Jack Graney Award

The '''Jack Graney Award''' is presented by the [[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame|Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum]] to a member of the [[Canadian media]] for their contributions to the game of [[baseball]] in Canada. The award is not presented every year, but rather when the committee believes there to be a worthy candidate<ref name="Hazel Mae">{{cite web |last1=Sportsnet Staff |title=Sportsnet's Hazel Mae wins Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Jack Graney Award |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/sportsnets-hazel-mae-wins-canadian-baseball-hall-of-fames-jack-graney-award/ |website=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=16 December 2025 |language=en |date=3 December 2025}}</ref>.

The award takes its name from [[Jack Graney]], one of the first [[Canadians|Canadian]] baseball players to enjoy success in the [[Major League Baseball|major leagues]], and one of the first notable Canadian baseball broadcasters.

== Recipients of the award == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Name !scope="col"|Media outlet / contribution |- |1987 || {{sortname|Neil|MacCarl}} || ''[[Toronto Star]]'' |- |1988 || {{sortname|Milt|Dunnell}} || ''[[Toronto Star]]'' |- |1990 || {{sortname|Dink|Carroll}} || ''[[Montreal Star]]'' |- |rowspan=2|1991 || {{sortname|Hal|Kelly}} || [[CKEY-FM|CKEY]] |- | {{sortname|Joe|Crysdale}} || [[CKEY-FM|CKEY]] |- |1996 || {{sortname|Dave|Van Horne}} || [[Montreal Expos]] radio and [[The Sports Network|TSN]] |- |2001 || {{sortname|Tom|Cheek}} || [[Toronto Blue Jays]] radio |- |2002 || {{sortname|Ernie|Harwell}} || [[WXYT (AM)|WXYT]] |- |2003 || {{sortname|Allan|Simpson}} || ''[[Baseball America]]'' |- |2004 || {{sortname|Jacques|Doucet|dab=sportscaster}} || [[Montreal Expos]] radio |- |2005 || {{sortname|Len|Bramson}} || [[TBS (TV network)|TBS]] Sports |- |2009 || {{sortname|Ian|MacDonald|dab=sportswriter}} || ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|Montreal Gazette]]'' |- |2010 || {{sortname|Bob|Elliott|dab=sportswriter}} || [[Toronto Sun]]/[[Canadian Baseball Network]] |- |2011 || {{sortname|W. P.|Kinsella}} || ''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]'' |- |2012 || {{sortname|Jerry|Howarth}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballhalloffame.ca/uncategorized/jack-graney-presenation-to-jerry-howarth |title=Jack Graney Presentation to Jerry Howarth|date=13 August 2013}}</ref>|| [[Toronto Blue Jays]] radio |- |2013 || {{sortname|Rodger|Brulotte}} || [[Montreal Expos]] radio and [[Toronto Blue Jays]] radio |- |2014 || {{sortname|Richard|Griffin|dab=journalist}} || [[Toronto Star]] |- |2015 || {{sortname|Serge|Touchette}} || [[Montreal Expos]] |- |2016 || {{sortname|Larry|Millson}} || [[The Globe and Mail]] |- |2017 || {{sortname|Alison|Gordon}} || [[Toronto Star]] |- |2018 || {{sortname|Jeff|Blair}} || ''[[CJCL-AM|Sportsnet 590 The FAN]]'' |- |2019 || {{sortname|Ken|Fidlin}} || [[Toronto Sun]] |- |2020 || {{sortname|Dan|Shulman}}<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/dan-shulman-jack-graney-award-winner-1.5823648| title = Jays broadcaster Dan Shulman wins award for contributions to Canadian baseball {{!}} CBC Sports}} </ref>|| [[ESPN]] |- |2021 || {{sortname|John|Lott|dab=sportswriter}} || [[The National Post]] |- |2022 || {{sortname|Richard|Milo}} || ''The Canadian Press'' |- |2023 || {{sortname|Buck|Martinez}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sportsnet Staff |title=Buck Martinez wins Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame's Jack Graney Award |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/buck-martinez-wins-canadian-baseball-hall-of-fames-jack-graney-award/ |website=Sportsnet.ca |access-date=16 December 2025 |language=en |date=5 December 2023}}</ref> || [[Sportsnet]] |- |2024 || {{sortname|Dave|Perkins}} || [[Toronto Star]] |- |2025 || {{sortname|Hazel|Mae}}<ref name="Hazel Mae" /> || [[Sportsnet]] |}

==See also== *[[Baseball awards#Canada|Canadian baseball awards]]

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[[Category:Baseball in Canada]] [[Category:Baseball trophies and awards]] [[Category:Canadian journalism awards]] [[Category:Canadian sports trophies and awards]] [[Category:Canadian sports journalists|*]] [[Category:Awards established in 1987]] [[Category:1987 establishments in Ontario]]