Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game (61 page)

There are a multitude of books about the New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the players profiled in this book. These are the ones I found most useful, but the list does not in any way purport to be an exhaustive compilation of interesting and informative works on those subjects. I have not included the articles and other sources I used because of the sheer volume, but the endnotes provide some indication of the breadth of the other sources that were reviewed.

 

 

Allen, Maury.
Brooklyn Remembered: The 1955 Days of the Dodgers.
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2005.

Appel, Marty.
Now Pitching for the Yankees: Spinning the News for Mickey, Billy and George.
Kingston, NY: Total Sports Publishing, 2001.

Appel, Marty.
Yesterday’s Heroes: Revisiting the Old-Time Baseball Stars.
New York: HarperCollins, 1988.

Barber, Red.
1947: When All Hell Broke Loose in Baseball.
New York: DaCapo Press, 1982.

Barra, Allen.
Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
, New York: Norton, 2009.

Bavasi, Buzzie.
Off the Record.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987.

Berra, Yogi, with Dave Kaplan.
Ten Rings: My Championship Seasons.
New York: HarperCollins, 2003.

Berra, Yogi, with Dave Kaplan.
What Time Is It? You Mean Now?: Advice for Life from the Zennest Master of Them All.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Berra, Yogi, with Dave Kaplan.
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball’s Greatest Heroes.
New York: Hyperion, 2001.

Berra, Yogi, with Tom Horton.
Yogi: It Ain’t Over.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989.

Bouton, Jim.
Ball Four.
New York: Dell Publishing, 1970.

Campanella, Roy.
It’s Good to Be Alive.
New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1959.

Castro, Tony.
Mickey Mantle: America’s Prodigal Son.
Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, 2002.

Cataneo, David.
Casey Stengel: Baseball’s “Old Professor.”
Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing, 2003.

Creamer, Robert W.
Stengel: His Life and Times.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1984.

Demarco, Michael.
Dugout Days: Untold Tales & Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Career of Billy Martin.
New York: AMACOM, 2001.

Durocher, Leo, with Ed Linn.
Nice Guys Finish Last.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975.

Eig, Jonathan.
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Einstein, Charles (ed.).
The Fireside Book of Baseball.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956.

Einstein, Charles (ed.).
The Second Fireside Book of Baseball.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.

Engelberg, Morris, and Marv Schneider.
DiMaggio: Setting the Record Straight.
St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI, 2003.

Erskine, Carl.
Tales from the Dodger Dugout.
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2004.

Erskine, Carl.
What I Learned from Jackie Robinson: A Teammate’s Reflections On and Off the Field.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Eskenazi, Gerald.
The Lip: A Biography of Leo Durocher.
New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

Falkner, David.
The Last Yankee: The Turbulent Life of Billy Martin.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Frommer, Harvey.
Rickey and Robinson.
New York: Macmillan, 1982.

Ford, Whitey, with Phil Pepe.
Slick: My Life In and Around Baseball.
New York: HarperCollins, 1987.

Ford, Whitey, Mickey Mantle, and Joseph Durso.
Whitey and Mickey: A Joint Autobiography of the Yankee Years.
New York: Viking, 1977.

Frick, Ford C.
Games, Asterisks, and People: Memoirs of a Lucky Fan.
New York: Crown, 1973.

Gallen, David (ed.).
The Baseball Chronicles.
New York: Avalon Publishing Group, 1991.

Garagiola, Joe.
Baseball Is a Funny Game.
New York: Lippincott, 1960.

Golenbock, Peter.
Amazin’: The Miraculous History of New York’s Most Beloved Baseball Team.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2002.

Golenbock, Peter.
Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
New York: Putnam, 1984.

Golenbock, Peter.
Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949-64.
New York: Prentice Hall, 1975.

Golenbock, Peter.
George: The Poor Little Rich Boy Who Built the Yankee Empire.
New York: Wiley, 2009.

Golenbock, Peter.
Wild, High and Tight: The Life and Death of Billy Martin.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994.

Goodwin, Doris Kearns.
Wait Till Next Year: Summer Afternoons with My Father and Baseball.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.

Henrich, Tommy, with Bill Gilbert.
Five O’Clock Lightning: Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and the Glory Days of the New York Yankees.
New York: Carol Publishing, 1992.

Hodges, Gil, with Frank Slocum.
The Game of Baseball.
New York: Crown, 1969.

Hodges, Russ, and Al Hirshberg.
My Giants.
New York: Doubleday, 1963.

Howard, Arlene.
Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee.
Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001.

Jacobs, Bruce.
Baseball Stars of 1950.
New York: Lion Press, 1950.

Jacobson, Sidney.
Pete Reiser: The Rough-and-Tumble Career of the Perfect Ballplayer.
Charlotte, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2004.

Kahn, Roger.
The Boys of Summer.
New York: Harper & Row, 1972.

Kahn, Roger.
The Era 1947-1957: When the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers Ruled the World.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Kahn, Roger.
October Men: Reggie Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Billy Martin and the Yankees’ Miraculous Finish in 1978.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Kubek, Tony, and Terry Pluto.
Sixty-One: The Team, the Record, the Men.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987.

Lally, Richard.
Bombers: An Oral History of the New York Yankees.
New York: Crown, 2002.

Larsen, Don, with Mark Shaw.
The Perfect Yankee: The Incredible Story of the Greatest Miracle in Baseball History.
Champaign, Illinois: Saga-more Publishing, 1996.

Liederman, Bill, and Maury Allen.
Our Mickey: Cherished Memories of an American Icon.
Chicago, Illinois: Triumph Books, 2004.

