October 1845: The first recorded baseball games in New York

Three games between rival clubs were played in October 1845.…

Circa 1840: The legendary Doubleday Game

By 1905, pitcher-turned sporting goods entrepreneur Albert Spalding…

July 4, 1833: In the beginning, Olympics vs. Camden

On Independence Day of 1833, two groups of town ball players…

This Week in SABR: October 17, 2014

Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Here's what we've been up to…

Voices of the 1957 Braves

In Wisconsin during the mid- and late 1950s, the most recognizable…

October 3, 1982: Brewers hold off Orioles’ charge in season finale

To say that the final game of the regular season for the Milwaukee…

Jack Lelivelt

In a career that spanned from 1906 to 1940, Jack Lelivelt was…

Mutz Ens

The lesser known of two professional baseball-playing brothers,…

Pi Schwert

Pi Schwert has the distinction of being one of a small handful…

John Woods

John Woods – September 16, 1924. Pitcher Woods, back in the…

Dick Stockton

It is rare for a single moment to pivot a career. Dick Stockton…

This Week in SABR: October 10, 2014

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Danny Clark

Vice and dissipation may have had their way. Meridian, Mississippi,…

Ray Francis

Even professional athletes sometimes die suddenly and at quite…

Al Stokes

Catcher Al Stokes “was one of the hardest workers a Rockford…

Denny Williams

ONE DEAD, FIVE HURT IN WRECK – Los Angeles Times, March 24,…

Seamheads.com updates Negro Leagues Database with 1936 Negro National League stats

We're pleased to pass along this update from SABR member Gary…
Harmon Killebrew (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

The Late 1960s Twins

On October 14, 1965, the Minnesota Twins lost a heartbreaking…

The Building of the 1965 Twins

When Calvin Griffith formally took over the Washington Senators…

SABR Digital Library: Van Lingle Mungo: The Man, The Song, The Players

Add a musical new book to your baseball collection with the newest…
Baseball Research Journal cover, Fall 2014

This Week in SABR: October 3, 2014

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Ike Boone

Yeah, who needs a .300 hitter? Especially if you're a perennially…

John Donahue

John Donahue played 1,176 known minor-league games from 1914…
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