May 26, 1945: Dodgers end losing streak behind Sandlock’s three hits

The Brooklyn Dodgers, who had won 11 in a row between May 5 and…

June 29, 1990: Oakland’s Dave Stewart hurls no-hitter in Toronto

After right-hander Dave Stewart suffered a tough loss to the…

This Week in SABR: July 8, 2016

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April 18, 1945: Phillies spoil Leo Durocher’s last game as player-manager

When Dodgers player-manager Leo Durocher had Frenchy Bordagaray…

Doug Ault

On April 7, 1977, on a bitterly cold afternoon in Ontario, Canada,…

Tommy Helms

Baseball was in his blood. At a very early age Tommy Helms became…
Sam White (Battle Creek Enquirer, March 29, 1914)

Sam White

Samuel Lambeth “Sam” White, who played one game at catcher…

Don Brown

In life James Donaldson Brown’s journey took him from humble…

Max Surkont

In 1942 St. Louis Cardinals’ farm director Branch Rickey singled…

This Week in SABR: July 1, 2016

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Dick Littlefield

In nine years of major-league baseball, left-hander Dick Littlefield…

Bill Pierro

When Bill Pierro was rising through the Pittsburgh Pirates’…

Milt Welch

Catcher Milt Welch, who made a single appearance for the Detroit…

July 22, 1986: Mets win extra-inning slugfest with brawl and home run

Rodney Dangerfield is credited with saying, “I went to a fight…

August 14, 1971: Bob Gibson fires his first no-hitter for Cardinals

Bob Gibson thought he was running out of time. At 35 years of…

This Week in SABR: June 24, 2016

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