Rick Swaine's books can be ordered from Amazon.com.

Do It for Chappie: The Ray Chapman Tragedy is Rick Swaine's latest book. Chapman, the popular 29-year-old team captain and star shortstop of the Cleveland Indians, was felled by a fastball thrown by reviled head-hunter Carl Mays of the New York Yankees late in the 1920 season. Recently married to the beautiful daughter of a wealthy family, he was playing the best ball of his outstanding career; leading his club in a fierce battle for first place in the American League at the time. More...

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Swaine's fourth book, Baseball's Comeback Players, profiles forty major league ballplayers who engineered remarkable comebacks to salvage fading careers. More...

Swaine's third book, The Integration of Major League Baseball: A Team by Team History, is a record of the events of baseball’s protracted integration era. More...

Swaine's second book, The Black Stars Who Made Baseball Whole is the story of the integration of baseball, told through the lives and careers of the first generation of black major leaguers who made it happen. More...

Swaine's first book, Beating the Breaks: Major League Baseball Players Who Overcame Disabilities, is a collection of profiles of the remarkable number of men who overcame serious obstacles to play major league baseball. More...