June 19, 2015: Rookie Joe Ross wins first home game with Nationals

Joe Ross faced an uphill challenge in his third major-league…

Oral Hildebrand

Six-foot-three right-hander Oral Hildebrand was a .500 pitcher…

May 18, 1931: White Sox’s six-run rally in 9th trims Red Sox

“With an unmistakable defeat about to engulf them,” the Chicago…

Lou Costello

If laughter is the best medicine, then Lou Costello should have…

Cecil Duff

Cecil Duff was a fixture of the semiprofessional circuits of…

Bob Heffner

It was very difficult to win games for the 1964 Boston Red Sox.…

Jack Shepard

In Good Enough to Dream,1 Roger Kahn lyrically recounts the 1983…

Stan Lopata

On a road trip in 1954 with the Philadelphia Phillies, Stan Lopata,…

This Week in SABR: January 5, 2018

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May 11, 1923: Phillies and Cardinals clout 10 home runs in Baker Bowl barrage

It was “a baseball burlesque ... a wild slugfest with a flock…
Graig Nettles (Trading Card DB)

October 13, 1978: Graig Nettles’ defense leads Yankees in Game Three win

The Yankees and Dodgers have met more times in the World Series…

Jack Corrigan

At an early age Jack Corrigan had his sights set on being a sports…

William D. Sullivan

As sports editor of the Boston Globe from 1884 to 1910, William…

Ed Connolly Jr.

Ed Connolly Sr. was a catcher for the Boston Red Sox; his son,…

Larry Gallagher

One of the most known and respected umpires of amateur baseball…
In Memoriam: Rickey Henderson (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Rickey Henderson

“Lou Brock is the symbol of great base stealing, but today…

George Hogreiver

In 1900 Sporting Life called George Hogreiver “the very best…

Dick Lundy

The greatest shortstops in Negro League history were John Henry…

Dick Radatz

The Monster. It wasn’t a nickname Dick Radatz liked but the…

October 4, 1934: Tigers’ Rowe takes Cardinals to ‘School’ in Game 2

Detroit Tigers right-hander Lynwood Thomas “Schoolboy” Rowe…
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