An accomplished author, Dave's autobiography, Winfield: A Player's Life was a New York Times best-seller. He also wrote a drug education book, TURN IT AROUND! There's No Room Here For Drugs; the acclaimed "how-to" The Complete Baseball Player; Ask Dave (a compilation of his syndicated children's advice columns), and his latest... Dropping The Ball (released in paperback as Making the Play), an in-depth look at baseball's current problems and possible solutions. Dave is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.





Dave Winfield was the first active athlete to establish a charitable foundation. From its humble beginnings in 1975, to an internationally acclaimed substance abuse prevention leader, the David M. Winfield Foundation, with a $4 million endowment (funded primarily by Winfield), provided services to underprivileged youth, families in need, and the cities in which he played.