Broadcasters

New York Yankees Analyst

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since.

Cone has won four New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year major league career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 post-season record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by the hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his major league debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next 5½ seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. Arguably his finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in major league history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen's World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Yankees Analyst and Reporter

Jack Curry, who covered the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball at The New York Times for nearly 20 years as its Yankees beat writer and as a national baseball writer, joined the YES Network in February of 2010 as Yankees analyst, reporter and program contributor, and as a columnist on the Emmy-Award winning YESNetwork.com. He has received five New York Emmy Awards for his work as part of YES' Yankees broadcast team and has received a total of 27 New York Emmy Award nominations.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Curry has also hosted YES' Yankees Access specials, which give viewers exclusive, off-the-field, behind-the-scenes looks at some of the most popular Yankees players. In 2010 and 2011, respectively, Curry traveled to the Dominican Republic and Taiwan to report on Yankee feature stories, international travel atypical of regional sports networks.   

Since November 2005, Curry has been a regular contributor to YES' Yankees Hot Stove show. Curry has covered MLB's Winter Meetings for that series the past nine off-seasons. His television experience actually extends back to 1991, when he began contributing to Madison Square Garden Network's Yankees pre-game show and weekly baseball magazine show.

While at YES, Curry also hosted JCTV: Jack Curry TV, the innovative YESNetwork.com original series which featured interviews with some of the biggest names in sports, entertainment and the media.

Curry joined The New York Times in 1987 and became the Yankees beat writer in 1991. He was a national baseball writer at the newspaper from 1998 until December of 2009. While at The Times, Curry authored more than 4,500 articles, covering 18 World Series, 11 All-Star Games, 10 MLB Winter Meetings and 2 World Baseball Classics. The New Jersey native also was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Reporting at The Times in 1999 for co-writing a series on the demise of New York high school sports, and won multiple Publisher Awards at The Times, monthly awards that recognize the best journalism at the paper. Curry has also been the chairman of the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.   

In January 2013, Curry received the Broadcast Achievement Award from the New Jersey Sports Writers Association. Also in 2013, he was named "Top Sports Analyst" by the New Jersey-based 201 Magazine. In 2000, he co-wrote a book with Derek Jeter entitled The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Curry is a 1986 graduate of Fordham University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications.

New York Yankees Analyst

Former New York Yankees catcher John Flaherty joined the YES team in the spring of 2006 as field reporter, studio analyst and game analyst for YES' Yankees telecasts. He has won six New York Emmy Awards while at YES and earned individual New York Emmy Award nominations in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017 and 2019 for his YES work.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch. 

Drafted by Boston in 1988, Flaherty progressed within the Red Sox farm system before joining the parent club in 1992. He played 14 major league seasons with five teams (Red Sox 1992-93, Detroit Tigers 1994-96, San Diego Padres 1996-97, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998-02 and the Yankees 2003-05).

He is perhaps best known to many Yankees fans for his 2004 pinch-hit walk-off single that ended a 13-inning regular season game against the Red Sox. In 2005, he became Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson's personal catcher, in addition to backing up starting catcher Jorge Posada. During his MLB career, he had a .252 batting average in 1,047 games and collected 849 hits, including 80 home runs.

Flaherty is a New York City native and a graduate of George Washington University. In 2015, he was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. In 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, N.Y.

New York Yankees Play-by-Play Announcer
CenterStage Host

Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network's CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2019 season is his 28th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 18 on YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Kay won the 2015 New York Emmy Award as the best play-by-play announcer for his work on YES' Yankees telecasts, and won a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. He was a part of the YES Network's Emmy-winning seasonal Yankee coverage in 2017. In total, Kay has earned 14 Emmy wins and 53 Emmy nominations while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

In addition, The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM in New York which Kay co-hosts with Don LeGreca, has been simulcast live weekday afternoons on YES since February 2014.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay's alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike "Doc" Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February of 2018. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx, having an honorary street sign in his name erected on the Grand Concourse.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He has also been a frequent contributor to ESPN's Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show airing on Sunday mornings.

Prior to joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities, and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for "Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Series." In 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for "Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program" for Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and "The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets." He was also a part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team that was nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of "Best Sports Reporter" honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG's SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees' four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to provide assistance to members of the baseball community. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer's Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi's Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer's research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Studio Anchor

Bob Lorenz, who has won 17 Emmy Awards at YES, is the network's primary studio anchor. He is the host of the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows, as well as the network's Yankees Hot Stove and Emmy Award-winning Forbes SportsMoney programs. Lorenz also has play-by-play credits to his name at YES, including Yankees regular season and Spring Training telecasts, Staten Island Yankees games and Ivy League football.

Forbes SportsMoney, which Lorenz co-hosts with Forbes' Michael Ozanian, captured Emmy Awards in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016. In April 2011, Lorenz won his third consecutive New York Emmy Award recognizing him as the top sports anchor in New York.  

