Death in the Strike Zone The Mystery of America's First Baseball Hero
Thomas W. Gilbert
Published 2026
200 pages
The most popular baseball books of 2026
Baseball books celebrate a game rich in stories and statistics. Great players, historic seasons, famous ballparks and the numbers behind winning are all here. The sport has inspired some of the best sports writing there is, so these books reward even casual fans. This list shows the ones first published in 2026.
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The Texas Rangers and Me
T. R. Sullivan
Published 2026
336 pages
Tar Heel Boys of Summer North Carolina's Major League Ballplayers
Frank V. Tursi
Published 2026
236 pages
Ford Frick Baseball's Third Commissioner and His Four Decades of Shaping the Game
Dave Bohmer
Published 2026
400 pages
The 50 Greatest Players in New York Mets History
Robert W. Cohen
Published 2026
352 pages
Meet the Chicago Cubs
Zelda Wagner
Published 2026
24 pages
Meet the New York Yankees
Zelda Wagner
Published 2026
24 pages
Meet the St. Louis Cardinals
Zelda Wagner
Published 2026
24 pages
World Series 2025 Official Championship Book
Published 2026
128 pages
Tenacious and True Coastal Carolina's 2016 Championship and the Rise of a Baseball Power
Scott Pleasant, Gary Gilmore, Kevin Schnall
Published 2026
288 pages
Baseball's Outcast
Adam Henig
Published 2026
272 pages
Metropolitans
A.M. Gittlitz
Published 2026
352 pages
Fenway Punk How a Boston Indie Label Scored Big on Baseball's Greatest Rivalry
Chris Wrenn
Published 2026
240 pages
Béisbol Begins How Nemesio Guilló Brought Baseball to Cuba
Ramon Olivera
Published 2026
40 pages
Joe "Flash" Gordon A Biography of the Hall of Fame Second Baseman
Judy Gordon, Erik Simpson
Published 2026
259 pages
The Story of the Arizona Diamondbacks
Jim Whiting
Published 2026
32 pages
The Story of the Milwaukee Brewers
Joe Tischler
Published 2026
32 pages
The Greatest Yankees by Uniform Number
Paul Russell Semendinger
Published 2026
250 pages
Hot Foot My Hijinks and Upside-Down Life with the World Champion New York Mets
Doug Feldmann, Roger McDowell
Published 2026
256 pages
Fame
Michael Frizell
Published 2026
26 pages
Decoy Saves Opening Day
Michael Blank, Shohei Ohtani
Published 2026
32 pages
Mickey & Billy The Glory and Tragedy of a Yankee Friendship
Tony Castro
Published 2026
320 pages
The Front Porch Stories from the Soul of San Antonio
Vincent T. Davis
Published 2026
288 pages
Charles Albert Bender Baseball Star
Katrina M. Phillips
Published 2026
32 pages