19 Best baseball books like Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar by Eric Longenhagen

Cover of Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar by Eric Longenhagen

Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar

By: Eric Longenhagen

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

How to watch baseball and see the future For the modern major league team, player evaluation is a c…

If you liked the baseball plot in Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar by Eric Longenhagen , here is a list of 19 books like this:

Cover of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball by Tom M. Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, None

1. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

By: Tom M. Tango , Mitchel Lichtman , None

4.08

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Written by three esteemed baseball statisticians, The Book continues where the legendary Bill James… read more

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Cover of Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction by Philip E. Tetlock, Dan Gardner

2. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more

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Cover of The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques by Jay Jaffe

3. The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques

By: Jay Jaffe

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town call… read more

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Cover of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silver

4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't

By: Nate Silver

3.75

Format: None pages,

Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more

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5. Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak

By: Travis Sawchik

3.75

Format: None pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller After twenty consecutive losing seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates, team … read more

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Cover of Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball by None, Keith Law

6. Smart Baseball: The Story Behind the Old Stats That Are Ruining the Game, the New Ones That Are Running It, and the Right Way to Think About Baseball

By: None , Keith Law

3.79

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Predictably Irrational meets Moneyball in ESPN veteran writer and statistical analyst Keith Law's i… read more

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Cover of Moneyball by Michael   Lewis

7. 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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"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

8. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series

By: Stephen Jay Gould , None

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigan… read more

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9. The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team

By: Ben Lindbergh , Sam Miller

3.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball te… read more

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10. The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports

By: Jeff Passan

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitcher… read more

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11. The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence

By: Josh Waitzkin

4.60

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his f… read more

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Cover of Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments by Joe Posnanski

12. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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Cover of Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess by Evan Drellich

13. Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

By: Evan Drellich

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The reporter who broke the Houston Astros' cheating scandal reveals how a baseball team could so dr… read more

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Cover of The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

14. The Baseball 100

By: Joe Posnanski

4.74

Format: 869 pages, Hardcover

A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more

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Cover of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux

15. Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall

By: Zeke Faux

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom… read more

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Cover of The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman

16. The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

By: Gregory Zuckerman

4.03

Format: 359 pages, Paperback

Gregory Zuckerman, the bestselling author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, answers the … read more

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Cover of The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players by Ben Lindbergh

17. The MVP Machine: How Baseball's New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players

By: Ben Lindbergh

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Move over, Moneyball -- a cutting-edge look at major league baseball's next revolution: the high-te… read more

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Cover of The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball by Russell A. Carleton

18. The New Ballgame: The Not-So-Hidden Forces Shaping Modern Baseball

By: Russell A. Carleton

4.00

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Watching a game of baseball today means witnessing phenomena that would have been novel, if not com… read more

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Cover of Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace by John C. Maxwell

19. Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

By: John C. Maxwell

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Dive into a masterclass that reveals the shifts you should make over the course of you career to ke… read more

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"If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking."

-John C. Maxwell, Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

"Dentists encourage us to use dental floss daily to promote the health of our teeth; we need to use mental floss to get rid of old thinking and promote the health of our leadership."

-John C. Maxwell, Leadershift: The 11 Essential Changes Every Leader Must Embrace

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

20. 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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Cover of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print) by Tyler Kepner

21. K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print)

By: Tyler Kepner

4.11

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling histor… read more

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Cover of Astroball: The New Way to Win It All by Ben Reiter

22. Astroball: The New Way to Win It All

By: Ben Reiter

4.20

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

When Sports Illustrated declared on the cover of a June 2014 issue that the Houston Astros would wi… read more

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Cover of Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk by Billy Walters

23. Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk

By: Billy Walters

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “An insightful read…Walters is a larger-than-life character.” — Sports … read more

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

24. 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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Cover of Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution by Ryan O'Hanlon

25. Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution

By: Ryan O'Hanlon

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth examination of the rise of analytics in soccer and the wild experiments unfolding aroun… read more

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Cover of The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness by Andy McCullough

26. The Last of His Kind: Clayton Kershaw and the Burden of Greatness

By: Andy McCullough

4.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, based on exclusive interviews with Kershaw… read more

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Cover of The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking by Russell A. Carleton

27. The Shift: The Next Evolution in Baseball Thinking

By: Russell A. Carleton

4.10

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball i… read more

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Cover of Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution by Jared  Diamond

28. Swing Kings: The Inside Story of Baseball's Home Run Revolution

By: Jared Diamond

4.08

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the  Wall Street Journal’s national baseball writer, the next major work of baseball narrative… read more

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Cover of Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar by Eric Longenhagen

29. Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar

By: Eric Longenhagen

4.09

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

How to watch baseball and see the future For the modern major league team, player evaluation is a c… read more

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Cover of The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves by Keith Law

30. The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves

By: Keith Law

3.91

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, the ESPN baseball writer and author of the acclaimed Smart … read more

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Cover of The Midrange Theory by Seth Partnow

31. The Midrange Theory

By: Seth Partnow

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

At its core, the goal of any basketball team is relatively take and make good shots while preventi… read more

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27 best-selling nonfiction books like Future Value: The Battle for Baseball's Soul and How Teams Will Find the Next Superstar by Eric Longenhagen

Transform Your Habits

The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball

Tom M. Tango , Mitchel Lichtman , None

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Cooperstown Casebook: Who’s in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Who Should Be In, and Who Should Pack Their Plaques

Jay Jaffe

4.19

Transform Your Habits

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't

Nate Silver

3.75

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Transform Your Habits

The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to The Sports Guy

Bill Simmons

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Moneyball

Michael Lewis

4.26

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Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess

Evan Drellich

4.16

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When the Game Was Ours

Larry Bird

4.23

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