A haul of ‘Hall’ books: Home Run Baker to Jesse Burkett

January 28, 2011

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.

Home Run Baker (Elected 1955):

Dave Bancroft (1971)
No titles.

Ernie Banks (1977)

Al Barlick (umpire, 1989)
No titles.

Ed Barrow (1953)

Jake Beckley (1971)
No titles.

Cool Papa Bell (1974

Johnny Bench (1989)

Chief Bender (1953)

Yogi Berra (1972)

Bert Blyleven (2011)
No titles (yet).

Wade Boggs (2005)

Jim Bottomley (1972)
No titles.

Lou Boudreau (1970)

Roger Bresnahan (1945)
No titles.

George Brett (1999)

Lou Brock (1985)
No titles.

Dan Brouthers (1945)
No titles.

Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown (1949)

Ray Brown (2006)
No titles.

Willard Brown (2006)
No titles.

Morgan Bulkeley (1937, executive)
No titles.

Jim Bunning (1996)

Jesse Burkett (1946)
No titles.

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