CASEY Award recipients

• 1983 – Eric Rolfe Greenberg, for “The Celebrant”
• 1984 – Peter Golenbock
  Peter Golenbock
  Peter Golenbock is a sports journalist and author. He is best known for the 1975 book Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–1964 about the Yankees of that era...
  
  , for “Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers
  Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers is a non-fiction baseball book by Peter Golenbock. It was published in 1984 and won the CASEY Award for the best baseball book of the year-Contents:...
  
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• 1985 – Roger Kahn, for “Good Enough to Dream”
• 1986 – Bill James
  Bill James
  George William “Bill” James is a baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics...
  
  , for “The Bill James Historical Abstract”
• 1987 – Peter H. Gordon, for “Diamonds Are Forever”
• 1988 – John Holway, for “Blackball Stars”
• 1989 – Mike Sowell
  Mike Sowell
  Mike Sowell is a sports historian and the author of three baseball books, including The Pitch That Killed about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays. Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times in 1989, and winner of the CASEY Award for best baseball book of 1989, The Pitch That Killed tells the...
  
  , for “The Pitch That Killed”
• 1990 – Harold Seymour, for “Baseball: The People’s Game”
• 1991 – Bruce Kukllick, for “To Everything a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976"
• 1992 – Phil S. Dixon, for “The Negro Baseball Leagues
  Negro league baseball
  The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...
  
  : A Photographic History”
• 1993 – Michael Gershman
  Michael Gershman
  Michael Gershman was a writer, publicist, and music producer.After graduating from Brown University, Gershman worked briefly as a newspaper reporter before joining the Dorothy Ross Agency in New York. There, he served as a press agent for comedians Woody Allen, Dick Cavett, and Joan Rivers...
  
  , for “Diamonds”
• 1994 – John Helyar, for “Lords of the Realm”
• 1995 – Henry W. Thomas, for “Walter Johnson”
• 1996 – Marty Appel
  Marty Appel
  Martin E. Appel , is an American public relations executive and author.Appel graduated from SUNY Oneonta in 1970 with a degree in political science. He began his career in baseball while a student after writing to then-Yankee public relations chief Bob Fishel.Appel began his tenure with the New...
  
  , for “Slide, Kelly, Slide”
• 1997 – Thomas Dyja, for “Play for a Kingdom”
• 1998 – David Pietrusza
  David Pietrusza
  David Pietrusza is a noted historian and author.-Career:David Pietrusza has produced a number of critically acclaimed works concerning 20th century American history, including a trilogy of works on presidential electoral history...
  
  , for “Judge and Jury”
• 1999 – Neal Karlen, for “Slouching Toward Fargo”
• 2000 – Reed Browning, for “Cy Young”
• 2001 – Tom Stanton
  Tom Stanton
  Tom Stanton is the author of several nonfiction baseball books, including two memoirs. In 1983, Stanton, a journalist, co-founded The Voice Newspapers in suburban Detroit and served as editor for sixteen years before embarking on a literary career in 1999...
  
  , for “The Final Season”
• 2002 – Howard Bryant, for “Shut Out”
• 2003 – Michael Lewis
  Michael Lewis (author)
  Michael Lewis is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Liar's Poker, The New New Thing, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, Panic and Home Game: An...
  
  , for Moneyball
• 2004 – Leigh Montville
  Leigh Montville
  Leigh Montville is a sportswriter, columnist and author. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut.Montville is married to Diane Foster and has two children...
  
  , for “Ted Williams”
• 2005 – Jonathan Eig
  Jonathan Eig
  -Biography:Eig was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Monsey, New York. He attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, graduating in 1986....
  
  , for “Luckiest Man”
• 2006 – Peter Morris
  Peter Morris
  Peter Morris may refer to:*Peter Morris , English football player and manager*Peter Morris , author of Guardians *Peter Morris , Australian politician...
  
  , for “Game of Inches”
• 2007 – Joe Posnanski
  Joe Posnanski
  Joe Posnanski is an American journalist and senior columnist for Sports Illustrated and former columnist for the The Kansas City Star. He writes extensively on his personal site, Joe Blogs and his SI blog Curiously Long Posts.-Journalism:Posnanski began his journalism career as a multi-use...
  
  , for “The Soul of Baseball”
• 2008 – Kadir Nelson
  Kadir Nelson
  Kadir Nelson is an award-winning African American artist, illustrator and author. His work is focused on African American culture and history.-Early life:...
  
  , for "We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball"
• 2009 – Larry Tye
  Larry Tye
  Larry Tye is an American non-fiction author and journalist best known for his 2009 New York Times bestselling biography , the story of Negro Leagues pitcher Satchel Paige....
  
  , for "Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend"
• 2010 – Howard Bryant, for "The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron"

See also

• Jerry Malloy Book Prize (SABR)
• Seymour Medal (SABR)
• Baseball America#Best baseball books
• Baseball awards#Baseball book of the year
• :Category:Baseball books
• List of literary awards #Sports

Sources

• CASEY Award. Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine website.
• Casey Award Winners by Spitball Magazine. Baseball Almanac.
• The Casey Award. Roy Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf.