Lowell Reidenbaugh, former Managing Editor of The Sporting News magazine from from 1958 to 1979 who propelled the magazine to a status of the “Bible of Baseball” during his tenure passed away Saturday in St. Louis at 87 years of age.

Did numerous internet seaches on Reidenbaugh, including The Sporting News site, Wikipedia, Baseball Library and Baseball Almanac and found nothing on Reidenbaugh or his contributions to baseball journalism other than a listing of his various books on baseball, sports and histories of Civil War-time Virginia Infantry Units on Google.  There is not even one picture of Lowell Reidenbaugh on a Google image search.  The internet has given short shrift to one of the true pioneers of baseball journalism whose tenure as managing editor of The Sporting News made a great impact on reporting on the game and recounting it’s history.

Dick Kaegel of MLB.com writes about Reidenbaugh;

Reidenbaugh commanded an extensive corps of correspondents throughout the country as managing editor from 1958 to 1979. A tireless editor, he was known as a knowledgable and extremely talented journalist.

Before he retired in 1989, he was senior editor and corporate editor and wrote books, including a history of The Sporting News dating to 1886.

Born Sept. 7, 1919, in Lititz, Pa., he grew up in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country. He graduated from Elizabethtown (Pa.) College in 1941. After Army service in World War II, he began his journalism career with the Lancaster (Pa.) Intelligencer-Journal and then joined the sports staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1946. He accepted an invitation from J.G. Taylor Spink to join The Sporting News in 1947.

In addition to his baseball expertise, Reidenbaugh was a national authority on Confederate campaigns in the Civil War, particularly those involving Stonewall Jackson.

Reidenbaugh will be buried on Wednesday at Forever Oak Hill Cemetery in Kirkwood, Mo.

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