James Roy Stockton (December 16, 1892 – August 24, 1972) was an American sports writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals from 1915 to 1958.

[1] He was hired by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1918, working there for the majority of his career.

Beginning in the early 1930s, as a member of Christy Walsh's ghostwriting syndicate, Stockton wrote many of the articles published under Dizzy Dean's byline.

[2] He also covered the St. Louis Terriers of the Federal League in 1915, served as president of the Florida State League, and was a member of the Veterans Committee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

[3] In late 1972, Stockton was awarded the J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA),[4] and was honored in ceremonies at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in August 1973.