Intro: As previously stated, the recent election of Robert Alomar and Bert Blyleven got me to thinking: how many Hall of Famers have had books written about them or penned their own stories. Here are the results. Again, this is not an all-inclusive list; almost all juvenile titles have been omitted.
Pud Galvin (Inducted 1965)
The are no titles for Galvin.
Lou Gehrig (1939)
Gehrig’s tragic and heroic story have been the subject for dozens of books for adults and kids, as well as a staple of Yankees books.
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig
- Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
- Lou Gehrig: An American Classic
- My Luke and I
- Five O’Clock Lightning: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Greatest Baseball Team in History, The 1927 New York Yankees
- The Ashes of Lou Gehrig and Other Baseball Essays
- Lou Gehrig: A Life of Dedication (Pull Ahead Books)
- Lou Gehrig: A Quiet Hero (Putnam Sports Shelf)
Charlie Gehringer (1949)
Josh Gibson (Negro Leagues, 1972)
- Josh Gibson: The Power and The Darkness
- Josh Gibson: A Life in the Negro Leagues
- Josh Gibson is also a staple of books about the Negro Leagues.
Bob Gibson (1981)
- From Ghetto to Glory; the Story of Bob Gibson
- Stranger to the Game: The Autobiography of Bob Gibson
- Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game is Played
, by Gibson and Reggie Jackson
Warren Giles (Executive, 1979)
There are no titles for Giles, but he’s included in books about baseball commissioners.
Pat Gillick (2011)
There are no titles for Gillick.
Lefty Gomez (1972)
There are no titles for Gomez.
Joe Gordon (2009)
There are no titles for Gordon.
Goose Goslin (1968)
There are no titles for Goslin.
Goose Gossage (2008)
- The Goose Is Loose, by Gossage
Franklin Grant (Negro Leagues, 2006)
There are no titles for Grant.
Hank Greenberg (1956)
- Hank Greenberg: The Story of My Life
, by Greenberg and Ira Berkow
- Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn’t Want to Be One
, by Kurlansky
- Hank Greenberg: Hall-of-Fame Slugger
- Hammerin’ Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg
, by Sommer
- Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg
- Two new titles — Kurlansky (for adults) and Sommer (for kids) — mark Greenberg’s centennial.
Clark Griffith (1946)
Burleigh Grimes (1964)
There are no titles for Grimes.
Lefty Grove (1947)
Tony Gwynn (2007)
- Hank Aaron – Earl Averill
- Home Run Baker – Jesse Burkett
- Roy Campanella – Kiki Cuyler
- Ray Dandridge – Buck Ewing
- Red Faber – Frankie Frisch

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