The Casey Award has been given to the best baseball book of the year since 1983. The award was begun by Mike Shannon and W.J. Harrison, editors and co-founders of ''Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine''.

Casey Award recipients

*1983 – Eric Rolfe Greenberg, for ''The Celebrant'' *1984 – Peter Golenbock, for '' Bums: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers'' *1985 –

Roger Kahn Roger Kahn (October 31, 1927 – February 6, 2020) was an American author, best known for his 1972 baseball book '' The Boys of Summer''. Biography Roger Kahn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 31, 1927, to Olga (''née'' Rockow) and ...

, for ''Good Enough to Dream'' *1986 –

Bill James George William James (born October 5, 1949) is an American 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 Baseball Abstract'' *1987 – Peter H. Gordon, for ''Diamonds Are Forever'' *1988 – John Holway, for ''Blackball Stars'' *1989 –

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 bes ...

, for ''The Pitch That Killed'' *1990 – , for ''Baseball: The People’s Game'' *1991 – Bruce Kuklick, for ''To Everything a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976'' *1992 – Phil S. Dixon, for ''The Negro Baseball Leagues: A Photographic History'' *1993 –

Michael Gershman Michael Gershman (October 11, 1939 – January 4, 2000) was an American writer, publicist, and music producer. Biography Gershman was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Brown University, Gershman worked briefly as a newspaper re ...

, for ''Diamonds: the Evolution of the Ballpark'' *1994 –

John Helyar John Helyar (born 1951) is an American journalist and author. He is a graduate of Boston University. He is married to ''The Wall Street Journal''’s Betsy Morris. Helyar has worked for ''The Wall Street Journal'', Fortune magazine, ESPN.com, E ...

, for ''Lords of the Realm'' *1995 – Henry W. Thomas, for ''Walter Johnson: Baseball's Big Train'' *1996 – Marty Appel, for ''Slide, Kelly, Slide'' *1997 –

Thomas Dyja Thomas Dyja is an American writer, living in New York City. He has written three novels, a biography of civil rights activist Walter Francis White and historical books on Chicago and New York City. ''Play For A Kingdom'' received the Casey Award ...

, for ''Play for a Kingdom'' *1998 – David Pietrusza, for ''Judge and Jury: The Life and Times of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis'' *1999 – Neal Karlen, for ''Slouching Toward Fargo'' *2000 –

Reed Browning Reed Browning (born 1938, New York City) is an American retired professor of history. Browning gained his B.A. from Dartmouth College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He also studied at the University of Vienna. He taught at Amherst ...

, for ''Cy Young: A Baseball Life'' *2001 – Tom Stanton, for ''The Final Season'' *2002 – Howard Bryant, for ''Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston'' *2003 – Michael Lewis, for '' Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game'' *2004 – Leigh Montville, for ''Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero'' *2005 – Jonathan Eig, for ''Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig'' *2006 – Peter Morris, for ''Game of Inches'' *2007 – Joe Posnanski, for '' The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America'' *2008 – Kadir Nelson, for ''We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball'' *2009 – Larry Tye, for ''Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend'' *2010 – Howard Bryant, for ''The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron'' *2011 – Kostya Kennedy, for ''56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports'' *2012 –

Paul Dickson Paul Dickson may refer to: *Paul Dickson (writer) (born 1939), American writer *Paul Dickson (American football) Paul Serafin Dickson (February 26, 1937 – June 7, 2011) was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League ...

, for ''Bill Veeck: Baseball's Greatest Maverick'' *2013 – Herschel Cobb, for ''Heart of a Tiger: Growing Up with My Grandfather, Ty Cobb'' *2014 - Kostya Kennedy, for ''Pete Rose: An American Dilemma'' *2015 - Charles Leerhsen, for ''Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty'' *2016 - Michael Leahy, for '' The Last Innocents: The Collision of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers'' *2017 – Marty Appel, for ''Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character'' *2018 – Rob Neyer, for ''Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game'' *2019 - Jeremy Beer, for ''Oscar Charleston: The Life and Legend of Baseball's Greatest Forgotten Player'' * 2020 - Thomas Gilbert, for ''How Baseball Happened'' * 2021 – Joe Posnanski, for ''The Baseball 100''

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Casey Award
''Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine'' website.
Casey Award Winners by ''Spitball Magazine''
''Baseball Almanac''.
The Casey Award
Roy Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf. Baseball trophies and awards * * Sports writing awards Awards established in 1983

Casey Award recipients

See also

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