In the Shadows of Eutaw Street: Baltimore Orioles Books
One of the most successful franchises of the 70s, some consider Earl Weaver’s style of baseball an early day version of sabermetrics. Pitching, defense, and 3-run homers was long the Oriole’s mantra, and it led them to 6 World Series, including 3 victories, from 1966 to 1983. Times have been a little rough since the Ripken era, but there still is a rich Oriole history to dive into, and with a new forward thinking front office in the Eutaw Street warehouse, we might be writing about how the Orioles again reshaped baseball, but this time in the 21st century.
Team Stories
Where They Ain’t: The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseball by Burt Solomon
The Baltimore Orioles: The History of a Colorful Team in Baltimore and St. Louis by Frederick G. Lieb
Integrating the Orioles: Baseball and Race in Baltimore by Bob Luke
Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles by SABR, Mark L. Armour
Something Magic: The Baltimore Orioles, 1979-1983 by Charles Kupfer
Birds on the Wing: The Story of the Baltimore Orioles by Gordon Beard
Oriole Magic: The O’s of 1983 by Thom Loverro
The Glory of the 1966 Orioles and Baltimore: 50th Anniversary Edition by Mark R. Millikin
A Season to Forget: The Story of the 1988 Baltimore Orioles by Snyder Ronald – April 2, 2019
When the Crowd Didn’t Roar: How Baseball’s Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope by Kevin Cowherd – April 1, 2019
St. Louis Browns Books
It’s hard to remember sometimes that St. Louis had two teams until 1954, when the Browns eventually moved to Baltimore. Fun fact that Baltimore stole 2 Brown’s franchises away from other cities
The Sizzler: George Sisler, Baseball’s Forgotten Great by Rick Huhn
As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns by David Alan Heller
St. Louis’ Big League Ballparks by Joan M. Thomas
The Boys Who Were Left Behind: The 1944 World Series between the Hapless St. Louis Browns and the Legendary St. Louis Cardinals by John Heidenry
Brooks Robinson Books
Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson by Doug Wilson
Third Base is My Home by Brooks Robinson
The Brooks Robinson Story by Jack Zanger
Frank Robinson Books
Frank Robinson: A Baseball Biography by John C. Skipper
Extra Innings by Frank Robinson and Berry Stainback
Frank Robinson: The Making of a Manager by Russell J. Schneider
My Life In Baseball by Frank Robinson
Cal Ripken Jr. Books
*Note there are a bunch of Cal Ripken children/young adult books focusing on the tenants of baseball and teamwork. These are highly recommended for parents looking to introduce their kids to baseball and being your best self. An example here.
Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference by Cal Ripken Jr. and Donald T. Phillips
The Only Way I Know: With Highlights from the 1997 Season by Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Bryan
Baseball’s Iron Man: Cal Ripken Jr. a Tribute by Jeff Seidel
Ripken: Cal on Cal by Cal Ripken
Play Baseball the Ripken Way: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Fundamentals by Cal Ripken Jr.
Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Values from Baseball’s Iron Man by Cal Ripken, Jr. – May 14, 2019
The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball’s Most Historic Record by John Eisenberg
Earl Weaver Books
Weaver on Strategy: The Classic Work on the Art of Managing a Baseball Team by Earl Weaver and Terry Pluto
Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine: The Twenty-Year Friendship of Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer and Orioles Manager Earl Weaver by Jim Palmer and Jim Dale
Winning! by Earl Weaver
Earl of Baltimore by Terry Pluto
Other Biographies
Jim Palmer: Nine Innings to Success: A Hall of Famer’s Approach to Achieving Excellence by Jim Palmer and Alan Maimon
Baltimore Baseball & Barbecue with Boog Powell: Stories from the Orioles’ Smokey Slugger (American Palate) by Rob Kasper and Boog Powell
Davey Johnson: My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond by Davey Johnson and Erik Sherman
Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles by Todd Karpovich and Jeff Seidel
Rick Dempsey’s Caught Stealing: Unbelievable Stories From a Lifetime of Baseball by Johnathon Schaech
Compilations and Collections
Baseball in Baltimore (Images of Baseball: Maryland) by Tom Flynn
100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things…Fans Should Know) by Dan Connolly
Baltimore Orioles: 60 Years of Oriole Magic by Jim Henneman
The Baltimore Orioles: Four Decades of Magic from 33rd Street to Camden Yards by Ted Patterson
Tales from the Baltimore Orioles Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Orioles Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team) by Louis Berney
Baltimore Orioles: Where Have You Gone? Cal Ripken Jr., Brooks Robinson, Jim Palmer, and Other Orioles Greats by Jeff Seidel
If These Walls Could Talk: Baltimore Orioles: Stories from the Baltimore Orioles Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box by Rick Dempsey and Dave Ginsberg
Orioles Heroes: Remembering the Baltimore Orioles Who Helped Make the 1960s Baseball’s Real Golden Age by Carroll Conklin
Baseball in Baltimore: The First Hundred Years by James H. Bready
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