The 1945 season was the height of the Deadball Era in the All-American…
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Facing the Milwaukee Braves in the late 1950s was a proposition…
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SABR’s Negro Leagues Committee will award $1,000 scholarships…
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Three years after announcing his retirement, Bill Virdon returned…
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When the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox faced off on this…
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Injuries on the field have always been part of baseball. There…
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In the ledger of “unlikely multiple Cy Young Award winners,”…
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The 2021 season was a weird one for the Boston Red Sox. Most…
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As of 2021, Baseball-Reference reports that there have been over…
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Registration is now open for the 13th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell…
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DECEMBER 28, 2021 — Longtime SABR member and baseball historian…
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Eight teams made up the American Association at the beginning…
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Boston right-hander Bill Dinneen shut out the Pirates, 3-0, allowing…
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"When going through hell, keep running" – Winston Churchill1
"Beware…
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After a successful inaugural season in 1943, the All-American…
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In Game Two of the 1951 World Series, Eddie Lopat of the New…
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August 31, 1945: Helen Callaghan manufactures a win for the Fort Wayne Daisies
June 21, 1959: Braves’ Henry Aaron crushes three home runs at Seals Stadium
Joe Block (2022)
Students, apply now for a SABR Negro Leagues Committee scholarship in 2022
July 23, 1968: Bill Virdon pinch-hits game-tying homer in return from retirement, Reds outlast Pirates in 12 innings
August 19, 1972: Luis Tiant shuts out White Sox, 3-0
April 10, 1982: Expos’ Bill Gullickson survives record-tying six wild pitches to beat Phillies
May 14, 1998: Mike Mussina takes a line drive to the face as Cleveland nips Baltimore, 5-4
May 15, 2014: Jacob deGrom makes major-league debut for Mets
October 5, 2021: Red Sox win AL Wild Card Game over rival Yankees
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Tim Naehring
Curt Walker
Shawn Green
Jerry Robertson
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Register now for the 2022 SABR Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference
SABR member Bill Humber appointed as a member of the Order of Canada
This Week in SABR: December 23, 2021
September 12, 1891: Brewers’ Abner Dalrymple hits for the cycle with homer that goes through house window
October 2, 1903: Patsy Dougherty hits a pair of home runs as Bill Dinneen shuts out Pirates in Game 2
June 4, 1936: Mickey Cochrane has breakdown after inside-the-park grand slam, as Tigers slam A’s, 18-9
July 29, 1944: Annabelle ‘Lefty’ Lee tosses AAGPBL’s first perfect game for Minneapolis Millerettes
October 5, 1951: Eddie Lopat’s hurling, hitting lead Yankees to Game 2 win over Giants