Need recommendation for baseball book, please see details

Question

I need to get a book or books for this guy very much into baseball. He's in his 70's and has great interest in the teams & players of the 1920's to 1940 but continues to keep up with the game . He likes to read, so appreciate any help. Would like to find some good reads less common as he has MANY books. Thanks much.

Answer 1

The Baseball almanac

i'm not sure who wrote it though.

Answer 2

Bats, Brats, and Stats - George Brennan, Jr.

Answer 3

Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Legends: The Truth, the Lies, and Everything Else by Rob Neyer

Answer 4

Anything by Bill James, but for this customer I'd suggest his book on managers. Lots of olde tyme guys, interesting analyses, both old-fashioned and new-fangled.

It's about 10 years old, but James' stuff rings true durably.

Answer 5

the 33 year old rookie.

this is an autobiography about chris coste, a Phillies catcher who was a 33 year old rookie

Answer 6

Some invaluable, not-so-well-known books, some  with a Canadian angle:

Bill Lee, Jim Prime.  "Baseball Eccentrics"  ISBN 978-1-57243-953-5

Bob Elliott. "The Northern Game".  1-894963-40-7

David Menary.  "Terrier Town: Summer of '49"  0-88920-427-6

Peter Richmond.  "Ballpark" (the building of Camden Yards, a must for Orioles fans)  0-761-74851-3

Brendan Boyd, Fred Harris.  "The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book" (1973) 0-316-10429-9  (This is a gem.)

Happy hunting.

Answer 7

The Boys Of Summer by Roger Kahn is a memoir about a guy growing up in Brooklyn in the 30 - 40s who loves the Dodgers.

Summer of '49 by David Halberstam is about the Red Sox Yankees pennant race and the Ted Williams / Joe Dimaggio rivalry.

October 1964 by David Halberstam is about the '64 WS Cards v Yanks.

Tom Boswell consistently writes good baseball books as well.