Tim Whitt

Tim Whitt

Tim Whitt is the author of Bases Loaded With History which told the story of Rickwood Field through the twentieth century. He first discovered Rickwood as a graduate student in Birmingham in the 1980s, and his interest in the history of the old Southern Association was further piqued working on a documentary about the league in the 1990s. For the last quarter of a century, he has been under contract to Michelle and has no intention of becoming a free agent. An Alabama native, he lives in Montgomery.

Books by Tim Whitt

Rickwood

By Tim Whitt and Joe Mock

Rickwood

How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends

Rickwood: How America’s Oldest Ballpark Forged Baseball’s Legends is Tim Whitt and Joe Mock’s history of Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama — the oldest professional ballpark in the country. It runs from Rick Woodward, who built it in 1910, through the players who came through it: Willie Mays, Satchel Paige, Dizzy Dean, Reggie Jackson.