July 1, 1859: Baseball goes to college

Amherst College was founded when Zephania Swift Moore, president…

June 30, 1859: Caught on the fly: Knickerbockers vs. Excelsiors

In the May 29, 1859 issue of The Sunday Mercury, a weekly New…

September 9, 1858: The New York rules in New England

Baseball before the Civil War was very much a regional game,…

Summer 1858: The Brooklyn-New York baseball rivalry begins

The baseball rivalry between Brooklyn and New York, made famous…

June 3, 1851: Match play, Knickerbockers vs. Washington Club (NY)

Some baseball games are historic even though few details of the…

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

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

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…
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