9 8 0 . ▁Lie b ▁remained ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Baseball ▁Writ ers ' ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁( BB W AA ) ▁for ▁ 6 8 ▁years , ▁serving ▁as ▁president ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁he ▁received ▁the ▁Sp ink ▁Award ▁( named ▁after ▁his ▁original ▁Sport ing ▁News ▁b oss ), ▁and ▁thereby ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁writers ' ▁wing ▁of ▁the ▁Baseball ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 . ▁In ▁what ▁turned ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁early ▁cross - gener ational ▁t ribute , ▁Lie b ▁received ▁the ▁first ▁S AB R ▁sal ute ▁from ▁the ▁Society ▁for ▁American ▁Baseball ▁Research ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁Over ▁his ▁career , ▁Fred ▁Lie b ▁covered ▁every ▁World ▁Series ▁game ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 1 – 1 9 5 8 , ▁thirty ▁All - Star ▁games , ▁and ▁over ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁major - le ague ▁baseball ▁games . ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁major ▁works ▁ ▁Fred ▁Lie b ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁writer , ▁contrib uting ▁to ▁the ▁Sport ing ▁News ▁from ▁ 1 9 3 5 – 1 9 8 0 , ▁the ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁Times ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁the ▁Saturday ▁Even ing ▁Post ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 7 – 1 9 3 3 , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁fre el ancing ▁for ▁other ▁numerous ▁publications , ▁scoring