| James Isaminger | |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1880[1] |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania |
| Known For: | Baseball writing |
| Spouse: | Ella |
| Years Active: | 1895–1940 |
| Occupation: | Sportswriter |
| Awards: | J. G. Taylor Spink Award (1974) |
James Campbell Isaminger (December 6, 1880 – June 17, 1946) was an American sportswriter for newspapers in Philadelphia from 1905 to 1940, covering every World Series during that time.[2]
Isaminger was born in Hamilton, Ohio,[1] and worked for the Cincinnati Times-Star from 1895 to 1905. He moved to the Philadelphia North American, and then to The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1925. Isaminger played a major role, along with Hugh Fullerton and Ring Lardner, in breaking the story of the Black Sox scandal in 1919. In 1934, he was elected president of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).[3]
In September 1940, Isaminger suffered a stroke while attending a baseball game at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.[4] He retired after the stroke.[5]
Isaminger died in June 1946 at his home in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania.[6] In 1974, he was posthumously honored by the BBWAA with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing.[7] [8]