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Books: Baseball books This is not meant to be a listing of all books written about baseball
but is a listing of my favorite and the most comprehensive baseball books.
Reference
John Thorn, Pete Palmer, Michael Gershman. Total Baseball,
seven editions
David S. Neft. The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball,
2007
Baseball Prospectus Experts. Baseball Prospectus
2007
John Sickels. The Baseball Prospect Book 2007 (used
heavily by major league team front offices)
Interesting reads
Lloyd Johnson. Baseball Firsts, 2005
Shannon, Mike. Tales from the Dugout and Tales
from the Ballpark
The Society for American Baseball Research. The Fenway
Project, 2004
Joel Zoss, John S. Bowman. The American League: A History
and The National League: A History, 1986
Sabermetrics
Bill James. Annual Baseball Abstracts
The best: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987
Bill James. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract,
2001
Tom M. Tango, Michael Lichtman, Andrew Dolphin. The Book:
Playing the Percentages in Baseball, 2006
Dewan, John. The Fielding Bible, 2006
Literature
WP Kinsella. Shoeless Joe (basis for Field of Dreams)
WP Kinsella. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
WP Kinsella. The Thrill of the Grass
Bernard Malamud. The Natural (basis for The Natural)
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