Baseball Digest Covers

Baseball Digest is Baseball Almanac's favorite publication. Each issue is a treasure trove of charts, quotes and articles. To say it has inspired Baseball Almanac is an epic understatement. We are attempting to collect every issue of Baseball Digest for our baseball resource library and to that end we present our collection, but to make it interesting we have included the item contained on the cover.

Important notes: The list below ONLY contains covers that we have in our research library. If you have issues that are not in our collection and wish to donate / sell them please email us. Baseball Digest cover topics are listed in the order they appear on the cover using left-to-right.

"The magazine itself has retained much of its familiar format in providing fans, young and old, with the kind of human interest articles and statistics about the players that have always been the publication's stock and trade." - Publisher / Baseball Digest Owner Norman Jacobs in Baseball Digest (January 2002)
Baseball Digest Covers

by Baseball Almanac

Year

Month

Covers from the 1970s

1974

November

Reggie Jackson, Bert Campaneris & Sal Bando

1975

May

Mike Schmidt

June

Rod Carew

July

Nolan Ryan

September

Johnny Bench

November

Fred Lynn

1976

January

Pete Rose

May

Frank Tanana

June

Rick Manning

July

Bill Madlock

August

Randy Jones

September

Larry Bowa

October

Mickey Rivers

November

Mark Fidrych

December

Joe Morgan

1977

January

Ken Griffey, Chris Chambliss & unknown umpire

February

Thurman Munson & unknown umpire

March

Amos Otis

June

Steve Carlton

September

Carl Yastrzemski

December

George Foster

1978

January

Reggie Jackson

February

Willie McCovey

March

Rod Carew

April

Tom Seaver

May

Cesar Cedeno

July

Dave Kingman

August

Jim Rice

September

Ron Guidry

October

Clint Hurdle & Rich Gale

November

Reggie Smith

December

Dave Parker

1979

January

Steve Yeager, Reggie Jackson & Paul Blair

February

Dave Winfield

March

Greg Luzinski

April

Rich Gossage

May

Jack Clark

June

Steve Garvey

July

Al Oliver

August

Bill Buckner

September

Tommy John

October

Mike Schmidt

December

George Brett

Year

Month

Covers from the 1980s

1980

April

Wille Stargell

September

Steve Carlton

October

Reggie Jackson

November

Joe Charboneau

December

George Brett

1981

February

Eddie Murray

April

Mike Schmidt

May

Gary Carter

October

Ron Davis

November

Pete Rose

December

Tim Raines

1982

January

Steve Garvey

March

Rollie Fingers

May

Nolan Ryan

August

Dale Murphy

September

Rickey Henderson

November

Kent Hrbek

December

Lonnie Smith & Ozzie Smith

1983

January

Darrell Porter

February

Mario Soto

March

Doug DeCinces

April

Willie McGee

May

Pete Vuckovich

June

Cal Ripken, Jr.

September

Chris Chambliss

October

Ron Kittle

November

Steve Carlton

December

Carlton Fisk

1984

January

Rick Dempsey

February

Wade Boggs

March

Dale Murphy

April

Mike Boddicker

May

Andre Dawson

July

Bill Madlock

August

Leon Durham

September

Carmelo Martinez, Tony Gwynn & Kevin McReynolds

October

Ryne Sandberg

November

Keith Hernandez

December

Dwight Gooden & Mark Langston

1985

January

Alan Trammell

February

Don Mattingly

March

Frank Viola

April

Jack Morris

May

Tony Gwynn

June

Dwight Gooden

July

Bruce Sutter

August

Pete Rose

September

Lee Smith

October

Ron Guidry

November

Pedro Guerrero

December

Dwight Gooden

1986

January

Willie McGee

February

Bret Saberhagen

March

Tom Browning

April

Harold Baines

May

Darryl Strawberry

June

Eddie Murray

July

Bert Blyleven

August

Roger Clemens

September

Gary Carter

October

Wally Joyner & Jose Canseco

November

Bill Doran

December

Ted Higuera & Roger Clemens

1987

January

Don Mattingly & Wade Boggs

February

Sid Fernandez

March

Mike Scott

April

Chris Brown

May

Pete O'Brien

June

Eric Davis & Jody Davis

July

Bo Diaz, unknown runner & Mike Witt

August

Rickey Henderson

September

Ozzie Smith & Jack Clark

October

Mark McGwire

November

George Bell

December

Kevin Seitzer & Mike Dunne

1988

January

Andre Dawson

February

Frank Viola

March

Jimmy Key

April

Kevin McReynolds & Mike Pagliarulo

May

Eric Davis

June

Floyd Bannister, Charlie Leibrandt, Bret Saberhagen & Mark Gubicza

July

Andy Van Slyke

August

Dave Winfield

September

Greg Maddux

October

Kirby Puckett

November

Jose Canseco

December

Danny Jackson

1989

January

Jose Canseco

February

Orel Hershiser

April

Kirk Gibson

March

Gregg Jefferies

July

unknown catcher & Will Clark

August

Nolan Ryan

September

Bo Jackson

October

Dave Stewart

Year

Month

Covers from the 1990s

1990

January

Nolan Ryan, Jim Abbott & Will Clark

February

Ruben Sierra

1991

n/a

None In Collection

1992

February

Kirby Puckett

May

Wade Boggs

August

Mark McGwire

September

Juan Guzman

October

Kirby Puckett

November

Dennis Eckersley & Tom Glavine

December

Pat Listach

1993

January

Roberto Alomar

February

Gary Sheffield

March

Tim Wakefield

April

Jose Canseco

July

Juan Gonzalez & Carlos Baerga

August

Barry Bonds

September

Joe Carter

October

John Kruk

November

Frank Thomas

December

Mike Piazza & Tim Salmon

1994

January

Paul Molitor

February

Randy Johnson

March

Greg Maddux

April

Carlos Baerga

May

Lenny Dykstra

June

Rafael Palmeiro & Chris Sabo

August

Matt Williams

September

Kirby Puckett

October

Ozzie Smith & Cal Ripken, Jr.

