For anyone who is a baseball fan any book about the Baseball Hall of Fame is worth the read. Here you have a book full of pictures and is broken down in sections by position. You are also given updates on the newly elected members, with some having more written about than others. Either way, it is a good book and it would be difficult to put everyone in with their picture and description though it would be worth it.
The Hall of Fame itself is fantastic the moment you arrive and really before you walk through the doors. Just once you are inside and seeing all of the histories is great. The Hall which has all of the Plaques is great to look at and you get to see some of the old guys and their stats like Joseph McGinnity a pitcher from 1899-1908. He would start five doubleheaders and won both of three times, complete games are rare today but can you have imagined two complete games in a single day. He still won 246 and had over 3,400 innings pitched, he is also of a group that pitched over ten years and never had a losing record. I remember when I saw this plaque and thinking I had never heard of this person. This is the type of information you receive visiting the Hall of Fame.
This book though is a good reference and starting point. Like I said there are so many people in it would be difficult to have everyone in the book now. You will see that some positions are short of people as opposed to other catchers for example. I think that there should have been more people in the Hall but the writers like certain positions more than others and it shows by the number of people in one category as opposed to others. Overall a good book with excellent photos, very much worth the read.

A delightful book for baseball lovers, perfect to dip into again and again. Listing players within positions in alphabetical order, all members of the Hall, you learn a little bit about them all, accompanied by pictures of the players as well as pictures of memorablia.

Mangers, umps, and off the field golks are not ignored.

The book ends with a list of everyone in the Hall in case you are wondering if a player made it by 2020.

Subtitle: Celebrating the Game's Greatest Players

I received a digital advance reader copy of this book through Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

This book features a selection of photos and text profiles of several members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It was not described as a coffee table book, but based on the number and sizes of the photos versus the text sections of the book, I have to assume it is intended to be a coffee table book. 

Players were grouped by position, with certain players selected as 'best of the best' at their position. I question several of the choices made - Tom Seaver over Walter Johnson, Ted Williams over Stan Musial, and Willie Mays over Ty Cobb. The written profiles were pretty generic, but if you're going to buy this book you're going to be buying it for the photographs - there are beautiful full-color photos of modern players, and crisp black-and-white ones for players from baseball's earlier era. The book also includes photos of some player contracts and scouting reports that are interesting in their own right.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection was a nice trip down memory lane, but there's not a lot I could see that would separate it from other similar books other than including the most up-to-date roster of Hall of Fame members. I still gave it four stars on Goodreads

I am a huge baseball fan, so this book was perfect for me. I hope to one day to go visit Cooperstown, but being able to read this book to get a glimpse of some of the people inducted there was such a treat.

A beautiful book! It gives a great summary of the best players in the Hall of Fame and will make a great coffee table book after you’re done reading.

A beautiful, informative, must-have for all baseball fans. I have been a baseball fan from afar, mostly through my diehard family, and this collection makes it easy for me to learn more and follow along more closely. All the greats that I hear people talk about make more sense. I love the pictures and anecdotes. The chapters are broken down by positions and roles, making it easier to find information. The pictures are what make it most meaningful to me. I felt like I was truly able to experience and reminisce with the pictures and graphics provided. This will take its rightful place on my bookshelf to be enjoyed regularly by those who love the game and the players.
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley. All opinions expressed are my own and freely given.