With four home runs, 11 extra-base hits, and an argument that…
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The St. Louis Cardinals’ chances of making the 2011 postseason…
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Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital…
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MAY 26, 2025 — All baseball fans are invited to celebrate…
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On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, SABR brought together a group of…
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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, May 23, 2025.…
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As the tying run was about to cross the plate on New York Giants…
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The Philadelphia Phillies were 4-9 when manager Nick Leyva was…
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The 2025 winners of the McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award,…
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In the summer of 1915, momentum carried the women’s suffrage…
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The Kansas City Star ran a headline on May 22, 1958, as the Boston…
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Jim Thome had been in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians…
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Entering the 2005 All-Star break, the Chicago White Sox held…
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On Sunday, August 21, 2005, as the New York Yankees (67-54) took…
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For much of the 2005 season, the White Sox cruised in the American…
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The last time the White Sox won a playoff series was also the…
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The White Sox stand for the National Anthem on the third-base…
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Chicago White Sox fans were hoping for a better outcome in…
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On July 1, 2005, Chicago White Sox starter José Contreras took…
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Each year, SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee selects…
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June 3, 1955: At age 18, Brooks Robinson makes professional baseball debut at second base
October 27, 2011: David Freese’s game-tying triple, walk-off home run keep Cardinals alive in Game 6
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Join SABR’s Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter on May 31 for a vintage ballgame to celebrate 150 years of baseball
Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Baseball Hall of Fame
This Week in SABR: May 23, 2025
July 27, 1907: Larry McLean’s arm, bat propel Reds over Giants
April 28, 1991: Randy Ready opts for assisted triple play; Jason Grimsley gets first win of season for Phillies
Mark Armour, Richard J. Puerzer win 2025 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Awards
July 7, 1915: Gavy Cravath, Al Demaree help Phillies salvage Suffrage Day split with Giants
May 22, 1958: Ted Williams’s 16th career grand slam helps him bust out of a slump in Kansas City
October 4, 1991: Jim Thome’s first career home run pushes Cleveland past Yankees
July 17, 2005: Jon Garland’s dominant pitching completes White Sox sweep over Cleveland
August 21, 2005: White Sox sting Yankees’ Randy Johnson with four homers in the fourth inning
September 23, 2005: José Contreras throws his first complete game to stop White Sox skid
October 7, 2005: White Sox complete AL Division Series sweep of Red Sox
October 11, 2005: Exhausted Angels outlast White Sox in Game 1 of ALCS
October 12, 2005: A.J. Pierzynski’s heads-up baserunning leads to Joe Crede’s game-winning hit to even ALCS
October 16, 2005: José Contreras fires Chicago’s fourth straight complete game to send White Sox to World Series
Vote now for 2025 SABR Overlooked 19th Century Legend of the Year
John Clapp
Dick Cogan
Mert Hackett