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Prior to joining the YES Network in 2002, Lorenz served as an anchor for CNN/Sports Illustrated, which he joined in April of 1991. He hosted CNN's signature weekly sports programming, including NFL Preview, College Football Preview, This Week in the NBA, SI Cover to Cover and Page One. He also hosted CNN's weekly baseball show from 1992 to 1996 and, from 1994 to 1996, hosted CNN's College Basketball Preview and College Coaches Corner. In addition to those duties, Lorenz also worked on a variety of programs for CNN's sister networks TBS and TNT, hosting Super Bowl specials and serving as back-up host on Inside the NBA on TNT.

Before joining CNN, Lorenz was a reporter and anchor at WPTV-TV in West Palm Beach, Fla. Joining WPTV-TV in 1988, he wrote, produced and anchored four weekend sportscasts. Lorenz earlier served as sports director at KIEM-TV in Eureka, Calif., was a writer at CBS Extravision in Los Angeles and an analyst/anchor for Citicable in Torrance, Calif.

Lorenz is on the Honorary Event Committee for the Connecticut chapter of Make-A-Wish and has emceed its annual Make-A-Wish Ball. He has also emceed the Annual Miracle Ball, which raises money and awareness for the Miracle League of Westchester County in New York.

He holds a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.

New York Yankees Clubhouse Reporter

Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network's New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network's Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. Marakovits has won five New York Emmy Awards while covering the Yankees at YES.

Marakovits also appears on YES' special Yankees programming, contributes to YESNetwork.com, the network's Emmy Award-winning Web site, and has filled in as YES' Brooklyn Nets reporter and pre- and post-game show host. In January 2016, she travelled to the Dominican Republic to interview a number of Yankees players for YES' Yankees Access show. She also hosted the weekly Joe Girardi Show on YES while Girardi managed the Yankees.

Marakovits frequently appears as a guest on MLB Network shows such as The Rundown and MLB Now.  

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Prior to joining the YES team, Marakovits worked for several Comcast SportsNet regional sports networks including SNY in New York, where she was an anchor and also contributed to SNY programs The Wheelhouse, Daily News Live and GEICO Sportsnite. At Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Marakovits was a Philadelphia 76ers sideline reporter, as well as a contributor to Toyota Sportsnite. She was also a fill-in anchor at Comcast SportsNet New England.

On the radio side, Marakovits covered the Yankees and Mets for 1050 ESPN, and contributed elsewhere to WFAN radio in New York. Preceding her work in New York, Marakovits served as the Phillies reporter for 950 ESPN Radio/97.5 the Fanatic in Philadelphia. While there she covered back-to-back World Series, contributed to ESPN and ESPNews, and appeared on MLB's first reality series, The Pen.

Earlier in her career, Marakovits served as the pre- and post-game host and field reporter for the Emmy Award-winning Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Television Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania; the IronPigs are the Phillies' AAA affiliate. She also covered the Reading Phillies (AA affiliate) while there. Marakovits also worked for Service Electric 2's sports division as a sideline reporter for college football, basketball, and indoor football broadcasts.

In December 2013, Marakovits' alma mater, Allentown (Pa.) Central Catholic High School, inducted her into its Rockne Wall of Fame, for her athletic exploits. A Northampton, Pa. native, Marakovits is a graduate of La Salle University in Philadelphia, where she played volleyball and graduated in 2005 with a degree in Communications.

Yankees Batting Practice Today Host

Yankees and Nets Pre- and Post-Game Studio Anchor

Emmy Award-winner Nancy Newman, who joined YES in 2003, is a studio host for the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows and lead anchor for YES' Yankees Batting Practice Today show, which kicks off YES' Yankees game day coverage by providing the latest news, exclusive looks at teams during batting practice, interaction with YES' on-site announcers, interviews and features.

In addition, Newman is the host of the Network's Yankees Magazine program which goes behind the scenes and in the community with the New York Yankees. Newman has served as YES' Yankees reporter as well as sideline reporter for the network's Ivy League college football package and New York Football Sunday, and is now host for The Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl college football coverage on YES. Newman has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Prior to joining the YES Network, Newman held a variety of sports broadcasting positions with the CNN Networks from 1992 to 2002. She hosted CNN Sports Tonight and Latenight as well as CNN Sports Sunday and CNN's Goodwill Games Preview. Newman also hosted and worked on programs for CNN's sister networks, including CNN Sports/Illustrated and CNN Headline News for which she anchored sports. She served as occasional reporter for CNN's weekly MLB and NFL preview programs and appeared as a panelist on CNN's Burden of Proof discussing the NHL. In 2000, she hosted Turner Sports' Emmy-Award-winning coverage of the NHL Atlanta Thrashers inaugural season.

Newman also worked for NBC, having served as an events reporter for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Newman came to CNN from The Sports Network (TSN), where she worked from 1990-1992 covering Major League Baseball, the NFL, the NHL and horse racing. Newman's reporting there garnered a 1991 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broadcast.

