Brian Bartow, a 30-year PR veteran of the St. Louis Cardinals, has won the 2015 Robert O. Fishel Award, Major League Baseball's highest PR honor.
The director of communications is a former intern for the team who took over media relations in 1994. He now leads communication, information and publicity, and business communications, and is the lead contact for baseball-related matters for the team.
His Cardinals tenure has included six World Series teams and 136 postseason games, a record for an MLB PR exec.
The Fishel Award has been given out at baseball's annual Winter Meetings since 1981. It is named after the late Robert Fishel, who led PR for the American League.
The Yankees' Jason Zillo won the award last year.
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