This Week in SABR: June 6, 2025

June 6, 2025/in This Week in SABR /by wpadmin

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

SABR 53 schedule updates
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Last chance to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship
Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Save the date: 2026 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR 53 schedule updates

We hope you’ll join us at SABR’s 53rd annual convention, which be held on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. All baseball fans are welcome to attend, so we hope you’ll register today. Here are two new schedule updates:

Tom Jacobs, Executive Director of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, will be the guest speaker at the Collegiate Baseball committee meeting at 8:00 a.m. Friday, June 27.
SABR-Abilene Christian University collaboration: Scott Bush and George Saltsman will introduce a new partnership between SABR and Abilene Christian University and discuss the future relationship between the organizations at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, June 26.

Full registration or single-day registration for SABR 53 can be purchased online in advance or on-site during convention registration hours beginning on Wednesday, June 25 at the Westin hotel. Click here for complete details on SABR 53 registration rates.

SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love — including Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Iván Rodríguez, and Rangers World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young — alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.

Schedule: Click here to view the full SABR 53 schedule.
Featured Speakers: Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.
Research Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Research Presentations.
Poster Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Poster Presentations.
Committee Meetings: Click here for the schedule of Committee Meetings.
Exhibitors Room: Click here to learn about our Exhibitors Room vendors.
Transportation Tips: Click here for Dallas-Fort Worth transportation tips and area attractions.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register today!

SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-47-5, $24.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-46-8, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 160 pages

Stan Musial uncoiled from his famous corkscrew batting stance and hit line drives for 22 big-league seasons. The outfielder-first baseman from Donora, Pennsylvania, spent his entire major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remains a beloved figure in his adopted hometown. Musial won seven batting titles and accumulated 3,630 hits. This book of essays and memorable games from Musial’s career is a collaborative effort of 34 SABR members, celebrates one of baseball’s greatest players.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.

Early registration open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville

Early registration is open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on August 7-9, 2025, at the Galt House Hotel, 140 N. 4th St. in Louisville, Kentucky. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.

Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before July 7, $195 afterward. Students: $65 before July 7, $75 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before July 7; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s Education Forum at the Galt House, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Roots 101 African American Museum, Friday’s Louisville Bats baseball game at Slugger Field, or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Galt House. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
Hotel: A special group rate at the Galt House Hotel of $159/night (plus tax) is available to registered convention attendees. To book your room, click here or call 502-589-5200. The Galt House Hotel is located at 140 N. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40202.
Schedule: Click here to view the 2025 Malloy Conference schedule.
Information Packet: Click here to download the Malloy Conference informational packet (PDF)
Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, learn more or apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2025 Malloy Conference. Deadline: June 6, 2025.
Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.

Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.

Students, last chance to apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the Malloy Conference

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August 7-9, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage high school and college-level student engagement with baseball research and to engender an active interest in baseball and SABR.

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter at scarter@sabr.org no later than June 6, 2025.

Click here to download an application or learn more at SABR.org.

Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled as a virtual event for September 19-21, 2025.

Registration information will be available soon at SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Women Beyond the Diamond.” Topics can focus on ideas such as announcers, owners, executives, writers, artists, architects, and much more. All topics and time periods related to women’s baseball are welcome. Abstracts accepted for posters and/or oral presentations.

Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 1, 2025, to Leslie Heaphy.

Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on Feb. 27-March 1, 2026

Save the date! The 15th annual SABR Analytics Conference will be held on February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

Registration information will be available at SABR.org/analytics beginning in the fall of 2025.

The Analytics Conference schedule will consist of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development sessions led by experienced sports professionals, industry networking opportunities, and the Diamond Dollars Case Competition — all available for any aspiring front office executive or baseball fan to attend. Students will have opportunities for skill acquisition and development, including sessions on how to work with baseball-related data sets as well as databasing and SQL.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more.

Join SABR’s Campaign for Baseball Research!

Research isn’t just part of our name—it’s the heart of everything we do.

From our expansive Research Collection to the powerful tools and resources we offer baseball scholars and fans alike, SABR is where baseball’s past meets its future. We’re working towards our vision of becoming the essential community for baseball worldwide—and we can’t do it without you.

This spring, we invite you to join the Campaign for Baseball Research. Our goal is to raise $75,000 to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources for current and future generations of baseball enthusiasts. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to better serve our growing membership base, attract more attention for our research, and offer new research tools to all corners of the worldwide baseball community.

To donate or learn more about recent Research Collection projects and upgrades to our Research Resources, assets, and tools made possible by your donations visit sabr.org/donate/research-campaign.

