The October 2015 Indie Baseball Bestseller List

In celebration of the Major League Baseball post-season, here is the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending October 4, 2015.

1. The Closer
Mariano Rivera, Back Bay, $17, 9780316400749

2. Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of Baseball
John Feinstein, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307949585

3. Pedro
Pedro Martinez, Houghton Mifflin, $28, 9780544279339

4. Moneyball
Michael Lewis, Norton, $15.95, 9780393338393

5. The Best Team Money Can Buy: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Wild Struggle to Build a Baseball Powerhouse
Molly Knight, S&S, $26, 9781476776293

6. Red Sox Rhymes: Verses and Curses
Dick Flavin, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062391520

7. The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball’s Power Brokers
Jon Pessah, Little Brown, $30, 9780316185882

8. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty
Charles Leerhsen, S&S, $27.50, 9781451645767

9. The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager’s Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life
Mike Matheny, Crown Archetype, $24, 9780553446692

10. The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season
Barry Svrluga, Blue Rider Press, $23.95, 9780399176289

11. A History of Baseball in 100 Objects
Josh Leventhal, Black Dog & Leventhal, $29.95, 9781579129910

12. Intangiball: The Subtle Things That Win Baseball Games
Lonnie Wheeler, S&S, $26, 9781451696028

13. Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak
Travis Sawchik, Flatiron, $26.99, 9781250063502

14. The Pine Tar Game: The Kansas City Royals, the New York Yankees, and Baseball’s Most Absurd and Entertaining Controversy
Filip Bondy, Scribner, $25, 9781476777177

15. The League of Outsider Baseball: An Illustrated History of Baseball’s Forgotten Heroes
Gary Cieradkowski, Touchstone, $25, 9781476775234

16. 100 Things A’s Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
Susan Slusser, Triumph Books, $14.95, 9781629370682

17. The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families
Kevin Cook, Norton, $26.95, 9780393246001

18. The Journey Home: My Life in Pinstripes
Jorge Posada, Dey Street, $27.99, 9780062379627

19. A Nice Little Place on the North Side: A History of Triumph, Mostly Defeat, and Incurable Hope at Wrigley Field
George Will, Three Rivers Press, $15, 9780385349338

20. Billy Martin: Baseball’s Flawed Genius
Bill Pennington, Scott Waxman, Houghton Mifflin, $30, 9780544022096

21. Giant Splash: Bondsian Blasts, World Series Parades, and Other Thrilling Moments by the Bay
Andrew Baggarly, Andrew Delete Baggarly, Triumph Books, $25.95, 9781629370316

22. How to Speak Baseball: An Illustrated Guide to Ballpark Banter
James Charlton, Sally Cook, Chronicle, $14.95, 9781452126456

23. Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty
Bengie Molina, S&S, $25, 9781451641042

24. 1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
Bill Madden, Da Capo Press, $15.99, 9780306823695

25. Throwback: A Big-League Catcher Tells How the Game Is Really Played
Jason Kendall, Lee Judge, St. Martin’s Griffin, $15.99, 9781250068668