Baseball America

Baseball America

Categories	Sports
Frequency	29 per year
First issue	1980 (1980-month)
Company	TEN: The Enthusiast Network
Country	USA
Based in	Durham, North Carolina
Language	English
Website	www.baseballamerica.com
ISSN	0745-5372

Baseball America is a sports magazine that 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."

History

Founded in 1980, 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 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.

Source Interlink Media bought Baseball America in 2011.

Baseball America is published bi-weekly in print and on the web. Every issue features coverage of the majors, minors, college and high school baseball. Other features include reviews and analysis of prospects as well as tracking the progress of the best players in amateur baseball and the minors. Other annual publications produced by the company include Baseball America Almanac, Baseball America Prospect Handbook, Baseball America Directory, Super Register and Prospects Plus. The website features specialty blogs about the business of baseball, college baseball, high school baseball, prospects and the draft.

All-Star Futures Game

Main article: All-Star Futures Game § Format

Baseball America selects the players for the All-Star Futures Game.

Major League Baseball awards

See also: Baseball awards § Other individual awards

Baseball America Major League Player of the Year

Main article: Baseball America Major League Player of the Year

Baseball America Rookie of the Year

Main article: Baseball America Rookie of the Year

Baseball America All-Rookie Team

Note: Each year's team consists of a varying number of pitchers and types of pitchers.

• 2007
• 2008
• 2009 (a catcher, 4 infielders, 3 outfielders, one DH, and 5 pitchers)
• 2010 (a catcher, 4 infielders, 3 outfielders, one DH, 5 starting pitchers, 2 relief pitchers, and one closer)
• 2011 (a catcher, 4 infielders, 3 outfielders, one DH, 5 starting pitchers, 2 relief pitchers, and one closer)

Baseball America Manager of the Year

• 1998 – Larry Dierker, Houston
• 1999 – Jimy Williams, Boston
• 2000 – Dusty Baker, San Francisco
• 2001 – Lou Piniella, Seattle
• 2002 – Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels
• 2003 – Jack McKeon, Florida
• 2004 – Bobby Cox, Atlanta
• 2005 – Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox
• 2006 – Jim Leyland, Detroit
• 2007 – Terry Francona, Boston
• 2008 – Ron Gardenhire, Minnesota
• 2009 – Mike Scioscia, Los Angeles Angels
• 2010 – Bobby Cox, Atlanta
• 2011 – Joe Maddon, Tampa Bay
• 2012 – Buck Showalter, Baltimore
• 2013 – Clint Hurdle, Pittsburgh
• 2014 – Buck Showalter, Baltimore

Baseball America Major League Coach of the Year

See footnote

Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year

See footnote

• 2006 – Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Tigers
• 2007 – Jack Zduriencik, Milwaukee Brewers
• 2008 – Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox
• 2009 – Dan O'Dowd, Colorado Rockies
• 2010 – Jon Daniels, Texas Rangers
• 2011 – Doug Melvin, Milwaukee Brewers
• 2012 – Brian Sabean, San Francisco Giants
• 2013 – Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics
• 2014 – Dan Duquette, Baltimore Orioles
• 2015 – Sandy Alderson, New York Mets

Baseball America Roland Hemond Award

See footnote

Baseball America Lifetime Achievement Award

See footnote

Baseball America Organization of the Year

The "Organization of the Year" award was first presented in 1982.

• 1982 – Oakland Athletics
• 1983 – New York Mets
• 1984 – New York Mets
• 1985 – Milwaukee Brewers
• 1986 – Milwaukee Brewers
• 1987 – Milwaukee Brewers
• 1988 – Montreal Expos
• 1989 – Texas Rangers
• 1990 – Montreal Expos
• 1991 – Atlanta Braves
• 1992 – Cleveland Indians
• 1993 – Toronto Blue Jays

• 1994 – Kansas City Royals
• 1995 – New York Mets
• 1996 – Atlanta Braves
• 1997 – Detroit Tigers
• 1998 – New York Yankees
• 1999 – Oakland Athletics
• 2000 – Chicago White Sox
• 2001 – Houston Astros
• 2002 – Minnesota Twins
• 2003 – Florida Marlins
• 2004 – Minnesota Twins
• 2005 – Atlanta Braves

• 2006 – Los Angeles Dodgers
• 2007 – Colorado Rockies
• 2008 – Tampa Bay Rays
• 2009 – Philadelphia Phillies
• 2010 – San Francisco Giants
• 2011 – St. Louis Cardinals
• 2012 – Cincinnati Reds
• 2013 – St. Louis Cardinals
• 2014 – Kansas City Royals
• 2015 – Pittsburgh Pirates

Minor League Baseball awards

See also: Baseball awards § U.S. minor leagues, and Baseball awards § U.S. independent professional leagues

• Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award
• Baseball America Independent Leagues Player of the Year
• Baseball America Minor League All-Star Team
• Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year
• Baseball America Minor League Team of the Year
• Baseball America Minor League Executive of the Year
• Baseball America Bob Freitas Awards (for outstanding minor-league operations at Triple-A, Double-A, Class A, and short-season) (first awarded in 1989)
• Baseball America Independent Organization of the Year (first awarded in 2006)

College baseball awards

See also: College Baseball All-America Team and Baseball awards § U.S. college baseball

In addition to the awards below, Baseball America releases rankings of the top 25 teams in the nation, as voted by its staff. A preseason poll is compiled, in addition to a weekly poll during the season.

• Baseball America College Player of the Year
• Baseball America All-America Teams
• Baseball America Freshman Of The Year
• Baseball America Freshman All-America Team
• Baseball America Summer College Player of the Year
• Baseball America College Coach of the Year
• Baseball America Assistant Coach of the Year

High-school baseball awards

See also: Baseball awards § U.S. high-school baseball

• Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award
• Baseball America High School Team of the Year
• Baseball America High School All-America Teams
• Baseball America Youth Player Of The Year
• Baseball America Youth Coach Of The Year

Best baseball books

See also: CASEY Award

• 2010 – The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood; by Jane Leavy (HarperCollins)

See also

• List of MLB awards

External links

• Baseball America official website
• Majors home page. Baseball America website
• Minors home page. Baseball America website
• College home page. Baseball America website
• High school home page. Baseball America website
• Prospects home page. Baseball America website
• Draft home page. Baseball America website
• Stats & Scores home page (by player, franchise, or league). Baseball America website
• MLB: American League Stats webpage. Sports Illustrated (CNN)
• Sanford Baseball Collection RICHES MI. History of the Sanford Seminoles