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Baseball & Softball (Sports, Books): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Baseball & Softball (Sports, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 30 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 24/100 (highly competitive).

24Opportunity / 100
$11.99Median price
30Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$9.98 – $16.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)0%
Books on the list100
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What stands out

  • Its median reviews are 5% of the parent category Sports (587), one of the easier corners under it.
  • Only 0% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 99% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
  • At $11.99 its median price is below 82% of Books categories, so it is a volume game.

Top 10 Baseball & Softball best sellers

  1. Heat book cover by Mike Lupica

    Heat

    by Mike Lupica

    • List rank#1
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,107

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  2. Mexican WhiteBoy book cover by Matt de la Peña

    Mexican WhiteBoy

    by Matt de la Peña

    • List rank#2
    • Price$7.73
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews687

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  3. Golden Arm: A Powerful YA Sports Novel About Baseball, Brotherhood, and a Pitcher's Choice book cover by Carl Deuker

    Golden Arm: A Powerful YA Sports Novel About Baseball, Brotherhood, and a Pitcher's Choice Between His Dreams and His Family

    by Carl Deuker

    • List rank#3
    • Price$8.79
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews109

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  4. Siguiendo el juego / Play Along (LA CIUDAD DE LOS VIENTOS) (Spanish Edition) book cover by Liz Tomforde

    Siguiendo el juego / Play Along (LA CIUDAD DE LOS VIENTOS) (Spanish Edition)

    by Liz Tomforde

    • List rank#4
    • Price$17.30
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews1,160

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  5. Throw Like a Girl book cover by Sarah Henning

    Throw Like a Girl

    by Sarah Henning

    • List rank#5
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews390

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  6. Slam! book cover by Walter Dean Myers

    Slam!

    by Walter Dean Myers

    • List rank#6
    • Price$11.18
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews347

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  7. The Perfect Catch (Kissing the Enemy Book 1) book cover by Maggie Dallen

    The Perfect Catch (Kissing the Enemy Book 1)

    by Maggie Dallen

    • List rank#7
    • Price$5.99
    • Rating4.1
    • Reviews556

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  8. Love & Baseball: Clean YA RomCom book cover by Jaime Jo  Wright

    Love & Baseball: Clean YA RomCom

    by Jaime Jo Wright

    • List rank#8
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews159

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  9. The Batboy book cover by Mike Lupica

    The Batboy

    by Mike Lupica

    • List rank#9
    • Price$6.13
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews530

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  10. Girl at Heart book cover by Kelly Oram

    Girl at Heart

    by Kelly Oram

    • List rank#10
    • Price$4.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews2,202

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FAQ

Is Baseball & Softball a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 24/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 30 reviews and sells for $11.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Baseball & Softball?

The median best seller has 30 reviews, and 79% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Baseball & Softball best sellers cost?

The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $9.98 and $16.99.

Can new books break into Baseball & Softball?

0% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.

About this data

Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.