by George Sullivan (1991)
Profiles twenty-seven of the greatest sluggers of all time. Includes Sam Crawford, Joe DiMaggio, Reggie Jackson, and Jose Canseco.
text by Glenn Stout
Takes an in-depth look at the first African-American to play Major League baseball, at his road to the majors and his Hall of Fame career, focusing on the color barrier that existed for him, and exposing a number of myths concerning Robinson's relationship with Branch Rickey.
Patricia Stone Martin
Traces the life of the popular Atlanta Braves center fielder who captured his third straight Gold Glove award in 1984. Includes information on setting goals.
Lou Sabin. Illustrated with photos
Records are the heart and soul of baseball. In over 100 years of major-league history, a long list of remarkable records have been written -- and rewritten -- by the game's hard-throwing, hard hitting and hard-running superheroes. This book is about the breaking of records and the men who broke them. Here you'll read about super-hurlers like Tom Seaver, Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale; batting champs like Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Ted Williams; and champion base-stealer Lou Brock. - Introduction.
Wil Mara
Brief text chronicles the life of the Hall of Fame baseball player who, in 1947, became the first African American to play for a major league team.