Major League Baseball
Awards
First awarded in 1962, the Baseball Writers Association of America first gave the award to J.G. Taylor Spink, whom the awarded is now named after. It recognizes the best baseball writer and is awarded during the Winter Meetings.
J.G. Taylor Spink Award
Year
Winner
City
BBWAA Since
1962
J.G. Taylor Spink
St. Louis, MO
1912
1963
Ring Lardner
New York, NY
1910
1964
Hugh Fullerton
New York, NY
1908
1965
Charles Dryden
Chicago, IL
1909
1966
Grantland Rice
New York, NY
1912
1967
Damon Runyon
New York, NY
1911
1968
Harry G. Salsinger
Detroit, MI
1909
1969
Sid Mercer
New York, NY
1909
1970
Heywood C. Broun
New York, NY
1911
1971
Frank Graham
New York, NY
1915
1972
Dan Daniel
New York, NY
1913
1972
Fred Lieb
New York, NY
1911
1972
J. Roy Stockton
St. Louis, MO
1922
1973
Warren Brown
Chicago, IL
1922
1973
John Drebinger
New York, NY
1923
1973
John F. Kieran
New York, NY
1922
1974
John Carmichael
Chicago, IL
1932
1974
James Isaminger
Philadelphia, PA
1908
1975
Tom Meany
New York, NY
1924
1975
Shirley Povich
Washington, D.C.
1925
1976
Harold Kaese
Boston, MA
1934
1976
Red Smith
New York, NY
1929
1977
Gordon Cobbledick
Cleveland, OH
1928
1977
Edgar Munzel
Chicago, IL
1929
1978
Tim Murnane
Boston, MA
1908
1978
Dick Young
New York, NY
1943
1979
Bob Broeg
St. Louis, MO
1942
1979
Tommy Holmes
Brooklyn, NY
1923
1980
Joe Reichler
New York, NY
1944
1980
Milton Richman
New York, NY
1946
1981
Allen Lewis
Philadelphia, PA
1950
1981
Bob Addie
Washington, D.C.
1942
1982
Si Burick
Dayton, OH
1946
1983
Ken Smith
New York, NY
1927
1984
Joe McGuff
Kansas City, MO
1955
1985
Earl Lawson
Cincinnati, OH
1949
1986
Jack Lang
Brooklyn, NY/td>
1946
1987
Jim Murray
Los Angeles, CA
1961
1988
Bob Hunter
Los Angeles, CA
1958
1988
Ray Kelly
Philadelphia, PA
1946
1989
Jerome Holtzman
Chicago, IL
1957
1990
Phil Collier
San Diego, CA
1962
1991
Ritter Collett
Dayton, OH
1947
1992
Leonard Koppett
New York, NY
1951
1992
Bus Saidt
Philadelphia, PA
1967
1993
Wendell Smith
Pittsburgh, PA
1948
1994
No Award
N/A
N/A
1995
Joseph Durso
New York, NY
1964
1996
Charley Feeney
New York, NY
1946
1997
Sam Lacy
Washington, D.C.
1934
1998
Bob Stevens
San Francisco, CA
1940
1999
Hal Lebovitz
Cleveland, OH
1946
2000
Ross Newhan
Los Angeles, CA
1961
2001
Joe Falls
Detroit, MI
1945
2002
Hal McCoy
Dayton, OH
1961
2003
Murray Chass
New York, NY
1962
2004
Peter Gammons
Boston, MA
1979
2005
Tracy Ringolsby
Denver, CO
1976
2006
Gene Elston
Houston, TX
1954
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