Hall of Fame careers like that of Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Pie Traynor can often be overlooked. The lack of video imagery, demonstrating the skill and style by which the player performed tends to relegate the career to historical archives. It is the diligence and hard work of biographers such as James Forr and his co-author David Proctor that allow us to fully appreciate a player’s place in history, and to provide some context by which to compare to more familiar names