This Week in SABR: May 15, 2015

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April 18, 1890: Amateur John Lyston wins Atlantic League tuneup against Gorhams

A reconvening of the annual baseball meetings was held on March…

August 10, 1981: Cal Ripken Jr. makes his major-league debut

Monday, August 10, may well have been the most important day…

Whitey Ford

No compilation of baseball’s all-time top left-handed pitchers…

William Rumler

After nearly a century, many baseball historians still wonder…

Chris Speier

It wasn’t unusual that Chris Speier was a Bay Area dude who…

Bruce Sutter

Imagine you’re standing at the plate. You see the pitch coming…

Bobby Tiefenauer

In the 1951 St. Louis spring training camp, considerable focus…

Earl Yingling

Newspapers across the nation carried a story in 1908 about a…

Howard Ehmke

Howard Ehmke is best remembered as the 35-year-old right-hander…

Buck Ewing

Born on October 17, 1859, in Hoagland, Ohio, a small town about…

Harley McNeal

John Harley McNeal is listed in most current reference works…

Jack Nabors

In 1916 Stan Coveleski of the Cleveland Indians and Jack Nabors…

George Smith

Right-handed pitcher George Shelby Smith enjoyed a very good…

This Week in SABR: May 8, 2015

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April 18, 1895: Phillies stand up to rowdy Orioles on Opening Day

The Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles were a study…

September 4, 1995: Robin Ventura routs Rangers with two grand slams

Chicago White Sox third baseman Robin Ventura joined the record…

SABR 45: Research presentations

  Here is the schedule of research presentations…

Bob Elson and WGN-Chicago

Imagine wanting to listen to a baseball game on the radio and…

Jerry Standaert

Jerry Standaert was an infielder who hit almost the same in the…

Bill Bernhard

In 1902 Cleveland manager Bill Armour raved about his pitcher…

O.P. Caylor

Although most current reference works assign Oliver Hazard Perry…

Eli Grba

On December 6, 1960, the American League awarded Los Angeles…

Larry McKeon

At age 18 Larry McKeon lost 41 games in 1884, just seven short…
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