Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, August 29, 2025.…
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True, a hitter going for .400 doesn’t like outs – but was…
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Charles “Doc” Kanupp was a minor-league fixture who came…
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St. Louis Cardinals fans were pumped for the arrival of the Los…
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AUGUST 27, 2025 — Save the date! SABR will be heading to Cleveland,…
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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, August 22, 2025.…
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DALLAS – Dallas Baptist University’s Nate Humphreys has been…
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“[Missoula right fielder] Hugh Campbell jumped into the river…
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Imagine setting a baseball record that has stood for over a hundred…
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Neither team had much of a problem getting runners on base during…
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Fifty-seven batters; four hits; one precious and decisive run.
That…
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To some observers, the 1990 major-league baseball season seemed…
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In pursuit of their first postseason berth in 26 years, the Milwaukee…
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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, August 15, 2025.…
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AUGUST 15, 2025 — San Diego right fielder Fernando Tatis…
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On August 9, 2025, SABR's Lefty O'Doul Bay Area Chapter invited…
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AUGUST 14, 2025 — Allen Tait of Grimsby, Ontario, was recognized…
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SABR held its inaugural Founders’ Day celebration on Wednesday,…
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This Week in SABR: August 29, 2025
August 31, 1941: Ted Williams hits one into a stiff wind for 31st home run of season
June 5, 1970: Cocó Laboy’s ninth-inning homer snaps Montreal Expos’ 11-game skid
June 5, 1970: Indians, Red Sox affiliates face off in veteran minor-league umpire’s last game
July 11, 1975: Walter Alston booed in St. Louis but Dodgers win
April 29, 2008: Max Scherzer retires 13 straight, fans 7 in perfect debut for Diamondbacks
Save the date! SABR 54 will be in Cleveland in 2026
This Week in SABR: August 22, 2025
Dallas Baptist’s Nate Humphreys named 2025 Collegiate Baseball Player of Year by SABR Dallas-Fort Worth chapter
June 30, 1901: Missoula defeats Butte in baseball by the river in Montana
July 23, 1922: Cubs’ Ray Grimes set consecutive-games RBI record — and nobody noticed for decades
August 22, 1951: Red Sox, Browns combine to leave 36 runners on base in 13-inning Boston win
May 1, 1978: Rawly Eastwick, Sparky Lyle highlight Yankees’ comeback win over Royals
September 1, 1981: Steve Stone, Orioles top Glenn Abbott, Mariners in duel of two-hitters
August 30, 1990: White Sox catcher Ron Karkovice huffs and puffs to sink Twins with inside-the-park grand slam
August 31, 2008: Brewers’ CC Sabathia narrowly misses no-hitter in shutout of Pirates
Mike Driscoll
Walter Hackett
This Week in SABR: August 15, 2025
SABR Defensive Index rankings released through August 10, 2025
SABR Bay Area chapter celebrates hometown hero Lefty O’Doul with monument renovation and celebration
Allen Tait honored as 2025 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
Watch a video replay of 2025 SABR Founders’ Day Celebration
April 11, 1895: Scrappy Page Fence Giants fall to Cincinnati Reds in preseason exhibition