John Arthur “Long John” Johnson played briefly with the…
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As part of SABR’s 50th anniversary in 2021, all baseball fans…
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The 18,398 fans who braved the 97-degree Texas heat to see…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates looked forward to a late-May double-header…
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The last time the Boston Red Sox had played a game in Buffalo…
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After a sluggish five-game start in 1984, everything clicked…
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Drafted out of high school in the seventh round by the New York…
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After winning the first three games of the 1927 World Series,…
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When The Sporting News, a.k.a. “the bible of baseball,”…
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This Week in SABR: May 21, 2021
Zack Wheat: Native American?
Johnny Johnson
SABR welcomes new Williamsport chapter in Pennsylvania
Registration now open for Summer of SABR: Golden Celebration Series virtual event
August 16, 2018: Rare triple play helps Rangers win a wild one in Texas
May 28, 2004: A special day for Pirates’ Rob Mackowiak: a new son and a walk-off grand slam
August 25, 2020: Red Sox play their first game in Buffalo after a 103-year absence
Rudy Baerwald
Angelo Dagres
Oscar Gamble
Charlie Gilbert
Rolla Mapel
Al Michaels
Monty Pfyl
Jim Wright
John Goldie
July 12, 1975: Cardinals fans celebrate eccentric pitcher with ‘We Hlove Hrabosky Hbanner Hday’
April 27, 1984: Rick Honeycutt’s near-perfect outing cut short by rain
September 8, 1991: Monty Fariss delivers three-run, pinch-hit double for first major-league hit to rally Rangers past White Sox
October 8, 1927: New York Yankees win World Series on a wild pitch
May 8, 1930: Freddie Lindstrom hits for the cycle, powering Giants past Pirates
August 22, 1943: Pitching pharmacist Sam Hyman helps Hartford Senators out of jam
September 7, 1959: Johnny Podres masters the mound, strikes out 14 Cubs