Rick Hummel

Rick Hummel
Rick Hummel
Born
Richard Lowell Hummel

(1946-02-25)February 25, 1946
Quincy, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 20, 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 77)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationSportswriter
EmployerSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
Spouses
  • Connie Karr
    ​
    (before 2008)​
  • Melissa
Children3
AwardsJ. G. Taylor Spink Award

Richard Lowell Hummel (February 25, 1946 – May 20, 2023) was an American author and sports columnist best known for his work for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Hummel was honored in 2007 with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.[1] Known throughout baseball by his nickname "The Commish", he was a former president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.[2]

  1. ^ "Hall of Fame inductee Rick Hummel". Quincy High School Blue Devil Sports Hall of Fame. 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Rick Hummel biography". BookReporter. 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.