This Week in SABR: July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025/in This Week in SABR /by wpadmin

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, July 11, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

More highlights, photos from SABR 53 in Texas
1 month left to register for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville
Lahman Database files now available for download
Call for papers: 2026 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference
New Jersey student wins 2025 Lee Allen History of Baseball Award
Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships

Check out more highlights, photos from SABR 53

Couldn’t make it to Texas for SABR 53? Check out more coverage of our 2025 convention from the Westin DFW Airport online:

For more coverage of SABR 53, visit SABR.org/convention.

Listen to highlights from Hitters Panel with Iván Rodríguez, Elvis Andrus, Tom Grieve

At SABR 53, the Texas Rangers Hitters Panel was held on Thursday, June 26 in Irving, Texas.

Panelists included Iván Rodríguez, who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017 and is considered one of the greatest defensive catchers in the history of the game, earning 13 Gold Glove Awards, 14 All-Star selections, and the 1999 American League MVP Award; Elvis Andrus, a two-time American League All-Star at shortstop who helped lead the Rangers to back-to-back World Series in 2010 and 2011; and Tom Grieve, known as “Mr. Ranger,” who has spent five decades in baseball as a player, executive, and broadcaster with the Texas Rangers. The panel was moderated by Eric Nadel, a Texas Rangers broadcaster since 1979 and the 2014 recipient of the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award.

Click here to listen to audio highlights at SABR.org.

Listen to highlights from Pitchers Panel with Fergie Jenkins, Charlie Hough, Colby Lewis

At SABR 53, the Texas Rangers Pitchers Panel was held on Friday, June 27 in Irving, Texas.

Panelists included Ferguson Jenkins, the first native of Canada to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame who won a career-high 25 games with the Texas Rangers in 1974; Charlie Hough, one of just two pitchers in major-league history with at least 200 career wins and 60 saves who made his first All-Star team at age 38 with the Rangers in 1986; and Colby Lewis, who helped lead the Rangers to four American League West Division titles and two World Series appearances. The moderator was Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News.

Click here to listen to audio highlights at SABR.org.

Listen to highlights from Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel with Don Fehr, Steve Rogers, Ed Edmonds

At SABR 53, the Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel was held on Friday, June 27 in Irving, Texas.

Panelists included Don Fehr, former Executive Director of the MLB Players Association; Steve Rogers, Special Assistant, MLB Players Association, and former Montreal Expos All-Star pitcher; and Ed Edmonds, Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Notre Dame Law School. The panel was moderated by Bradford William Davis, an editorial writer and columnist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

This panel discussed the 50th anniversary of arbitrator Peter Seitz’s landmark decision on baseball free agency.

Click here to listen to audio highlights at SABR.org.

Register now for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference

All baseball fans are welcome to attend the 2025 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference. Full and single-day registration is available now at SABR.org/malloy.

Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $195. Students: $75. Single-day registration is also available for $90 for Friday or Saturday. 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)
Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.

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

Call for papers: 2026 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2026 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 17th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 24-25, 2026. The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2025.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Join SABR on August 9 for Lefty O’Doul Monument Renovation and Celebration Event

Join us this summer for an unforgettable tribute to a San Francisco legend! SABR’s Lefty O’Doul Bay Area Chapter invites all baseball fans to a hometown hero celebration honoring Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul, whose magnificent baseball grave monument has been fully restored at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in California.

When: Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014
Cost: Free and open to the public

Click here to watch a promo video, produced by filmmaker and SABR member Jon Leonoudakis.

The celebration will begin with the dramatic unveiling of Lefty’s newly restored monument — an impressive 6-foot, 5-inch tall tribute that truly captures the essence of this baseball icon. Afterward, the festivities move to nearby Molloy’s Tavern, where we’ll raise a glass to celebrate Lefty’s 128th birthday surrounded by fellowship, good cheer, and our shared passion for baseball—America’s beloved national pastime.

The renovation was possible thanks to funding from the SABR Local Grants Program and the San Francisco Giants.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

New Jersey student wins 2025 Lee Allen History of Baseball Award

SABR is pleased to announce the winner of the Lee Allen History of Baseball Award for 2025.

Kristyn Castaneda of Paterson, New Jersey won the Lee Allen History of Baseball Award for her historical paper, “A Game Changer: Maria Pepe and the Revolution of Girls in Baseball.” Click here to read a copy of her paper (PDF).

