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The J.G. Taylor Spink Award is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) to its members. The award was instituted in 1962 and named after J.G. Taylor Spink, publisher of The Sporting News from 1914 to 1962, who was also the first recipient.

The Spink Award is awarded at the induction ceremonies of the Baseball Hall of Fame the year following the selection of the recipient. In recent years, the Hall of Fame has announced the finalists for the award and final vote totals. Previously, the results were kept secret.

Winners are not considered to be members of the Hall, but are permanently recognized in an exhibit at the Hall. If still living, winners also become life members of the Veterans Committee, which elects players whose eligibility for BBWAA consideration has ended, and is also the sole body that elects non-players for induction into the Hall.

Among the well-known Spink Award winners are Fred Lieb, Shirley Povich, Jerome Holtzman, Ring Lardner, and Sam Lacy. Tracy Ringolsby of the Denver Post has been announced as the 2005 winner.

Recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award

1962 - J.G. Taylor Spink
1963 - Ring Lardner
1964 - Hugh Fullerton
1965 - Charles Dryden
1966 - Grantland Rice
1967 - Damon Runyon
1968 - Harry G. Salsinger
1969 - Sid Mercer
1970 - Heywood C. Broun
1971 - Frank Graham
1972 - Dan Daniel, Fred Lieb
, and J. Roy Stockton
1973 - Warren Brown, John Drebinger, and John F. Kieran
1974 - John Carmichael and James Isaminger
1975 - Tom Meany and Shirley Povich
1976 - Harold Kaese and Red Smith
1977 - Gordon Cobbledick and Edgar Munzel
1978 - Tim Murnane and Dick Young
1979 - Bob Broeg
and Tommy Holmes
1980 - Joe Reichler and Milton Richman
1981 - Allen Lewis and Bob Addie
1982 - Si Burick
1983 - Ken Smith
1984 - Joe McGuff
1985 - Earl Lawson
1986 - Jack Lang
1987 - Jim Murray
1988 - Bob Hunter and Ray Kelly
1989 - Jerome Holtzman
1990 - Phil Collier
1991 - Ritter Collett
1992 - Leonard Koppett
and Bus Saidt
1993 - Wendell Smith
1994 - No Award Presented
1995 - Joe Durso
1996 - Charley Feeney
1997 - Sam Lacy
1998 - Bob Stevens
1999 - Hal Lebovitz
2000 - Ross Newhan
2001 - Joe Falls
2002 - Hal McCoy
2003 - Murray Chass
2004 - Peter Gammons
2005 - Tracy Ringolsby

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