Best Baseball Books

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The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty: The Game, the Team, and the Cost of Greatness 4.12 avg rating — 3,557 ratings
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The Hidden Game of Baseball
The Hidden Game of Baseball 4.17 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero
Catcher: How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero 3.85 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,966 ratings
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Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak 4.05 avg rating — 2,423 ratings
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Ballplayer
Ballplayer 4.20 avg rating — 1,573 ratings
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The Way It Is
The Way It Is 3.72 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Diamond Appraised
The Diamond Appraised 3.80 avg rating — 55 ratings
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My Life in Baseball: The True Record
My Life in Baseball: The True Record
by: Ty Cobb
3.80 avg rating — 207 ratings
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The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream
The Last Best League: One Summer, One Season, One Dream 4.12 avg rating — 1,553 ratings
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Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero
Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero 4.10 avg rating — 350 ratings
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Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul: Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Life
Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan's Soul: Inspirational Stories of Baseball, Big-League Dreams and the Game of Life 3.95 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Strike Two
Strike Two 3.73 avg rating — 277 ratings
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The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team
The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team 4.24 avg rating — 5,729 ratings
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Baseball: A Celebration!
Baseball: A Celebration! 4.47 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers
The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers 4.21 avg rating — 888 ratings
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Stan Musial: "The Man's" Own Story as told to Bob Broeg
Stan Musial: "The Man's" Own Story as told to Bob Broeg 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game
Baseball: A History of America's Favorite Game 3.88 avg rating — 829 ratings
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Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift
Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift 4.08 avg rating — 1,270 ratings
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Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball
Of Mikes and Men: A Lifetime of Braves Baseball 3.91 avg rating — 140 ratings
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The Ultimate Baseball Book
The Ultimate Baseball Book 4.06 avg rating — 66 ratings
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The Fall of the Roman Umpire
The Fall of the Roman Umpire 3.73 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball
Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball 4.02 avg rating — 1,331 ratings
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Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir
Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir 3.96 avg rating — 689 ratings
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Selected Shorts: Baseball
Selected Shorts: Baseball 3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series That Stunned America
Black and Blue: The Golden Arm, the Robinson Boys, and the 1966 World Series That Stunned America 3.83 avg rating — 204 ratings
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Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues: Revised Edition
Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues: Revised Edition 4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Stan Musial: An American Life
Stan Musial: An American Life 3.92 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball
Rickey & Robinson: The True, Untold Story of the Integration of Baseball 3.91 avg rating — 197 ratings
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From Ghetto to Glory
From Ghetto to Glory 4.20 avg rating — 87 ratings
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The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump
The Curse of Rocky Colavito: A Loving Look at a Thirty-Year Slump 4.11 avg rating — 295 ratings
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Flip Flop Fly Ball: An Infographic Baseball Adventure
Flip Flop Fly Ball: An Infographic Baseball Adventure 4.27 avg rating — 328 ratings
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Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original 4.23 avg rating — 1,565 ratings
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The Little Red Sox Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History
The Little Red Sox Book: A Revisionist Red Sox History
by: Bill Lee
3.43 avg rating — 96 ratings
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Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star
Chief Bender's Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star
by: Tom Swift
3.83 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball
Koppett's Concise History of Major League Baseball 4.11 avg rating — 46 ratings
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The Veracruz Blues
The Veracruz Blues 3.54 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Out of My League
Out of My League 3.63 avg rating — 347 ratings
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'78: The Boston Red Sox, A Historic Game, and a Divided City
'78: The Boston Red Sox, A Historic Game, and a Divided City 3.75 avg rating — 111 ratings
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Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball
Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball 4.29 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Zim: A Baseball Life
Zim: A Baseball Life 3.82 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobbleheads, Cracker Jacks, Jockstraps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objects
The 34-Ton Bat: The Story of Baseball as Told Through Bobbleheads, Cracker Jacks, Jockstraps, Eye Black, and 375 Other Strange and Unforgettable Objects 3.89 avg rating — 501 ratings
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The Golem's Mighty Swing
The Golem's Mighty Swing 3.68 avg rating — 672 ratings
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Yaz: Baseball, the Wall, and Me
Yaz: Baseball, the Wall, and Me 3.62 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Creating the National Pastime
Creating the National Pastime 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player
Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player 4.34 avg rating — 318 ratings
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A Ticket for a Seamstitch
A Ticket for a Seamstitch 3.57 avg rating — 118 ratings
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Baseball Is a Funny Game
