AUGUST 20, 2020 — SABR has made a donation of more than $3,700…
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So great a pitcher was Walter Johnson that his September 14,…
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As June 1948 neared its conclusion, the 1948 American League…
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The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox were both optimistic…
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In 1910 attendance at the South End Grounds, home of the Boston…
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Billy Evans referred to Youngstown, Ohio, as his first love.1
And…
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As August 1933 began, the race for the American League pennant…
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When fireworks launched on America’s 196th birthday, the nighttime…
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Tom Seaver pitched with the precision of a NASA engineer using…
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“Casey Stengel and the Yankees felt a new season was beginning…
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The SABR Bookshelf: Summer 2020
SABR donates $3,700 to Heart to Heart International nonprofit
Chico Walker
September 14, 1921: Washington’s Walter Johnson, backed by a triple play, faces only 27 Browns batters
June 30, 1948: Cleveland’s Bob Lemon throws a no-hitter against the Tigers
April 18, 1953: White Sox and Indians combine for 26 walks
May 24, 1953: Russ Meyer ejected, Gil Hodges snaps slump as Dodgers crush Phillies
September 1, 1954: Herb Score hurls one-hitter, surpasses 300 strikeouts for Indianapolis Indians
July 3, 1974: Cleveland’s Gaylord Perry wins 15th straight game
October 6, 1910: Boston rookie Bill Collins hits for a natural cycle
August 17, 1931: Thousands turn out to honor Billy Evans at Indians’ exhibition in Youngstown
August 2, 1933: Mickey Cochrane ‘paces mates with bludgeon,’ hits for second career cycle
July 18, 1950: Johnny Mize homers twice, Yankees crush Browns
July 4, 1972: Tom Seaver loses no-hitter in ninth inning on Independence Day
May 1, 1974: Tom Seaver strikes out 16 in 12 innings, but Mets fall to Dodgers
August 2, 1975: Expos stun Phillies on Nate Colbert’s pinch-hit, walk-off homer
New SABR Baseball Reminiscence group launched
Gary Allenson
Wayne Garland
Benny McCoy
This Week in SABR: August 14, 2020
Paul Hardy
Warren G. Harding
June 28, 1949: Joe DiMaggio returns to Yankees after missing first 65 games