A haul of Hall books: Ryne Sandberg to Don Sutton

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.

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Ryne Sandberg (Inducted 2005)

• Second to Home: Ryne Sandberg Opens Up, by Sandberg with Rozner, 1995
• Ryno!, by Sandberg with Mitchell, 1985
• Ryne Sandberg: The Triple Threat (Sports Stars), by Lundgren, 1986 (juvenile)

Louis Santop (Negro leagues, 2006)
There are no titles on Santrop.

Ray Schalk (1955)

• Ray Schalk: A Baseball Biography, by Cooper, 2009
• Schalk is also a staple of any book about the 1919 Black Sox scandal

Mike Schmidt (1995)

• Clearing the Bases: Juiced Players, Monster Salaries, Sham Records, and a Hall of Famer’s Search for the Soul of Baseball, by Schmidt with Waggoner, 2007
• Mike Schmidt: Philadelphia’s Hall of Fame Third Baseman, by Kashatus, 1999
• Mike Schmidt (Baseball Legends), by Westcott, 1995 (juvenile)

Red Schoendienst (1989)

• TThe Man Who Fought Back: Red Schoendienst, by Hirschberg, 1961
• The Red Schoendienst Story, by Schoor, 1961
• Red a Baseball Life, Schoendienst with Rains, 1998

Tom Seaver, 1992

• Art of Pitching, by Seaver, 1984
• Seaver, by Schoor, 1986
• The Perfect Game : Tom Seaver and the Mets, by Seaver with Dick Schaap, 1970
• Tom Seaver, by Devaney, 1974
• How I Would Pitch to Babe Ruth Seaver Vs. The Sluggers, by Seaver with Lewis, 1974
• Beanball: Murder at the World Series, by Seaver, 1989 (fiction)
• Great Moments in Baseball, by Seaver with Appel, 1992
• Pitching with Tom Seaver, Saver with Jacobson, 1973
• Baseball is My Life, Seaver with Jacobson, 1973 (juvenile)

Frank Selee (1999)
There are no titles about Selee.

Joe Sewell (197)
There are no titles about Sewell.

Al Simmons (1953)

• Bucketfoot Al: The Baseball Life of Al Simmons, by Parker, 2011
• The Duke of Milwaukee: The life and times of Al Simmons Baseball’s Forgotten Superstar, by Taylor, 2011
• Al Simmons, the best: A fan looks at Al, the Milwaukee Pole, by Doyle, 1979

George Sisler (1939)

• The Sizzler: George Sisler, Baseball’s Forgotten Great, by Huhn, 2004
• Sisler on Baseball: A Manual for Players and Coaches, by Sisler, 1954

Enos Slaughter (1985)

• Country Hardball: The Autobiography of Enos “Country” Slaughter, by Slaughter with Reed, 1991

Hilton Smith (Negro Leagues, 2001)
There are no titles about Smith.

Ozzie Smith (2002)

• Wizard, by Smith, 1988
• Ozzie Smith: Road to Cooperstown,, Limited Edition, by Smith with Rains, 2002

Duke Snider(1980)

• Few And Chosen: Defining Dodger Greatness Across the Eras, by Snider with Pepe, 2006
• The Duke Of Flatbush, by Snider with Gilbert, 1988
• Duke Snider, by Bjarkman, 1994

Billy Southworth (2008)
There are no titles about Southworth.

Warren Spahn (1973)

• Spahn, Sain, and Teddy Ballgame: Boston’s (almost) Perfect Baseball Summer of 1948, by Nowlin, 2008
• The Greatest Game Ever Pitched: Juan Marichal, Warren Spahn, and the Pitching Duel of the Century, by Jim Kaplan, 2011
• The Warren Spahn Story, by Shapiro, 1958
• Warren Spahn, by Silverman, 1961

Albert Spalding (1939)

• Spalding’s World Tour: The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the Globe – And Made it America’s Game, by Lamster, 2006
• America’s National Game: Historic Facts Concerning the Beginning Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball With Personal Reminiscences of I, by Spalding, originally published in 1911, reissued in 1991
• A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport, by Levine, 1985
• Spalding is also a staple of any book about the history of baseball, especially in the 19th century

Tris Speaker (1937)

• Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend, by Gay, 2006
• Spoke: A Biography of Tris Speaker (Sport in American Life), by Alexander, 2007

Willie Stargell (1988)

• Willie Stargell: An Autobiography, by Stargell with Bird, 1984
• Out of left field: Willie Stargell and the Pittsburgh Pirates (A Prairie House book), by Adelman, 1976
• Willie Stargell, by Shannon, 1992

Turkey Stearnes (2000, Negro Leagues)

• Turkey Stearnes and the Detroit Stars: The Negro Leagues in Detroit, 1919-1933 (Great Lakes Books), by Back, 1994

Casey Stengel

• Stengel: His Life and Times, by Creamer, 1984
• Forging Genius: The Making of Casey Stengel, by Goldman, 2005
• Casey at the bat: The Story of My Life in Baseball, by Stengel with Paxton, 1962
• The Gospel According to Casey: Casey Stengel’s Inimitable, Instructional, Historical Baseball Book, by Stengel, Berkow, and Jim Kaplan, 1992
• You Could Look it Up: The Life of Casey Stengel, by Allen, 1979
• Casey Stengel: A Splendid Baseball Life, by Bak, 1997
• Casey Stengel,: His Half-Century in Baseball,, by Graham, 1958
• A Year in Mudville: An Oral History of Casey Stengel and the Original Mets, by Bagdade, 2010
• Casey Stengel, Baseball’s Greatest Manager, by Schoor, 1961
• Casey;: The life and legend of Charles Dillon Stengel, by Durso, 1967
• Now Wait a Minute, Casey!, by Allen, 1965.
• Stengel is also a pivotal character in Troy Soos’ 1995 historical novel, Murder at Ebbets Field.

Bruce Sutter (2006)
There are no titles about Sutter.

Mule Suttles (2006, Negro Leagues)
There are no titles about Suttles.

Don Sutton (1998)
There are no titles for Sutton.

Previous entries:

• Hank Aaron – Earl Averill
• Home Run Baker – Jesse Burkett
• Roy Campanella – Kiki Cuyler
• Ray Dandridge – Buck Ewing
• Red Faber – Frankie Frisch
• Pud Galvin- Tony Gwynn
• Chick Hafey – Monte Irvin
• Reggie Jackson – Bowie Kuhn
• Nap Lajoie – Ted Lyons
• Connie Mack – Stan Musial
• Hal Newhouser – Kirby Puckett
• Hoss Radbourn – Nolan Ryan
  

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