Seymour Medal

Seymour Medal
The observe side of the Seymour Medal
Awarded for	"Honors the best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar year."
Presented by	Society for American Baseball Research
First awarded	1996
Most recent winner	Steven P. Gietschier Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years (2024)
Website	sabr.org/seymour-medal

The Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, often simply referred to as the Seymour Medal, is an annual literary award given by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) to the best baseball historical or biographical book. The award was named in honor of baseball historians Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills, co-authors of the Baseball trilogy, a highly acclaimed baseball history series.^[1]

First award in 1996, it was initially given to the winner at the annual SABR Conference but is now award at the banquet of the annual NINE Spring Training conference in Tempe, Arizona. The winner is given a bronze medal 3 1/2 inches in circumference. The obverse side shows the profiles of the Seymours, along with their names and background sketch of a baseball diamond. On the reverse side is SABR's name and logo, with crossed bats and a glove holding a baseball etched onto the background, an open book.^[2]