by John Gall— Description / Buy at Amazon
Shades of Gloryby Lawrence D. Hogan— Description / Buy at Amazon
Stars and Strikesby Dan Epstein— Description / Buy at Amazon
Sweet Louby Melissa Isaacson— Description / Buy at Amazon
Swinging for the Fencesby Steven R. Hoffbeck— Description / Buy at Amazon
The 3,000 Hit Clubby Fred McMane— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Chicago Cubsby Rich Cohen— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Cubs of '69by Rick Talley— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Gameby Jon Pessah— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Game Must Go Onby John Klima— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Gashouse Gangby John Heidenry— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ginger Kidby Irving M. Stein— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Greatest Game Ever Pitchedby Jim Kaplan— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Joy of Keeping Scoreby Paul Dickson— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Good Seasonby Michael Shapiro— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynastyby Buster Olney— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Little Red Sox Bookby Bill Lee— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Long Ballby Tom Adelman— Description / Buy at Amazon
The New York Yankees of the 1950sby David Fischer— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ol' Ball Gameby Mark Alvarez— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Old Ball Gameby Frank Deford— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Planby David Kaplan— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Playerby Philip Seib— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Seventh Gameby Barry M. Levenson— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Ultimate Baseball Bookby Daniel Okrent, David Nemec, Harris Lewine— Description / Buy at Amazon
The Underground Baseball Encyclopediaby Robert Schnakenberg— Description / Buy at Amazon
They Said It Couldn't Be Doneby Wayne Coffey— Description / Buy at Amazon
Tony Gwynnby Rich Wolfe— Description / Buy at Amazon
Voices of the Gameby Curt Smith— Description / Buy at Amazon
We Played the Gameby Danny Peary— Description / Buy at Amazon
When the Braves Ruled the Diamondby Bobby Cox, Dan Schlossberg— Description / Buy at Amazon
When the Game Changedby George Castle— Description / Buy at Amazon
Where Have You Gone, Vince Dimaggio?by Edward Kiersh— Description / Buy at Amazon

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