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.
| Book | Year | Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?by Jimmy Breslin | 1963 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Eight Men Outby Eliot Asinof | 1963 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Great Baseball Pitchersby Jim Brosnan | 1965 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Glory of Their Timesby Lawrence S. Ritter | 1966 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Only The Ball Was Whiteby Robert Peterson | 1970 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Boys of Summerby Roger Kahn | 1972 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball when the grass was realby Donald Honig | 1975 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dynastyby Peter Golenbock | 1975 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball between the linesby Donald Honig | 1976 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball I Gave You All the Best Years of My Lifeby Kevin Kerrane, Richard Grossinger | 1977 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Man In The Dugoutby Donald Honig | 1977 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The October Heroesby Donald Honig | 1979 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| New York Yankeesby Donald Honig | 1981 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Brooklyn Dodgersby Donald Honig | 1981 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Unforgettable Seasonby Gordon H. Fleming | 1981 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball's Ten Greatest Teamsby Donald Honig | 1982 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Earl of Baltimoreby Terry Pluto | 1982 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball's Great Experimentby Jules Tygiel | 1983 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Los Angeles Dodgersby Donald Honig | 1983 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Story of Baseballby Lawrence S. Ritter | 1983 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bumsby Peter Golenbock | 1984 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Boston Red Soxby Donald Honig | 1984 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball Americaby Donald Honig | 1985 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Beyond the Sixth Gameby Peter Gammons | 1985 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| National Leagueby Donald Honig | 1985 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The American Leagueby Donald Honig | 1985 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dodgersby Donald Honig | 1986 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Timeby Donald Honig, Lawrence S. Ritter | 1986 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The New York Metsby Donald Honig | 1986 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The World Seriesby Donald Honig | 1986 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball in the '50sby Donald Honig | 1987 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Sixty-Oneby Terry Pluto, Tony Kubek | 1987 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The All-Star Gameby Donald Honig | 1987 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Bill James Historical Baseball Abstractby Bill James | 1988 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Greatest First Basemen Of All Timeby Donald Honig | 1988 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Greatest Pitchers Of All Timeby Donald Honig | 1988 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Cincinnati Gameby John Baskin, Lonnie Wheeler | 1988 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Image of Their Greatnessby Donald Honig, Lawrence S. Ritter | 1988 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 1961by Donald Honig | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball in the '30sby Donald Honig | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Summer of '49by David Halberstam | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Power Hittersby Donald Honig | 1989 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| 1919by Eliot Asinof | 1990 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseballby Donald Honig | 1990 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball and Other Matters in 1941by Robert W. Creamer | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Stolen Seasonby David Lamb | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Chicago Cubsby Donald Honig | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Greatest Catchers of All Timeby Donald Honig | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The St. Louis Cardinalsby Donald Honig | 1991 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fenwayby Peter Golenbock | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lost Ballparksby Lawrence S. Ritter | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Cincinnati Redsby Donald Honig | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Greatest Shortstops of All Timeby Donald Honig | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Philadelphia Philliesby Donald Honig | 1992 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Era, 1947-1957by Roger Kahn | 1993 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ask Daveby Dave Winfield | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lords of the Realmby John Helyar | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| October 1964by David Halberstam | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Curse of Rocky Colavitoby Terry Pluto | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Politics of Gloryby Bill James | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?by Bill James | 1994 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Burying the Curseby Terry Pluto | 1995 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Leagues Apartby Lawrence S. Ritter | 1995 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Wrigleyvilleby Peter Golenbock | 1996 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managersby Bill James | 1997 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Complete Armchair Book Of Baseballby John Thorn | 1997 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball Dynastiesby Eddie Epstein, Rob Neyer | 2000 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Head Gameby Roger Kahn | 2000 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Spirit of St. Louisby Peter Golenbock | 2000 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstractby Bill James | 2001 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Amazin'by Peter Golenbock | 2002 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball As Americaby Roger Kahn | 2002 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Shut Outby Howard Bryant | 2002 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| October Menby Roger Kahn | 2003 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Bad Guys Won!by Jeff Pearlman | 2004 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchersby Bill James, Rob Neyer | 2004 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Red Sox Nationby Peter Golenbock | 2005 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Remembering Japanese Baseballby Eliot Asinof | 2005 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| You Never Forget Your Firstby Josh Lewin | 2005 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blundersby Rob Neyer | 2006 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Dropping the Ballby Dave Winfield | 2007 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Opening Dayby Jonathan Eig | 2007 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Machineby Joe Posnanski | 2009 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Glory in the Fallby Peter Golenbock | 2010 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Good, the Bad, & the Uglyby Todd Zolecki | 2010 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| One Shot at Foreverby Chris Ballard | 2012 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Mouth That Roaredby Alan Maimon, Dallas Green | 2013 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Glory Days in Tribe Townby Terry Pluto, Tom Hamilton | 2014 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Hits and Misses in the Baseball Draftby Alan Maimon, Chuck Myron | 2014 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Legendsby Howard Bryant | 2015 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Split Seasonby Jeff Katz | 2015 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Something Magicby Charles Kupfer | 2016 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Utility of Boredomby Andrew Forbes | 2016 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Streakby John Eisenberg | 2017 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Ballparkby Paul Goldberger | 2019 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Kby Tyler Kepner | 2019 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Double Plays and Double Crossesby Don Zminda | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Lights, Camera, Fastballby Dan Taylor | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Our Teamby Luke Epplin | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| So Many Ways to Loseby Devin Gordon | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Stealing Homeby Eric Nusbaum | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Baseball 100by Joe Posnanski | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Best Team Over Thereby Jim Leeke | 2021 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball's Union Associationby Justin McKinney | 2022 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Grandest Stageby Tyler Kepner | 2022 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Whispers of the Godsby Peter Golenbock | 2022 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Called Upby Zak Ford | 2023 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Gibbyby Greg Oliver, John Gibbons | 2023 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Why We Love Baseballby Joe Posnanski | 2023 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Baseball Heavenby Peter Golenbock | 2024 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Field Workby Andrew Forbes | 2025 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| After the Black Soxby Bruce S. Allardice | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Beyond the Last Inningby Zak Ford | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| It’s All About the Playersby Peter Gammons | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Metropolitansby A.M. Gittlitz | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Royal Treatmentby Sean J. McLaughlin | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| The Shortstop Was a Crookby Justin McKinney | 2026 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
| Fifty Seasonsby Joe Posnanski | 2027 | Description / Buy at Amazon |
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