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This Week in SABR: April 21, 2023

Welcome to "This Week in SABR" on Friday, April 21, 2023. Click…

SABR 51: Chicago Historic Ballpark Sites Bus Tour

At this summer's SABR 51 convention, attendees will have an opportunity…
Luis Tiant (Trading Card DB)

April 22, 1971: Castoff Luis Tiant loses frigid Triple-A home opener

The Triple-A Rochester Red Wings’ home opener against the Richmond…
Tim McCarver

October 12, 1964: Tim McCarver’s 10th-inning homer wins Game 5 for Cardinals

Tim McCarver’s major-league baseball life spanned 60 years,…
Johnny Mize

September 13, 1953: Johnny Mize’s final home run beats Indians

“How good a hitter was Mize? He was Lou Gehrig good. He was…
Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America's First Modern Ballpark, edited by Tara Krieger and Bill Nowlin
SuttcliffeRick

June 26, 1994: Rick Sutcliffe wins in return trip to Wrigley Field with Cardinals

On what was supposed to be Harry Caray Day, a familiar face returned…

2023 Larry Ritter Book Award finalists announced

APRIL 17, 2023 — Each year, SABR’s Deadball Era Committee…
Weldon Bowlin (Courtesy of Michael Trzinski)

Weldon Bowlin

Hoss Bowlin’s major-league career amounted to just two games…

George Grantham

“Rarely has there been a baseball player as good as George…

George Leidy

Outfielder George Leidy is “as fine a fielder as ever went…
Mike Muldoon (Baseball-Reference.com)

Mike Muldoon

Mike Muldoon was an 1880s Irish infielder who played four seasons…
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