Elden Auker was born on 21 September 1910 in Norcatur, Kansas, USA. He was married to Mildred Auker. He died on 4 August 2006 in Vero Beach, Florida, USA.
In 2001 he published memoirs of his professional baseball career, "Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms: A Lifetime of Memories from Striking Out the Babe to Teeing It Up with the President"
