Baseball category: 2631 books
Play Ball
Don’t Let Injuries Sideline You This Season
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
There’s a slow-motion epidemic of arm injuries happening in youth baseball, but it’s one that can be both prevented—and treated. The statistics for baseball injuries are grim:
30% of kids ages 9 to 19 who play baseball experience shoulder pain
50% of all youth pitchers reported elbow...
Baseball Greatness
Top Players and Teams According to Wins Above Average, 1901-2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Recent advances in baseball statistical analysis have made it possible to assess the totality of contribution each player makes to team success or failure. Using the metric Wins Above Average (WAA)—the number of wins that the 2016 Red Sox, for example, added because they had Mookie Betts in right...
Thar's Joy in Braveland: The 1957 Milwaukee Braves
SABR Digital Library, #19
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
"You talk about destiny, well, you can't rule that out. We were hard-nosed and that showed up in 1957." — Braves catcher Del Crandall
Few teams in baseball history have captured the hearts of their fans like the Milwaukee Braves of the 1950s. During the Braves' 13-year tenure in...
by Dan Blewett
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2017
No one dreams of being a middle-reliever, and no one dreams of pitching the fifth inning of a 7-2 game.
Rather, you play baseball to be the guy your team turns to, like a superhero, when the game is on the line.
Give Me The Ball provides a blueprint of how to get there. Pitchers and...
by Greg Kaup
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
As a grizzled veteran of over a decade of youth baseball seasons, author Greg Kaup takes you from the pre-season draft to the post-season party sharing with you along the way the insights he has gained. This book will be a great addition to any baseball manager's coaching library.
Barnstorming to Heaven
Syd Pollock and His Great Black Teams
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
A rare insider’s perspective on baseball’s great barnstorming age.
The Indianapolis Clowns were a black touring baseball team that featured an entertaining mix of comedy, showmanship, and skill. Sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball—though many of the Globetrotters’...
The Team that Couldn’t Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers
SABR Digital Library, #63
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
The 1972 Texas Rangers were a culmination of decades of trying to get a major-league team in Dallas-
Fort Worth. The area has a long history with baseball, going back to the 1800s, and minor-league teams played in both cities right up until the Rangers arrived with Ted Williams at the helm.
High...
1995 Cleveland Indians: The Sleeping Giant Awakes
SABR Digital Library, #64
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2019
After almost 40 years of sub-500 baseball, the Sleeping Giant woke in 1995, the first season in the Indians spent in their new home of Jacob's Field.
The Indians ruled Cleveland from 1994 through 2001, winning two pennants and making five playoff appearances. In 1995, the Cleveland Browns had...
Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond
SABR Digital Library, #29
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
From its opening on August 18, 1915 to the sudden departure of the Boston Braves to Milwaukee just weeks before the start of the 1953 baseball season, Braves Field was home to Boston's National League baseball club. The ballpark hosted many other events, from college and NFL football to major-league...
From the Braves to the Brewers: Great Games and Exciting History at Milwaukee’s County Stadium
SABR Digital Library, #39
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
This book rekindles memories of Milwaukee's County Stadium through detailed summaries of 72 games played there, and insightful feature essays about the history of the ballpark. The process to select games was agonizing, yet deliberate. The book could have easily been filled with memorable games by...
Tigers by the Tale: Great Games at Michigan & Trumbull
SABR Digital Library, #38
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
For over 100 years, Michigan and Trumbull was the scene of some of the most exciting baseball ever. This book, the collaborative work of 34 members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), portrays 50 classic games at the corner, spanning the earliest days of Bennett Park until Tiger...
Sportsman's Park in St. Louis: Home of the Browns and Cardinals at Grand and Dodier
SABR Digital Library, #52
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
The intersection of Grand Avenue and Dodier Street on the north side of St. Louis is one of the fabled locations in baseball history. Amateurs began playing on a sandlot there as far back as the 1860s. In the winter of 1908-09 Sportsman's Park, a dilapidated wooden structure, was rebuilt and extensively...
Urban Shocker
Silent Hero of Baseball's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
2018 SABR Baseball Research Award Winner
Baseball in the 1920s is most known for Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, but there was another great Yankee player in that era whose compelling story remains untold. Urban Shocker was a fiercely competitive and colorful pitcher, a spitballer who had...
by Robin Roberts, Paul C. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Hall of Famer Robin Roberts was baseball's most dominant pitcher from 1950 to 1955. He was the ace of the Whiz Kids rotation that led the Phillies to the NL pennant in 1950. In 1966 Roberts introduced Marvin Miller to the players' union, a major chapter in baseball history.