Baseball Writers Association of America
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The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers and magazines. The BBWAA was founded in 1908 to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century. Currently, the BBWAA's major function is the election of players to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and all writers with 10 years of membership are eligible to vote.
[edit] Awards Voting
The BBWAA is responsible for voting on several awards annually including:
In addition, the BBWAA votes annually for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
[edit] List of current members
While the directory of members at the official BBWAA site is available only to members of the BBWAA, any sportswriter who mentions that he has filled out or will fill out a ballot for MVP, Hall of Fame, or any other of these awards must be a member. Names of members are followed by the name of the organization they work for and an article in that proves they are a member.
- Dave Albee, Marin Independent Journal [1]
- Maury Allen, New York Post, retired [2]
- Dom Amore, The Hartford Courant [3]
- Mel Antonen, USA Today [4]
- Phil Arvia, Daily Southtown [5]
- Bill Ballou, Telegram & Gazette of Worcester [6]
- Mike Bauman, MLB.com [7]
- Ira Berkow, The New York Times [8]
- Jeff Blair, Toronto Globe and Mail [9]
- Barry Bloom, MLB.com [10]
- Ron Blum, Associated Press [11]
- Paul Bodi, MLB.com [12]
- Hal Bodley, USA Today [13]
- Thomas Boswell, Washington Post [14] (non-voting member)
- Pat Borzi, New York Times [15]
- Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [16]
- Mark Bradley, Atlanta Journal-Constitution [17]
- Steve Buckley, Boston Herald [18]
- Don Burke, Newark Star-Ledger [19]
- Jim Caple, ESPN [20]
- Mike Celizic, MSNBC [21]
- Bill Center, The San Diego Union-Tribune [22]
- Murray Chass, New York Times [23] (non-voting member)
- Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [24]
- Bill Conlin, Philadelphia Daily News [25]
- Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [26]
- Jerry Crasnick, ESPN [27]
- Ken Davidoff, Newsday [28]
- Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Houston Chronicle [29]
- Mike Dodd USA Today [30]
- Mike Downey, Chicago Tribune [31]
- Rich Draper, MLB.com [32]
- Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun [33]
- Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic [34]
- Jeffrey Flanagan, The Kansas City Star [35]
- Gerry Fraley Dallas Morning News [36]
- Tom Gage, The Detroit News [37]
- Peter Gammons, ESPN [38]
- Pedro Gomez, ESPN [39]
- Ken Gurnick, MLB.com [40]
- Mark Gonzalez, Chicago Tribune [41]
- Jerry Green, The Detroit News [42]
- Tony Grossi, The Plain Dealer [43]
- Paul Hagen, Philadelphia Daily News [44]
- Jim Hawkins, The Oakland Press, [45]
- John Henderson, Tampa Tribune, [46]
- Lynn Henning, The Detroit News [47]
- Jon Heyman, Sports Illustrated [48]
- Jerome Holtzman, Chicago Tribune [49]
- Jeff Horrigan, Boston Herald [50]
- Paul Hoynes, The Plain Dealer [51]
- Rick Hummell St. Louis Post-Dispatch [52]
- Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle [53]
- Chuck Johnson USA Today [54]
- Dick Kaegel, MLB.com [55]
- Ann Killion, San Jose Mercury News [56]
- Bob Klapisch, ESPN [57]
- Mike Klis, Denver Post [58]
- Gwen Knapp, San Francisco Chronicle [59]
- Michael Knisley, ESPN [60]
- Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [61]
- Doug Krikorian, Long Beach Press-Telegram, [62]
- Tim Kurkjian, ESPN [63]
- Paul Ladewski, Daily Southtown [64]
- Mike Lefkow, Contra Costa Times [65]
- Bill Livingston, The Plain Dealer [66]
- Seth Livingstone USA Today [67]
- Bill Madden, New York Daily News [68]
- Sean McAdam, ESPN [69]
- Hal McCoy, Dayton Daily News [70]
- Dan McGrath, Chicago Tribune [71]
- Paul Meyer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [72]
- Bernie Miklasz St. Louis Post-Dispatch [73]
- Scott Miller, CBS Sportsline [74]
- Larry Milson, The Globe and Mail [75]
- Jim Molony, MLB.com [76]
- Carrie Muskat, MLB.com [77]
- Bob Nightengale USA Today [78]
- Mark Newman, MLB.com [79]
- Marty Noble, MLB.com [80]
- Jack O'Connell Hartford Courant [81]
- Dave O'Hara, retired [82]
- Buster Olney, ESPN [83]
- Jeff Peek, Traverse City Record Eagle [84]
- Mike Peticca, The Plain Dealer [85]
- Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times [86] (non-voting member)
- Joe Posnanski, Kansas City Star [87]
- Ray Ratto, San Francisco Chronicle [88]
- Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News [89]
- Phil Rogers, ESPN [90]
- Bob Rosen, Elias Sports Bureau [91]
- Ken Rosenthal, Fox Sports [92]
- Jim Salisbury, The Philadelphia Inquirer [93]
- Alan Schwarz, Baseball America [94]
- Chaz Scoggins, The Sun of Lowell [95]
- Dan Shaughnessy, The Boston Globe [96]
- Bud Shaw, The Plain Dealer [97]
- John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle [98]
- Joel Sherman, New York Post [99]
- Claire Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer [100]
- Bob Smizik, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [101]
- Jim Sohan, Minneapolis Star Tribune [102]
- Lyle Spencer, MLB.com [103]
- Jayson Stark, ESPN [104]
- Kit Stier, The Journal News [105]
- Larry Stone, Seattle Times [106]
- Joe Strauss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch [107]
- Jim Street, MLB.com [108]
- Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune [109]
- T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com [110]
- Dave van Dyck, Chicago Tribune [111]
- Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated [112]
The New York Times [113] and Washington Post [114] writers have both stated that they are no longer permitted to vote by their employers. The Los Angeles Times has a similar policy [115], though it appears to be negotiable.
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