Mann, Arthur.
The Jackie Robinson Story.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950.

Mantle, Merlyn, Mickey E. Mantle, David Mantle, and Dan Mantle, with Mickey Hershowitz.
A Hero All His Life.
New York: HarperCollins, 1996.

Mantle, Mickey.
The Quality of Courage.
New York: Doubleday, 1964.

Mantle, Mickey, with Herb Gluck.
The Mick.
New York: Doubleday, 1985.

Mantle, Mickey, with Mickey Hershowitz.
All My Octobers: My Memories of Twelve World Series When the Yankees Ruled Baseball.
New York: HarperCollins, 1994.

Mantle, Mickey, and Phil Pepe.
My Favorite Summer 1956.
New York: Doubleday, 1991.

Martin, Billy, and Peter Golenbock.
Number 1.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1980.

Moffi, Larry, and Jonathan Kronstadt.
Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers 1947-1959.
Charlotte, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1994.

The New York Daily News.
Yogi Berra: An American Original.
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 1998.

Ninfo, Bill.
Carl Furillo: The Forgotten Dodger.
Authorhouse, 2002.

Oakley, Ronald J.
Baseball’s Last Golden Age, 1946-1960.
Charlotte, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1994.

Oliphant, Thomas.
Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2005.

Peary, Danny (ed.).
Cult Baseball Players: The Greats, the Flakes, the Weird and the Wonderful.
New York: Fireside, 1990.

Prager, Joshua.
The Echoing Green: The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World.
New York: Pan theon, 2006.

Prince, Carl E.
Brooklyn’s Dodgers: The Bums, the Borough, and the Best of Baseball.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Rampersad, Arnold.
Jackie Robinson: A Biography.
New York: Knopf, 1997.

Rizzuto, Phil, and Tom Horton.
The October Twelve: Five Years of Yankee Glory, 1949-1953.
New York: Forge, 1994.

Robinson, Jackie.
I Never Had It Made: An Autobiography.
New York: Putnam, 1972.

Robinson, Rachel.
Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait.
New York: Abrams, 1996.

Robinson, Sharon.
Stealing Home: An Intimate Family Portrait by the Daughter of Jackie Robinson.
New York: HarperCollins, 1996.

Salant, Nathan.
Superstars, Stars, and Just Plain Heroes.
New York: Stein and Day, 1982.

Shapiro, Michael.
The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers and Their Final Pennant Race Together.
New York: Doubleday, 2003.

Silverman, Jeff (ed.).
The Greatest Baseball Stories Ever Told.
Old Say-brook, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2001.

Slaughter, Enos, with Kevin Reid.
Country Hardball: The Autobiography of Enos “Country” Slaughter.
Greensboro, North Carolina: Tudor Publishers, 1991.

Snider, Duke, with Bill Gilbert.
The Duke of Flatbush.
New York: Kensing ton, 1988.

Staten, Vince.
Ol’ Diz: A Biography of Dizzy Dean.
New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

Szalontai, James D.
Close Shave: The Life and Times of Baseball’s Sal Maglie.
Charlotte, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2002.

Testa, Judith.
Sal Maglie: Baseball’s Demon Barber.
DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press, 2007.

Thorn, John, Peter Palmer, Michael Gershman, and David Pietrusza.
Total Baseball
(Sixth Edition). New York: Total Sports, 1999.

Tygiel, Jules.
Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

INDEX

Aaron, Hank

Abrams, Cal

Adams, Red

Ainsmith, Eddie

Alexander, Hugh

Allen, Mel

Alston, Walter

Amoros and

bats Campanella eighth in 1955,

bats Furillo eighth in 1954,

in conference with Maglie in sixth inning of perfect game

Gilliam and

Mitchell and

pinch hits Mitchell for Maglie in perfect game

Robinson and

on Snider

Amoros, Eloise

Amoros, Migdalia

Amoros, Sandy

in 1956 regular season

Alston and

batting accomplishments in 1954 season

celebrated catch in World Series of 1955,

childhood of

death of

deteriorating health in later years

in the field during perfect game

first at bat in perfect game

language barrier and

Migdalia (wife) and

as minor leaguer

personality of

post-1956 career of

power of

second at bat in perfect game

speculation about Dodger’s holding back of

speed of

third at bat in perfect game

Ashburn, Richie

Averill, Earl

Baker, Del

Ball Four
(Bouton)

Barber, Red

Barnett, Barney

Barney, Rex

Bauer, Bea

Bauer, Charlene Friede

Bauer, Hank

batting accomplishments of

Berra and

brought up to Yankees in 1948,

cancer of

Carey and

as catcher in one game for Yankees

catch in World Series of 1951,

Charlene (wife) and

childhood of

commitment to teammates of

death of

fantasy baseball camps and

in the field during perfect game

fighting spirit of

first at bat in perfect game

fourth at bat in perfect game

hustle of

on Larsen’s selection to start perfect game

as leadoff batter

malaria and

as manager

Mantle and

in the marines

as minor leaguer

negotiates with Weiss

nerves in top of the ninth inning of perfect game

personality of

physical appearance of

post-1956 career of

second at bat in perfect game

on Slaughter

Stengel’s platoon system and

strength of

third at bat in perfect game

29th birthday celebration for Martin at Copacabana incident

voice of

World Series checks and

Bauer, Hank, Jr.

Bauer, Herman

Bauer, Joe

Bauer, John

Bauer, Mary

Bavasi, Buzzie

Campanella and

Furillo and