The October 2019 Indie Baseball Bestseller List

In celebration of the Major League Baseball postseason, here is the Indie Baseball Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending September 29, 2019.

1. The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created
Jane Leavy, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062380234

2. K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
Tyler Kepner, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385541015

3. Ballpark: Baseball in the American City
Paul Goldberger, Knopf, $35, 9780307701541

4. If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Red Sox
Jerry Remy, Nick Cafardo, Triumph Books, $17.95, 9781629375458

5. For the Good of the Game: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major League Baseball
Bud Selig, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062905956

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

7. Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion From the Ground Up
Alex Speier, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062943552

8. The MVP Machine: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
Ben Lindbergh, Travis Sawchik, Basic Books, $30, 9781541698949

9. Ballparks Then and Now
Eric Enders, Pavilion, $22.50, 9781911595953

10. Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher
David Cone, Grand Central, $28, 9781538748848

11. Play Hungry: The Making of a Baseball Player
Pete Rose, Penguin Press, $28, 9780525558675

12. Infinite Baseball: Notes From a Philosopher at the Ballpark
Alva Noe, Oxford University Press, $21.95, 9780190928186

13. Ten Innings at Wrigley: The Wildest Ballgame Ever, With Baseball on the Brink
Kevin Cook, Holt, $28, 9781250182036

14. Ball Four: The Final Pitch
Jim Bouton, Turner, $29.95, 9781630260347

15. They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: The ’69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
Wayne Coffey, Crown Archetype, $28, 9781524760885

16. The Comic Book Story of Baseball: The Heroes, Hustlers, and History-Making Swings (and Misses) of America’s National Pastime
Alex Irvine, Tomm Coker (Illus.), C.P. Smith (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $18.99, 9780399578946

17. Just Show Up
Cal Ripken Jr., James Dale, Harper, $25.99, 9780062906748

18. I’m Keith Hernandez: A Memoir
Keith Hernandez, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316395755

19. Let’s Play Two: The Legend of Mr. Cub, the Life of Ernie Banks
Ron Rapoport, Hachette Books, $28, 9780316318631

20. Edgar: An Autobiography
Edgar Martinez, Larry Stone, Triumph Books, $28, 9781629377292

21. Great American Baseball Stories
Jeff Silverman (Ed.), Lyons Press, $16, 9781493039012

22. They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers
Jason Turbow, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26, 9781328715531

23. Papi: My Story
David Ortiz, Michael Holley, Mariner, $15.99, 9781328915849

24. Inside the Empire: The True Power Behind the New York Yankees
Bob Klapisch, Paul Solotaroff, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28, 9781328589354

25. If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Cubs
Jon Greenberg, Triumph Books, $17.95, 9781629376547