New baseball biography books

Ball Four: The Final Pitch. Jim Bouton. David Ariosto. Andy Martino. Doris Kearns Goodwin. Leon Norris. Charles Strobel. Jesse Cole. Howard Bryant. The Enchanted Season. Lance Parrish. Hank Patton. Peggy Rowe. Waite Hoyt. Bill Plunkett. The Ultimate St. Jeff Pearlman. The Yogi Book. Yogi Berra. This book goes deep into the world of amateur and pro scouting and breaks down all the different ways all sorts of scouts and evaluators find and grade talent.

Every story is a little different and all of these guys come away from professional baseball with a unique perspective. Others find much less solace in their momentary glory. The Cup of Coffee Club is one of those timeless baseball books that fits a perfect niche in your library. I am a somewhat ashamed about how little of this story I was even marginally familiar with.

This is a fantastic book. Loved this book. I learned a lot and enjoyed every page. Kudos to Epplin for packing so much into a single, consumable resource. Really highly recommend. The MVP Machine provides compelling examples of the way players are using data to help become better ballplayers. Authors like Lindbergh and Sawchik historically lean heavy into the analytics side of baseball, but there is an effort here to respect the soft skills traditionalists hang their hat on.

The human element of baseball is a primary focus in this book. Absolutely read this if you are remotely curious about the inner workings of the modern game. This is not a recollection of great baseball stories. This book features character studies of ballplayers and how their relationship with the game and their families has evolved since leaving it.

My favorite part of the game is its aesthetic. Its permanence. How it interweaves with life happening around it. This book speaks the language of baseball and strikes all the right chords.

New baseball biography books

Highly recommend. The big story in baseball over the past few years is the explosion of the home run. You may or may not like that. But Diamond does a really great job outlining the chronology compellingly, telling stories of people rather than raw concepts or statistics. By the end you might just have a little more perspective about why the Dodgers in particular have comfortably occupied the top of the standings — and now a World Series championship in For anyone curious about why there are so many home runs these days, this is the book to read.

Buy on Amazon. But like just about anyone else, his life has had its share of ups and downs. This is an incredibly charming read you can take on in just a few hours. I sort of do. But the way baseball people think has changed too dramatically to ignore. The reason there are so many analytically-oriented books on this list? A lot of books on this list can get on the heavy side.

But sometimes deep dives into baseball history or statistics, as excellent as they can be, can get kind of exhausting. This book provides concise answers to all sorts of baseball questions, many of which you might have never thought to even ask. I really liked this one. My first thought whenever someone asks me what they should read next. The result is an ebbing and flowing story of a baseball team finding its way.

Not to mention they are both talented, seasoned writers with exceptional self-awareness and humility. I love what he does with MLB Network. I love his perpetual audacious skepticism in the face of enormous pressure from extremely accomplished peers who see him as a threat. Bill Plunkett. Ron Shandler. Max Capano. John W. Chris Haft. Noel Hynd.

Marshall Garvey. Phil Coffin. Jimmy Sellitto. Jeff Zimmerman. Dan Schlossberg. Will Bardenwerper. Keith O'Brien. Scoring Position Daytona Fury Series. Thomas E. Van Hyning. Mike Matheny. Audible Audiobook. Hayden Fox. Robert A. David Krell. Art Shamsky.