Baseball category: 2631 books
by Mike Sowell
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
On a torridly hot August day in 1920, Ray Chapman was struck and killed by a Carl Mays fastball, in what was and remains the only on-the-field fatality in the history of major league baseball. The drama of Good Guy Chapman versus Bad Guy Mays is a wrenching human tale. Add to it an intense pennant...
J.L. Wilkinson and the Kansas City Monarchs
Trailblazers in Black Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Baseball pioneer J. L. Wilkinson (1878–1964) was the owner and founder, in 1920, of the famed Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues. The only white owner in the Negro National League (NNL), Wilkinson earned a reputation for treating players with fairness and respect. He began his career in Iowa...
No Money, No Beer, No Pennants
The Cleveland Indians and Baseball in the Great Depression
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The Cleveland Indians of 1928 were a far cry from the championship team of 1920. They had begun the decade as the best team in all of baseball, but over the following eight years, their owner died, the great Tris Speaker retired in the face of a looming scandal, and the franchise was in terrible shape....
by Robert Grey Reynolds Jr
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013
Ed Holley pitched in major league baseball during the years of the Great Depression. He came up with the Chicago Cubs in 1928. However, his best years were with the Philadelphia Phillies, in 1932-1933. In those seasons he accounted for 24 wins, pitching for a team that finished annually in last place....
Shoeless
The Life and Times of Joe Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2001
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson was one of baseball's greatest hitters and most colorful players. Born Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson on July 16, 1888, in Pickens County, South Carolina, Jackson went to work in a textile mill when he was around six years old, and got his start in baseball playing...
The Games That Changed Baseball
Milestones in Major League History
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
The national pastime’s rich history and vast cache of statistics have provided fans and researchers a gold mine of narrative and data since the late 19th century. Many books have been written about Major League Baseball’s most famous games. This one takes a different approach, focusing on MLB’s...
No-Hitters
SABR Digital Library, #48
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Pitching a no-hitter is a dream for every major-league pitcher — once they have realized their dream of making it to the big leagues in the first place. Fewer than half the pitchers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame have thrown a no-hitter. Many of the biggest names in pitching have never done...
Jackie Robinson in Quotes
The Remarkable Life of Baseball's Most Significant Player
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A Fresh Look at an Inspiring Historical Figure
Jackie Robinson in Quotes tells the life story of arguably the most important baseball player in history with over 400 pages of quotations by and about him. Featured are quotes by Robinson, his widow Rachel Robinson, other family members, friends,...
by David Ranney
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2012
Why Go Another Day Not Being Able To Hit the Ball Or Striking Out Over and Over?
Do You Think Being Mentally Tougher Will Help You Play Better?
Using Zen principles, like being in the present moment, non-judgment, enhanced focus, awareness and letting your body flow are centuries old...
Baseball Rowdies of the 19th Century
Brawlers, Drinkers, Pranksters and Cheats in the Early Days of the Major Leagues
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
During the 19th century, baseball was a game with few rules, many rowdy players and just one umpire. Dirty tricks were simply part of a winning strategy—spiking, body-blocking, cutting bases short or hiding an extra ball to be used when needed were all OK. Deliberately failing to catch a fly in...
Memories of a Ballplayer
Bill Werber and Baseball in the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Rich in anecdotes and humor, Bill Werber's Memories of a Ballplayer is a clear-eyed memoir of the world of big-league baseball in the 1930s. Originally published by SABR in hardcover in 2000 and in paperback in 2001, the book is still in print, but now also available as an ebook. Bill Werber's claim...
by National Alliance for Youth Sports, Greg Bach
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Get the score on coaching youth baseball
Volunteering as a baseball coach can be a fun and rewarding experience. But what if you've never coached before? No worries! This friendly guide explains your responsibilities, giving you expert advice on creating a lineup, running drills with your team,...
The Love of Baseball
Essays by Lifelong Fans
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Written by and for baseball fans (or those trying to live with one), this collection of essays joins a perennial conversation all fans have—“Why do we love baseball?” Thirty contributors share personal narratives of how they found an abiding passion for the sport and how their relationship to...
Never Just a Game
Players, Owners, and American Baseball to 1920
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
America's national pastime has been marked from its inception by bitter struggles between owners and players over profit, power, and prestige. In this book, the first installment of a highly readable, comprehensive labor history of baseball, Robert Burk describes the evolution of the ballplaying work...