For Love of the Game

This article is about the novel. For the movie based on the novel, see For Love of the Game (film). For the similarly titled Pillar album, see For the Love of the Game (album).
For Love of the Game
First edition cover
AuthorMichael Shaara
LanguageEnglish
GenreSports novel
PublisherCarroll & Graf Publishers
Publication date
1991
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages152 pp (hardcover edition)
ISBN0-88184-695-3 (hardcover edition)
OCLC23080721
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3569.H2 F67 1991

For Love of the Game is a novel by American author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career.