Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital…
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Jose Alberto Pujols took the big leagues by storm when he debuted…
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The Washington Nationals were on a roll as June 2021 ended. For…
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The Philadelphia Phillies selected future Hall of Famer Mike…
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For the first time in baseball history, a major-league team’s…
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When the 1959 season opened, the Milwaukee Braves were favored…
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During the heyday of the left-handed relief specialist – sometimes…
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As the resurgence of the Brooklyn Dodgers as a pennant-contending…
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The fifth All-Star Game is remembered chiefly for effectively…
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“But coming down through that would heighten my sense because…
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It was “one of the most spectacular closing chapters in all…
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Johnny Markham must have looked long and hard at Ted “Double…
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The 1945 Negro League World Series was taking place in a postwar…
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Griffith Stadium hosted Game One of the 1943 Negro League World…
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This Week in SABR: April 15, 2022
Kimera Bartee
Ralph Capron
Bill Faul
Mark Letendre
Jeff Plympton
Rafael Robles
Grant Thatcher
SABR Digital Library: Not an Easy Tale to Tell: Jackie Robinson on the Page, Stage, and Screen
May 4, 2018: Albert Pujols joins the 3,000-hit club
June 30, 2021: Trea Turner hits for his third career cycle as Nationals hit high-water mark for 2021
September 16, 1972: Mike Schmidt’s first career home run is a game-winner
Baldassaro, Chetwynd, Spatz, Steinberg win 2022 SABR Baseball Research Awards
September 27, 1998: Larkins and Boones make it a family affair for Cincinnati Reds
April 23, 1967: Say it ain’t snow! Cubs’ Fergie Jenkins whiffs 10 in cold weather
September 29, 1959: Surprising Dodgers win their first pennant on the West Coast
April 17, 1986: Not yet a LOOGY, Tony Fossas serves up a shutout for Edmonton
May 23, 1951: Again, three hits for Cal Abrams as Dodgers beat Pirates
July 7, 1937: Yankees lead way to fourth American League victory in five All-Star Games
September 24, 1944: Homestead Grays repeat as Negro League World Series champions
October 7, 1933: Mel Ott’s 10th-inning homer gives Giants a World Series championship
September 24, 1943: Cool Papa Bell wins Game 3 for Grays in 10th inning
September 18, 1945: ‘Cinderella’ Cleveland Buckeyes win Game 3 with shutout of Grays
September 21, 1943: Powerful Grays, upstart Black Barons take center stage at Griffith Stadium