On the morning of July 15, 1887, the New York Herald boldly titled…
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It was the culmination of the 1971 baseball season. Game Seven…
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Baseball records are often great fun to contemplate. They are…
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Catchers have been prized from baseball’s beginning, as evidenced…
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Much of the off-field enjoyment of baseball is connected to the…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Here's what we've been up to…
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On August 27, 1957, in a game of little interest and with no…
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In 1886 the pitcher’s box was made a foot deeper and the rule…
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The 1885 National League pennant race was a battle between two…
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This chapter is not about a single game. Instead, it is about…
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October 21, 1887: Sam Thompson’s triple trouble
July 14, 1887: The color line is drawn in baseball
October 17, 1971: Blass, Clemente lead Pirates to victory in World Series Game 7
September 24, 2011: Major League Baseball celebrates 200,000th game
May 2, 1887: The first African-American battery
October 23, 1886: Curt Welch’s winning slide
September 6, 1963: Major League Baseball celebrates 100,000th game
Edgar Martinez
Jersey Bakley
Jack Clements
Harley Dillinger
Tim Flood
John Malarkey
Jouett Meekin
This Week in SABR: January 9, 2015
August 27, 1957: Dick Drott’s meteoric rise and Don Newcombe’s sharp decline
September 1, 1961: Skowron’s single launches Yankees on 13-game winning streak
October 3, 1886: Matt Kilroy, strikeout king
August 15, 1886: Guy Hecker: hitting pitcher
July 21, 1886: “A Glorious Victory”: Cuban Giants beat the Red Stockings
September 29-October 3, 1885: White Stockings cap a pennant chase
October 23-25, 1884: The first “World Series”
July 28, 1884: Old Hoss Radbourn: 59 or 60 victories?
October 4, 1969: Orioles win first-ever ALCS game