25 Best nonfiction books like Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty by Bill Pennington

Cover of Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty by Bill Pennington

Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty

By: Bill Pennington

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the time when the New York Yankees were a laughingstock—and how out of that aby…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty by Bill Pennington , here is a list of 25 books like this:

Cover of Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell

1. Swallow Me Whole

By: Nate Powell

3.63

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Swallow Me Whole is an award-winning love story carried by rolling fog, terminal illness, hallucina… read more

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Cover of Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball by Bill Madden

2. Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

By: Bill Madden

4.00

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

If you love the New York Yankees, arguably the most storied franchise in all of sports—or even if y… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul by Chad Millman, Shawn Coyne

3. The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

By: Chad Millman , Shawn Coyne

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger

4. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

By: H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to the Permian Panthers of Odes… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Lance Williams

5. Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

By: Mark Fainaru-Wada , Lance Williams

3.42

Format: None pages,

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Moneyball by Michael   Lewis

6. Moneyball

By: Michael Lewis

4.26

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Billy Beane, general manager of MLB's Oakland A's and protagonist of Michael Lewis's Moneyball, had… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
"Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"If you’ve got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"Baseball is a soap opera that lends itself to probabilistic thinking. [Dick Cramer]"

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

"That's what happens when you're thirty-seven years old: you do the things you always did but the result is somehow different."

-Michael Lewis, Moneyball

7. Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy Inside the Mind of a Manager

By: H.G. Bissinger

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Three Nights in August captures the strategic and emotional complexities of baseball's quintessenti… read more

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8. Petty: The Biography

By: Warren Zanes

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writ… read more

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9. The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team Three Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi

By: Kevin Lacz , Ethan E. Rocke , Lindsey Lacz

4.33

Format: 228 pages, ebook

"One of the very best books to come out of the war in Iraq," (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, bestselling a… read more

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10. The Yankee Years

By: Joe Torre , Tom Verducci

3.61

Format: 231 pages,

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11. The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

By: Rick Ankiel

4.00

Format: None pages, Audio

A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, on… read more

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Cover of The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II by Buzz Bissinger

12. The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II

By: Buzz Bissinger

3.81

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, untold story of the Second World War in the vein of Unbroken and The Boys in the … read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever by John Rosengren

13. The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever

By: John Rosengren

4.12

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

"The vivid story of a young Reggie Jackson on Charlie Finley's A's and the veteran Willie Mays on Y… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O'Brien

14. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin

15. Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball

By: Luke Epplin

4.48

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

The riveting story of four men—Larry Doby, Bill Veeck, Bob Feller, and Satchel Paige—whose improbab… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America by Abraham Riesman

16. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America

By: Abraham Riesman

3.75

Format: 464 pages, ebook

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime by Joe Pompeo

17. Blood & Ink: An Heiress, a Tabloid War, and the Unsolved Double Murder That Hooked America on True Crime

By: Joe Pompeo

3.58

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Vanity Fair's Joe Pompeo investigates the notorious 1922 double murder of a high-society minister a… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of No One Wins Alone by Mark Messier

18. No One Wins Alone

By: Mark Messier

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells his inspiring stor… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman

19. The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Showtime—the source for HBO’s Winning Time—the definiti… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness by Bryan Hoch

20. 62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness

By: Bryan Hoch

4.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“The definitive story” (Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist) of Yankees slugger Aar… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me by Rex Chapman

21. It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me

By: Rex Chapman

4.12

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A powerful memoir from the University of Kentucky basketball legend, NBA veteran, and social media … read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris  Herring

22. Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks

By: Chris Herring

4.30

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive history of the 1990s New York Knicks, illustrat… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty by Jeff Pearlman

23. Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.28

Format: 426 pages, Hardcover

The story of the Lakers dynasty from 1996 through 2004, when Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combi… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever by Jack Curry

24. The 1998 Yankees: The Inside Story of the Greatest Baseball Team Ever

By: Jack Curry

4.14

Format: 289 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the inside story of the 1998 Yankees' unprecedented talent with this gripping account from… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Inside The Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees by Bob Klapisch

25. Inside The Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees

By: Bob Klapisch

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A riveting look at what is really said and done behind closed doors with… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing by Andy Martino

26. Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

By: Andy Martino

4.14

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the po… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football by Gary Myers

27. Once a Giant: A Story of Victory, Tragedy, and Life After Football

By: Gary Myers

4.20

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

The inside story of the Super Bowl champion 1986 Giants, the extraordinary friendships that resulte… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty by Bill Pennington

28. Chumps To Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the '90s Dynasty

By: Bill Pennington

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of the time when the New York Yankees were a laughingstock—and how out of that aby… read more

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  • history
  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • baseball
Cover of Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever by Dan    Good

29. Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever

By: Dan Good

4.20

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In Playing Through the Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession That Changed Baseball Forever , jo… read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era by Andy Martino

30. The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era

By: Andy Martino

4.42

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

With rare access to the inner sanctum of the New York Yankees, SNY analyst Andy Martino weaves two … read more

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  • baseball
  • sports
  • nonfiction
Cover of Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers by Ian O'Connor

31. Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers

By: Ian O'Connor

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Aaron Rodgers is regarded by some as the most talented player to ever hold the most important job i… read more

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  • sports
  • nonfiction

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Transform Your Habits

The Ones Who Hit the Hardest: The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul

Chad Millman , Shawn Coyne

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H.G. Bissinger

3.33

Transform Your Habits

Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports

Mark Fainaru-Wada , Lance Williams

3.42

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

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Kara Swisher

3.99

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Ed Zwick

4.03

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Rich Cohen

3.90

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4.43

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