16 must-read nonfiction books like The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

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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…

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1. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

By: Charles Leerhsen

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Finally - a fascinating andauthoritative biography of perhaps the most controversial player in base… read more

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  • american history
  • baseball
  • biography
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports

2. Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s

By: Jason Turbow

3.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

How the Oakland A's of the 1970s--a revolutionary band of brawling Hall of Famers--won three straig… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
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

3. 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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  • audiobook
  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports

4. The Bad Guys Won!

By: Jeff Pearlman

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

The Bad Guys Won, award-winning Sports Illustratedbaseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innoc… read more

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5. The Boys of Summer

By: Roger Kahn

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is a book about young men who learned to play baseball during the 1930s and 1940s, and then we… read more

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6. The Glory of Their Times: The Story of the Early Days of Baseball Told By the Men Who Played It

By: Lawrence S. Ritter

5.00

Format: 299 pages,

From the Preface: This new enlarged edition of The Glory of Their Times contains the complete text … read more

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7. 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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8. October 1964

By: David Halberstam

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In 1989 David Halberstam published "Summer of '49," which became a #1 "New York Times" bestseller. … read more

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9. 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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  • baseball
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

10. 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

Similar categories in Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100 book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • american history
  • baseball
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • collections
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • sports
  • audiobook
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11. 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

Similar categories in John Rosengren's The Greatest Summer in Baseball History: How the '73 Season Changed Us Forever book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • 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

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

13. 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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  • american history
  • baseball
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues by Lonnie Wheeler

14. The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues

By: Lonnie Wheeler

4.28

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The first full biography of the star Negro Leaguer and Hall of Famer James “Cool Papa” Bell (190… read more

Similar categories in Lonnie Wheeler's The Bona Fide Legend of Cool Papa Bell: Speed, Grace, and the Negro Leagues book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

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

15. 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

Similar categories in Jeff Pearlman's The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series by Tyler Kepner

16. The Grandest Stage: A History of the World Series

By: Tyler Kepner

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, a highly ent… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print) by Tyler Kepner

17. 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

Similar categories in Tyler Kepner's K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches (Random House Large Print) book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • american history
  • baseball
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original by Howard Bryant

18. Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original

By: Howard Bryant

4.23

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

“Seldom does a sports biography—especially a page-turner—so comprehensively explain the forces that… read more

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  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • audiobook
Cover of The Football 100 (Sports) by Mike Sando

19. The Football 100 (Sports)

By: Mike Sando

3.95

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

From The Athletic, powerhouse of sports reporting, comes the definitive story of the greatest footb… read more

Similar categories in Mike Sando's The Football 100 (Sports) book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • sports
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player by Jeremy Beer

20. Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player

By: Jeremy Beer

4.32

Format: 456 pages, Hardcover

2020 SABR Seymour Medal  2019 CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year Buck O’Neil once desc… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy Beer's Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • baseball
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • sports
Cover of A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball by Anthony Castrovince

21. A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball

By: Anthony Castrovince

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Broken up into sections (pitching, fielding, hitting), this authoritative yet fun and easy guide wi… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Castrovince's A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball book and Joe Posnanski's The Baseball 100

  • baseball
  • nonfiction
  • sports

10 best-selling audiobook books like The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski

Transform Your Habits

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

None , Keith Law

3.79

Transform Your Habits

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

Evan Drellich

4.16

Transform Your Habits

The Baseball 100

Joe Posnanski

4.74

Transform Your Habits

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

Keith O'Brien

4.43

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16 Top nonfiction books like A Fan's Guide to Baseball Analytics: Why WAR, WHIP, wOBA, and Other Advanced Sabermetrics Are Essential to Understanding Modern Baseball by Anthony Castrovince

Transform Your Habits

The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America

Joe Posnanski

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Decision Points

George W. Bush

3.81

Transform Your Habits

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

Nate Silver

3.75

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

Travis Sawchik

3.75

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