ORLANDO, Fla. — Paul Hoynes, who has covered more than 6,000 games and set the byline record for Cleveland's The Plain Dealer, was voted the BBWAA Career Excellence Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing.

The honor was announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America at the winter meetings. Hoynes will be honored during the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend from July 23-27 in Cooperstown, New York.

A 74-year-old who lives in Mentor, Ohio, Hoynes received 177 of 407 votes from BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years of service. Scott Miller, a baseball writer for more than 30 years prior to his death in June at age 62 due to pancreatic cancer, got 128 votes and Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports and the MLB Network got 100. There were t

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