Baseball Is a Funny Game 3.69 avg rating — 160 ratings
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The Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger 4.09 avg rating — 79 ratings
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It Looked Like For Ever
It Looked Like For Ever 3.74 avg rating — 130 ratings
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It's Anybody's Ballgame
It's Anybody's Ballgame 3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings
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Pete Rose: An American Dilemma
Pete Rose: An American Dilemma 4.08 avg rating — 808 ratings
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The Fireside Book of Baseball
The Fireside Book of Baseball 4.50 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Win Shares
Win Shares 3.89 avg rating — 227 ratings
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Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004
Now I Can Die in Peace: How ESPN's Sports Guy Found Salvation, with a Little Help from Nomar, Pedro, Shawshank and the 2004 3.92 avg rating — 8,688 ratings
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The Politics of Glory: How the Baseball's Hall of Fame Really Works
The Politics of Glory: How the Baseball's Hall of Fame Really Works 4.13 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s 4.30 avg rating — 835 ratings
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Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-1964
Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-1964 4.28 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else
by: Rob Neyer
3.77 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Rogers Hornsby: A Biography
Rogers Hornsby: A Biography 3.83 avg rating — 127 ratings
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Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game
by: Rob Neyer
3.90 avg rating — 869 ratings
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Things Invisible to See
Things Invisible to See 3.80 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Pete's Home Run
Pete's Home Run 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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One Day In Mudville: A Look at Some of the Most Unique Baseball Games of All Time
One Day In Mudville: A Look at Some of the Most Unique Baseball Games of All Time really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Hard Ball (Billy Baggs, #3)
Hard Ball (Billy Baggs, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Roger Maris At Bat
Roger Maris At Bat 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Heart of a Champion
Heart of a Champion 4.26 avg rating — 2,018 ratings
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My Most Excellent Year
My Most Excellent Year 4.05 avg rating — 7,697 ratings
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Yastrzemski
Yastrzemski 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark
Rickwood Field: A Century in America's Oldest Ballpark 3.90 avg rating — 61 ratings
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Deadball Stars of the American League
Deadball Stars of the American League 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Chance
Chance 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Willie's throw
Willie's throw 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant
Six Good Innings: How One Small Town Became a Little League Giant 3.66 avg rating — 73 ratings
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A Different Diamond (Softball Star #1)
A Different Diamond (Softball Star #1) 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Inside Heat (Mustangs Baseball, #1)
Inside Heat (Mustangs Baseball, #1)
by: Roz Lee
3.84 avg rating — 555 ratings
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Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites
Baseball State by State: Major and Negro League Players, Ballparks, Museums and Historical Sites 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Dream Team (Dream Seekers, #2)
Dream Team (Dream Seekers, #2)
by: Lisa Ard
4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Let Me Wear Your Coat
Let Me Wear Your Coat 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team
Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team 3.73 avg rating — 177 ratings
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Chasing a Dream
Chasing a Dream 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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New Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball
New Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Mentor
The Mentor 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Edward's Eyes
Edward's Eyes 3.94 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
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Sacred Streak
Sacred Streak really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Nothing Down
Nothing Down 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings
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My Giants
My Giants 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World
Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard 'Round the World 3.91 avg rating — 155 ratings
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The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games
The 50 Greatest Red Sox Games 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Six Decades of Baseball: A Personal Narrative
Six Decades of Baseball: A Personal Narrative really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Road to Omaha: Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series
The Road to Omaha: Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series 4.21 avg rating — 165 ratings
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100 Years Of Baseball: The Intimate And Dramatic Story Of Modern Baseball
100 Years Of Baseball: The Intimate And Dramatic Story Of Modern Baseball
by: Lee Allen
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Tomb That Ruth Built
The Tomb That Ruth Built
by: Troy Soos
4.25 avg rating — 134 ratings
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Dollar Sign on the Muscle: The World of Baseball Scouting
Dollar Sign on the Muscle: The World of Baseball Scouting 4.04 avg rating — 402 ratings
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Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip 4.05 avg rating — 6,076 ratings
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The Thrill Of The Grass
The Thrill Of The Grass 3.95 avg rating — 628 ratings
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Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season
Miracle at Fenway: The Inside Story of the Boston Red Sox 2004 Championship Season 4.16 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Murder At Wrigley Field
Murder At Wrigley Field
by: Troy Soos
3.80 avg rating — 468 ratings
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Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball
Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal Fastball 4.16 avg rating — 55 ratings
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The Relief Fisher: A Parody of Mariano Rivera's "The Closer"
The Relief Fisher: A Parody of Mariano Rivera's "The Closer" 3.48 avg rating — 25 ratings
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