ALLEN RUSSELL
1993 DINNER CHAIRMAN
HOUSTON BASEBALL DINNER
Thanks again to Bill Gilbert for supplying this data from the printed program for that 1993 evening, we are able to bring you today the latest annual event summary for another Houston Baseball Awards Dinner. So far, we have been able to cover every year, but 1986, for the Houston MLB dinners that began far back in 1961, but after today, we do have some holes to fill in the years beyond 1993 for the balance of history that remains on this event through its most recent presentation in 2012. If you have any information on the program and awards for 1994, 1995, or 1996, please get in touch with us here at The Pecan Park Eagle by e-mail at
MILO HAMILTON
1993 MASTER OF CEREMONIES
HOUSTON BASEBALL DINNER
The 1993 Houston Baseball Dinner was held on February 10, 1993 at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston. Houston Astros radio broadcaster (1986-1997 and counting) Milo Hamilton again served as Master of Ceremonies and former Houston Buff President Allen Russell (1946-1952) served as the dinner chairman. The three sponsors of the function included the Houston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America, the Astros Orbiters Fan Booster Club, and the Houston Astros Baseball Club, Inc.
The following is a brief pictorial summary of the awards and recognitions addressed at this latest version of the annual Houston baseball event:
DOUG JONES
1992 CLUB MVP
HOUSTON ASTROS
ROGER CLEMENS
BOSTON RED SOX
HOUSTON AREA MLB PLAYER OF 1992
BOB GREEN (LOWER LEFT)
BUFFS/COLTS/ASTROS
RADIO ENGINEER
1993 LONG & MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
MILO HAMILTON
1993 SPECIAL MERIT AWARD
CASEY CANDAELE
HOUSTON ASTROS
1993 “MR. HUSTLE” AWARD
BOB WATSON
1993 ASTRO ORBITERS AWARD
The 1993 Houston Baseball Dinner also again honored the 1993 HAC Houston High School Pre-Season All Stars.
The list of table sponsors at the banquet again included Bill Gilbert and Larry Miggins, but now also added SABR (The Society for American Baseball Research) to their record of table purchase supporters. Almost without saying, but too worthy to the subject of needed to go unmarked: The inclusion of high school player honorees has included a nice bump in individual and table ticket sales among family and friends wanting to see their children honored as the future of baseball. Between the kids and the big time big league names that show up as both honorees and attendees, the future of the Houston Baseball Dinners was looking pretty good back in the early 1990s.
That’s it for now, but please remember our requests for help for data help on 1986 and any of the dinners beyond 1993. If you have a stack of old HBD .programs anywhere near you, please look them over and sed what ever yo find to our attention by email text or attachment. When we finish this long-view search, we are hoping to put them all together as a data bank source on who and what has been honored in Houston baseball history by local annuals in the years that have passed since Houston was granted an expansion franchise in the National League.
Have a nice somewhat cooler weekend, Houston!
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