During their lifetimes, James T. Farrell and Oscar Charleston…
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SABR's Board of Directors has approved the formation of a new…
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This Sunday-afternoon game in Chicago has a Shakespearean plot.…
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Oh, what a difference a day makes. In the first game of an August…
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The first major-league no-hitter on the West Coast belongs not…
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In the years leading up to the First World War, baseball −…
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On May 21, 1990, the Cincinnati Reds visited Wrigley Field to…
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Yes, you read that headline correctly: The 2019 Washington Nationals…
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Unlike the gentleman who preceded him as baseball’s home-run…
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One game short of his 300th career victory, Early Wynn was without…
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Wes Parker was the National League’s iron man in 1970,…
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The 24,220 fans attending the second game of the day-night doubleheader…
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The Baltimore Orioles began 1966 questing to break into the upper…
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There are records from baseball’s early years of deaths that…
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The 1919 Chicago American Giants team with manager Rube Foster…
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Mickey Mantle had done it 535 times before, so his solo clout…
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Charles DeMotte, Jeremy Beer win 2020 SABR Larry Ritter Book Award
Brad Radke
Baccellieri, Staples, VanDeMortel win 2020 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Awards
This Week in SABR: April 24, 2020
SABR welcomes new chapter in Jacksonville, Florida
Joe Bratcher
September 8, 1985: Reds’ Pete Rose unknowingly breaks Ty Cobb’s hit record
August 30, 1916: Boston’s Dutch Leonard no-hits the Browns at Fenway Park
May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky blanks Baltimore, strikes out nine in no-hitter
September 7, 1914: Urban Shocker seals Ottawa Senators’ third straight Canadian League title
May 22, 1990: Andre Dawson sets record with five intentional walks in Cubs’ 16-inning win
September 24, 2019: Nationals relievers make some (good!) history
September 12, 1984: Mets’ Dwight Gooden becomes new rookie strikeout rajah
April 23, 1954: Hank Aaron hits first career home run as Braves and Cardinals battle for 14 innings
July 7, 1963: Early Wynn misses 300th win again as Cleveland’s 9th-inning rally falls short
April 4, 1989: Wrigley Field welcomes the ‘Wild Thing’
May 7, 1970: Wes Parker hits for cycle; triple in 10th wins it for Dodgers
June 19, 2019: Blue Eye, Brown Eye, Black Eye: Scherzer pitches with a broken nose
April 12, 1966: Red Sox lose season opener to Orioles in 13th inning on bases-loaded balk
September 17, 1920: Giants’ Burns hits for the cycle as Toney pitches 10 innings to win 20th
This Week in SABR: April 17, 2020
June 18, 1916: The death of Johnny Dodge
July 16, 1921: Cristóbal Torriente, Chicago American Giants knock the starch out of ‘Iron Man’ McGinnity
September 20, 1968: Mickey Mantle’s 536th and final home run marks end of an era