Christian Yelich : baseball MVP [Sports Illustrated Kids Stars Of Sports]by Chandler, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Capstone Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 205881 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 7-11   
AR: 5 MG Lexile: 840

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Subjects: Yelich, Christian,|d1991- Milwaukee Brewers (Baseball team) - History Major League Baseball (Organization) - History Outfielders (Baseball) - United States - Biography Baseball players - United States - Biography Most Valuable Player Award (Baseball)

Summary: Outfielder Christian Yelich joined Little League when he was four and never stopped playing. From traveling teams when he was young to being drafted as a professional player, baseball was a priority for Yelich. He was named the National League's MVP in 2018. Read on to find out more about Yelich's amazing baseball career.

Fernando Tatis Jr. : big-time hitter [Sports Illustrated Kids Stars Of Sports]by Chandler, Matt 

BTSB Prebound(Capstone Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 205890 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 7-11   
AR: 5.1 MG Lexile: 900

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Subjects: Tatis, Fernando, Jr.,|d1999- Baseball players - United States - Biography Baseball players - Dominican Republic - Biography Shortstop (Baseball) - Biography

Summary: Baseball runs in the family for Fernando Tatis Jr. Both his father and grandfather played professional baseball. Tatis signed his first professional baseball contract when he was just 16 years old! He made his major league debut a few years later and broke an age record that same day. Learn more about this Dominican shortstop superstar!

G.O.A.T. en el beisbol : Babe Ruth, Mike Trout y mas [Mejor Del Deporte De Todos Los Tiempos]by Fishman, Jon M. 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Ediciones Lerner, 2023)

BTSB #: 339025 Available

Dewey: 796.357/CAges: 7-11   


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Subjects: Major League Baseball (Organization) Baseball players - United States - Biography Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Who are the greatest baseball players of all time? Explore the careers of players past and present in this fun, fact-filled book. Readers are invited to decide which players they consider to be the G.O.A.T. In Spanish.

Hard to grip : a memoir of youth, baseball, and chronic illness by DeAndreis, Emil 

Paperback(Schaffner Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 267644 Available

Dewey: 796.357/AAges: 12-18   


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Subjects: DeAndreis, Emil,|d1985- Baseball players - United States - Biography Rheumatoid arthritis - Patients - United States - Biography Adjustment (Psychology)

Summary: Emil DeAndreis was a promising star-pitcher of his high school team and went on to play for a D1 league in college and was poised to embark on a professional baseball career when he was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis which caused him to abandon his lifelong dream of playing in the major leagues and to rethink his life's path.

Mike Trout [Sports all-stars]by Fishman, Jon M. 

BTSB Prebound(Lerner, 2020)

BTSB #: 339041 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 4.6 MG Lexile: 830

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Subjects: Trout, Mike,|d1991- Baseball players - United States - Biography

Summary: Center fielder Mike Trout has racked up more home runs and stolen more bases faster than any player in MLB history. Follow this Los Angeles Angels star as he continues to rise.

Roberto Clemente [Hispanic Star]by Romo Edelman, Claudia 

Paperback(Roaring Brook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 302926 Available

Dewey: 796.357/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 7.5 MG Lexile: 1180

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Subjects: Clemente, Roberto,|d1934-1972 Baseball players - United States - Biography Baseball players - Puerto Rico - Biography

Summary: Meet Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente--once just a kid from Carolina, Puerto Rico, who loved to play baseball on the streets of his hometown with friends and family. As a right fielder, Roberto played eighteen seasons with Major League Baseball, but his life was tragically cut short when a plane he chartered to bring earthquake relief supplies to Nicaragua crashed.

Who was Jim Thorpe? [Who Was?]by Buckley, James 

BTSB Prebound(Penguin Workshop, 2023)

BTSB #: 166508 Available

Dewey: 796.092/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 6.4 MG F&P: W

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Subjects: Thorpe, Jim,|d1887-1953 Native American athletes - United States - Biography Athletes - United States - Biography Football players - United States - Biography Baseball players - United States - Biography Sauk Indians (Algonquian) - Biography Fox Indians - Biography

Summary: Learn about the incredible legacy of the first Native American athlete and Olympian to earn a gold medal for the United States. Jim remains one of the greatest athletes in American history.