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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Hal Newhouser (Inducted 1992)
- A Tiger in His Time: Hal Newhouser and the Burden of Wartime Ball, Jordan, 1991
- Pitching to Win (Little Sports LIbrary), by Newhouser, 1949 (Instructional)
Kid Nichols (1949)
There are not titles for Nichols.
Phil Niekro (1997)
- Knuckle Balls, by Niekro, with Tom Bird, 1986
- The Niekro Files: The Uncensored Letters of Baseball’s Most Notorious Brothers, by Niekro with Joe Niekro, 1988
Walter O’Malley (1988)
- Forever Blue: The True Story of Walter O’Malley, Baseball’s Most Controversial Owner,and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles, D’Antonio, 2009
Orator Jim O’Rourke (1945)
- Orator O’Rourke: The Life of a Baseball Radical, by Roer, 2006
Mel Ott (1951)
- Mel Ott: The Little Giant of Baseball, by Stein, 1999
- Mel Ott: The Gentle Giant (American Sports History Series), by Martin, 2003
- The Mel Ott story, by Shapiro, 1959
Satchel Paige (1971)
- Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Tye, 2009
- Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, by Sturm, 2007
- Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever, by Paige with Lipman, 1962
- Satchel Paige’s America, by Fox, 2005
- Don’t Look Back : Satchel Paige in the Shadows of Baseball, by Ribowsky, 2004
- Satchel Sez: The Wit, Wisdom, and World of Leroy “Satchel” Paige, by Sterry, 2001
- Satchel Paige, by Macht, 1991
- Pitchin’ Man: Satchel Paige’s Own Story (Baseball and American Society 20), by Paige with Lebovitz, 1992
- Satchel Paige, by Humphrey, 1998 (Juvenile)
- Satchel Paige!: Baseball Great (Black Americans of Achievement), By Shirley, 1999
- Satch & Me (Baseball Card Adventures), by Gutman, 2006 (Juvenile)
Jim Palmer (1990)
- Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine: The Twenty-Year Friendship of Hall of Fame Pitcher Jim Palmer and Orioles Manager Earl Weaver, by Palmer and Dale, 1996
- Pitching, by Palmer, 1975 (Instructional)
Herb Pennock (1994)
There are no titles about Pennock.
Tony Perez (2000)
There are no titles about Perez, but he’s a staple about books on the Big Red Machine era of the early- to mid-1970s.
Gaylord Perry (1991)
- Me & The Spitter The candid Confessions of Baseball’s Greatest Spitball Artist (or How I Got Away With It), by Perry with Syduk, 1974
Ed Plank (1946)
There are no titles about Plank.
Alex Pompez (Negro Leagues Executive, 2006)
- Cuban Star: How One Negro-League Owner Changed the Face of Baseball, by Adrian Burgos, Jr., 2011
Cum Posey (Negro Leagues Executive, 2006)
There are no titles about Posey, although he is included in many books about the Negro Leagues.
Kirby Puckett (2001)
- Puck! Kirby Puckett: Baseball’s Last Warrior, by Carlson, 2001
- Be the Best You Can Be, by Puckett, 1993
- I Love This Game!: My Life and Baseball, by Puckett, 1993
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
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