Scott Carter joins SABR staff as Executive Vice President

SABR is pleased to welcome Scott Carter as its new Executive…
George Elder (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

George Elder

As of September 2020, when this story was originally published,…
Rap Dixon (NOIRTECH/LARRY LESTER)

Rap Dixon

On December 12, 2018, at the Negro League Baseball Museum in…
Don Aase (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Don Aase

Drafted out of high school, Don Aase began his professional baseball…
John Flinn (TRADING CARD DB)

John Flinn

Throwing sinkerballs with his right-handed, three-quarters delivery,…
Wayne "Rasty" Wright (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Wayne “Rasty” Wright

Wayne Bromley “Rasty” Wright spent his entire adult life…
Tom Gastall (TRADING CARD DB)

Tom Gastall

Nearly a quarter-century before Thurman Munson perished in a…
J.B. Young

J. B. Young

Right-handed pitcher J.B. Young celebrated his 35th birthday…

William C. Bryan

William Cornelius Bryan, Jr. was a minor league player and manager…
Bill Lattimore

Bill Lattimore

The most coveted player in the September 1907 minor league player…

SABR welcomes Pandemic Baseball Book Club as new chartered community

SABR is pleased to welcome the Pandemic Baseball Book Club…
TWIS archives

This Week in SABR: September 18, 2020

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

Watch highlights from 2020 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Player Panel

At the second annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference…
Humberto Robinson (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Humberto Robinson

When 25-year-old Humberto Robinson appeared on the mound for…
Ed Ashenbach (COURTESY OF STEPHEN V. RICE)

Ed Ashenbach

Ed Ashenbach was known as the “King of the Minors.” Who else…
Jeff Ballard (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Jeff Ballard

When the Orioles nearly went from worst-to-first in their “Why…
Pol Perritt (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)

Poll Perritt

Given a comical nickname based on his last name and beaky nose,…
Milt Nielsen (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Milt Nielsen

Twenty-four-year-old Milt Nielsen was surprised when his wife,…
Lary Sorensen (TRADING CARD DB)

April 22, 1981: Cardinals’ Lary Sorensen shuts out Cubs

The revamped St. Louis Cardinals were off to a rousing start…
Tris Speaker with the Cleveland Indians (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

May 17, 1925: Cleveland’s Tris Speaker records 3,000th career hit

Tris Speaker was accustomed to flying around the basepaths. The…
Jim Fregosi (TRADING CARD DB)

May 20, 1968: Jim Fregosi’s walk-off single completes second career cycle

It was the first trip of the season to California for the 1968…
Tommie Agee

July 24, 1970: Tommie Agee steals home in 10th to win it for Mets

Tommie Agee had the prescience of a soothsayer. During 1970…

September 19, 1972: Oakland A’s use record 30 players in one game

In September 1972, the Oakland A’s were attempting to nail…
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