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Bill White to Receive Hall of Fame's Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award
Bill White, baseball's first Black league president, will be honored for his career as a player, broadcaster, and executive as the seventh recipient of the Buck O’Neil Award.
- On Mar 9, 2026, the Hall announced Former National League President Bill White will receive the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award on July 25 during induction weekend with Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, and Jeff Kent.
- The O'Neil Award, created in 2007, honors those who broadened baseball's appeal and reflects Buck O'Neil's character, who died in 2006 and was inducted into the Hall in 2022.
- On the field, White recorded a.286 batting average, 202 homers, and 870 RBIs from 1956-69, and was a six-time All-Star, then worked as a New York Yankees broadcaster from 1971-88.
- The Hall limits the award's frequency to every three years; White will be the seventh recipient, following O'Neil , Hemond, Garagiola, Robinson, Montgomery and Erskine.
- Serving from 1989-94, White succeeded A. Bartlett Giamatti and became baseball's first Black league president, highlighting a historic leadership milestone.
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New York UpstateLongtime NY Yankees broadcaster to be honored by Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown, N.Y. — Former National League President Bill White will receive the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from baseball’s Hall of Fame on July 25.
Bill White to receive Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award in Cooperstown
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Board of Directors has selected Bill White as the 2026 recipient of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an individual for extraordinary efforts to enhance baseball’s positive impact on society. White, 92, will be honored with the Award
Bill White Named Buck O’Neil Award Winner
Bill White Named Buck O’Neil Award Winner kkundahl Mon, 2026-03-09 09:20 Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented July 25 in Cooperstown. Monday, March 9, 2026 - 12:00pm (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Board of Directors has selected Bill White as the 2026 recipient of the John Jordan “Buck” O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to an individual for extraordinary efforts to enhance baseball’s positi…
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