Pat Donahue

The Cleveland Indians paid Pat Donahue $200 for a tip that led…

Dick Ellsworth

In Candlestick Park on September 2, 1963, the final nine outs…

Jack Thoney

Bullet Jack Thoney was once called “the unluckiest player in…

Larry Hisle

Consider the two nearly identical rookie seasons below:   AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG Player…

This Week in SABR: December 14, 2012

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Chet Nourse

Chet Nourse was a native of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and a pitcher…

Charlie Graham

The one year he ventured to the East Coast to play, Charlie Graham…

Francisco “Pancho” Coimbre

“Baseball is in the heart of all Latin people. They feel…

Alex Ferguson

More than 30 years after his major-league playing days, one-time…

Larry Hesterfer

In any competition for most eventful one-game major-league career,…

Harry Niles

One wouldn’t expect a ballplayer standing 5-foot-8 and weighing…

Gene Packard

Although twice a 20-game winner in the Federal League, lefthander…

Larry Parrish

During an International League game between the hometown Ottawa…

This Week in SABR: December 7, 2012

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

Hector Lopez

Hector Headley Lopez, the Panamanian-born third baseman for the…

Mark Polhemus

Mark S. Polhemus, known as “Humpty Dumpty,” was a gifted…

Santos Amaro

In December 2020, the Negro Leagues were recognized as major…

Gene Paulette

Perhaps the most emphatic action ever taken by the Commissioner…

Joe Tracy

The 1945 Boston Braves team photo that appeared in The Sporting…

Johnny Vander Meer

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Vander Meer was close to achieving…

This Week in SABR: November 30, 2012

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Morgan Bulkeley

There’s a bridge that stretches across the Connecticut River,…

Babe Danzig

Was Babe Danzig of Polish ancestry, or German? If his father…

John Keefe

In a single season of major-league baseball, in 1890, John Keefe…
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