For well over a century, stars and supporting players on baseball diamonds have become stars and supporting players in the movies, on Broadway, in vaudeville and, eventually, on television and in concert halls. After all, ballplayers are celebrities. Whether on the field or the stage, they are in the business of entertaining the masses. Not surprisingly, many showbiz luminaries have become baseball enthusiasts. They have invested their time, money, and expertise to be part of the baseball world as team owners and fans. From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors includes essays by 43 SABR members that connect baseball and show biz. Not every ballplayer who ever made an appearance on screen or stage is included; to do so would result in a mini-encyclopedia. The purpose here is to offer a representative selection of those who crossed the lines between professional sports and popular entertainment. Included are biographies of selected individuals from the famous (Gene Autry, Joe DiMaggio, Jim Thorpe, Bernie Williams...) to the forgotten (Al Gettel, Lou Stringer, Wally Hebert, Wally Hood...) There are other select topics, from baseball on television shows and in Coca-Cola commercials to Jim Bouton's casting as "Jim Barton" in his Ball Four TV series and Don Drysdale playing "Don Drysdale" on The Donna Reed Show, Leave It To Beaver, and The Brady Bunch. Those who will relish the privileged peeks at the off-the-field life and times of Mike Donlin and Edward G. Robinson playing Hans Lobert on the big screen in Big Leaguer will surely savor From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors. MAJOR LEAGUERS 
BO BELINSKY, Gregory H. Wolf 
JOHNNY BERARDINO, Alan Cohen 
BOBBY BONILLA, Mark Souder 
CHUCK CONNORS, Charlie Bevis 
RON DARLING, Audrey Apfel 
JOE DIMAGGIO, Lawrence Baldassaro 
MIKE DONLIN, Rob Edelman and Michael Betzold 
DON DRYSDALE, Joseph Wancho 
MARK FIDRYCH, Richard J. Puerzer 
PAT FLAHERTY, Bill Hickman 
LEW FONSECA, John Gabcik 
STEVE GARVEY, Maxwell Kates 
AL GETTEL, Clayton Trutor 
GREG GOOSSEN, Rob Edelman 
WALLY HEBERT, Gregory H. Wolf 
WALLY HOOD, Jay Hurd 
RON HOUCK, Phil Williams 
REGGIE JACKSON, Ted Leavengood 
DEREK JETER, Alan Cohen 
WALLY JOYNER, Paul Hofmann 
FRANK KELLEHER, Adam Klinker 
JOHN KRUK, Seamus Kearney 
LEE LACY, Gregory H. Wolf 
BILLY LOES, Gregory H. Wolf 
CHRISTY MATHEWSON, Eddie Frierson 
JOHN MCGRAW, Don Jensen 
GEORGE METKOVICH, Bill Nowlin 
DON NEWCOMBE, Russell A. Bergtold 
ERNIE ORSATTI, Lawrence Baldassaro 
ART PASSARELLA, Rob Edelman 
JERRY PRIDDY, Warren Corbett 
BEANS REARDON, Bob LeMoine 
BABE RUTH, Allan Wood 
BRET SABERHAGEN, Alan Cohen 
ZIGGY SEARS (UMPIRE), Bruce Bumbalough 
SAMMY SOSA, Eric Hanauer 
MONTY STRATTON, Gary Sarnoff 
LOU STRINGER, Bill Nowlin 
TONY TARASCO, Will Osgood 
JIM THORPE, Don Jensen 
BOB UECKER, Eric Aron 
PETE VUCKOVICH, Rory Costello 
RUBE WADDELL, Dan O'Brien 
LEON WAGNER, Jay Berman 
EDGAR "BLUE" WASHINGTON, Mark V. Perkins 
BERNIE WILLIAMS, Rob Edelman 
TODD ZEILE, Jon Springer 
FILMS, FANS, AND TELEVISION 
GENE AUTRY, Warren Corbett 
RON SHELTON: ON COBB, BULL DURHAM, AND BASEBALL-ON-SCREEN, Rob Edelman 
THOMAS TULL: ON DARK KNIGHTS, HANGOVERS, AND BASEBALL, Rob Edelman