Cleveland, Ohio – The year was 1986 and SABR published one of the more important books on baseball ballparks, Green Cathedrals. Referred to as the “Bible of Ballparks,” the book was well-received and quickly went out-of-print. 

Twenty years after its original publication, Green Cathedrals: The Ultimate Celebration of Major League and Negro Ballparks by Philip Lowry has been completely revised and updated again to include every stadium that has ever played host to Major League or Negro League baseball.  Although the book was revised once in 1994, the continued renaissance of ballpark architecture combined with a boom in new major league stadiums made the time right to publish this classic once again.

From Fenway Park and Gus Greenlee Field (home of the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords) to Seals Stadium and Camnden Yards, Green Cathedrals presents a cavalcade of the most beautiful sporting venues in history.  Famed arenas such as the Polo Grounds, Ebbets Field, and Shibe Park sit side by side with little-known but evocative venues such as Swampoodle Grounds and Sulphur Dell.

Some 150 photographs – nostalgic and current, many of which have never been published in book form – help bring the ballparks to life and make clear that the originality of today’s retro parks has nothing on those of yesteryear. 

With many new ballparks and hundreds of new photographs added, the 2006 Green Cathedrals is an essential reference for baseball aficionados and a perfect gift for baseball fans everywhere.

The 2006 hardcover edition (264 pages) was published by Walker and Company books and is available in bookstores and online.  Also, this book would not be possible without the financial support of HOK Sport and their generous donations of illustrations of the soon-to-be built ballparks in New York and Washington.

SABR (pronounced “Saber”) is an international organization headquartered in Cleveland, OH. The Society's mission is to foster the study of baseball, to assist in developing and maintaining the history of the game, to facilitate the dissemination of baseball research and to stimulate interest in baseball.

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