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SABR BioProject Books
In 2002, the Society for American Baseball Research launched an e ort to write and publish biographies of every player, manager, and individual who has made a contribution to baseball. Over the past decade, the BioProject Committee has produced over 2,200 biographical articles. Many have been part of e orts to create theme- or team-oriented books, spearheaded by chapters or other committees of SABR.
THE YEAR OF THE BLUE SNOW:
e 1964 Philadelphia Phillies
Catcher Gus Triandos dubbed the Philadelphia Phillies’ 1964 season “the year of the blue snow,” a rare thing that happens once in a great while. is book sheds light on lingering questions about the 1964 season — but any book about a team is really about the players. is work o ers life stories of all the players and others (managers, coaches, owners, and broadcasters) associated with this star-crossed team, as well as essays of analysis and history. Edited by Mel Marmer and Bill Nowlin
$19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-51-9)
$9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-52-6)
8.5"x11", 356 pages, over 70 photos
DETROIT TIGERS 1984:
What a Start! What a Finish!
e 1984 Detroit tigers roared out of the gate, winning their rst nine games of the season and compiling an eye-popping 35-5 record after the campaign’s rst 40 games — still the best start ever for any team in major league history. is book brings together biographical pro les of every Tiger f rom that magical season, plus those of eld management, top executives, the
THE MIRACLE BRAVES OF 1914
Boston’s Original Worst-to-First Champions Long before the Red Sox “Impossible Dream” season, Boston’s now nearly forgotten “other” team, the 1914 Boston Braves, performed a baseball “miracle” that resounds to this very day. e “Miracle Braves” were Boston's rst "worst-to- rst" winners of the World Series. Refusing to throw in the towel at the midseason mark, George Stallings engineered a remarkable second-half climb in the standings all the way to rst place.
Edited by Bill Nowlin
$19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-69-4)
$9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-70-0)
8.5"x11", 392 pages, over 100 photos
THAR’S JOY IN BRAVELAND!
e 1957 Milwaukee Braves
Few teams in baseball history have captured the hearts of their fans like the Milwaukee Braves of the 19505. During the Braves’ 13-year tenure in Milwaukee (1953- 1965), they had a winning record every season, won two consecutive NL pennants (1957 and 1958), lost two more in the nal week of the season (1956 and 1959), and set big-league attendance records along the way.
Edited by Gregory H. Wolf
$19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-71-7)
$9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-72-4)
8.5"x11", 330 pages, over 60 photos
NEW CENTURY, NEW TEAM:
e 1901 Boston Americans
e team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its rst season in 1901. Boston had a well-established National League team, but the American League went head-to-head with the N.L. in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Boston. Chicago won the American League pennant and Boston nished second, only four games behind.
Edited by Bill Nowlin
$19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-58-8)
$9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-59-5)
8.5"x11", 268 pages, over 125 photos
CAN HE PLAY?
A Look At Baseball Scouts and their Profession ey dig through tons of coal to nd a single diamond. Here in the world of scouts, we meet the “King of Weeds,” a Ph.D. we call “Baseball’s Renaissance Man,” a husband-and-wife team, pioneering Latin scouts, and a Japanese-American interned during World War II who became a successful scout—and many, many more. Edited by Jim Sandoval and Bill Nowlin
$19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-23-6)
$9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-25-0)
8.5"x11", 200 pages, over 100 photos
broadcasters — even venerable Tiger Stadium city itself.
Edited by Mark Pattison and David Raglin $19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-44-1) $9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-45-8) 8.5"x11", 250 pages (Over 230,000 words!)
SWEET ’60: e 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
and the
A portrait of the 1960 team which pulled o one of the biggest upsets of the last 60 years. When Bill Mazeroski’s home run left the park to win in Game Seven of the World Series, beating the New York Yankees, David had toppled Goliath. It was a blow that awakened a generation, one that millions of people saw on television, one of TV’s rst iconic World Series moments.
Edited by Clifton Blue Parker and Bill Nowlin $19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-48-9) $9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-49-6) 8.5"x11", 340 pages, 75 photos
RED SOX BASEBALL IN THE DAYS OF IKE AND ELVIS: e Red Sox of the 1950s
Although the Red Sox spent most of the 1950s far out of contention, the team was lled with fascinating players who captured the heart of their fans. In Red Sox Baseball, members of SABR present 46 biographies on players such as Ted Williams and Pumpsie Green as well as season-by-season recaps.
Edited by Mark Armour and Bill Nowlin $19.95 paperback (ISBN 978-1-933599-24-3) $9.99 ebook (ISBN 978-1-933599-34-2) 8.5"x11", 372 pages, over 100 photos
SABR Members can purchase each book at a signi cant discount (often 50% o ) and receive the ebook editions free as a member bene t. Each book is available in a trade paperback edition as well as ebooks suitable for reading on a home computer or Nook, Kindle, or iPad/tablet.
To learn more about becoming a member of SABR, visit the website: sabr.org/join