-
1. The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood
by Jane Leavy
Drawing on more than 500 interviews with friends and family, teammates, and opponents, Leavy delivers the definitive account of Mantle's life, mining ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
2. Wherever I Wind Up: My Quest for Truth, Authenticity, and the Perfect Knuckleball
by R a Dickey, Wayne Coffey (Contributions by)
"A memoir written by baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey"--
See all Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
3. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It
by Lawrence S Ritter
Great news for baseball fans--here is Lawrence Ritter's remarkable and universally hailed classic, now available in trade paperback. This is the ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
4. Stan Musial: An American Life
by George Vecsey
Veteran sports journalist Vecsey finally gives this 20-time All-Star and St. Louis Cardinals icon the biographical treatment he deserves in a ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
5. Babe: The Legend Comes to Life
by Robert W Creamer
Babe Ruth moved beyond the baselines and outfield fences of the baseball stadiums that brought him riches and adulations to become a genuine American ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
6. Stengel: His Life and Times
by Robert W Creamer
"A superb book. . . . Creamer has set a standard of excellence for sports biographies."-Sports Illustrated. "Exemplary . . . by scaling down the ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
7. Joe Dimaggio: The Hero's Life
by Richard Ben Cramer (Read by)
Joe DiMaggio's complicated, very public, very enigmatic life is also the story of America's media machine. Back in the 1930s, when he first played ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
8. Driving Mr. Yogi: Yogi Berra, Ron Guidry, and Baseball's Greatest Gift
by Harvey Araton
Narrative of the friendship that's developed between Ron Guidry and Yogi Berra as a result of Berra's annual trips to Florida for Yankees spring ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
9. Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick
by Paul Dickson
A masterful biography of one of most influential, sharp-witted, and often zany figures in baseball history, whose drive and imagination helped ... More
See all Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
10. Gil Hodges: The Brooklyn Bums, the Miracle Mets, and the Extraordinary Life of a Baseball Legend
by Tom Clavin, Danny Peary
"The son of an Indiana coal miner, Gil grew up playing baseball to forget the woes of the Great Depression. With the important lessons he learned in ... More
See all Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
11. The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams
by Derek Jeter, Jack Curry
From the wildly popular Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter comes a lively book that will help his young fans set and achieve their goals. Filled with ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
12. Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season
by Jonathan Eig
This detailed, authoritative account of one of the most important seasons in baseball history chronicles the day when, in 1947, Jackie Robinson broke ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
13. Flip Flop Fly Ball
by Craig Robinson, Rob Neyer (Introduction by)
Based on Robinson's Web site, www.flipflopflyball.com, "Flip Flop Fly Ball" dives into the baseball's history, its rivalries and absurdities, its ... More
See all Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
14. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
by David Maraniss
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "When Pride Still Mattered" comes a book destined to become a modern classic--a full-scale biography of ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
15. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, Balco, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports
by Mark Fainaru-Wada
Told by the award-winning reporters who broke the story, this is the completeinside scoop of Barry Bonds and the shocking steroids scandal that ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
16. Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
by Jonathan Eig
Drawing on hundreds of new interviews and previously unpublished letters, this authoritative, comprehensive biography of New York Yankee Lou Gehrig- ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
17. The Bullpen Gospels: Major League Dreams of a Minor League Veteran
by Dirk Hayhurst
In this real-life version of the movie "Bull Durham," pitcher Hayhurst chronicles a poignant year in Minor League Baseball.
See all Softcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
18. Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
by Larry Tye
Tye presents the definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an African-American pitcher in a segregated America, and his story of struggle and triumph.
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
19. Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
by Jane Leavy
An award-winning sportswriter presents this fascinating and eye-opening biography of Dodger great Sandy Koufax, a pitcher who changed the game of ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
20. Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train
by Henry W Thomas
"This lavishly illustrated narrative of Walter Johnson's life is the definitive work on the subject and is likely to remain so."-Lawrence S. Ritter, ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
21. The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron
by Howard Bryant
In this penetrating chronicle of the social upheaval of the years during which Hank Aaron played baseball, Bryant reveals how Aaron stood against ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
22. Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero
by Leigh Montville
With the death of baseball legend Ted Williams on July 3, 2002, "Sports Illustrated" ran Montville's powerful obituary as its much-praised cover ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | Audiobooks | List of all editions
-
23. 56: Joe Dimaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports
by Kostya Kennedy
For two months in the tense summer of 1941, America was captivated by New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's incredible hitting streak. Kennedy tells the ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
24. The Long Season
by Jim Brosnan
The classic inside account of a baseball year by a major league pitcher. It begins, appropriately, with the winter doldrums and sweating out a new ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions
-
25. All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball
by Mickey Mantle
Sports legend Mickey Mantle recounts his career in the greatest dynasty baseball has ever seen--the days when he and his Yankee teammates made it to ... More
See all Softcovers | Hardcovers | List of all editions








