10 of the Best Baseball Books of All Time

While you wait out the season's delay, refresh your love for baseball's history and drama.

By Elias Garfinkel | Published Jul 17, 2020

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Buy Ball Four at Amazon

Ball Four

By Jim Bouton

Buy Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? at Amazon

Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?

By Jimmy Breslin

Cardboard Gods Josh Wilker

Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards

By Josh Wilker

Buy Memories of Summer at Amazon

Memories of Summer

By Roger Kahn

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

By Michael Lewis

Buy Summer of '49 at Amazon

Summer of '49

By David Halberstam

Ty Cobb by Charles Leerhsen

Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

By Charles Leerhsen

Buy The Summer Game at Amazon

The Summer Game

By Roger Angell

Buy Out of My League at Amazon

Out of My League

By Dirk Hayhurst

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Buy The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers at Amazon

The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers

By Bill James