GaryMrMets
05-07-2003, 02:36 AM
Historian Holtzman Suffers Stroke
CHICAGO -- Major league baseball historian Jerome Holtzman was in stable condition at Evanston Hospital, one day after suffering a stroke.
Holtzman, in his late 70s, became baseball's official historian in 1999 after a 56-year career with the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times. He covered baseball for more than 40 years, and was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame in 1990.
He also received the Associated Press Sports Editor's Red Smith Award in 1997.
Relief pitchers will forever be indebted to Holtzman, who in the 1960s created the idea of using a save to recognize their ability to protect a lead. The save became an official statistic in 1969.
Holtzman is also the author of 'No Cheering in the Press Box,' a history of the craft of sports writing. He also wrote 'The Commissioners,' a history of the nine men who have held baseball's highest office, and he edited 'Fielder's Choice,' an anthology of baseball fiction.
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CHICAGO -- Major league baseball historian Jerome Holtzman was in stable condition at Evanston Hospital, one day after suffering a stroke.
Holtzman, in his late 70s, became baseball's official historian in 1999 after a 56-year career with the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times. He covered baseball for more than 40 years, and was inducted into the sport's Hall of Fame in 1990.
He also received the Associated Press Sports Editor's Red Smith Award in 1997.
Relief pitchers will forever be indebted to Holtzman, who in the 1960s created the idea of using a save to recognize their ability to protect a lead. The save became an official statistic in 1969.
Holtzman is also the author of 'No Cheering in the Press Box,' a history of the craft of sports writing. He also wrote 'The Commissioners,' a history of the nine men who have held baseball's highest office, and he edited 'Fielder's Choice,' an anthology of baseball fiction.
Copyright 2003 The Associated Press and SportsTicker. The information contained in the AP and SportsTicker news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press and SportsTicker. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.