James Isaminger
American sportswriter (1880–1946)
James Campbell Isaminger (December 6, 1880 – June 17, 1946) was an American sportswriter who worked for newspapers in Philadelphia from 1905 to 1940 and covered every World Series during that period.
Biography
Isaminger was born in Hamilton, Ohio, and worked for the Cincinnati Times-Star from 1895 to 1905. He subsequently worked for the Philadelphia North American before joining The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1925. Isaminger, along with Hugh Fullerton and Ring Lardner, played a major role in reporting the Black Sox scandal in 1919. In 1934, he was elected president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).
In September 1940, Isaminger suffered a stroke while attending a baseball game at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. He subsequently retired.
Isaminger died in June 1946 at his home in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania. In 1974, he was posthumously honored by the BBWAA with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing.
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