Seeking peer reviewers for upcoming Baseball Research Journals

SABR’s publications team is seeking to expand our pool of peer reviewers for upcoming editions of the Baseball Research Journal. Are you a SABR member who has been published in the BRJ, The National Pastime, or a SABR book project? Would you like to read and give feedback on 1-4 papers per year?

Please email Liz Roscher with your subjects of expertise/interests and we’ll work with you to match up with any appropriate article submissions. All reviews are double-anonymous.

April 5 Board minutes posted

Minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on April 5, 2025, in Pittsburgh have now been posted on the SABR website.

Click here to view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

Hinkey Haines, by Jim Loyer (first-time author)
Newt Halliday, by Darren Gibson
Joe Kilhullen, by Bill Lamb

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

September 7, 1914: Larry McLean leads Giants over Braves in first-place battle before record crowd at Fenway Park, by Gary Belleville
June 12, 1941: Ted Williams’s two-run homer in third inning puts Red Sox ahead of Browns to stay, by Bill Nowlin
July 21, 1993: Spokane manager Tim Flannery ejected, but returns disguised as team mascot, by Jake Rinloan

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
Edited by Eric Poulin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

NAME	HOMETOWN	NAME	HOMETOWN
Robert Addarich	Longwood, FL	Rachel Otero	Plainview, NY
Gordon Balme	Ruskin, FL	Tom Petrocelli	Nashua, NH
William Durham	Gallatin, TN	Joshua Savage	Redmond, WA
Damon Farrar	Dracut, MA	Drew Seegert	Elkhart, IN, IN
Ian Hutcheson	Sterling, KS	Dennis Skiffington	Ponchatoula, LA
Jay Keever	Amherst, NH	Josh Talevski	Savannah, GA
Richard Martorello	Las Vegas, NV

Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of May 2025.

NAME		NAME
John Alcamo		William Larson
Mark Armour		Thomas Larwin
Patricia Aylsworth		Harry Lesser
John Azevedo		Allison Levin
Perry Barber		Michael Levine
John Bauer		Henry Levy
Jake Bell		Jonathan Lindholm
Michael Bender		Annie Lindsay
Trent Bennett		Susan Lundstrom
Dan Bergman		William Macht
Michael Berry		Peter Mancuso
John Blackburn		Peter Marcus
David Bohmer		T. Wayne Marshall
Mark Bonino		Bill Marston
David Boyle		Rick McAuliffe
Robin Brecker		Robert McCann
D. Bruce Brown		Bruce McClure
Bob Brown		Jeff Meder
Diane Bryan		Jeremy Mills
Bruce Bumbalough		Stephen Milman
Richard Butler Jr		John Mitchell
Thomas Byker		Alan Mooneyham
Ralph Caola		Mark Morowczynski
Ken Carrano		Alan Morris
Jeff Carter		Matthew Mullin
Bo Carter		John Munns
Scott Carter		David Neft
Karl Cicitto		Linda Nichols
Ken Clawson		Andrew North
Vincent Comparato		Bill Nowlin
Tom Crisp		Ralph Olliges Jr
Carter Cromwell		James Overmyer
Richard Cuicchi		Dwight Oxley
Debra Dagavarian-Bonar		Gregg Pericich
William Davis		Steve Perry
Robert Dean		Zac Petrillo
Jack Decker		Mel Poplock
Chris Dial		Gregory Puchalski
Mark Drucker		David Raglin
Nevin Duerr		John Rall
Mark Dugo		Carl Rhoads
Ed Edmonds		John Rosenfelder
Helen Edwards		Michael Rosenwasser
Mike Eisenbath		Charles Roussel
Robert Elias		Bob Russon
Jonathan Epstein		Michael Schell
Daniel Evans		Jason Scheller
John Fain		Douglas Schoppert
Ren Farley		Jack Selzer
David Firstman		Andrew Sharp
Kenneth Fischer		Mary Shea
Jack Flynn		Rob Sheinkopf
Adam Foldes		Linda Skory
Edward Fong		Dave Sloan
Carlos Fragoso		Richard Smiley
Andrew France		Mikel Smith
Donald Frank		Kenneth Snell
Doron Goldman		George Sommerfeld
Frederick Grandchamp		John Soroka
Mike Grisz		Alec Stais
Philip Grone		Brian Stanley
Barry Halpern		Russ Stanley
John Hancock		Maxine Stansell
Henry Hawkins		Thomas Stone
Emily Hawks		Wesley Story
Leslie Heaphy		Joseph Thompson
John Heer		John Tierney
Tim Herlich		Wayne Towers
William Hickman		Neal Traven
Lon Hildreth		Marlene Vogelsang
John Paul Hill		Lenny Wagner
Rockwell Hoffman		Robert Wakefield
Mark Hoose		Thomas Watson
David Hughes		Mike Webber
Rick Huhn		Steven Weiner
Rob Janes		Steve West
Donald Jensen		Herbert Whalley
Dave Jerome		Chris Wilkins
Stephen Johnson		Beach Wires
Robert Kravetz		Jeffrey Wood
Robert Krzys		Mark Yecies
Russ Lake		Don Zminda
Bill Lamb		Thomas Zocco

