Hall of Fame Baseball Writer. As Secretary-Treasurer of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) from 1966-88, and Executive Secretary from 1989 until 1994, Lang was in charge of counting each year the votes for membership in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and had the additional duty of informing those who had been selected. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II (WWII), joined The Long Island Daily Press in 1945, and later wrote for The Daily News, The Sporting News and SportsTicker. He began writing about baseball in 1946, covering the Brooklyn Dodgers a year before Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier. When the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1958, Lang switched to covering the Yankees. When the New York Mets began play in 1962, Lang began covering them. In 1986, he was honored with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for meritorious service to baseball writing. Lang was a member of Major League Baseball's Scoring Rules Committee and was an official scorer at the World Series. He was the co-author of "The Fighting Southpaw" with Whitey Ford, and author of "Baseball Basics for Teenagers" and "The New York Mets: 25 Years of Baseball Magic."
Hall of Fame Baseball Writer. As Secretary-Treasurer of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) from 1966-88, and Executive Secretary from 1989 until 1994, Lang was in charge of counting each year the votes for membership in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and had the additional duty of informing those who had been selected. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II (WWII), joined The Long Island Daily Press in 1945, and later wrote for The Daily News, The Sporting News and SportsTicker. He began writing about baseball in 1946, covering the Brooklyn Dodgers a year before Jackie Robinson broke the major league color barrier. When the Dodgers left for Los Angeles in 1958, Lang switched to covering the Yankees. When the New York Mets began play in 1962, Lang began covering them. In 1986, he was honored with the J.G. Taylor Spink Award at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for meritorious service to baseball writing. Lang was a member of Major League Baseball's Scoring Rules Committee and was an official scorer at the World Series. He was the co-author of "The Fighting Southpaw" with Whitey Ford, and author of "Baseball Basics for Teenagers" and "The New York Mets: 25 Years of Baseball Magic."
Bio by: Bill McKern
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