Sheldon Ocker (born August 1942) is an American sportswriter. Ocker attended Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio, graduating in 1960. He attended Ohio State University, and graduated with a degree in political science in 1964.https://www.ohio.com/akron/sports/indians/former-beacon-journal-indians-beat-reporter-sheldon-ocker-wins-j-g-spink-award He worked for one year at the ''

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'', and was hired by the ''

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'' in 1967. For the ''Beacon Journal'', he covered high school sports for three years, the

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for ten years, and covered the Cleveland Indians from 1981 through 2013. He was the President of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1985. Ocker was named the 2018 winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award., inducting him into National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Living people 21st-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers Baseball writers BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients American sportswriters Sportswriters from Ohio Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni Writers from Akron, Ohio 1942 births 21st-century American male writers {{US-journalist-1940s-stub