SABR 54: Research Presentations 

Learn more about our SABR 54 research presentations on this page. Click here to learn more about the poster presentations on display at SABR 54. Abstracts and presenter bios will be available soon.

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• RP1: Richard J. Puerzer, “The 1904 Cleveland Blues-Pittsburg Pirates Post-Season Series”
• RP2: Daniel Eck, “Comparing Players Across Eras via Full House Modeling”
• RP3: Terry Bohn, “Who Was That Guy? Identification of Unknown Minor Leaguers in Baseball-Reference”
• RP4: Hannah Dean, “Isolating True Pitcher Talent: A Skill-based Framework for Measuring Eliteness”
• RP5: Daniel R. Levitt, “From Pennant to Picture Show: John McGraw, the New York Giants, and the Play Ball Serial”
• RP6: Chris Jaffe, “Best and Worst Benches”
• RP7: Paul Ringel, “Boston’s Royal Rooters and the Birth of Modern Fandom”
• RP8: Matthew Prigge, “The Mediocrity of the “Man Who Made Mediocrity Famous:” An Examination of Bob Uecker’s Playing Career”
• RP9: John Philips, “Larry MacPhail and the Brooklyn Dodgers”
• RP10: Ryan Brecker, “The Legendary Life of Luscious “Luke” Easter”
• RP11: Joshua Morison, “Are Injury-based Contract Penalties Warranted?”
• RP12: Vinay Kumar, “MLB Playoff Projection Systems: How good are they (and can they be better)?”
• RP13: Steve Gietscher, “I Know of No Rule of Law: Stan Musial, Walter O’Malley, and the Korean War’s Wage and Price Controls”
• RP14: Mike Reed, “Scouting the Scouts: Do 20-80 Grades Predict Major League Success?”
• RP15: J.C. Bradbury, “An Economic History of Ballparks”
• RP16: Jacob Garrbett, “Born for the Big Leagues”
• RP17: David Krell, “Ain’t No Man Got to Be Common: Satchel Paige in Popular Culture”
• RP18: Lindsay Dial, “Words Above Replacement: A Computational Evaluation of Player Portrayals in Baseball Writing”
• RP19: Mark Armour, “Satchel Paige in Cleveland”
• RP20: Roberta J. Newman, “Beer and Silver Bullets: The Role of Women’s Baseball in Branding Coors Light”
• RP21: Dave Bohmer, “Cleveland Indians Only ‘Dynasty'”
• RP22: Victoria Lovinggood, “Ethics on the Diamond: Understanding MLB’s Steroid Era Through Organizational Culture and Moral Reasoning”
• RP23: John Burbridge Jr., “Frank Robinson: The Historial and Tumultuous Cleveland Experience”
• RP24: Russ Speiller, “How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar [1942-1945] “
• RP25: Levon Nazarian, “Stress Ultrasound of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the Elbow: Can We Predict Who Will Need Tommy John Surgery?”
• RP26: Geri Driscoll, “Charleston and Rogan in the Philippines before the Manila League”
• RP27: Neal Traven, “Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: How the BBWAA Votes for the Hall of Fame”
• RP28: Robert Fitts, “Behind the Scenes at a Japanese Ballpark”
• RP29: Tom Shieber, “Drafting the Game: The Creation of the 1857 Rules of Baseball”
• RP30: Matthew E. Martin, “A High Fence to Climb: The Impact of Extended Netting on Fan Safety Perspectives”
• RP31: Stew Thornley, “Past Speed-Up Attempts in Major League Baseball”
• RP32: KK Lee, “Redefining the American Dream: Emerging Routes for Young Asian Players”

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