The following is a list of biographies or memoirs published by or about Baseball Hall of Fame members. They are not all exclusively published on Dugout Dirt as a number were published while I was writing on Redbird Rants and my weekly Fansided Radio column. In some instances, I interviewed a Hall of Famer about a book and that will be noted. Rather than list books in chronological order, they will be listed by their HOF class and year of induction. I’m also including both Ford C. Frick and BBWAA Career Excellence Award (formerly J.G. Taylor Spink Award) recipients.
Class of 1937
- Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Timothy M. Gay
Class of 1939
- The Sizzler: George Sisler, Baseball’s Forgotten Great by Rick Huhn
- Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig by Jonathan Eig
Class of 1956
- Hank Greenberg: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren
Class of 1966
- The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee Jr.
Class of 1967
- Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman by Lee Lowenfish
Class of 1969
Class of 1970
- Lou Boudreau: My Hall of Fame Life on the Field and Behind the Mic by Lou Boudreau with Russell Schneider
Class of 1973
- Warren Spahn: A Biography of the Legendary Lefty by Lew Freedman
Class of 1975
- Baseball Forever: Reflections on 60 Years in the Game by Ralph Kiner with Danny Peary
Class of 1977
- Ernie Banks: Mr. Cub and the Summer of ’69 by Phil Rogers
Class of 1979
- 24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid by Willie Mays and John Shea
Class of 1980
- Al Kaline: The Biography of a Tigers Icon by Jim Hawkins
Class of 1981
- Pitch by Pitch: My View of One Unforgettable Game by Bob Gibson and Lonnie Wheeler
Class of 1982
- Frank Robinson: A Baseball Biography by John C. Skipper
Class of 1983
- Juan Marichal: My Journey from the Dominican Republic to Cooperstown by Juan Marichal with Lew Freedman
- Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson by Doug Wilson
Class of 1984
- Harmon Killebrew: Ultimate Slugger by Steve Aschburner
Class of 1987
- Billy Williams: My Sweet-Swinging Lifetime With the Cubs by Billy Williams with Fred Mitchell
Class of 1988
- Willie Stargell: A Life in Baseball by Frank Garland
Class of 1990
- Nine Innings to Success: A Hall of Famer’s Approach to Achieving Excellence by Jim Palmer with Alan Maimon
Class of 1991
- Carew by Rod Carew with Ira Berkow
- Fergie: My Life from the Cubs to Cooperstown by Fergie Jenkins with Lew Freedman
Class of 1993
- Becoming Mr. October by Reggie Jackson with Kevin Baker
- Reggie Jackson: The Life and Thunderous Career of Baseball’s Mr. October by Dayn Perry
Class of 1994
- Lefty and Tim: How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery by William C. Kashatus
Class of 1995
- Mike Schmidt: The Phillies’ Legendary Slugger by Rob Maaddi
Class of 1999
- Nolan Ryan: The Making of a Pitcher by Rob Goldman
Class of 2003
- Still a Kid at Heart: My Life in Baseball and Beyond by Gary Carter with Phil Pepe
Class of 2007
- Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Value’s from Baseball’s Iron Man by Cal Ripken Jr. and James Dale
- Tony Gwynn: The Baseball Life of Mr. Padre by Scott Kingdon
Class of 2010
- If You Love This Game…: An MVP’s Life in Baseball by Andre Dawson with Alan Maimon
- They Called Me G-d by Doug Harvey and Peter Golenbock
Class of 2011
- Roberto Alomar: The Complicated Life and Legacy of a Baseball Hall of Famer by David Ostrowsky
Class of 2014
- Inside Pitch: Playing and Broadcasting the Game I Love by Tom Glavine with Nick Cafardo
- One Last Strike: Fifty Years in Baseball, Ten and a Half Games Back, and One Final Championship Season by Tony La Russa with Rick Hummel
Class of 2015
- Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith, and One More Year by John Smoltz with Don Yaeger
Class of 2016
- Long Shot by Mike Piazza with Lonnie Wheeler
Class of 2017
- They Call Me Pudge: My Life Playing the Game I Love by Ivan Rodriguez with Jeff Sullivan
- Rock Solid: My Life in Baseball’s Fast Lane by Tim Raines with Alan Maimon
Class of 2019
- Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay by Todd Zolecki
Class of 2020
- The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter by Ian O’Connor
- Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary by Robert F. Burk
Class of 2022
- Gil Hodges: A Hall of Fame Life by Mort Zachter
Multiple Hall of Fame Members Featured
1954: The Year Willie Mays and the First Generation of Black Superstars Changed Major League Baseball Forever by Bill Madden
Ford C. Frick Award Recipients
- Pull Up a Chair: The Vin Scully Story by Curt Smith (1982)
- That’s a Winner! by Jack Buck (1987)
- Lefty and Tim: How Steve Carlton and Tim McCarver Became Baseball’s Best Battery by William C. Kashatus (2012)
- You Can’t Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television by Al Michaels with L. Jon Wertheim (2021)
BBWAA Career Excellence Award Recipients
- Wild Pitches: Rumblings, Grumblings, and Reflections on the Game I Love by Jayson Stark (2019)
