 Shortly after Babe Ruth's death in 1948, Daniel wrote "The Real Babe Ruth", his second biography of the Babe, which contained many of his personal recollections from having been friend and advisor to Babe Ruth.In 1972, Daniel received baseball's highest honor for a writer, the J. G. Taylor Spink Award at the Baseball Hall of Fame.In his acceptance speech, he thanked the players and the fans for "giving him the medium of a wonderful career".