SABR 51: Dynasty League Baseball All-Time Greats Tournament

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Spring 2023 Baseball Research Journal
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This Week in SABR: May 26, 2023

Welcome to "This Week in SABR" on Friday, May 26, 2023. Please…

SABR 51: Chicago Downtown Baseball Walking Tour

At SABR 51, attendees will have an opportunity to join us for…

SABR 51: How to Do Baseball Research Q&A sessions

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Jason Cannon’s Charlie Murphy biography wins 2023 SABR Larry Ritter Book Award

Charlie Murphy: The Iconoclastic Showman Behind the Chicago Cubs,…

Vote now for 2023 SABR Overlooked 19th Century Legend of the Year

Each year, SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee selects…
Don Bessent (Trading Card DB)

Don Bessent

The name Don Bessent sparks the memories of Brooklyn Dodgers…
Jack Fee (Courtesy of Bill Lamb)

Jack Fee

Hopelessly out of contention in the 1889 National League pennant…

Mark Scott

Best known as the host of the 1960 television series, Home Run…

September 27, 1919: Bob Shawkey fans 15 and wins 20th for Yankees

Before the Yankees-Athletics doubleheader on September 27,…

May 20, 1918: Four late-game comebacks result in dizzying victory for A’s

The 1918 season did not start well for either the Philadelphia…

September 28, 1916: Jack Nabors finishes season with a 1-20 record

The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics were the worst major-league…
Joe Bush, pitching for the “Red Sox” versus Hilldale, tried to use a damaged ball in the ninth inning. When that ball was thrown (liter- ally) out of the game, he purposefully spiked a new ball, prompting Hilldale to call for a forfeit. (TRADING CARD DB)

August 26, 1916: Bullet Joe Bush fires no-hitter for A’s

“Such a brand of revenge was never seen before,” gushed…

October 8, 1913: Mathewson outduels Plank in extra-inning classic

It was the “most wonderful pitchers' battle ever in a World…

September 23, 1913: A’s clinch AL pennant, then put on offensive clinic

As the 1913 regular season neared its end on Tuesday, September…

September 19, 1958: Dodgers rookies take center stage

“[I]t certainly was a fine day for the Dodgers’ No. 1 farmhand…
Ed McCreery

August 16, 1914: Ed McCreery becomes a dubious ‘one-win wonder’ in bizarre debut

In the midst of a mediocre 1914 campaign, the American League’s…
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