Phil S. Dixon is widely regarded as one of America's foremost experts on baseball history.  He has authored The Ultimate Kansas City Baseball Trivia Quiz Book (Bon A Tirer Publishing), The Negro Baseball Leagues, a Photographic History, 1863-1955 (Amereon House), and The Monarchs, 1920-1928 Featuring Wilber "Bullet" Rogan, The Greatest Ballplayer in Cooperstown (Mariah Press).  He has won the prestigious Casey Award for the Best Baseball Book of 1992, and a SABR MacMillan Award for his excellence in baseball research. 

A knowledgeable and entertaining speaker, Dixon lectures regularly to colleges, high schools, and community groups, and is routinely quoted in print and broadcast media. Formerly in the Public Relations Department of the Kansas City Royals, Dixon now serves on the Board of Governors for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City. He remains relentless in his pursuit of equality for African-American athletes in baseball and in sports in general. His soon-to-be released series of books are entitled "Phil Dixon's American Baseball Chronicles, Volumes 1 to 10". The scheduled release for the first edition is spring of 2006. To prepare for these publications he interviewed hundreds of people and researched the topic for more than twenty-five years.

Dixon, a native of Kansas City, Kansas, enjoys the distinction of being the great-great-nephew of former United States Senator Blanch Kelso Bruce.  Another Cousin, Blanch K. Bruce, was the first African-American graduate from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.  Yet another relative, Henry Clay Bruce, wrote the slave narrative, A New Man, 29 years a slave, 29 years a free man in 1895.  A graduate of the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Dixon resides in Belton, Missouri with his wife Kerry and children.   For relaxation, Dixon performs regularly as a professional musician and is also an active instructor and avid supporter of youth baseball. 

                

 

 

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Awards
Robert Peterson Award, Society of American Baseball Researchers, 2003
Casey Award for the Top Baseball Book of 1992, Spitball Magazine
SABR Macmillan Award, for excellence in baseball research, 1992.   

Accomplishments
Big Brothers/Sisters, community service award
Produced Phil Dixon’s 1987 Negro League Baseball Greats card set
Assistant Director Public Relations, American League Kansas City Royals (1987-1990)
Contributor Archival Material, Baseball, a film by Ken Burns 1994
Contributor Ted Williams, 1994 Negro League Baseball Greats card set
Instructor Park College, nation’s first exclusively on history of Negro baseball, 1995
Eagles in Action Award, for community service, 1996

Television & Film
History Detectives (to be aired in June 2006) History Channel
Steve Latham’s The Living Century, with Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, 2003 PBS
Charlie Neal’s Sports Report, BET
Teen Summit, BET
Leslie Perry’s The Negro leagues and the African-American baseball experience, 1994