Creamer ducked behind a mound of dirt, then pulled out his .45 pistol and fired at the German plane.

Additionally, he co-wrote several autobiographies and books, notably with Ralph Houk, sportscaster Red Barber and umpire Jocko Conlan.

Creamer's lone novel, A Resemblance to Persons Living and Dead, is loosely based on politics, personages, and the environs of Tuckahoe and the town of Eastchester, New York.

In retirement, Creamer occasionally wrote retrospective articles for SI and could be seen on television commenting on historical moments in sports, many of which he had covered.

Creamer was a recipient of the 2012 Henry Chadwick Award from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).