During his lifetime, Col. Frank Leslie Smith (1867-1950) adhered…
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Bob Burda appeared in 388 major-league games, spread widely across…
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Baseball fans, join us throughout the month of July 2020 for…
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Their 6-5 loss in Game One was disappointing for the Brooklyn…
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The New York Mets had an infamous inaugural year in 1962, setting…
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As the spring of 1974 turned to summer, the San Francisco Giants…
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At first glance the box score doesn’t look unusual except for…
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Frank L. Smith
Dave Schmidt
Billy Gilbert
Frank Fennelly
Bob Burda
Turkey Stearnes
Wayne LaMaster
Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)
This Week in SABR: June 26, 2020
Registration now open for SABR Virtual sessions in July 2020
September 29, 1955: Tommy Byrne’s pitching gives Yankees 2-0 lead in World Series
August 7, 1963: Jim Hickman becomes first Mets batter to hit for the cycle
June 21, 1974: Randy Moffitt makes first, and only, career major-league start for Giants
July 10, 1999: Vizquel’s walk-off home run salvages Candiotti’s return to Cleveland
August 2, 2019: Weird baseball: Phillies pitcher Velasquez records an outfield assist while position player pitches
Nick Testa
Dolly Gray
Fred Winchell
Kerry Wood
Earl Chase
This Week in SABR: June 19, 2020
Announcing the launch of new, redesigned SABR website
Robin Yount
Don Sutton