Casey Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 8 (1990) Winner
Dorothy Seymour Mills
ドロシー・セイモア・ミルズ
Doroshī Seimō Miruzu
Aliases:
Dorothy Jane Zander / Dorothy Jane Mills
Pen Names:
Dorothy Jane Mills（Pen name used for novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-07-05 （Cleveland, Ohio）
- Died
- 2019-11-17 （Tucson, Arizona） age 91
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cleveland, Ohio → New York → Massachusetts → Ireland → New Hampshire → Naples, Florida → Tucson, Arizona
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Baseball researcher, Novelist, Elementary school teacher
- Active Years
- 1960-2017
- Affiliations
- Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
- Memberships
- Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenn College | English | English | — | — | United States |
| Case Western Reserve University | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
Fenn College
English
/ English
Country:
United States
Later renamed Cleveland State University
Case Western Reserve University
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
Transferred and completed studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Henry Chadwick Award | Baseball trilogy | — | Society for American Baseball Research | 受賞 (夫ハロルド・セイモアと共同) |
| 1996 | Seymour Medal | — | — | Society for American Baseball Research | 名を冠した賞として設立 (夫と共同名誉) |
Henry Chadwick Award
2010
Work:
Baseball trilogy
Organization:
Society for American Baseball Research
Result:
受賞 (夫ハロルド・セイモアと共同)
Seymour Medal
1996
Organization:
Society for American Baseball Research
Result:
名を冠した賞として設立 (夫と共同名誉)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Baseball: The Early Years
1960 Baseball historyScholarly analysis of early baseball history, co-authored with Harold Seymour.
Baseball historySports culture
Baseball: The Golden Age
1971 Baseball historyScholarly analysis of the golden age of baseball, co-authored with Harold Seymour.
Baseball historySports culture
Baseball: The People's Game
1990 Baseball historyScholarly analysis of baseball as the people's game, co-authored with Harold Seymour.
Baseball historySports culture
Bibliography
- Baseball: The Early Years (1960)
- Baseball: The Golden Age (1971)
- Baseball: The People's Game (1990)
- A Woman's Work: Writing Baseball History with Harold Seymour (2004)
- Chasing Baseball: Our Obsession with its History, Numbers, People and Places (2010)
- Drawing Card: A Baseball Novel (2012)
- First Mystery: The Kiss (2017)
- Second Mystery: The Wet Bathing Suit (2017)
- Third Mystery: The Phone Call (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ScholarlyResearch-intensiveNarrative historical
- Recurring Motifs
- Baseball historyWomen's contributionsCollaborative writing struggles
Health
-
Ulcer晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Pioneering figure in American baseball history research. Known for co-authorship with her husband, belatedly credited. Honored by SABR with awards named after her.
Academic Societies
- Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
In Popular Culture
- Seymour Medal and Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award established by SABR
Quotes
-
Everyone assumed that he had done all that work by himself — that's what he wanted them to assume, but we were equal partners.
Source: New York Times interview (2010)
Trivia
- Uncredited as co-author during husband's lifetime, credited in 2011 by Oxford University Press
- No children with husband
- Not originally a baseball fan
- Joint Henry Chadwick Award after protest by female SABR members