John McGraw8 reviews Charles C. Alexander University of Nebraska Press, 1995 A "Dead Ball" Manager of Superb Skills + Great Reading for Students of Baseball History + A good book on McGraw Born in 1873, John McGraw grew up brawling and playing baseball like he was brawling. And he was very good at it. As the scrappy third baseman and manager of the Baltimore Orioles in the 1890s, he gained fame and not a little fortune as an innovative, autocratic field manager whose teams clawed and ...             Slide, Kelly, Slide: The Wild Life and Times of Mike King Kelly (American Sports History Series)5 reviews Marty Appel The Scarecrow Press, 1999 Important Reading for Baseball Historians + Casey Award winner, Baseball Book of the Year + CASEY AWARD WINNER, BASEBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR + Slide, Right Out of History Kelly, Slide! + Very, very interesting book about an interesting character             Tinker, Evers, and Chance: A Triple Biography Gil Bogen McFarland & Company, 2003 This trio of Cubs formed one of the greatest, most colorful double-play combinations of all time. Each man's early years and experiences in baseball are covered, but special attention is paid to their relationship on and off the field, and to the factors that molded them and gave them their split-second timing.             Cap Anson: The Grand Old Man of Baseball2 reviews David L. Fleitz McFarland & Company, 2005 interesting unbiased read Excellent discussion of the very early days of baseball and one of the giants of the 19th century. Many biographies of old time ball players tend to be very dry and just a summary of newspaper accounts of games. This is not one of them. I disagree completely with the previous review. Overall, ...             Cobb: A Biography34 reviews Al Stump Algonquin Books, 1996 Could not put this book down! Incredible book on one of the greatest! + A hard hitting biography of the greatest baseball player, and most feared and hated man, to ever don a major league uniform. + intriguing + A product of his time, and place...... + Relentless and Revealing             Cy Young: A Baseball Life16 reviews Reed Browning University of Massachusetts Press, 2003 An excellent biography of a very respectable player + Do you know Cy Young? + Baseball history + The best baseball bio available + Excellent Job             Addie Joss: King of the Pitchers4 reviews Scott Longert Society for American Baseball Research, 1998 Longert pitches a perfect game + easy to find on Amazon + A star you should know + Joss In Time             Frank "Home Run" Baker: Hall of Famer And World Series Hero (Hall of Famer and World Series Hero) (Hall of ...6 reviews Barry Sparks McFarland & Company, 2005 A Simpler Time in Baseball + Great book to own + Home Run Baker--the first home run hitting hero in the World Series + Home Run Baker book review + A local look back.             Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball10 reviews Jerrold Casway University of Notre Dame Press, 2006 Then let us sit and tell sad tales of the death of kings.... + Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball + Review- "Ed Delahanty in the Emerald Age of Baseball" by Jerrold Casway + A Slugger and His Flaws             Harry Hooper: An American Baseball Life (Sport and Society)3 reviews Paul J. Zingg University of Illinois Press, 1993 Harry Hooper + Harry Hooper Very informative and very interesting account of the life of Harry Hooper (my great-grandfather). This book helps put into perspective just how significant Harry's life was for the development of baseball in America. It was full of lots of facts that brought to life the greatest baseball ...             Christy Mathewson2 reviews Michael Hartley McFarland & Company, 2004 A Giant Giant! + Quick read, a bit flawed, but interesting and fair Mike Hartley has written an outstanding book about Giant's pitcher Christy Mathewson. I'm not much of a baseball fan, but I thoroughly enjoyed the book. Mathewson was one of Pennsylvania's finest, an ace pitcher, and a fine gentleman. It's no surprise that Mike Hartley would choose to write ...             Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train18 reviews Henry W. Thomas Bison Books, 1998 Oustanding biography of a great Hall of Fame pitcher + Maybe The Nicest Superstar Athelte Ever + Lots of detail + This is a must read for Baseball fans + A Great Pitcher and Great Gentleman in a solid biography             Money Pitcher: Chief Bender And the Tragedy of Indian Assimilation William C. Kashatus Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006 Charles Albert Bender was one of baseball’s most talented pitchers. By the end of his major league career in 1925, he had accrued 212 wins and more than 1,700 strikeouts, and in 1953, he became the first American Indian elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame. But as a high-profile Chippewa Indian in a bigoted society, Bender knew firsthand the trauma of racism. In Money Pitcher: Chief ...             Rube Waddell: The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist11 reviews Alan Howard Levy McFarland & Company, 2001 The best of his time! Highly entertaining reading. + Rube Waddell - What a charactor! + A Forgotten Great Remembered in Print + Rube Waddell, there will never be another one             Honus: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hero2 reviews William Hageman Sagamore Publishing, 1996 Honus: The life and Times of A Baseball Hero I thought this book was a great biography of one of baseball's least appreciated stars. It starts with his beginnings in the mines to his death in 1955. I thought this book had too many minor details in his retirement ventures. I think this is a book that all baseball fans will enjoy.             Rube Marquard: The Life and Times of a Baseball Hall of Famer5 reviews Larry D. Mansch McFarland & Company, 1998 This is baseball. The way it was. The way it is. + quite simply the best base ball book i have ever read. + A grand slam for Rube, baseball. + Story of a romantic era in baseball and a true character             Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend17 reviews Timothy M. Gay University of Nebraska Press, 2006 Best bio I've read yet + A Superstar Who Never Got His Due + Long Ago Forgotten Baseball Legend + Solid bio of one of baseball's greatest players. + One of the best.             Wicked Curve: The Life and Troubled Times of Grover Cleveland Alexander4 reviews John C. Skipper McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006 The story behind the star + An Excellent Story by a Great Author! + A compeling story of a man and his life. + A Good Book On A Baseball Legend             Uncle Robbie3 reviews Jack Kavanagh, Norman L. Macht Society for American Baseball Research, 2000 This Book is an Unsung Gem I have only one complaint about this book. I wish it was available in hard cover. Wilbert Robinson was a member of the nasty Baltimore Orioles of the 1890's and later distinguished himself as a pitching coach for his friend John McGraw's Giants and finally as the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers ...             A Clever Base-Ballist: The Life and Times of John Montgomery Ward5 reviews Bryan Di Salvatore The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 The First Union Leader in Major League Baseball, Nineteenth Century Style + Clever is Bryan Di Salvatore + More than just a biography for baseball history buffs + Review of the book, not the subject matter + Best baseball history since summer of '49