In 2019, Newman emceed the National Down Syndrome Society's (NDSS) annual gala as it partnered with the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) at Gotham Hall in New York City. In 2015 Newman emceed The Green Sports Alliance Awards at Yankee Stadium honoring the New York Yankees for their dedication to environmental leadership.

Newman earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Toronto. In 2011, U of T awarded Newman with the University's Boundless Voice honors.

New York Yankees Analyst

Paul O'Neill is in his 18th season as the New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network.  He has earned three New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

O'Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

O'Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with the Reds, O'Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995 until May 7, 1997, O'Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O'Neill became the oldest major leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O'Neill was named "Father of the Year" by The National Father's Day Council at its 67^th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Yankees Play-by-Play, Studio Host and Reporter

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network's New York Yankees telecasts, currently holds down a variety of roles within the network's Yankees coverage. He backs up YES' play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES' Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES' Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

In addition, he earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 for his Nets work on YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN and is the lead play-by-play announcer for ESPN's WNBA coverage. He also handles periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio as well as college football and college basketball play-by-play on ESPN's television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN New York Radio's mid-day show earlier in his career.

Ruocco also currently co-hosts Uninterrupted's R2C2 podcast with Yankees' pitcher CC Sabathia. 

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University's radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV's One on One, New York's longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham's prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean's List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

Yankees Batting Practice Today Host

Yankees and Nets Pre-and-Post-game Host

Chris Shearn joined the YES Network prior to its 2002 launch. He anchors YES' Yankees Batting Practice Today show, providing Yankees updates from YES' studios, interacting with YES' on-site announcers, and introducing features, interviews and other segments of the program. He also periodically hosts YES' Yankees and Nets pre- and post-game shows. In addition, Shearn occasionally works as YES' Yankees reporter.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Shearn hosts the Sports Sprint, a highlight re-cap at the beginning of YES' live weekday simulcasts of the New York's top-rated sports radio talk show, WFAN's The Mike Francesa show. In addition, Shearn has done play-by-play for YES' Ivy League and Yale football and basketball telecasts. He also has covered Yankees Spring Trainings for YESNetwork.com and won a New York Emmy for his on-air work for the Web site.

Shearn came to the YES Network from MSNBC, where he served as producer, editor and tape producer for programs such as Attack on America and America at War. He was also an editor for The News with Brian Williams and produced coverage of Super Bowl XXXV. He was also a sports anchor and producer for MSNBC. Earlier, he had worked for SNS/Major League Baseball Productions.

Shearn grew up in South River, NJ and graduated from Rowan College of New Jersey in 1995 with a B.A. in Communications. He was inducted into the Rowan College Radio 89.7 WGLS FM Hall of Fame in 2013.

New York Yankees Analyst

Ken Singleton is in his 18th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He also periodically handles play-by-play duties for the network. Singleton has won eight New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

The YES Network, the most-watched regional sports network in the country 14 of the last 16 years, is the exclusive local television home of the 27-time World Champion New York Yankees, the Brooklyn Nets, and MLS' New York City FC. The network has won 118 New York Emmy Awards since its 2002 launch.

Before joining YES, Singleton divided his time doing play-by-play and providing commentary on Yankees telecasts on the MSG Network. In 1998, he was part of MSG's production team that won four New York Emmys for its Yankees coverage.

Singleton joined the MSG Network in 1997 from The Sports Network (TSN), where he served as analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985 to 1996. From 1991-96, he also did play-by-play and served as analyst for CIQC Radio, the Expos' flagship radio network. He was FOX Sports' lead analyst for its Saturday afternoon baseball broadcasts in 1996 and 1997. In 1997 and 1998, Singleton worked as a game analyst for Major League Baseball International.

Born in Manhattan and raised in nearby Mount Vernon, N.Y., Singleton played both baseball and basketball in high school, and also played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park, across the street from the old Yankee Stadium. After receiving a basketball scholarship to Hofstra University and playing baseball as well for one year, Singleton was drafted by the Mets in 1967.

In April 1972, he was traded to the Expos and, in 1974, he was traded to the Orioles. His .438 on base percentage (in 1977), 118 walks (in 1975) and 35 switch-hit home runs (in 1979) established new Orioles single season records. Singleton was named to the American League All-Star Team in 1977, '79 and '81. He was named Most Valuable Oriole in 1975, '77 and '79.

Singleton received the Roberto Clemente Award from Major League Baseball -- the highest off-the-field honor in baseball -- in 1982. The award recognizes the player who best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team.

He retired after the 1984 season as a three-time All-Star with a 1983 World Championship ring (Orioles).

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015. Singleton serves on the Board of Directors for the Cool Kids Campaign, a non-profit organization that helps children and their families who are dealing with cancer. Each year, he hosts a celebrity golf tournament in the Baltimore area benefiting the Cool Kids Campaign. In March 2012, Singleton received the "Denzel Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports" at the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon's 100th Anniversary Gala.