On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, SABR brought together a group of…
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On April 11, 1985, about 4,200 baseball fans got to claim a rare…
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SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced…
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The fall classic, the world’s championship of baseball, was…
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On the morning of August 24, 1974, the Boston Red Sox boasted…
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In 1990, 26-year-old Randy Johnson was in his third year as a…
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When the New York Yankees arrived in Boston in April 2007, the…
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On April 5, 2019, the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies…
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Scott Taylor had a seven-season professional career as a pitcher…
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Rarely is the first game of a major-league career the pinnacle…
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APRIL 3, 2025 — An archive of nearly 100,000 self-completed…
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George Henry Burns is not remembered as a stellar defensive first…
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“Another dazzler,” raved Los Angeles Dodgers beat writer…
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Watch a video replay of SABR Webinar on Torpedo Bats
SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Accessing the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires
April 11, 1985: Injured Cal Ripken Jr. sits as Orioles lose in exhibition at US Naval Academy
Call for papers: 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
October 9, 1905: Mathewson, Giants dominate Athletics in World Series opener as interleague championship resumes
September 28, 1974: Red Sox stave off elimination behind Luis Tiant, Dick Pole
June 2, 1990: Randy Johnson throws first no-hitter in Seattle Mariners history
July 9, 2000: Tyler Houston’s three home runs upstage Hideo Nomo’s triumph in Milwaukee Sausage Race
April 22, 2007: Four consecutive home runs help Red Sox beat Yankees and sweep a home series
April 5, 2019: Jorge Polanco hits for cycle, but Twins’ wildness, fielding fiascoes lead to loss against Phillies
Michael Young (2025)
Bob Cobb
Joe Grahe
Joe Simmons
Scott Taylor
Frenchy Uhalt
Russ Van Atta
Nip Winters
Sam Zoldak
This Week in SABR: April 4, 2025
Weiss Baseball Questionnaires now available online in SABR Research Collection
September 14, 1923: Unassisted triple play by George Burns helps Red Sox defeat Cleveland in 12 innings
June 27, 1959: Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax tosses first shutout in nearly four years
September 11, 1969: First-place Mets win again, while Expos look ahead to future