Vin Scully receives Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Legendary L.A. Dodgers announcer Vin Scully was presented with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award at Dodger Stadium Friday afternoon. Scully is only the second non-player to receive the award.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig presented Scully with the award, which was created in 1998 to recognize accomplishments and contributions of historical significance.

Scully has served the Dodgers for 65 consecutive years, the longest tenure of any sports broadcaster with one team. He announced in July he will return to the Dodger broadcast booth for a 66th season in 2015.

Scully is the 14th recipient of the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award. The only other non-player to get the award is Rachel Robinson, wife of former Dodger Jackie Robinson, who got it in 2007 for advancing the legacy of her husband. New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera received the award last year during the 2013 World Series.

Scully has called 25 World Series and 12 All-Star Games. He received the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Scully began broadcasting for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950. He became the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game at 25 in 1953.

Scully was behind the microphone for the Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Series Championship in 1955, and was in the booth for the only perfect game in postseason history on October 8, 1956, when the Yankees blanked the Dodgers in Game Five at Yankee Stadium, the Dodgers organization said Friday in a news release.

"Vin Scully is a treasure of the National Pastime," said Commissioner Selig. "From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, from Jackie Robinson through Henry Aaron and from Sandy Koufax through Clayton Kershaw, Vin has depicted the history of the Dodgers and the timeless beauty of our game with class and grace. Major League Baseball is honored to commend Vin Scully's 65 years of excellence."