Listed below are books that have information vital to researchers
and educators. This list is not inclusive of all books with information about
the Negro baseball leagues. I have selected books believed most valuable to the
serious student of Negro League baseball history.
Bak, Richard. Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars. Detroit, MI: Wayne State
University Press, 1994.
Bankes, James. The Pittsburgh Crawfords: The Lives and Times of Black Baseball's
Most Exciting Team! Dubuque, IL: William Brown Publishers, 1991.
Black, Joe. Ain't Nobody Better Than You. Scottsdale, AZ: Ironwood Lithographers,
1983 (OP).
Brashler, William. Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues. New York, NY:
Harper and Row, 1978 (OP).
Brashler, William. The Story of Negro League Baseball. New York, NY: Tricknor
& Fields, 1994.
Bruce, Janet. The Kansas City Monarchs: Champions of Black Baseball. Lawrence,
KS: University of Kansas Press, 1985.
Chalk, Ocania. Black College Sports. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company,
1976 (OP).
Chalk, Ocania. Pioneers of Black Sports. New York, NY: Dodd, Mead &
Company, 1975 (OP).
Clark, Dick & Lester, Larry. The Negro Leagues Book. Cleveland, OH:
Society for American Baseball Research, 1994.
Cooper, Michael. Playing America's Game: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
New York, NY: Lodestar Books, 1993
Craft, David. The Negro Leagues: 40 Years of Black Professional Baseball
in Words and Pictures. Avenel, NJ: Crescent Books, 1993.
Dixon, Phil S. & Hannigan, Patrick. The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic
History, 1867-1955. Mattituck, NY: Amereon House, (1992).
Etkin, Jack. Innings Ago (Recollections by Kansas City Ballplayers). Kansas
City, MO: Normandy Square Publications, 1987.
Fields, Wilmer. My Life in the Negro Leagues. Westport, CT: Meckler Books,
1992.
Gardner, Robert & Shortelle, Dennis. The Forgotten Players: The Story
of Black Baseball in America. New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1993.
Gilbert, Tom. Baseball and the Color Line. New York, Franklin Watts, 1995.
Holway, John B. Black Diamonds: Life in the Negro Leagues from the Men Who
Lived It. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1989. Reprint. New York, NY: Stadium
Books, 1991.
Holway, John B. Blackball Stars: Negro League Pioneers. Westport, CT: Meckler
Books, 1988. Reprint. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1992.
Holway, John B. Bullet Joe and the Monarchs. Washington, DC: Capital Press,
1984 (OP).
Holway, John B. Josh and Satch: The Life and Times of Josh Gibson and Satchel
Paige. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1991. Reprint. Carroll & Graf
Publishers, 1992.
Holway, John B. The Father of Black Baseball: Rube Foster. Washington,
DC: Pretty Pages, 1981 (OP).
Holway, John B. Smokey Joe and the Cannonball. Washington, DC: Capital Press,
1983 (OP).
Holway, John B. Voices from the Great Black Baseball Leagues. New York,
NY: Dodd, Mead Company, 1975 (OP). Reprinted, New York, NY: Decapo Press,
1993.
Irvin, Monte with James A. Riley. Nice Guys Finish First: The Autobiography
of Monte Irvin. New York, NY. Carroll & Graf, 1996.
Lanctot, Neil. Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and the
Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932. Jefferson, North Carolina:
McFarland & Co., 1994.
Leonard, Buck with James A. Riley. Buck Leonard: The Black Lou Gehrig, An
Autobiography, New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 1995.
O’Neil, Buck with Steve Wulf & David Conrads. I Was Right On Time. New
York, NY. Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Overmyer, James. Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles. Metuchen, New Jersey.
Scarecrow Books, 1993.
Paige, LeRoy "Satchel" (as told to David Lipman). Maybe I'll Pitch
Forever. Garden City, NY. Doubleday & Company, 1961 (OP). Reprint by
University of Nebraska, 1993.
Peterson, Robert. Only The Ball Was White: A History of Legendary Black Players
and All-Black Professional Teams. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishers,
1970. Reprint. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1984, 1992.
Reisler, Jim. Black Writers / Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles from
Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues. Jefferson, North Carolina:
McFarland & Company, 1994.
Rendle, Ellen. Judy Johnson: Delaware's Invisible Hero. Wilmington, DE:
The Cedar Tree Press, Inc., 1995.
Riley, James A. All-Time, All-Stars of Black Baseball. Cocoa, FL: TK Publishers,
1983 (OP).
Riley, James A. Dandy, Day and the Devil: a Trilogy of Negro League Baseball.
Cocoa, FL: TK Publishers, 1987.
Riley, James A. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues,
New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 1994.
Riley, James A. The Negro Leagues. Philadelphia, PA. Chelsea House Publishers.
1997
Robinson, Jackie with Wendell Smith. My Own Story. New York, NY: Greenberg,
1948 (OP).
Robinson, Jackie with Alfred Duckett. I Never Had It Made. New York, NY.
G.P. Putnam’s Sons. 1972.
Robinson, Rachel, with Lee Daniels. Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait.
New York, NY. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers, 1996.
Rogosin, Donn. Invisible Men: Life in the Negro Leagues. New York, NY:
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972.
Ruck, Rob. Sandlot Seasons: Black Sport in Pittsburgh. Urbana: University
of Illinois Press, 1986.
Ruck, Rob. The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic. Westport,
CO: Meckler Publishing, 1991.
Rust, Art, Jr. Get That Nigger Off The Field: An Oral History of Black Ballplayers
from the Negro Leagues to the Present. 1976 (OP). Reprint. Brooklyn
Book Mail Services, 1992.
Trouppe, Quincy. Twenty Years Too Soon. Los Angeles, CA: Sands Enterprises,
1977 (OP). Reprint, St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society, with introduction
by Larry Lester. 1995
Tygiel, Jules. Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson & His Legacy.
New York, NY: Oxford Press, 1983. Reprint 1993.
Van Hyning, Thomas E. Puerto Rico’s Winter Leagues: A History of Major League
Baseball’s Launching Pad. Jefferson, North Carolina. McFarland & Company,
Inc., 1995.
Ward, Geoffrey C. and Burns, Ken with O'Connor, Jim. Shadow Ball: The History
of the Negro Leagues. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.
White, Sol. Sol White's Official Baseball Guide: History of Colored Baseball.
Philadelphia, PA: H. Walter Schlichter, 1907. Reprint, Columbia, SC: Camden
House, 1990.
White, Sol. Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball: With Other Documents
of the Early Black Game, 1886- 1936, with introduction by Jerry Malloy. University
of Nebraska Press, 1995.
Whitehead, Charles E. A Man and His Diamonds: The Story of Rube Foster. New
York, NY: Vantage Press, 1980 (OP).
Young, A.S. "Doc". Great Negro Baseball Stars and How They Made the
Major Leagues. New York, NY: A.S. Barnes, 1953 (OP).
Young, A.S. "Doc". Negro First in Sports. Chicago, IL: Johnson
Publishing Co., 1963.
Zang, David W. Fleet Walker's Divided Heart: The Life of Baseball's First
Black Major Leaguer. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
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