July 12, 1931: Cardinals set doubles record with assist from St. Louis crowd

Fans began arriving at Dodier Street and Grand Boulevard shortly…

Lou Piniella

Lou Piniella was a key member of the expansion franchise Kansas…

Will Clark

There may have never been a more prepared baseball player to…

Larry Bowa

The Philadelphia Phillies’ World Series victory in 1980 was…

Paul Pettit

Few players have been as coveted by professional clubs as Paul…

Frederick Boardman

Through the 2017 season, 603 men born in the state of Missouri…

Sam Chapman

In Philadelphia, a city that once had two major-league franchises,…

Joe Carr

Best known as the president of the National Football League from…

Freddy Spurgeon

The 1924 Cleveland Indians were mired in the second division…

This Week in SABR: November 2, 2018

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Charlie Brown

When the Chicago Cubs finally won a World Series again in 2016,…

June 16, 1897: Sockalexis and Cleveland ‘Indians’ rout Rusie’s Giants

All the crowd cries: “Sockalexis, Sockalexis, Sockalexis!”When…

July 27, 1978: Cleveland’s Duane Kuiper triples twice with the bases loaded

Twilight-night doubleheaders, and even the traditional Sunday…

October 4, 1995: Jim Leyritz’s homer in the 15th lifts Yanks in ALDS

For baseball, 1995 was a pivotal year. The sport was reeling…

September 20, 2016: José Fernández’s last, best game

The two teams approached this game from very different positions,…

John Donaldson

In 1908 John Donaldson was a tall, slender young man from small-town…

Jumbo McGinnis

There is a picture of the 1882 St. Louis Browns, one of the inaugural…

Ross Youngs

It is an oft-told story that legendary manager John McGraw, who…

Hinchliffe Stadium (Paterson, NJ)

Once a gem, its luster long since faded along with its utility,…
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