Donald Honig

Donald Martin Honig (born August 17, 1931) is an American novelist, historian and editor who mostly writes about baseball.

Career While a member of the Bobo Newsom Memorial Society, an informal group of writers, Honig attempted to convince Lawrence Ritter to write a sequel to his 1966 book The Glory of Their Times. Pleading time limitations, Ritter declined to attempt such a book himself, but gave Honig his blessing, leading to the books Baseball When the Grass Was Real (1975) and Baseball Between The Lines (1976).

Over the next 19 years, Honing churned out 39 books about baseball. He collaborated with Ritter on The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time in 1981.

He also published several illustrated histories of long-standing franchises. Honig published his most recent baseball book, The Fifth Season, in 2009.

Honig was also a frequent contributor of short stories to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine.

Awards and honors The city of Cromwell, Connecticut named September 24, 2020, “Donald Honig Day” in recognition of his career.

Personal life Honig married Sandra Schindlinger in 1972; they later divorced. He currently resides in Venice, Florida, after living in Cromwell, Connecticut through 2020.