Biographies About
Baseball Heavy Hitters

From iconic players and World Series winners to respected coaches, these bios
from big-league names are sure to hit a home run with listeners.

The real Joe DiMaggio, remembered by the man who knew him best in the last decade of his life....

Jane Leavy returns with a biography of an American original: number 7, Mickey Mantle....

A dramatic and revelatory account of Joe Torre’s 12 years as manager of the New York Yankees. Joe Torre is the most successful - and most respected - baseball manager of the modern era, steering the Yankees to six American League pennants and four World Series championships....

Willie Mays is arguably the greatest player in baseball history, still revered for the passion he brought to the game....

Mariano Rivera, the man who intimidated thousands of batters merely by opening a bullpen door, began his incredible journey as the son of a poor Panamanian fisherman....

Legendary first baseman Keith Hernandez tells all in this gripping and literary memoir....

Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it. The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch - not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning....

After 33 seasons managing in Major League Baseball, Tony La Russa thought he had seen it all - that is, until the 2011 Cardinals....

Molina is a love story between a formidable but flawed father and a son who, in unearthing answers about his father's life, comes to understand his own....

Mike Piazza’s autobiography - the candid story of the greatest hitting catcher in the history of baseball....

For 17 seasons the name Jorge Posada was synonymous with New York Yankees baseball....

In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly 50-year career as a player and a manager....

Doc is a riveting baseball memoir by one of the game’s most fascinating figures and an inspiring story for anyone who has faced tough challenges in life....

Lenny Dykstra spins a tragicomic tale of Shakespearean proportions - a relentlessly entertaining American epic that careens between the heights and the abyss....

On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history....

The inside story of how Pete Rose became one of the greatest and most controversial players in the history of baseball....

In the 34 years since his retirement, Henry Aaron’s reputation has only grown in magnitude: He broke existing records (rbis, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones....

Met and Yankee All-Star Pitcher David Cone shares lessons from the World Series and beyond in this essential memoir for baseball fans everywhere....

From 2004 to 2011, Terry "Tito" Francona managed the Boston Red Sox, the most talked about, scrutinized team in all of sports....