Lot 85. 45+ Books on Baseball’s Best Players. Nine books are biographies or autobiographies, and the rest are anthologies providing biographical sketches of the game’s greatest pitchers, batters and fielders. All books are hardbacks unless otherwise noted. Some of the books are relatively uncommon, among them Baseball’s 3000-Hit Men by Mike Getz, 1982 stated first, ex-m book autographed (pers.) by the author, ex-m dj; Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud by Joe Pepitone, 1975 stated first edition, nm+/ex-m, and two books by Ira L. Smith, Baseball’s Famous Outfielders, 1954, g+ to vg, and Baseball’s Famous First Basemen, writing on flyleaf, vg. Books focusing on individual players are: Pete Rose: My Story, Rose, 1989, ex-m/ex. Ty Cobb, Gene Schoor, 1966, vg. Throwing Heat, Nolan Ryan, 1988, nm-m/nm. “I Managed Good, but boy did They Play Bad,” Jim Bouton, 1973, both vg. Lefty Grove: American Original, Jim Kaplan, 2000 softcover, ex. Strikeout Story, Bob Feller, 1947, g-vg, dj absent. Judge Landis and Twenty-Five Years of Baseball, J. G. Taylor Spink, vg/p. And Bo Knows Bo, Bo Jackson, 1989, both ex+. Some books are coffee-table sized: The Baseball Hall of Fame 50th Anniversary Book, Gerald Astor, 1988 stated first, both nm-m. Who’s Who in Baseball History, Lloyd Johnson, 1994, nm-m/nm. Pacemakers in Baseball, Mac Davis, 1968, vg+ to ex, no dj as issued. 100 Greatest Baseball Heroes, Mac Davis, 1974, ex, no dj as issued. The Power Hitters, Donald Honig, 1989 first, vg-ex. Other titles are: The Man in the Dugout, two different books with the same title, one by Donald Honig, 1977, nm/ex-m, and the other by Leonard Koppett, 1993 stated first, nm-m/nm. Baseball’s Greatest Managers, Harvey Frommer, 1985, nm/ex-m. Baseball’s Greatest Hitters, g-vg/p-f, and Baseball’s Greatest Pitchers, 1951, ex/vg+, both by Tom Meany. Players Choice, Eugene V. McCaffrey, 1987, nm/vg-ex. Baseball’s All-Stars, J. Lowell Pratt, 1967, vg+/g-vg. Great Catchers of the Major Leagues, Jack Zanger, 1970, g-vg, published without a dj. Baseball’s All-Time Best Hitters, Michael Schell, 1999, ex-library, both vg. Baseball’s Greatest Players Today, Jack Orr, 1963, both g, minor water damage. The Sluggers, John Holway, 1989, ex-m, no dj as issued. Home Run Heroes, Merrell Noden/SI, 1998, nm-m/vg+. Baseball Players Do Amazing Things, Mel Cebulash, 1973, vg-ex, no dj as issued. Aaron to Zuverink, Rich Marazzi, 1982, both ex. And Cooperstown from TSN, Lowell Reidenbaugh, 1983 first, g-vg. The following books are paperbacks: Baseball Stars of: 1969, 1971 and 1973, Ray Robinson, vg. The Greatest in Baseball, Mac Davis, 1962, ex. The Home Run Kings, Clare and Frank Gault, 1974, vg-ex. The Baseball Book, Zander Hollander, 1982, g+ to vg. And Nine Sides of the Diamond, David Falkner, 1990, vg. Nine books from the Random House baseball series focus on greatest sluggers, great infielders, star pitchers, great pitchers, zaniest stars, great hitters, great rookies, heroes and MVPs. Written by Jim Brosnan, Bill Libby, Dave Klein, Howard Liss, Frank Graham Jr., Alexander Peters and George Vecsey, they average vg-ex. Proceeds from the sale of this lot will benefit the Society for American Baseball Research.
Minimum Bid $50.
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