Hilltop Park (New York)

The cramped wooden ballpark had few admirers. Inconveniently…

Emil Huhn

It’s not every part-time player with a brief major-league career…

This Week in SABR: February 24, 2012

Here's what we've been up to as of February 24, 2012:Announcing…

This Week in SABR: February 17, 2012

Here's what we've been up to as of February 17, 2012:SABR announces…

Fritz Brickell

Fritz Brickell’s biggest claim to fame is probably that he…

George Van Haltren

Until a devastating ankle injury effectively ended his major-league…

Jack Burdock

At the peak of his career, John Joseph “Black Jack” Burdock…

Ray Hartranft

Bill Shettsline must have been delighted. Peering through a knothole…

Seamheads Negro Leagues Database updated with 1912-13 stats

From SABR member Gary Ashwill at Seamheads.com on February 14,…

Al Salerno

An American League umpire for seven years in the 1960s, Al Salerno’s…

Don Hurst

In his first five seasons in the major leagues he hit over .300…

Karl Spooner

Meteoric: transiently brilliant; as a meteoric rise to fame1 …

Héctor Villanueva

“When I’m hitting the ball,” said Héctor Villanueva, with…

Steve Yeager

Ever since the award was established in 1955, there have been…

This Week in SABR: February 10, 2012

Here's what we've been up to as of February 10, 2012: A…

Art McKennan

Baseball parks offer a smorgasbord for the senses. Ask some longtime…

Eddie Rommel

Eddie Rommel had two careers in baseball, and created some milestones…

Ted Abernathy

Normally when a pitcher sustains a serious arm injury, it might…

Ollie Marquardt

“When he used to peer through the knotholes in the fences at…

William Matthews

William Matthews is one of those early 20th century players for…

Keith Luuloa

Hawaii has been sending more and more men to the majors in recent…

Johnny Marcum

Johnny Marcum was a farm boy from Eminence, Kentucky, the son…

Dave Nilsson

Dave Nilsson is Australia’s number-one batting hero. In 1992,…

Sue Kidd

Born into a baseball family on September 2, 1933, during the…
Donate Join

© 2026 SABR. All Rights Reserved.