Books

Books

Stats:

The New Bill James Historical Abstract
Baseball Between the Numbers - the Baseball Prospectus team of experts
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers - Rob Neyer and Bill James
Baseball Forecaster - Ron Shandler
The SABR Baseball List and Record Book
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball - Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, Andy Dolphin
The Hardball Times Annual
National Baseball Hall of Fame Desk Reference
Baseball Prospectus Annual
The Hidden Game of Baseball - John Thorn and Pete Palmer
The Baseball Encyclopedia - Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette
The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed - JC Bradbury

Historical:

The Numbers Game - Alan Schwarz
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Lineups
The Teammates - David Halberstam
Summer of ‘49 - David Halberstam
October 1964 - David Halberstam
The Big Bam - Leigh Montville
Ball Four - Jim Bouton
Veeck - as in Wreck - Bill Veeck
Eight Men Out - Eliot Asinof
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America - Joe Posnanski
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero - Leigh Montville

For fun:

Moneyball - Michael Lewis
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Blunders
The Stark Truth - Jayson Stark
Fantasyland - Sam Walker
The Physics of Baseball - Robert Adair

New Books in 2008:

Bill James’ Gold Mine
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends
The Book of Baseball Records 2008 - Elias Records

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