November

Jimmy Key

December

Bob Hamelin

1995

January

Jeff Bagwell

February

Tony Gwynn

March

Raul Mondesi

April

unknown catcher & Kenny Lofton

May

Don Mattingly

June

Fred McGriff

July

Cal Ripken, Jr.

August

Eddie Murray

September

John Valentin

October

Barry Larkin

November

Mickey Mantle

December

Hideo Nomo

1996

January

Albert Belle

February

Tom Glavine

March

Tim Salmon

April

Dante Bichette

May

Edgar Martinez

June

Roberto Alomar & Cal Ripken, Jr.

July

Mike Piazza

August

Henry Rodriguez & Jason Giambi

September

Harold Baines

October

John Smoltz

November

Mark McGwire

December

Derek Jeter

1997

January

Alex Rodriguez

June

Al Leiter, Alex Fernandez & Kevin Brown

July

Ivan Rodriguez

August

Larry Walker

September

Roger Clemens

October

Tino Martinez

November

Chipper Jones

December

Nomar Garciaparra

1998

January

Tony Gwynn

February

Charles Johnson

March

Curt Schilling

April

Jay Bell & Matt Williams

May

Paul O'Neill

June

Mike Mussina

July

Jeromy Burnitz

August

Kerry Wood

September

Mark McGwire

October

Derek Jeter

November

Greg Vaughn

December

Sammy Sosa

1999

January

David Wells

February

Omar Vizquel

March

Juan Gonzalez

April

Mark McGwire

May

Vladimir Guerrero

June

Roger Clemens

July

Cal Ripken, Jr., Frank Thomas & Tony Gwynn

August

Jose Canseco

September

Pedro Martinez

October

Manny Ramirez

November

Robin Ventura & Mike Piazza

December

Willie Mays, Babe Ruth & Ted Williams

Year

Month

Covers from the 2000s

2000

January

Ivan Rodriguez

February

Mariano Rivera

March

Randy Johnson

April

Chipper Jones

May

Ken Griffey, Jr., Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa

June

Nomar Garciaparra

July

Jim Edmonds

August

Greg Maddux

September

Todd Helton

October

Magglio Ordonez

November

Edgar Martinez

2001

January

Pedro Martinez

February

Derek Jeter

March

Edgardo Alfonzo

April

Jason Giambi & Mark McGwire

May

Andruw Jones

June

Jeff Kent

July

Mike Mussina

August

Kevin Brown

September

Barry Bonds

October

Sammy Sosa

December

Albert Pujols & Ichiro Suzuki

2002

January

Barry Bonds

February

Randy Johnson & Curt Schilling

March

Alex Rodriguez

April

Barry Zito, Tim Hudson & Mark Mulder

May

Matt Morris

June

Jim Thome

July

Roberto Alomar

August

Lance Berkman

September

Derek Lowe

October

Ted Williams

November

Ichiro Suzuki

December

Roy Oswalt, Mark Prior & Barry Zito

2003

January

Barry Bonds

February

Troy Glaus

2004

October

Jim Thome

November

Mark Mulder & Jason Schmidt

December

Ichiro Suzuki

2005

January / February

Jason Varitek & Keith Foulke

April

Carlos Beltran & Pedro Martinez

May

Aramis Ramirez

June

Omar Vizquel & Derek Jeter & Miguel Tejada

July

Mark Mulder

August

Mark Buehrle & Jon Garland

September

Brian Roberts, Shannon Stewart, Brad Wilkerson & Johnny Damon

October

Alex Rodriguez

November

Miguel Cabrera

December

Chris Carpenter

2006

January

A.J. Pierzynski & Bobby Jenks

February

Undetermined

March

Undetermined

April

Undetermined

May

Kirk Gibson, Scott Podsednik, Joe Carter, Hank Aaron, Bill Mazeroski

June

Bengie Molina

July

David Wright

August

A.J. Pierzynski & Michael Barrett

September

Ichiro Suzuki

October

Ivan Rodriguez, David Ortiz, Jim ThomeTom Glavine

November

Joe Mauer

December

Frank Thomas

2007

January / February

Albert Pujols & Scott Rolen

March / April

Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee, Lou Piniella & Alfonso Soriano

May

Trevor Hoffman, Omar Vizquel, Curt Schilling, Craig Biggio & John Smoltz

June

Francisco Liriano, Scott Kazmir & Justin Verlander

July

Undetermined

August

Hideki Matsui, Tadahito Iguchi, Ichiro Suzuki & Daisuke Matsuzaka

September

Magglio Ordonez

October / November

Ivan Rodriguez, Rich Gossage, Brooks Robinson & Bob Feller

December

Not Published

2008

January / February

Jason Varitek & Jonathan Papelbon

March / April

Torii Hunter, John Lackey & Vladimir Guerrero

May

Prince Fielder & Ryan Braun

June

Jake Peavy

July

Not Yet Released

August

Not Yet Released

September

Not Yet Released

October / November

Not Yet Released

Year

Month

Covers from the 2000s

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The list above ONLY contains covers that we have in our collection. If you have issues that are not in our collection and wish to donate / sell them please email us. Baseball Digest cover topics are listed in the order they appear on the cover using left-to-right.

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