Statistics category: 3298 books
Name That Ballplayer
The Ultimate Baseball "Whodunnit?" Quiz Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Taking a cue from the legendary TV game show Name That Tune, Wayne Stewart's Name That Ballplayer is a unique baseball quiz book. This is not just a list of questions followed by the answers. Readers are given three sets of clues to help them name the ballplayer in question. If they get the player...
Clearing the Bases
The Greatest Baseball Debates of the Last Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2002
Who was better, Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays? Who was the best right-hander of the '60s, Bob Gibson or Juan Marichal? Who is the greatest starting pitcher of all time? At his peak, who was more valuable, Joe DiMaggio or Ted Williams? If Lefty Grove, Sandy Koufax, and Roger Clemens had pitched at the...
Perfect
Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it Happen
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
**“*Perfect *captures our hearts as it carries us back to the golden age of baseball and the more innocent world of the 1950s.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of **The Bully Pulpit
On October 8, 1956, New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen took the mound for game five...
Tales from the Dodgers Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Dodger Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
To baseball fans of today, the name Dodgers” is synonymous with Hollywood, the warm California sun, and names like Tommy Lasorda, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey, and Orel Hershiser. The Dodgers mean much more than that to fans of baseball history, however. Namely, these fans remember the famed Boys...
Au jeu/Play Ball: The 50 Greatest Games in the History of the Montreal Expos
SABR Digital Library, #37
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
This volume by members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) presents the 50 greatest games in Montreal Expos history. The games described here recount the exploits of the many great players who wore Expos uniforms over the years — Bill Stoneman, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Steve Rogers,...
Tales from the St. Louis Cardinals Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Cardinals Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Offering readers more than just a sneak peek into the dugout, Bob Forsch’s Tales from the St. Louis Cardinals Dugout takes fans into the clubhouse, out to the bullpen, onto the mound, up to the batter’s box, around the base paths, along for the ride to spring training, and even on a fishing trip...
Fools Rush Inn
More Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
In this second collection of recent articles (the first was Solid Fool's Gold), groundbreaking sabermetrician and baseball historian Bill James takes his unique way of looking at the world and applies it to topics as diverse as the major league players who went out on top, whether ground ball pitchers...
Tales from the Chicago White Sox Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest White Sox Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The 1983 American League West champion Chicago White Sox will forever be remembered by their trademark slogan: “Winning Ugly.” The star of that colorful bunch was an unlikely hero, a twenty-five-year-old rookie from Northwest Indiana. Ron Kittle led the 1983 White Sox with 35 home runs, 100 RBIS,...
Facing Ted Williams
Players from the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
The Splendid Splinter,” Teddy Ballgame,” The Kid”-no matter the nickname, Ted Williams was one of the most accomplished hitters in baseball history. He was the last man to hit .400 in a single season, a nineteen-time All-Star, a two-time MVP and Triple Crown award winner, and an inductee...
Knuckleball
The History of the Unhittable Pitch
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
It took me a day to learn [the knuckleball] and a lifetime to learn how to throw it for a strike.”
This quote, by pitcher and coach Charlie Hough, is the best way to understand baseball’s most baffling and mysterious pitch. Not even the best practitioners of the art of throwing a knuckleball...
by Tucker Elliot
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
THE TEAM: The Braves are the oldest continuously operated franchise in National League history and are one of just six Major League clubs with more than 10,000 victories -- that's more than the Boston Red Sox or the New York Yankees and nearly 1,000 more than the Philadelphia Phillies (though the...
Tales from the New York Mets Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Mets Stories Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2011
In ?fty years of existence, the New York Mets have experienced almost every phase of success and failure that can be encountered by a major league team. Written by veteran baseball author Bruce Markusen, Tales from the New York Mets Dugout relives some of the favorite moments in Mets history while...
by Vince Gennaro
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Diamond Dollars is a fresh, provocative, insightful and analytical look at the business of baseball by author Vince Gennaro, a consultant to MLB teams. In doing so, Gennaro addresses some key questions that affect how teams make decisions, how they assemble their roster, and ultimately, their bottom...
Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout
A Collection of the Greatest Stories from the Mets Inaugural Season
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Tales from the 1962 New York Mets Dugout chronicles the adventures, mishaps, and unforgettable stories as the New York Mets burst onto the baseball scene. From the team’s first win, in its 10th game of the season, to its last loss, which ended with the Mets grounding into a triple play, Tales from...