
Baseball Digest’s 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Dusty Baker..

It gives us great pleasure to present Dusty Baker with Baseball Digest’s fourth annual Lifetime Achievement Award. Baker spent 56 years in Major League Baseball as a player, coach, and manager before retiring after the 2023 season.
Receiving this award is a tremendous honor,” the 74-year-old Baker said. “I never thought that I’d be in the class of the people that received this award. I know that my late mom and dad would be proud of me. This is really special.”
The award, which debuted in 2021 and has had Willie Mays, Vin Scully and Joe Torre as its first three recipients, is the game’s only such honor presented annually on a national basis. It recognizes a living individual whose career has been spent in or around Major League Baseball and who has made significant contributions to the game. The selection was made by the independently submitted votes of a distinguished panel of 18 longtime MLB participants and observers.
Said Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred, Jr.: “On behalf of Major League Baseball, I am honored to congratulate Dusty Baker as the 2024 recipient of Baseball Digest’s Lifetime Achievement Award. He joins an incredible club comprised of Willie Mays, Vin Scully and Joe Torre. Dusty represents leadership, goodwill and winning baseball. His ability to connect with others, across generations, is second to none. He is a championship manager and player. But, most importantly, Dusty is an extraordinary ambassador for our national pastime.”
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