Stan Musial approaches home plate after hitting the game-winning home run in the 1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (SABR-Rucker Archive)

July 12, 1955: Stan Musial seals Milwaukee’s first baseball All-Star celebration

Stan Musial approaches home plate after hitting the game-winning…

This Week in SABR: March 2, 2018

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June 29, 1905: Moonlight Graham’s only major-league game

If not for W.P. Kinsella, it’s likely that Archibald "Moonlight"…

July 15, 1954: Down by five runs in ninth, Braves rally to win

It had been a long night at the ballpark. You couldn’t blame…

September 18, 1941: The Aurora Borealis game at Forbes Field

It was a game that would have fascinated Hubble. Not James Hubble,…

June 2, 1954: Jackie Robinson ejected in Brooklyn’s rain-shortened win

On June 1, 1954, Brooklyn shut out the Braves, 2-0, in the first…

John Henry “Pop” Lloyd

“Some people say he was the greatest African American player…

Bert Convy

From the 1960s until his death in 1991, Bert Convy was a household…

Ace Adams

By the time Ace Adams was born, his parents may have run out…

Earl Smith

Catcher “Oil” Smith, a bench-jockey and brawler extraordinaire,…

Frank Bancroft

Best known today as the field manager of the Providence team…

Virgil Cheeves

Poet Alexander Pope gave us the phrase “Hope springs eternal…

May 25, 1953: Braves’ Max Surkont sets modern consecutive strikeout record

Many pitchers in baseball history have been associated with strikeouts.…

April 9, 1953: Braves get a wet welcome to Milwaukee

Since 1925, the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox had often…
From Spring Training to Screen Test

SABR Digital Library: From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors

Just in time for the Academy Awards, SABR's book of baseball's…

This Week in SABR: February 23, 2018

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Leon Cadore

 In the age of 100-pitch limits and “five and fly” starters,…

William H. Sullivan

Best known as the principal owner of the New England Patriots…
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