Baseball America is a magazine which covers baseball at every level, with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in high school, college, Japan, and the minor leagues. It is currently published in the form of a bi-weekly newspaper, five annual reference book titles, a weekly podcast, and a website. It also regularly produces lists of the top prospects in the sport, and covers aspects of the game from a player-development point of view. The publication's motto is "Baseball news you can't find anywhere else."
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History
Founded in 1981, Baseball America established itself as one of the top baseball-only publications and has since grown into a full-service media company. Founder Allan Simpson began writing the magazine from Canada, originally calling it the All-America Baseball News. By 1983, Simpson moved the magazine to Durham, North Carolina, after it was purchased by then-Durham Bulls owner Miles Wolff. Simpson has since resigned his position at the magazine, and the publication has been passed on to co-editors in chief John Manuel and Will Lingo. Today, Baseball America is home to a ten-man editorial staff. It also uses out-of-office correspondents for its print content.
The publication was once known for using statistics sparingly, and primarily emphasizing stats like wins and batting average when it did. Since the departure of Simpson, Baseball America has started using the newer batting average/on-base percentage/slugging percentage stat line when referring to hitters in place of the traditional batting average/home runs/runs batted in stat line.
Since 1981, the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award is given to a single minor league player judged as having had the most outstanding season.
Awards
Major League Baseball
- Baseball America Major League Player of the Year (first awarded in 1998)[1]
- Baseball America Rookie of the Year
- Baseball America Manager of the Year[2]
- Baseball America Major League Coach of the Year[3]
- Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year[4]
- Baseball America Roland Hemond Award (for long-term contributions to scouting and player development)[5]
- Baseball America Lifetime Achievement Award[6]
- Baseball America Organization of the Year[7]
Minor League Baseball
- Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award
- Baseball America Minor League All-Star Team[8]
- Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year[9]
- Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year[10]
- Baseball America Minor League Team of the Year[11]
- Baseball America Bob Freitas Awards (for outstanding minor-league operations at Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and short-season) (first awarded in 1989)[12][13]
- Baseball America Independent Organization of the Year (first awarded in 2006)[14]
College baseball
- Baseball America College Player of the Year[15]
High-school baseball
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Baseball America Major League Player of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Manager of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Major League Coach of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Roland Hemond Award webpage
- ^ Baseball America Lifetime Achievement Award webpage
- ^ Baseball America Organization of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Minor League All-Star Team webpage
- ^ Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Minor League Team of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America Bob Freitas Awards webpage
- ^ Lingo, Will. "Freitas Awards Try To Spotlight Minors Top Operators", Baseball America, Nov. 9, 2006
- ^ Baseball America Independent Organization of the Year webpage
- ^ Baseball America College Player of the Year webpage
External links
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