Baseball and the Phillies:
Players, Teams and Leagues
Past and present teams and leagues
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Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy by Leavy, Jane
Notes: Koufax, who pitched for the Dodgers, earned the Cy Young Award three times. He and fellow pitcher Don Drysdale paved the way for free agency.
ISBN: 0060195339
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2002
Callnumber: 796.357 K849L
Total Baseball: The Ultimate Baseball Encyclopedia by Thorn, John
Notes: This is the kind of comprehensive reference book you use to find the stats for any Major League ballplayer or the final score of any World Series game.
ISBN: 95664216
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 2004
Callnumber: 796.357 T64b3
Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields by Curlee, Lynn
Notes: Lynn Curlee offers an engaging history of baseball parks in words and pictures.
Reading Level: Children, grades 3-6
ISBN: 0689867425
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 2005
Callnumber: j796.357 C928b
Take Me Out to the Ballpark by Leventhal, Josh
Notes: This unusually shaped book celebrates the glory in the buildings and grounds where baseball has been played.
ISBN: 1579121128
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
Published: 2000
Callnumber: 796.357 L576t
A Whole New Ball Game: The Story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Macy, Sue
Notes: Macy offers an excellent introduction to one of the least explored areas of baseball history (popularized in the film A League of Their Own).
ISBN: 0805019421
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 1993
Callnumber: 796.3576 M259w
Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball by Gregorich, Barbara
Notes: The long and colorful history of women being paid for playing baseball is explored. Included are the exploits of Alta Weiss, Lizzie Murphy, and Jackie Mitchell, who struck out Ruth and Lou Gehrig back-to-back in a 1931 exhibition.
ISBN: 0156982978
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1993
Callnumber: 796.3576 G861w
Hideki Matsui by Ijuin, Shizuka
Notes: An inspiring portait of a NY Yankee sportsman.
ISBN: 9780345495693
Publisher: Ballentine
Published: 2007
Callnumber: 796.357 M429i
Sosa: An Autobiography by Sosa, Sammy and Marcos Breton
Notes: Sosa, tells his own story, from poverty in the Dominican teams to his rise as a Chicago Cubs MVP superstar.
ISBN: 0446527351
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2000
Callnumber: 796.357 So71so
Roberto Clemente by Buckley, James
Notes: This book tells the inspiring story of a great athlete and true humanitarian: Roberto Clemente, Hall-of-Fame right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955-1972.
Reading Level: Children, grades K-3
ISBN: 0789473437
Publisher: DK
Published: 2001
Callnumber: j796.357 C5912bu
Ichiro Suzuki by Stewart, Mark
Notes: A biography of the first successful Japanese player in the Major Leagues.
Reading Level: Children, grades 4-7
ISBN: 0761326162
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Published: 2002
Callnumber: j796.357 Su99s