🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Bill Madden
As a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, he’s served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, 2007, and 2008, helping to pick candidates for the final ballots that get presented to the Veterans Committee. He was born in the year 1946 and grew up in Oradell, New Jersey. He graduated from Bergen Catholic High School. He worked as a sportswriter for nine years with UPI before joining the Daily News in the year 1978, and covered the New York Yankees before he became a columnist in the year 1989. In the year 1990, he crossed picket lines when the Daily News writers were on strike because of his objection to the Newspaper Guild turning down a three year contract that came with 20% raises from the parent Tribune Company.
All Book Series by Bill Madden
Pride of October: What it Was to Be Young and a Yankee
Book 2 of 10 · published 2003
Bill Madden: My 25 Years Covering Baseball's Heroes, Scoundrels, Triumphs and Tragedies
Book 3 of 10 · published 2004
Damned Yankees: Chaos, Confusion, and Craziness in the Steinbrenner Era
Book 6 of 10 · published 2012 Co-authored · Moss Klein
1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever
Book 7 of 10 · published 2014
Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals and Cooperstown: A Baseball Memoir
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Bill Madden?
As a member of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, he’s served on the Historical Overview Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, 2007, and 2008, helping to pick candidates for the final ballots that get presented to the Veterans Committee. He was born in the year 1946 and grew up in Oradell, New Jersey. He graduated from Bergen Catholic High School.
Which Bill Madden series should I start with?
Bill Madden's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Yogi Berra: An American Original (1998).
How many books has Bill Madden written?
Bill Madden has 10 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1998 and 2025. They all sit in a single category — Non-Fiction — rather than in numbered series.
In what order should Bill Madden's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 10 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Bill Madden's books organised into series?
This guide splits Bill Madden's 10 books into categories rather than numbered series: Non-Fiction (10 books).