September 4, 1973: Jim Kaat mows down Rangers with 5-hit shutout

Both Jim Kaat and the Chicago White Sox came into 1973 with…

May 26, 1973: Wilbur Wood, White Sox beat Cleveland in a two-day marathon

The Chicago White Sox entered a Memorial Day weekend series having…
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This Week in SABR: October 23, 2020

Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this week's…

2020 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced

OCTOBER 22, 2020 — For the eighth consecutive season, the…
Ryan Howard (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 13, 2008: Phillies score 20 runs on Friday the 13th

The Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis entered the opening game…
George Shuba (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

July 5, 1952: Shotgun Shuba’s homer, Erskine’s pitching lead Dodgers to win

After he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson’s…
Kent Tekulve (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

June 15, 1975: Kent Tekulve throws a complete game for Charleston

To fans who followed major-league baseball in the 1970s and 1980s,…
Lenny Randle (TRADING CARD DB)

July 9, 1977: Lenny Randle’s homer lifts Mets to 17th-inning win over Expos

In the time it took the Mets and Expos to finish their game on…
Stan Wasiak (TRADING CARD DB)

August 28, 1986: Stan Wasiak, King of the Minors, reaches end of the road

Stan Wasiak’s nearly five-decade bus ride in professional baseball…
Randy Johnson (TRADING CARD DB)

August 2, 1998: Randy Johnson strikes out 12 in Houston Astros debut

The Houston Astros’ deadline deal for Seattle Mariners ace…
Walker Cooper (TRADING CARD DB)

Walker Cooper

In his prime in the 1940s, Walker Cooper was thought to be the…
Leon DeMontreville

Lee DeMontreville

Overshadowed by his more famous big brother Gene DeMontreville…
Steve Macko (TRADING CARD DB)

Steve Macko

Steve Macko died from cancer ten weeks after his 27th birthday,…
Rodney McCray (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Rodney McCray

Rodney McCray is known as “Crash” for the time he made his…
Dan McGeehan (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Dan McGeehan

With two major leaguers, a third brother, Charles, who coached…
Gordon McLendon (COURTESY RADIO HALL OF FAME)

Gordon McLendon

Gordon McLendon made it all up. He made up his radio persona,…
Emil Verban (TRADING CARD DB)

Emil Verban

For decades, Emil Verban was remembered as an obscure minor-league…
Aldon "Lefty" Wilkie, 1948 Signal Gasoline baseball card

Lefty Wilkie

Through the 2019 season, only nine men born in Saskatchewan,…

Watch highlights from SABR 50 at 50 panel discussion with the Pandemic Baseball Book Club

The Pandemic Baseball Book Club hosted a special panel discussion…

Newt Allen

Second baseman Newt Allen’s Kansas City Monarchs teammates…
Fred McGriff (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

October 17, 1996: Braves roll over Cardinals, 15-0, to complete NLCS comeback

With a legendary starting pitching staff featuring a trio of…
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