Tracy Ringolsby wins Spink Award

Rocky Mountain News sports columnist Tracy Ringolsby, who has written extensively for 30 years about every aspect of professional baseball, was elected the 2005 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the BBWAA.

Rocky Mountain News sports columnist Tracy Ringolsby, who has written extensively for 30 years about every aspect of professional baseball, was elected the 2005 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the BBWAA.

A SABR member since 1985, he will receive the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the 2006 National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum induction ceremony July 30 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.ew York.

Ringolsby received 225 votes from the 429 ballots cast by BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years



Originally published: December 22, 2005. Last Updated: December 22, 2005.