Baseball Player-ActorsBy Raymond Lockley
One of my favorite things in life is baseball. Baseball is
America's Pastime. And because it is, baseball creates
celebrities. And (many) celebrities end up in movies or TV.
Just like there are sometimes player-coaches, so there are
also sometimes player-actors.
So, strictly for entertainment, I've tracked down as many of
these as I could into a little curated list...
There are lots of entertainments, both fictional and
documentary, where players play themselves, which one could
argue is not really acting; it's just playing baseball and
being recorded (which happens in every game). So I have
narrowed down my list with the following arbitrary criteria:
Starters: Role players:
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Updated 7/5/20