Thomas Boswell wins BBWAA Excellence Award

Thomas Boswell wins BBWAA Excellence Award after 52-year career
After an iconic 52-year career at The Washington Post that ended in 2021, Thomas Boswell was elected the winner of the 2025 BBWAA Career Excellence Award on Tuesday. The annual honor, in its 76th year,
Boswell honored by BBWAA after half a century of writing excellence
Boswell joins a prestigious cavalcade of writers previously honored, including such luminaries as Ring Lardner (1963), Grantland Rice (1966), Damon Runyon (1967), Fred Lieb (1972), Shirley Povich (1975), Red Smith (1976), Jim Murray (1987), Wendell Smith (1993), Roger Angell (2014) and Claire Smith (2017).
Thomas Boswell of Washington Post wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award
Thomas Boswell, a reporter and columnist for The Washington Post for 52 years until his retirement in 2021, won the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing.
Post columnist Thomas Boswell to be honored at Baseball Hall of Fame
Boswell, whose 52-year career at The Washington Post included coverage of 44 World Series, will receive career excellence award in Cooperstown, New York.
2025 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Thomas Boswell
Born in Washington, D.C., Boswell started at the Post in 1969 as a copy aide after earning a degree in English literature from Amherst College. He quickly transitioned into general assignment role before becoming the paper’s national baseball writer, covering his first World Series in 1975. He would be a fixture at every Fall Classic through 2019.
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Thomas Boswell of The Washington Post wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award
Thomas Boswell, a reporter and columnist for The Washington Post for 52 years until his retirement in 2021, won the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing.