Full name: The Catcher Was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg

Author: Nicholas Dawidoff Year: 1994 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports, Biographies, Non Fiction, History, Spies/Espionage, War/Military Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780679762898 0679762892

The only Major League ballplayer whose baseball card is on display at the headquarters of the CIA, Moe Berg has the singular distinction of having both a 15-year career as a catcher for such teams as the New York Robins and the Chicago White Sox and that of a spy for the OSS during World War II. Here, Dawidoff provides "a careful and sympathetic biography" (Chicago Sun-Times) of this enigmatic man. Similar books: The Streak by Barb Rosenstock The Last Boy by Jane Leavy The Last Hero by Howard Bryant The Kid by Ben Bradlee, Jr. Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer Stan Musial by George Vecsey Satchel by Larry Tye Sandy Koufax by Jane Leavy Roger Maris by Tom Clavin Willie Mays by James S. Hirsch Jackie Robinson by Arnold Rampersad Clemente by David Maraniss Lefty by Vernona Gomez Luckiest Man by Jonathan Eig Ted Williams by Leigh Montville Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre Fearless by Eric Blehm Devotion by Adam Makos The Last Punisher by Kevin Lacz The Operator by Robert O'Neill