Want to become a Friend of SABR? Click here to make a recurring monthly contribution or click here to learn more about our Giving Circles to make a one-time contribution.

Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from Will Bardenwerper (Homestand); John W. Miller (The Last Manager); and a Games Project overview with John Fredland, Donna L. Halper, Kurt Blumenau, and Bill Nowlin. Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

June 7: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories: Amie Cuevas (10:00 a.m. EDT)
June 7: Roush-Lopez (FL) Gulf Coast Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (3:00 p.m. EDT)
June 9: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Tim Newby (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 9: Deadball Era Book Talk: Chip Martin (8:00 p.m. EDT)
June 11: SABR Board of Directors conference call (6:00 p.m. EDT)
June 11: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Casey Barber (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 12: Games and Simulations meeting with Kenneth Miller and Roswell Miller (7:00 p.m. EDT)
June 12: Hampton Roads Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting (7:30 p.m. EDT)
June 12: Ottawa/Eastern Ontario Chapter meeting with John Nogowski (7:30 p.m. EDT)
June 14: Bob Davids Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with John Nogowski (9:00 a.m. EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

June 7: Lajoie-Start Southern New England Chapter spring meeting (North Attleboro, MA)
June 7: Bob Davids Chapter Washington Nationals ballgame/meet-up (Washington, DC)
June 7: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter meeting (Keene, NH)
June 7: Bob Broeg/Central Illinois joint chapter ballgame/meet-up (O’Fallon, MO)
June 13: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Schaumburg, IL)
June 14: Dayton Chapter book club meeting (Dayton, OH)
June 14: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
June 14: Rogers Hornsby Chapter Breakfast (Austin, TX)
June 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
June 14: Elysian Fields Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Bridgewater, NJ)
June 15: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter ballgame/meet-up (San Rafael, CA)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

Asian Baseball: Summer 2025 newsletter
Deadball Era: May 2025 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Save 40% off the purchase of baseball books at University of Nebraska Press through June 13
Tyler Kepner: Seattle supersonic: Cal Raleigh is blasting his way toward a historic offensive season (The Athletic)
Russell A. Carleton: This Place Feels Familiar (Baseball Prospectus)
Jay Jaffe: Finally, a Hit for Royce Lewis (FanGraphs)
Jayson Stark: Paul Skenes’ stats with Pirates are mind-blowing — especially the non-wins (The Athletic)
Mario Delgado Genzor: The Eternally Crafty Left-Hander (Baseball Prospectus)
Ben Clemens: The Ongoing Battle for the Top of the Strike Zone (FanGraphs)
Davy Andrews: Kyle Schwarber Is Dominating the Heart of the Plate (FanGraphs)
Jason Coskrey: Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89 (Japan Times)
Kathy Borik: South Bend Blue Sox’s Betsy ‘Sockum’ Jochum dies at 104 (South Bend Tribune)
Alexandra Whitley: The A’s Have Run Out of Pitching: A Historical Study (Baseball Prospectus)
Mike Lynch: ‘New’ Major League Baseball Player Discovered (in 1872!) (Sports-Reference.com)
Mark Simon: May’s MLB Defensive Players of the Month (Sports Info Solutions)
David Laurila: What if a Pronator — Not a Supinator — Threw a Kick-Change? (FanGraphs)
Michael Clair: Alan Ruck looks back on the ‘Ferris Bueller’ Wrigley scene (MLB.com)
John Rosengren: Going, Going, Gone: Childhood baseball cards (Loyola Marymount Magazine)
Jacob Kauffman: The Pecos League at 15: Independent baseball’s wildest survivor (Fansided)
Chad Osborne: Summer baseball returns to Marion — and the field where Nolan Ryan got his professional start (Cardinal News)
Bill Deane: Jim Gentile and the Mythical $5,000 Bonus Clause (Our Game)
Mark Kolier: Two-way star Cy Seymour was an early ‘almost’ HOFer (Almost Cooperstown)
Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with author David Krell (Baseball and BBQ)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Originally published: June 6, 2025. Last Updated: June 6, 2025.

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