Kerry Wood (THE TOPPS COMPANY)

Kerry Wood

In only his fifth start in the major leagues, 20-year-old Kerry…

Earl Chase

Earl "Flat" Chase, ca. 1947-1954. (Archives and Special…
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This Week in SABR: June 19, 2020

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Announcing the launch of new, redesigned SABR website

JUNE 18, 2020 — We’re excited to announce the re-launch…

Robin Yount

If any player could be called Mr. Brewer it is Robin Yount.…
Don Sutton

Don Sutton

“I never wanted to be a superstar, or the highest paid player,”…

April 25, 1937: Giants’ Cliff Melton fans record 13 in debut, but loses heartbreaker

It was the “most astonishing piece of pitching,” gushed sportswriter…
Willie Davis

September 4, 1969: Willie Davis’s hitting streak ends at 31 games

Zack Wheat, more than four decades after playing his last major-league…
Bobby Morgan

July 12, 1953: Dodgers end Giants’ streak on bases-loaded walk in 10th inning

It was the Sunday afternoon before the All-Star Game break, the…
Dexter Fowler

October 9, 2019: Cardinals eliminate Braves after historic first inning in NLDS Game 5

The season was on the line for both teams. It was winner-take-all…
Starling Marte

May 2, 2014: Ninth-inning home runs rally Pirates past Blue Jays, spark season turnaround

Ninth-inning home runs by Pedro Alvarez and Starling Marte rallied…
Jack Feller

Jack Feller

Archibald “Moonlight” Graham played in only one major league…
Bobby Sprowl

Bobby Sprowl

College baseball coach Bobby Sprowl’s teams have won more than…
Cal Browning

Cal Browning

In 1958, a 20-year-old left-hander from rural Oklahoma was making…
George Haddock

George Haddock

Like the real estate business that he would later enter, success…
Jack Bracken

Jack Bracken

The 1901 Cleveland Blues were mired in seventh place as July…
Bob Poser

Bob Poser

Fewer than 30 major-league players have gone on to be physicians;…

Syd Thrift

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This Week in SABR: June 12, 2020

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JUNE 12, 2020 — Baseball fans, join us throughout the month…
John “Beans” Reardon, left, wearing a flu mask underneath his umpire’s mask, prepares to call a pitch in a California Winter League game on January 26, 1919, in Pasadena, California. During a global influenza pandemic, all players and fans were required by city ordinance to wear facial coverings at all times while outdoors. The catcher and batter’s identities are unconfirmed, but the best available evidence suggests it might be Truck Hannah behind the plate and Rube Ellis at bat.

January 26, 1919: The Flu Mask Baseball Game

John "Beans" Reardon, left, wearing a flu mask underneath his…
Stephen Strasburg

July 18, 2019: Strasburg sets records, homers, has to dance in dugout

If you came to the ballpark hoping to see something you hadn’t…

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