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May 13, 2015 · John Spalding’s guide to baseball guides, record books & registers, 1869-1995 – hard to find but useful reference. Baseball Reference Books: A chapter from the indispensable guide, How to Do Baseball Research. List of other baseball research resources – From the website of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.
- Basic Baseball Reference Books
- Encyclopedias
- Guides and Registers
- Guide Series
- Register Series
- Other Reference Books
- Book Reviews
- Where to Find Them
A great deal of baseball research material has moved onto the Web, and more is coming all the time. But, so far, most of that material has been statistical and tabular. The slowest material to migrate has been narrative — history, biography, analysis — and books remain a good source of information. In addition, some material which should have moved...
This class of work has been most heavily affected by the web, with virtually all of the statistical material available in these volumes moving there. One, however, retains some relevance. Thorn, John, Pete Palmer, et al., eds. Total Baseball, Seventh Edition: The Official Encyclopedia of Major League Baseball. New York: Total Sports, 2003, 2,502 pp...
Guidebooks have been produced since 1860. Over the years, they have contained various things, from constitutions and rules to instructional material. The underlying theme, however, has always been a review of the previous season with a fairly thorough statistical compilation. For the 19th century, they are a primary source. The titles are not exact...
SABR’s Emerald Guide to Baseball. 2007-present. Society for American Baseball Research. The only annual guide currently being published. Contains many features not found in earlier guides, especially fuller minor league information. Visit the Research Resources page to download PDFs of any past Emerald Guide. The Sporting News Official Baseball Gui...
The Sporting News Official Baseball Register. 1940-2006. St. Louis: The Sporting News. Most of this material has been superseded by web-based resources, but nuggets of information such as nicknames, ethnicity and pronunciation are scattered through the volumes. The Register contains players’ career records with year-by-year statistics, including mi...
Dickson, Paul, ed. The Dickson Baseball Dictionary. New York: W.W. Norton, 2009, 974 pp. An extremely useful, annotated list of baseball terms, their origins and meanings and references to their first appearance in print. A must. This book is the third edition, with the original from Facts on File in 1989 and the second from Harcourt Brace in 1999....
Book reviews of baseball books can be hard to find. Several sources are Nine (see Baseball Print Periodicals), Base Ball and Black Ball (semi-annual journals from McFarland) and the newsletter of SABR’s Bibliography Research Committee. The short-lived SABR Review of Books (annually 1986-1990) and its successor The Cooperstown Review: A Forum of Bas...
Many of the books cited here, and others you may decide you need for your research, are out of print. Your local library may be able to find them through inter-library loan. Here is a short list of used book dealers who specialize in baseball books. All are SABR members and all deal through the mail: 1. R.”Bobby” Plapinger (baseballbooks@opendoor.c...
Complete source for baseball history including complete major league player, team, and league stats, awards, records, leaders, rookies and scores.
A shining, intricate clockwork of a novel, Greenwood is a rain-soaked and sun-dappled story of the bonds and breaking points of money and love, wood, and blood—and the hopeful, impossible task of growing toward the light.
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May 27, 2020 · Category:Books. This category is for non-fiction books about baseball, mainly volumes about baseball history and essays. Reference books and biographies (including autobiographies) have their own sub-categories. Fiction titles can be found in Novels and works of poetry have their own Poetry category. Further Reading[ edit]
Jan 1, 2022 · Fully up-to-date, this book contains the official and sanctioned MLB rules and their interpretations per the Playing Rules Committee, the sole group that determines baseball's regulations
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Whether you're a casual fan or a seasoned expert, baseball reference books can deepen your understanding and appreciation of the game. In this article, we'll explore some of the best baseball reference books available, and what makes them such valuable resources for fans and historians alike.
