Seamheads.com updates Negro Leagues Database with 1931 stats

From SABR member Gary Ashwill at Seamheads.com on July 22, 2019:…

August 29, 1997: Braves return to Boston for interleague play

When Major League Baseball announced that interleague play would…

This Week in SABR: July 19, 2019

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George Dunlop

“Good field, no hit” has been a tag line for many ballplayers…

Chris Oxspring

Australian Chris Oxspring pitched in just five big-league ballgames…

Bruce Campbell

Every team goes through it in every season. Untimely injuries…

Bob Hartman

Perseverance is defined as “(continuing) despite difficulties,…

Ed Mierkowicz

Many baseball greats have ended long careers without either playing…

Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts, Volume 1 (2019)

A special new publication produced by SABR's Baseball and the…

April 17, 1976: Bees swarm Riverfront as Reds swamp Giants, 11-0

What is it about Cincinnati baseball and bee swarms? The insects…
Rickey Henderson holds up a base after he broke Lou Brock's all-time career record for stolen bases on May 1, 1991 (SABR-Rucker Archive)

May 1, 1991: Rickey Henderson becomes baseball’s new stolen base king

The waiting can be interminable, but most milestones that are…

April 8, 2001: CC Sabathia overcomes rocky start in major-league debut

CC Sabathia strode to the mound at Jacobs Field on a bright and…

SABR 49: Listen to highlights from The Baseball Encyclopedia 50th Anniversary Panel

At SABR 49  on June 28, 2019, in San Diego, The Baseball…

This Week in SABR: July 12, 2019

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Pete Varney

Even if Pete Varney had never strapped on a chest protector and…

Willard Mains

Part of the story of Willard Eben Mains is typical of the era,…

Lloyd Merriman

Lloyd Merriman’s timing couldn’t have been worse. A college…
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