Neal Traven was announced as the winner of the Bob Davids Award…
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JULY 6, 2023 — Bobby Mathews has been selected as SABR’s…
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JULY 4, 2023 — Next week, Major League Baseball holds its…
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Kansas City’s new Royals Stadium provided a fresh, attractive…
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The summer of 2001 was a great time to be a Seattle Mariners…
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Baltimore had been a respectable team for the first half of the…
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Willie Stargell’s path to the top of the Pittsburgh Pirates’…
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The fifth-inning grand slam by David Ortiz put the Boston Red…
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The Philadelphia Phillies had hoped to play their 1970 season…
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When would-be saboteurs tried to pull distractions on Bob Gibson,…
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The Philadelphia Phillies planned to open the 1970 season at…
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The names Ed Spiezio, Steve Huntz, Dave Ricketts, and Eddie…
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The Philadelphia Phillies could not have picked a better day…
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It had been a terrible week for the Philadelphia Phillies.…
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SABR 51: Massey, Lesch, Roney, Simon, Smith win SABR Trivia Contest
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Neal Traven selected as 2023 Bob Davids Award winner
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SABR 51: Bobby Mathews selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend of 2023
Find All-Star Game stories online in SABR Research Collection
July 24, 1973: New park, same old result: NL romps in All-Star Game
July 17, 1979: Morganna, Mazzilli, and Parker raise the Kingdome roof as NL wins eighth straight
July 10, 2001: Cal Ripken Jr. steals the All-Star spotlight in Seattle
September 20, 1902: Ike Butler earns only major-league win for Orioles
July 3, 1956: ‘Best batting-practice pitcher’ Johnny O’Brien saves Bucs
September 14, 1957: ‘Startling performance’ earns lone victory for Pirates’ Eddie O’Brien
May 8, 1963: Willie Stargell hits first career home run, but Cubs win after 4-run rally
May 28, 2004: David Ortiz hits 100th career home run as Red Sox beat Mariners
October 1, 1970: Wrecking ball for Connie Mack Stadium as Phillies play final game
May 23, 1970: Bob Gibson fans 16 in Hall of Fame matchup with Jim Bunning
April 7, 1970: Opening Day swan song for Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium
May 21, 1967: Don Lock’s walk-off single ends 18-inning marathon
September 20, 1967: Steve Carlton’s 16 strikeouts not enough in classic duel with Chris Short
July 29, 1968: 27 outs, 7 baserunners, and 1 run: George Culver labors through no-hitter
August 3, 1969: The birth of the Big Red Machine
June 7, 1966: Jim Bunning wins eighth straight with 14-strikeout, 3-hit gem
September 27, 1964: The Phold: Phillies’ seventh straight loss drops them out of first place