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22 Best Baseball Books

Goal: Find the best Baseball books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best baseball books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

22 Best Baseball Books

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1

Ball Four

The Final Pitch

by Jim Bouton

Also recommended by:

Ben Shapiro, Aaron Gleeman, Peter King

2

The Boys of Summer

by Roger Kahn

3

Moneyball

The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

by Michael Lewis

Also recommended by:

Ev Williams

4

The Glory of Their Times

The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told by the Men Who Played It

by Lawrence S. Ritter

5

Cardboard Gods

An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards

by Josh Wilker

6

Five Seasons

A Baseball Companion

by Roger Angell

7

The Numbers Game

Baseball's Lifelong Fascination with Statistics

by Alan Schwarz

8

The Soul of Baseball

A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

by Joe Posnanski

9

Baseball

An Illustrated History

by Geoffrey C. Ward

10

Baseball in the Garden of Eden

The Secret History of the Early Game

by John Thorn

11

Baseball's Great Experiment

Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

by Jules Tygiel

12

Joe DiMaggio

The Hero's Life

by Richard Ben Cramer

13

October 1964

by David Halberstam

14

Only the Ball Was White

A History of Legendary Black Players and All-Black Professional Teams

by Robert Peterson

15

Summer of '49

by David Halberstam

16

The Bronx Zoo

The Astonishing Inside Story of the 1978 World Champion New York Yankees

by Sparky Lyle

17

The Last Boy

Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

by Jane Leavy

18

The Lords of the Realm

The Real History of Baseball

by John Helyar

19

The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract

by Bill James

20

The Summer Game

by Roger Angell

21

Veeck As In Wreck

The Autobiography of Bill Veeck

by Bill Veeck

22

Wait Till Next Year

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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