SABR 53
June 25-29, 2025
Westin DFW Airport
4545 W. John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75063
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The Society for American Baseball Research held its 53rd annual convention on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. Click here to find the full schedule of events.
The annual SABR convention, which is open to all baseball fans, includes top featured speakers from around the baseball world — front office executives, players, managers, scouts, journalists, historians, and analysts — innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations and poster presentations, committee meetings, Exhibitors Room, ballgames, the SABR Trivia Contest, and most of all, the opportunity to make and renew baseball friendships over the course of this exciting and memorable event.
SABR 53 featured a Texas-sized speaker lineup, alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.
Check out stories, photos, and multimedia clips from the SABR 53 convention in Texas below.
- Listen to highlights from Chris Young’s Welcome Remarks (audio)
- Listen to highlights from Bruce Bochy’s Roland Hemond Award presentation (audio)
- Listen to highlights from Texas Rangers Hitters Panel with Iván Rodríguez, Elvis Andrus, Tom Grieve, and Eric Nadel (audio)
- Listen to highlights from Texas Rangers Pitchers Panel with Ferguson Jenkins, Charlie Hough, Colby Lewis, and Evan Grant (audio)
- Listen to highlights from the Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel with Don Fehr, Steve Rogers, Ed Edmonds, and Bradford William Davis (audio)
- Listen to highlights from Texas Rangers Ballparks Panel with Tom Schieffer, Fred Ortiz, Rob Matwick, and Chuck Morgan (audio)
- Listen to highlights from the Beckett Baseball Cards Panel with Dr. James Beckett, Rich Klein, and Paul Rogers (audio)
- Listen to highlights from the Texas Minor League Baseball Panel with Tim Purpura, Bob Baillargeon, Rick Herrscher, and Paul Rogers (audio)
- Listen to highlights from Steve Rogers’s Oral History interview with John McMurray (audio)
- Listen to highlights from all 32 research presentations at SABR 53 (audio)
- Listen to highlights from committee meeting speakers at SABR 53, including Dr. James Beckett, Tony Barnette and Aaron Fischman, Scott Bush, Mark Presswood, Dan Hill, and more (audio)
- View photo galleries from each day at SABR 53
- Tom Hufford selected as 2025 Bob Davids Award winner
- Bruce Bochy honored with 2025 SABR Roland Hemond Award
- Jason A. Schwartz, Ebenezer Olubayode win 2025 convention presentation awards
- SABR chapters honored for exceptional performance in 2024-25
- Tom Zocco honored for attending 50 consecutive SABR Conventions
- Mark Simon is a ‘lucky’ winner for first time in individual Trivia Contest
- Al Reach selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend of 2025
- SABR and Abilene Christian University announce partnership to advance data literacy and leadership in sports
- Jeff Miller: Baseball’s Biggest Brainiacs Got Together in Irving. We Went. (Texas Monthly)
- Anthony Castrovince: ‘The Satchel Project’ maps Paige’s every known outing (MLB.com)
- Eric Bynum: SABR 53 convention recap (History Havoc)
- Tom Van Hyning: SABR 53 convention recap (Béisbol 101)
Featured Speakers
Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers at SABR 53
Here are some of our featured speakers and panelists:
- Welcome Remarks from Chris Young, Texas Rangers President of Baseball Operations
- Roland Hemond Award presentation with Bruce Bochy, Texas Rangers manager and four-time World Series champion
- Texas Rangers Hitters Panel, with Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez, All-Star shortstop Elvis Andrus, “Mr. Ranger” Tom Grieve, and moderator Eric Nadel, Frick Award-winning broadcaster
- Texas Rangers Pitchers Panel, with Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins, All-Star Charlie Hough, World Series pitcher Colby Lewis, and moderator Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News
- Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel, with former MLB Players Association executive director Don Fehr, All-Star pitcher and MLBPA special assistant Steve Rogers, law professor Ed Edmonds, and moderator Bradford William Davis of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Texas Rangers Ballparks Panel, with Tom Schieffer, former Texas Rangers president; Rob Matwick, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs with the Texas Rangers; HKS architect Fred Ortiz, and moderator Chuck Morgan, Texas Rangers public address announcer
- Beckett Baseball Cards Panel, with James Beckett, founder and CEO of Beckett Media; Rich Klein, baseball card industry expert, and moderator C. Paul Rogers III
- Texas Minor League Baseball Panel, with Tim Purpura, former Houston Astros general manager and Texas League president; former Texas League players Bob Baillargeon and Rick Herrscher, and moderator C. Paul Rogers III
Get your copy of The National Pastime convention journal
All articles from the new 2025 edition of The National Pastime can be found online in the Research Collection at SABR.org.
All SABR 53 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in Texas and beyond.
All guests must adhere to SABR’s Event Code of Conduct at all times. We are dedicated to maintaining an open, inclusive environment at all SABR events.
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