Catcher J.C. Escarra wins 2025 James P. Dawson Award

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Baseball Catcher J.C. Escarra wins 2025 James P. Dawson Award by Latino Sports March 23, 2025 Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports The New York Yankees today announced that catcher J.C. Escarra is the recipient of the 2025 James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training. Escarra, 29, has batted .333/.373/.563 (16-for-48) with 7R, 2 doubles, 3HR, 8RBI and 2BB in 17 spring games. The left-handed batter hit .261 (111-for-426) with 77R, 32 doubles, 3 triples, 12HR, 64RBI, 55BB and 3SB in 124 games with Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in 2024. Among Yankees farmhands last season, he ranked first in doubles, was tied for second in runs scored, third in extra-base hits (47), fourth in hits, fifth in total bases (185) and seventh in RBI. The Hialeah, Fla., native was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on January 11, 2024. Image Credit: Bill Menzel/Latino Sports The award was established in honor of James P. Dawson (1896-1953), who began a 45-year career with The New York Times as a copy boy in 1908. Eight years later, he became boxing editor and covered boxing and baseball until his death during spring training in 1953. Two winners of the honor, Tony Kubek in 1957 and Tom Tresh in 1962, went on to win the American League “Rookie of the Year” Award. The Dawson Award first was presented to rookie Norm Siebern by Manager Casey Stengel in St. Petersburg, Fla., at the conclusion of spring training in 1956. New York Yankees beat writers vote on the winner. In conjunction with the award, Escarra will receive a watch courtesy of Oris. James P. Dawson Award winners : 1956…Norm Siebern OF 1957…Tony Kubek SS 1958…John Blanchard C 1959…Gordon Windhorn OF 1960…John James P 1961…Rollie Sheldon P 1962…Tom Tresh SS 1963…Pedro Gonzalez 2B 1964…Pete Mikkelsen P 1965…Arturo Lopez OF 1966…Roy White OF 1967…Bill Robinson OF 1968…Mike Ferraro 3B 1969…Jerry Kenney OF/ Bill Burbach P 1970…John Ellis 1B/C 1971…None Selected 1972…Rusty Torres OF 1973…Otto Velez OF 1974…Tom Buskey P 1975…Tippy Martinez P 1976…Willie Randolph 2B 1977…George Zeber INF 1978…Jim Beattie P 1979…Paul Mirabella P 1980…Mike Griffin P 1981…Gene Nelson P 1982…Andre Robertson SS 1983…Don Mattingly 1B 1984…Jose Rijo P 1985…Scott Bradley C 1986…Bob Tewksbury P 1987…Keith Hughes OF 1988…Al Leiter P 1989…None Selected 1990…Alan Mills P 1991…Hensley Meulens OF 1992…Gerald Williams OF 1993…Mike Humphreys OF 1994…Sterling Hitchcock P 1995…None Selected 1996…Mark Hutton P 1997…Jorge Posada C 1998…Homer Bush INF 1999…None Selected 2000…None Selected 2001…Alfonso Soriano 2B 2002…Nick Johnson 1B 2003…Hideki Matsui OF 2004…Bubba Crosby OF 2005…Andy Phillips INF 2006…Eric Duncan INF 2007…Kei Igawa P 2008…Shelley Duncan INF/OF 2009…Brett Gardner OF 2010…Jon Weber OF 2011…Manny Banuelos P 2012…David Phelps P 2013…Vidal Nuño P 2014…Masahiro Tanaka P 2015…Slade Heathcott OF 2016…Johnny Barbato P 2017…Gleyber Torres INF 2018…Miguel Andújar 3B 2019…Stephen Tarpley P 2020…Clarke Schmidt P 2021…Deivi García P 2022…Clarke Schmidt P 2023…Anthony Volpe INF 2024…Spencer Jones OF 2025…J.C. 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