Pat Duff

Pat “Paddy” Duff, one of four native Rhode Islanders to play…

Eddie Lake

"Who the heck is Eddie Lake?" That is the title of a booklet…

John LaRose

A Pawtucket native, left-hander Henry John LaRose was first called…

George Metkovich

America as a land of immigrants sometimes produces unexpected…

Emmett O’Neill

It could be difficult to tell parents they misspelled their son's…

Wally Post

He never played a game of baseball until he was a freshman in…

July 5, 1924: Babe Ruth hits the wall, and the wall wins

Babe Ruth feared the worst when he played right field in Washington’s…

This Week in SABR: February 12, 2016

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August 29, 1948: Jackie Robinson hits for reverse natural cycle vs. Cardinals

On August 29, 1948, before a season record crowd of 33,826 at…

Fred Bruckbauer

Eddie Lopat rightly earned the nickname the Junkman. The All-Star…

Billy George

Late-1880s pitcher Billy George was a flame-throwing but incurably…

Terry Moore

Teammates remembered his hands — “bear claws for hands,”…

Cal Neeman

In 1957 The Sporting News selected Philadelphia Phillies pitcher…

Vern Olsen

Debuting as a September call-up for the Chicago Cubs in 1939,…

Eddie Pellagrini

In 1941, the book on 23-year-old Eddie Pellagrini was as a "good…

Ken Ryan

During his 15-year career in professional baseball with four…

Frank Wickware

“Cannon Ball Redding and others of days gone by had plenty…

Sandy Koufax

“Mystique” is a word often linked with Sandy Koufax. He…

Larry Corcoran

“Flint and Corcoran had funny signals for changes of curves,”…

David Cone

"I like to think of the world’s greatest athlete coming up…

This Week in SABR: February 5, 2016

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July 15, 1960: ‘Fielding genius’ Brooks Robinson hits for cycle

Brooks Robinson, the Baltimore Orioles’ Hall of Fame/Gold Glove…
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