Books
Stats:
The New Bill James Historical Abstract
Baseball Between the Numbers – the Baseball Prospectus team of experts
The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers – Rob Neyer and Bill James
Baseball Forecaster – Ron Shandler
The SABR Baseball List and Record Book
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball – Tom Tango, Mitchel Lichtman, Andy Dolphin
The Hardball Times Annual
National Baseball Hall of Fame Desk Reference
Baseball Prospectus Annual
The Hidden Game of Baseball – John Thorn and Pete Palmer
The Baseball Encyclopedia – Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette
The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed – JC Bradbury
Historical:
The Numbers Game – Alan Schwarz
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Lineups
The Teammates – David Halberstam
Summer of ’49 – David Halberstam
October 1964 – David Halberstam
The Big Bam – Leigh Montville
Ball Four – Jim Bouton
Veeck – as in Wreck – Bill Veeck
Eight Men Out – Eliot Asinof
The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America – Joe Posnanski
Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero – Leigh Montville
For fun:
Moneyball – Michael Lewis
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Blunders
The Stark Truth – Jayson Stark
Fantasyland – Sam Walker
The Physics of Baseball – Robert Adair
New Books in 2008:
Bill James’ Gold Mine
Rob Neyer’s Big Book of Baseball Legends
The Book of Baseball Records 2008 – Elias Records
