Jay Kirke was a formidable hitter of the 1910s and 1920s. According…
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Southpaw hurler George Henry Upp of the Columbus Senators was…
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When Oregonians turned to the sports section of their newspapers…
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Thousands of players have had short major-league careers. Comparatively…
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Every good recipe starts with the right ingredients. In baseball,…
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Add a championship book to your collection from the SABR Digital…
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On May 30, 1938, some 81,000 people crammed into Yankee Stadium…
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As June started in the 1950 season, the Detroit Tigers traveled…
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A paid crowd1 of 28,922 settled in to watch a scheduled doubleheader…
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The Chicago Cubs held a 3½-game lead over the second-place New…
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It took a lot to pry the attention of the baseball world away…
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The crowd at Wrigley Field wore slickers and raincoats. Some…
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Wrigley Field at night, as pictured in 2014.
After…
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Jay Kirke
Jerry Upp
Greg McMichael
This Week in SABR: January 3, 2020
Kurt Russell
Johnny Couch
Gene Garber
John Roseboro
Bunny Fabrique
Abner Powell
October 3, 1920: The long and short of Monty Swartz’s big-league career
September 3, 2019: Down by six in ninth inning, Kurt Suzuki’s walk-off homer caps Nationals comeback
July 23, 2019: Trea Turner hits for the cycle again
SABR Digital Library: The Glorious Beaneaters of the 1890s
This Week in SABR: December 20, 2019
May 31, 1938: Lou Gehrig plays his 2,000th consecutive game
June 2, 1950: George Kell hits for the cycle, leads Tigers’ hitting spree against A’s
April 22, 1959: Whitey Ford pitches 14 shutout innings in 1-0 win
July 30, 1969: Astros’ Menke, Wynn hit grand slams in same inning
June 25, 1970: Koosman, Mets win to sweep five-game series with Cubs
September 30, 1973: A goodbye for Leo Durocher; a long wait for Hank Aaron
April 15, 1983: Milt Wilcox nearly perfect for Tigers
July 10, 1990: Julio Franco wins MVP honors in a rainy All-Star Game at Wrigley
August 9, 1988: Cubs win first official night game at Wrigley Field