MLBCMA Ring Recipients

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Chuck Hawke pictured, holding his ring and joined by the Kansas City Royals clubhouse managers at the 2025 MLB winter meetings.

JIm Schmakel pictured, second from right, alongside the rest of the Tigers clubhouse team.

Recipient	Team	Year
Joe Macko	Texas Rangers	2001
Yosh Kawano	Chicago Cubs	2002
Cy Buynak	Cleveland Guardians	2007
Bernie Stowe	Cincinnati Reds	2008
Buddy Bates	St. Louis Cardinals	2009
Dennis Liborio	Houston Astros	2010
Roger Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates	2011
Mike Murphy	San Francisco Giants	2012
Jim Tyler	Baltimore Orioles	2012
Ken Higdon	Los Angeles Angels	2013
Henry Genzale	Seattle Mariners	2014
Zack Minasian	Texas Rangers	2014
Jerry Risch	St. Louis Cardinals	2015
Mike Reinking	MLB CMA	2015
Harvey Hodgerney	San Francisco Giants	2016
Bill Acree	Atlanta Braves	2017
Steve Vucinich	Oakland A’s	2017
Tony Carullo	New York Mets	2018
John Holland	Atlanta Braves	2018
Frank Coppenbarger	Philadelphia Phillies	2019
Brian Prilaman	San Diego Padres	2019
N/A – Due to COVID	N/A – Due to COVID	2020
Jeff Ross	Toronto Blue Jays	2021
Joe Cochran	Boston Red Sox	2021
Mike Wallace	Washington Nationals	2022
John Silverman	Miami Marlins	2022
Tom Hellmann	Chicago Cubs	2023
Fred Tyler	Baltimore Orioles	2024
Ted Walsh	Cleveland Guardians & Seattle Mariners	2024
Jim Schmakel	Detroit Tigers	2025
Chuck Hawke	Kansas City Royals	2025

MLB CMA Ring History

The inspiration to acknowledge members with a ring for service time to MLB CMA was the brainchild of Zack Minasian with the Texas Rangers.   Zack carried the motion in 1997 at the annual association meeting (held at the baseball winter meeting) in New Orleans and was unanimously approved.  Zack went on to design the first ring and was instrumental solidifying the partnership with NEW ERA cap becoming our official sponsor. Through Minasians tireless efforts, research, and development of the program his work came to fruition in 2001.  The first ring was awarded to the legendary Home Clubhouse Manger from the Texas Rangers Joe Macko.  Joe was a home and visiting clubhouse manager from 1972 until his retirement from clubhouse operations in 2001.      

MLB CMA Ring Award Criteria

MLB CMA awards the association ring to members for continuous years of dedicated service to his affiliated MLB club/s and contributions of community service to the Clubhouse Managers Association and Major League Baseball.