Dorothy Seymour Mills

Dorothy Seymour Mills
Seymour Mills in the 1990s
BornDorothy Jane Zander
(1928-07-05)July 5, 1928
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
DiedNovember 17, 2019(2019-11-17) (aged 91)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation
  • Author
  • Baseball researcher
  • Novelist
Alma mater
Notable worksBaseball trilogy
Spouse
    (m. 1949; died 1992)
      Roy E. Mills
      (m. 1995; died 2012)
    Website
    dorothyjanemills.com

    Dorothy Jane Mills (née Zander; July 5, 1928 – November 17, 2019), known as Dorothy Seymour Mills, was an American baseball researcher, author, and novelist who authored and co-authored over thirty books, fiction and non-fiction, over her life.

    Seymour Mills is best known as the co-author the Baseball trilogy with her first husband Harold Seymour: Baseball: The Early Years, Baseball: The Golden Age, and Baseball: The People's Game. The Baseball series is recognized as the first in-depth scholarly analysis of the sport's history and continues to be referenced in modern research. Uncredited during her husband's lifetime, Seymour Mills finally received co-authorship credits in 2011.