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Bull City Summer: A Season At The Ballpark
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Sam Stephenson (Editor)
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Camp Ford: A Western Story
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Did Babe Ruth Call His Shot? and Other Unsolved Mysteries of Baseball
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3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know about Baseball
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3.62 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Anaheim Angels: A Complete History
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Baseball When the Grass Was Real: Baseball from the Twenties to the Forties, Told by the Men Who Played It
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4.23 avg rating — 142 ratings
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Baseball's Shrine: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Balls
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I'm Glad You Didn't Take It Personally
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| 608 |
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The Wrong Season
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3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings
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| 608 |
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Big Sticks: The Phenomenal Decade of Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb and Hornsby
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3.78 avg rating — 36 ratings
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The Men in Blue: Conversations with Umpires
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4.12 avg rating — 32 ratings
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How to Play Better Baseball
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Best in Sho: The Los Angeles Dodgers' Run to the Championship in 2024
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Angels All-Star History
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Rod Carew (Introduction)
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A Tale of Two Cities: The 2004 Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry and the War for the Pennant
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3.90 avg rating — 108 ratings
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Number 1
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The Devil's Snake Curve: A Fan's Notes From Left Field
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3.31 avg rating — 100 ratings
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The Mick
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3.81 avg rating — 500 ratings
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World Series Rookie
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Blood Feud: The Red Sox, the Yankees, and the Struggle of Good versus Evil
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3.74 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Drive into the Gap
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4.32 avg rating — 462 ratings
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Rookie First Baseman
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The Second Fireside Book of Baseball
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Charles Einstein (Editor)
4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Behind the Plate: A Catcher's View of the Braves Dynasty
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3.58 avg rating — 59 ratings
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| 624 |
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The Expos in Their Prime: The Short-Lived Glory of Montreal's Team, 1977-1984
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3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 624 |
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Hillbilly Hurler
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Mr. Red Sox: The Johnny Pesky Story
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3.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
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The Ginger Kid: The Buck Weaver Story
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The Bobby Richardson Story
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3.70 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Wonder Boy
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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Deep Drive: A Long Journey to Finding the Champion Within
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3.76 avg rating — 227 ratings
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My Prison Without Bars
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3.48 avg rating — 995 ratings
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Sports Illustrated: The Baseball Book
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4.30 avg rating — 267 ratings
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Jackie Robinson: An Integrated Life
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3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Little League Champs
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Big Papi: My Story of Big Dreams and Big Hits
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3.69 avg rating — 420 ratings
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Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball
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3.68 avg rating — 342 ratings
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A Fine Team Man: Jackie Robinson and the Lives He Touched
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4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Horse That Played the Outfield
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T. J.: My 26 Years in Baseball
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3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Plan: Epstein, Maddon, and the Audacious Blueprint for a Cubs Dynasty
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3.83 avg rating — 53 ratings
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When You Can't Come Back
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3.91 avg rating — 158 ratings
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Little League Hotshots
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Idiot: Beating "The Curse" and Enjoying the Game of Life
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2.88 avg rating — 371 ratings
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Garvey
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Matty: An American Hero: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants
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4.03 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Home Run Henri
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Fenway: An Unexpurgated History of the Boston Red Sox
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4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
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The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball's Most Historic Record
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John Eisenberg (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 302 ratings
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Pacific Coast League, 1903-1988
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3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Southpaw from Sonora Mystery (Sports Mysteries Series)
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Hoodoo: Unraveling the 100 Year Mystery of the Chicago Cubs
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3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Skinnybones
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3.96 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
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Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team
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The National Game: Baseball and American Culture
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3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings
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About the B'nai Bagels
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3.57 avg rating — 399 ratings
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Tony Gwynn: He Left His Heart in San Diego
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3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings
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George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire
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3.72 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Baseball Anecdotes
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Nobody's Fault?
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Patricia Hermes (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Sweet Lou: Lou Piniella a Life in Baseball
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The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball's Most Notorious Brothers
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The Ol' Ball Game: A Collection of Baseball Characters & Moments Worth Remembering
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Mark Alvarez (Contributor)
3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Finding Buck McHenry
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Screwball
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The Trading Game
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Columbus Slaughters Braves
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The Summer That Saved Baseball: A 38-Day Journey to Thirty Major League Ballparks
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Magic Summer: The '69 Mets
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Make-Believe Ball Player
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Where Have You Gone, Vince Dimaggio?
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Wrigley Field: The Unauthorized Biography
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Cracking the Show
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Matt Gargan's Boy
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One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
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Tony and Me
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Winfield: A Players Life
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Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference
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Hang Tough, Paul Mather (A Harper Trophy Book)
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Once a Bum, Always a Dodger
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Storied Stadiums: Baseball's History Through Its Ballparks
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My Father, the Coach
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Catfish: My Life in Baseball
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The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
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Jake
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Roberto Clemente
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Triumph Born of Tragedy
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Stranger on the Ball Club
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The Baseball Life of Sandy Koufax
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The Biggest Victory
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I Managed Good, But Boy Did They Play Bad
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The Baseball Bargain
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Strike Zone
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Benny
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Foul Ball: My Life And Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ball Park...plus Part II
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Thank You, Jackie Robinson
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Dream Season: A Novel
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Baseball Heroes
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Sol White's History of Colored Baseball with Other Documents on the Early Black Game, 1886–1936
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Anyone who appreciates the business side of baseball ought to check out A BITTER CUP OF COFFEE; HOW MLB & THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION THREW 874 RETIREES A CURVE, at http://www.abittercupofcoffee.com
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I HAD A HAMMER by Hank Aaron is listed twice.
my vote for #1 is The Southpaw by Mark Harris
Hi all, I've added quite a few baseball books to this list. Go through it if you get a chance and see if there are any others you've read to vote for.
It's been a few years. Need to add Jeff Suppan's "The Arm" somewhere. I put it near the top of my list for sure. Excellent inside scoop.
I would add The Beer & Whiskey League by David Nemec.
Stephen King's Blockade Billy is on the list twice at 179 & 185.
GA wrote: "I would add The Beer & Whiskey League by David Nemec."It's an open list, anyone can add or vote for their favorites. :)
Love this list! Hoping one day we can start a "21st Century Best Baseball Books" or better yet, "2010s Best Baseball" and "2020s Best Baseball" something like it soon, because a lot of really good books that came out the last 5-10 years get buried! I suppose the only issue with getting down to the century or decade for a genre as specific as "baseball" is that there might not be enough momentum/interest from the wider Goodreads community
Look for a book but I can't remember it's name. It's about the 1948 American League pennant race. Thank you.
Epic Season: The 1948 American League Pennant Race by David E. Kaiser
Pablo wrote: "Epic Season: The 1948 American League Pennant Race by David E. Kaiser" Thank You. I've ordered it. Much appreciated.
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
