This week in baseball books, featuring the best-sellers according to Amazon.com on Friday, August 14.
| Title | Rank |
|---|---|
| General | |
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain, Appel  |
1 |
| Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, Lewis | 2 |
| Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, Tye | 3 |
| The Yankee Years, Torre and Verducci | 4 |
| Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back, Hamilton and Keown |
5 |
| Essays and Writing | |
Moneyball  |
1 |
| Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back | 2 |
| As They See ‘Em: A Fan’s Travels in the Land of Umpires, Weber | 3 |
| Heads Up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time, Hanson and Ravizza | 4 |
| Sports Illustrated: The baseball Book | 5 |
| History | |
| Munson | 1 |
| Satchel | 2 |
| American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens and the Rise of Steroids in America’s Pastime, Thompson, et al | 3 |
| Bert Sugar’s Baseball Hall of Fame: A Living History of America’s Greatest Game | 4 |
| Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee, Barra | 5 |
| Statistics | |
Watching Baseball Smarter, Hample  |
1 |
| The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball, Tango et al | 2 |
| Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game is Wrong, Baseball Prospectus | 3 |
| Baseball Prospectus 2009 | 4 |
| Baseball Encyclopedia: The Complete and definitive Record of Major league Baseball |
5 |
Analysis: Josh Hamilton had an apparent setback several months ago that’s just coming to light, “thanks” to the sports gossip site, Deadspin. Haven’t read any of the stories myself, but wouldn’t be surprised if they mention his book and, if that’s the case, this might account for renewed interest.
Satchel ranks # 25 on the latest NY Times’ bestseller list.
Interesting new entry to the top 5: The Macmillan Baseball Encyclopedia. The last edition came out more than 10 years ago, supplanted by the similarly defunct Total Baseball Series. Macmillan was the granddaddy of such baseball reference. Imagine the delight of fans when it was first came out in 1969. Nothing like it had ever been ever been published before. Of course, now we’re spoiled with instant-information always available and updated. It’s like trying to explain to the grandkids about the Sony Walkman or color TV.
is available on Amazon.com,
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