Most Valuable Baseball Cards

Most Valuable Baseball Cards
Author: Christopher Benjamin
Publisher: Perigee
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780399515927

Shows, describes, and lists the current value of antique baseball cards, and includes background information about players, card manufacturers, and card series

Outsider Baseball

Outsider Baseball
Author: Scott Simkus
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1613748167

Outsider Baseball is the story of a forgotten world, where independent professional ball clubs zig-zagged across America, plying their trade in big cities and small villages alike. Included among the former and future major leaguers were mercenaries, scalawags, and outcasts. This is where Babe Ruth, Rube Waddell, and John McGraw crossed bats with the Cuban Stars, Tokyo Giants, Brooklyn Bushwicks, dozens of famous Negro league teams, and novelty acts such as the House of David and Bloomer Girls. Legends emerged in this alternate baseball universe and author Scott Simkus sets out to share their stories and use a critical lens to separate fact from fiction. Written in a gritty prose style, Outsider Baseball combines meticulous research with modern analytics, opening the door to an unforgettable funhouse of baseball history. Scott Simkus is the founder and editor of the Outsider Baseball Bulletin. He is the winner of a research award from the Society of American Baseball Research for his work on the Negro League Database.

The Baseball Card

The Baseball Card
Author: Jack Siemiatycki
Publisher: Lobster Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781894222952

A young boy learns about the unbeatable Babe Ruth during his first trip to a baseball stadium.

300 Great Baseball Cards of the 20th Century

300 Great Baseball Cards of the 20th Century
Author: Mike Payne
Publisher: Beckett Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-09
Genre: Baseball cards
ISBN: 9781887432801

This book is a historical tribute to three hundred cards of stars and superstars who have made their marks on the collecting world and on the game of baseball.

The Top 100

The Top 100
Author: Paul M. Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1990
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780933893887

Baseball cards are America's hottest collectible. Yet, thousands of cards go down, not up, in price while others make only modest gains that fail to meet their owner's expectations. Follow the expert ratings of Paul Green and Kit Kiefer and find insights into the 100 best cards to own.

Yankee Greats

Yankee Greats
Author: Bob Woods
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1613123655

Yankee Greats features 100 baseball cards of the greatest and most popular Yankees from the celebrated trading-card company Topps. Showcasing original cards for hall-of-fame players such as Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Yogi Berra, and current heroes like Derek Jeter, this unique package provides a fun and fresh approach to revisiting America’s favorite pastime with one of baseball’s most beloved teams. Since the Yankee’s humble beginnings in 1903 as the New York Highlanders to today’s star-studded team, the Bronx Bombers have won 27 World Championships—more titles than any other professional sports franchise in history. Yankee Greats will let Yankee and baseball fans alike revel in and reminisce over so many of the players that helped make baseball what it is today, and these legendary cards will bring back fond memories for both young and old collectors.

Honus & Me

Honus & Me
Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061973246

With more than 2 million books sold, the Baseball Card Adventures bring the greatest players in history to life! With historical photos and back matter to separate the facts from the fiction, New York Times bestselling author Dan Gutman takes readers on a page-turning trip through baseball’s past. Perfect for young readers who love time travel stories and dream about meeting history’s greatest baseball players! Joe Stoshack lives for baseball. He knows everything there is to know about the game—except how to play well. His specialty is striking out. Stosh feels like a real loser, and when he takes a low-paying job cleaning a bunch of junk out of his neighbor's attic, he feels even worse—until he comes across a little piece of cardboard that takes his breath away. His heart is racing. His brain is racing. He can hardly believe his eyes. Stosh has stumbled upon a T-206 Honus Wagner—the most valuable baseball card in the world! But he's about to find out that it's worth a lot more than money. Because it turns out Stosh has the incredible ability to travel through time using baseball cards—and now he’s headed back to 1909, when Honus Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a World Series for the record books. But will the legendary Honus Wagner be able to teach Joe how to be a better baseball player?

Off Base

Off Base
Author: Rickey Henderson
Publisher: HarperPrism
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780061090981

The flamboyant, controversial base-stealer for the Oakland A's offers a no-holds-barred account of his notorious career. From his boyhood in Oakland to his relationships with Billy Martin, Jose Canseco, Reggie Jackson, and others, to his feelings about racism and rising players' salaries, Henderson tells all in a candid, revealing memoir. 8-page photo insert.