Baseball — Kindle Category Opportunity
Competition snapshot for the Sports & Outdoors best-seller list, ease-of-entry score 50.0/100.
Category metrics
Score
50.0
Median reviews
342
Weak share (top 20)
30%
Median price
$2.99
Median star rating
4.4
Books scanned
50
Worth writing in?
The Baseball list shows real reader demand with room left for newcomers: the median book carries 342 reviews, yet 30% of the top 20 still sit under 100 reviews. 5 top-15 books hold fewer than 100 reviews at $0.99–4.99 — classic self-publishing breakout books. Ease-of-entry score 50.0/100.
Breakout books — top 15, under 100 reviews, $0.99–4.99
Best-seller list on Amazon| # | Title | Star | Reviews | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Baseball's Greatest Quotations: An Illustrated Treasury of Baseball Quotations and Historical Lore | 4.4 | 15 | $2.99 |
| 9 | Autumn Glory: Baseball's First World Series | 4.6 | 22 | $2.99 |
| 15 | Fenway Park: A Salute to the Coolest, Cruelest, Longest-Running Major League Baseball Stadium in America | 4.8 | 30 | $2.99 |
| 13 | The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats: In Stories and Images, the Complete Roster of Inductees | 4.7 | 65 | $2.99 |
| 10 | Down to the Last Pitch: How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time | 4.4 | 81 | $2.99 |
High-frequency phrases in this category's titles
Mine all categoriesHigh-frequency phrases mined from the 50 best-seller titles on this category's list. The ease-of-entry score tells you how winnable the category is; these title phrases tell you which words readers search with — use the two layers together. Frequency is a title statistic, not a search-volume estimate.
| Phrase | Titles | Rank-weighted score |
|---|---|---|
| baseball romance | 4 | 134 |
| lovers college baseball romance | 2 | 76 |
| jackie robinson | 2 | 64 |
| new york | 2 | 49 |
| slow burn | 2 | 43 |
| sports romance | 2 | 43 |
| love baseball | 2 | 38 |
| summer game | 2 | 36 |
| golden age | 2 | 27 |
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3 subcategories under this category
| Subcategory | Score | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|
| █████ | 54.0 | 157 |
| █████ | 49.5 | 99.5 |
| █████ | 47.5 | 235 |
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Research snapshot scanned on Oct 19, 2026. Refreshed periodically — not live tracking.