Larry Ritter Book Award

Given by Society for American Baseball Researchers

Other Names: Ritter Award
43 Works 981 Books 26 Reviews 4.0
Each year, SABR’s Deadball Era Committee presents the Larry Ritter Book Award to recognize the best new baseball book primarily set in the Deadball Era that was published during the previous show more calendar year. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (24), Finalist (19)
Years:
All, 2024 (1), 2023 (2), 2022 (4), 2021 (3), 2020 (3), 2019 (4), 2018 (4), 2017 (5), 2016 (1), 2015 (2), 2014 (1), 2013 (1), 2012 (1), 2011 (1), 2010 (1), 2009 (1), 2008 (1), 2007 (1), 2006 (2), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1)

Winner 24

WorkYear
Baseball Photography of the Deadball Era: Rediscovering the Early Lensmen and their Indelible Images That Brought the Game from the Field to the Fans by Jim Chapman2024
Charlie Murphy: The Iconoclastic Showman behind the Chicago Cubs by Jason Cannon2023
War Fever: Boston, Baseball, and America in the Shadow of the Great War by Randy Roberts2021
Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player by Jeremy Beer2020
James T. Farrell and Baseball: Dreams and Realism on Chicago's South Side by Charles Demotte2020
September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series by Skip Desjardin2019
From the Dugouts to the Trenches: Baseball during the Great War by Jim Leeke2018
The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend by Glenn Stout2017
Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen2016
Baseball on trial : the origin of baseball's antitrust exemption by Nathaniel Grow2015
The days of Wee Willie, old Cy and baseball war : scenes from the Dawn of the Deadball Era, 1900-1903 by Chuck Kimberly2015
Spitballing: The Baseball Days of Long Bob Ewing by Mike Lackey2014
The Battle that Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy by Daniel R. Levitt2013
Fenway 1912: The Birth of a Ballpark, a Championship Season, and Fenway's Remarkable First Year by Glenn Stout2012
Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe by Kate Buford2011
The Federal League of Base Ball Clubs: The History of an Outlaw Major League, 1914-1915 by Robert Peyton Wiggins2010
Ballparks of the Deadball Era: A Comprehensive Study of Their Dimensions, Configurations and Effects on Batting, 1901-1919 by Ronald M. Selter2009
Connie Mack and the Early Years of Baseball by Norman L. Macht2008
Burying the Black Sox: How Baseball's Cover-Up of the 1919 World Series Fix Almost Succeeded by Gene Carney2007
Ty Cobb: His Tumultuous Life and Times by Richard Bak2006
The American Indian Integration of Baseball by Jeffrey Powers-Beck2005
The Tour to End All Tours: The Story of Major League Baseball's 1913-1914 World Tour by James E. Elfers2004
Before They Were the Bombers: The New York Yankees' Early Years, 1903-1919 by Jim Reisler2003
Hal Chase: The Defiant Life and Turbulent Times of Baseball's Biggest Crook by Martin Kohout2002

Finalist 19

WorkYear
Covey: A Stone’s Throw from a Coal Mine to the Hall of Fame by Harry J. Deitz Jr.2023
Wahoo Sam Crawford: The King of Sluggers by Kent Krause2022
Barney Dreyfuss: Pittsburgh's Baseball Titan by Brian Martin2022
Comeback Pitchers: The Remarkable Careers of Howard Ehmke and Jack Quinn by Lyle Spatz2022
Double Plays and Double Crosses: The Black Sox and Baseball in 1920 by Don Zminda2022
Zack Wheat: The Life of the Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Famer by Joe Niese2021
A History of Baseball in the Deadball Era: Volume One 1901 to 1905 by Mark Peavey2021
Baseball Epic: Famous and Forgotten Lives of the Dead Ball Era by Jason Novak2020
Game Faces: Early Baseball Cards from the Library of Congress by Peter Devereaux2019
The Days of Rube, Matty, Honus and Ty: Scenes from the Early Deadball Era, 1904-1907 by Chuck Kimberly2019
Tinker to Evers to Chance: The Chicago Cubs and the Dawn of Modern America by David Rapp2019
The Half-Game Pennant of 1908: Four Teams Chase Victory in the American League by Charles C. Alexander2018
Connie Mack's First Dynasty: The Philadelphia Athletics, 1910-1914 by Lew Freedman2018
Urban Shocker: Silent Hero of Baseball's Golden Age by Steve Steinberg2018
The last Chicago Cubs dynasty : before the curse by Hal Bock2017
Fall from Grace: The Truth and Tragedy of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson by Tim Hornbaker2017
Stealing Games: How John McGraw Transformed Baseball with the 1911 New York Giants by Maury Klein2017
Game Worn: Baseball Treasures from the Game's Greatest Heroes and Moments by Stephen Wong2017
Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Timothy M. Gay2006

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