The Baze Senior Knockout Teams national bridge championship was held at the fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC).
The Senior Knockout Teams was a knock-out team event. The event typically started on the first Sunday of the NABC. The event was restricted to Seniors – players 55 years of age or older.
The event was introduced in 1994. It was renamed in 2010 in honor of Grant Baze and is contested for the Baze Trophy. It was dropped from the ACBL schedule effective January 1, 2019. [1]
| Year | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Zeke Jabbour, Russ Arnold, Richard Hunt, Dan Morse, Chuck Said, John Sutherlin | Duncan Phillips, Robert Ryder, Howard Hertzberg, Hamish Bennett, Joan Remey Moore, William Esberg |
| 1995 | Zeke Jabbour, Russ Arnold, Mike Levine, Billy Eisenberg, Benito Garozzo, Tommy Sanders | Norm Coombs, Leonard Ernst, Michael Slaven, Richard Hart, Loren Hawkins, Don Brock |
| 1996 | Zeke Jabbour, Russ Arnold, Tommy Sanders, Billy Eisenberg, Mary Chilcote, Fred Hamilton | Howard Hertzberg, Robert Ryder, William Esberg, Simon Kantor, Marty Baff |
| 1997 | Bob Carteaux, David Adams, Al Childs, Ralph Cohen, Chuck Said | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Jim Linhart, Russ Arnold, Per Olof Sundelin, Arnold Fisher |
| 1998 | Mike Levine, Tommy Sanders, Zeke Jabbour, Arnie Fisher, Fred Hamilton, Chuck Said | Gene Freed, Gene Simpson, James Koley, Syd Levey, Simon Kantor |
| 1999 | Jim Sternberg, Bernie Chazen, Allan Cokin, Billy Eisenberg, Richard Reisig, Robert Lipsitz | Richard Budd, Shome Mukherjee, Robert Ryder, William Hunter |
| 2000 | Richard Budd, Robert Ryder, William Hunter, Shome Mukherjee, Richard DeMartino, Pat McDevitt | Jim Sternberg, Allan Cokin, Chuck Burger, Richard Reisig, Bernie Chazen, Robert Lipsitz |
| 2001 | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert, Per Olof Sundelin, Arnold Fisher | Gene Simpson, Hamish Bennett, Billy Eisenberg, Joe Kivel, Jim Robison, Chris Larsen |
| 2002 | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Bobby Wolff, Dan Morse, Per Olof Sundelin, Arnold Fisher | Lewis Finkel, John Stiefel, Daniel Colatosti, Mel Colchamiro, John Malley, Bernie Miller |
| 2003 | Dennis Dawson, Clement Jackson, John Sutherlin, Bobby Wolff, John Mohan, Dan Morse | Pat McDevitt, John Stiefel, Daniel Colatosti, Mel Colchamiro, John Malley, Richard DeMartino |
| 2004 | Tony Ames, John Koch, Mary Egan, Rod Beery | Hamish Bennett, Frances Dickman, Chris Larsen, Gene Simpson, Michael Shuman, Bruce Noda |
| 2005 | Morris Chang, Bobby Wolff, Neil Chambers, John Schermer | Don Stack, Alan Stout, Randy Pettit, Allan Siebert, James Nash, Pierre Flatowicz |
| 2006 | Amos Kaminski, Melih Ozdil, Pinhas Romik, Yeshayahu Levit, George Mittelman | Gene Freed, Fred Hamilton, Arnold Fisher, Jim Tritt, Paul Ivaska, Tony Kasday |
| 2007 | Bruce Ferguson, Dennis Clerkin, Brenda Keller, Jerry Clerkin, Robert Hollman | Mike Levine, Zeke Jabbour, Bobby Wolff, Dan Morse, Allan Siebert, Chuck Said |
| 2008 | Reese Milner, Sam Lev, Fred Chang, Matt Granovetter, P.O. Sundelin, John Carruthers; Grant Baze, npc | Richard DeMartino, John Stiefel, Geoffrey Brod, Pat McDevitt |
| 2009 | Garey Hayden, Mark Lair, Carolyn Lynch, Melih Ozdil, Mike Passell | Arnie Fisher, Allan Graves, Fred Hamilton, Amos Kaminski, George Mittelman |
| 2010 | Roger Bates, Drew Casen, Marc Jacobus, Jim Krekorian, Eddie Wold | Dan Gerstman, Steve Landen, Dan Morse, Fred Stewart, John Sutherlin, Kit Woolsey |
| 2011 | Bill Pollack, William Pollack, Mark Feldman, Rose Meltzer, John Schermer, Neil Chambers | Lou Ann O'Rourke, Marc Jacobus, Eddie Wold, James Krekorian, Drew Casen, Roger Bates |
| 2012 | Fred Stewart, Kit Woolsey, Steve Robinson, Peter Boyd, Larry Kozlove, Gary Kasle | Bart Bramley, Billy Miller, Vinita Gupta, Jeff Meckstroth, Lew Stansby, Bob Hamman |
| 2013 | Bart Bramley, Billy Miller, Vinita Gupta, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Lew Stansby | Mike Passell, Garey Hayden, Carolyn Lynch, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski |
| 2014 | Bart Bramley, Billy Miller, Vinita Gupta, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Lew Stansby | Mike Passell, Garey Hayden, Carolyn Lynch, Cezary Balicki, Adam Zmudzinski, Marc Jacobus |
| 2015 | Rose Meltzer, John Mohan, Ron Smith, Dan Morse, Steve Garner, John Sutherlin | Mike Passell, Marc Jacobus, Larry Kozlove, Gaylor Kasle, John Schermer, Neil Chambers |
| 2016 | Bart Bramley, Nick Nickell, Jeff Meckstroth, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman | Paul Lewis, Mitch Dunitz, Linda Lewis, James Krekorian, Drew Casen, Iftikhar Baqai |
| 2017 | Mike Passell, Marc Jacobus, Eddie Wold, Mike Levine, Dennis Clerkin, Jerry Clerkin | Nick Nickell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Levin, Michael Rosenberg, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz |
| 2018 | P Drew Cannell, Gaylor Kasle, James Krekorian, Wlodzimierz Starkowski, Drew Casen, Michael Kwiecien | Nick Nickell, Jeff Meckstroth, Bobby Levin, Eric Rodwell, Ralph Katz, Bob Hamman |
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