Since 1996, SABR has honored the best baseball research project at the National History Day competition, an annual event in which students compete on a regional basis, followed by state competition, and then national finals at the University of Maryland.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Lahman Database files now available for download

The Lahman Baseball Database, created by SABR member Sean Lahman, contains complete batting and pitching statistics back to 1871, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, postseason data, and more.

The updated Lahman Database (released July 1, 2025) is now available for download at SABR.org/lahman-database.

Thanks to Bryan Walko for his efforts to produce this annual update. Lahman’s database allows baseball researchers to perform complex queries across the entire history of the game. This database contains complete batting and pitching statistics from 1871 to 2024, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, postseason data, and more.

Visit SABR.org/lahman-database to learn more. Or click here to watch Sean Lahman’s presentation, “An Introduction to Baseball Databases,” for an overview of these files.

Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships

A SABR Institutional Membership is the perfect way to connect your group with baseball’s rich history. Whether you are supporting historical or analytical researchers or engaging with baseball fans in your community, SABR provides the network, tools, and expertise to enhance your offerings.

A SABR Institutional Membership is ideal for libraries, museums, and historical societies; high schools; and higher education departments, especially History, American Studies, and Sports Analytics programs.

Institutional Members receive unlimited access to SABR’s extensive collection of digital publications; exclusive research resources, including access to historical newspaper databases; engagement opportunities with SABR experts and a network of baseball historians and analysts.

To learn more, contact Paul J. Zwirecki for details on membership options and enrollment.

Get involved: SABR BioProject seeks reviewers, editors

The SABR Biography Project needs your help! All baseball biographies submitted to the BioProject undergo rigorous editing, which includes initial vetting and editing, fact-checking, and copy editing. We are looking for volunteers for each of these stages.

These editors play an important role in the development of the bios and help ensure the high quality and critical acclaim of our research. While experience in editing and fact checking is helpful, it is not necessary. We encourage anyone interested to contact Rory Costello or Gregory H. Wolf for more details.

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

13 new stories published at SABR BioProject

Brian Bark, by Bill Nowlin
Brian Barkley, by Bill Nowlin
Timon Bowden, by Darren Gibson
Red Bowser, by Gary A. Frownfelter (first-time author)
Dutch Dotterer, by Len Pasculli and Frank Longo
Charlie Fritz, by Stephen V. Rice
Tom Hume, by Heath Santo
Cliff Markle, by Vincent T. Ciaramella
Arch McCarthy, by Kyle Sammin (first-time author)
Dorsey Riddlemoser, by Vincent T. Ciaramella
Bill Stumpf, by Bill Lamb
Max West, by Chris Betsch
Nicholas Young, by James K. Flack

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

6 new stories published at SABR Games Project

October 6, 1916: Tris Speaker, All-Star American Leaguers defeat International League in Canada’s capital, by Gary Belleville
May 17, 1957: Harvey’s brother Fred Haddix makes his own no-hit legend for Corning Red Sox, by Kurt Blumenau
July 11, 1959: Don Buddin’s grand slam in bottom of the 10th lifts Red Sox over Yankees, by Bill Nowlin
August 29, 1964: Hometown Wampum fans watch as Dick Allen leads first-place Phillies over Pirates, by John Fredland
August 9, 1998: First-place Astros drub Phillies in Billy Wagner’s return to action, by Steve Ginader
May 26, 2018: Shin-Soo Choo sets career homer record for Asian-born players with walk-off for Rangers against Royals, by Madison McEntire

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

Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks

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
Adrienne Anderson	Savannah, GA	Mike Layne	Novi, MI
Justin Ayoub	Bethpage, NY	Kris Lichtenberger	Youngwood, PA
Jim Beckett	Dallas, TX	Juan Moreno	Kent, CT
Ben Cervelloni	Denver, CO	Ryan Murray	Fredericksburg, VA
Naveed Chowdhury	San Jose, CA	Mike O’Brien	Woodbury, MN
Rich Cline	Menlo Park, CA	Dongjoon Park	Emeryville, CA
Lindsay Dial	Watertown, MA	Will Rogers	San Francisco, CA
Michael Fox	Nancy, KY	Daniel Schuster	Brentwood, MO
William Frank	Davie, FL	Greg Snyder	Hatfield, PA
Paul Heally	Tracy, CA	Calypso Tapia	Nogales, AZ
Meghan Hope	Coppell, TX	Jack Thornton	Baldwinville, MA
Art Johnson	Walpole, NH	Andrew Wexler	Pittsford, NY

Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from Aaron Fischman and Tony Barnette (A Baseball Gaijin); Steve Rennie (“Baseball During the Klondike Gold Rush”); Dean Patino (Baseball Classics board game); and Dan Schlossberg (The New Baseball Bible). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

July 12: Games Project meeting (2:30 p.m. EDT)
July 12: Roush-Lopez (FL) Gulf Coast Chapter meeting with Levi Fender (3:00 p.m. EDT)
July 14: Central Florida Chapter meeting with Dennis Snelling (7:00 p.m. EDT)
July 14: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Phil Coffin (7:00 p.m. EDT)
July 16: Joint Chapter meeting with Mitchell Nathanson (7:00 p.m. EDT)
July 16: Mack-Allen Philadelphia (PA) Chapter meeting with Mike Walsh (7:00 p.m. EDT)
July 17: Joint AL Central Chapter midseason meeting (8:00 p.m. EDT)
July 19: Talkin’ Baseball: Stephen Dittmore (9:00 a.m. EDT)
July 19: Bay Area/Sacramento (CA) Chapter joint meeting with Noel Hynd, Dennis Snelling, Robert Elias (11:00 a.m. PDT)
July 19: Oklahoma Chapter meeting (2:00 p.m. CDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

July 12: Bob Davids Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Tysons, VA)
July 12: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
July 12: Hanlan’s Point Chapter meeting (Toronto, ON)
July 13: Jiggs Donahue grave marker dedication ceremony (Springfield, OH)
July 14: Juan Marichal Chapter meeting (Santo Domingo, DOM)
July 15: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter All-Star watch party (Aurora, IL)
July 15: Halsey Hall Chapter All-Star watch party (Minneapolis, MN)
July 16: History Behind Home Plate: Baseball in Tennessee panel discussion (Knoxville, TN)
July 17: Magnolia Chapter Third Thursday meeting (Sandy Springs, GA)
July 18: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Manchester, NH)
July 18: Bob Davids Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Alexandria, VA)
July 19: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
July 19: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Minneapolis, MN)
July 19: Rogers Hornsby Chapter ballgame/meet-up (San Antonio, TX)

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

Biographical Research: June 2025 newsletter

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

Casey Stengel Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (New York, NY)
Hanlan’s Point Chapter: Summer 2025 newsletter (Toronto, ON)
Mathewson-Plank Chapter: Summer 2025 newsletter (Harrisburg, PA)
Rocky Mountain Chapter: July 2025 newsletter (Denver, CO)

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:

Tyler Kepner: How CC Sabathia’s 2008 Milwaukee summer smoothed a path to Cooperstown (The Athletic)
Evan Drellich: With Ichiro’s Hall of Fame moment, Cooperstown hopes and preps for a Japanese tourism surge (The Athletic)
Mark Simon: What Makes The Blue Jays So Good Defensively? A Lot Of Skill (Sports Info Solutions)
Davy Andrews: Are We at Peak Center Field Defense? (FanGraphs)
Tim Keown: The extraordinary mystery of the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal (ESPN.com)
Jay Jaffe: At Long Last, Clayton Kershaw Joins the 3,000-Strikeout Club (FanGraphs)
Sam Miller: Ballplayers Reject The Dropped Third Strike Rule (Pebble Hunting)
Alex Speier: For much of the season, fastballs were the Red Sox’ weakness. Here’s how they’ve flipped the script. (Boston Globe)
Hannah Keyser: Baseball’s Celebrity Row: Behind MLB’s First-Pitch Ritual (Front Office Sports)
Emily Hawks: Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo speaks on race, identity, and being a role model (International Examiner)
Rick Armstrong: Doug Feldmann finds baseball home as official scorer for Cincinnati Reds (Aurora Beacon-News)
Mario Delgado Genzor: How Grant Holmes Puts Batters in a Blender (Baseball Prospectus)
Andrew Baggarly/Eno Sarris: Logan Webb is having his best season with help from an ‘MVP pitch’ that the metrics hate (The Athletic)
Matt Monagan: Aubrey Leach’s grandma was a Rockford Peach, now she’s a star in the AUSL (MLB.com)
Anthony Castrovince: ‘The Satchel Project’ maps Paige’s every known outing (MLB.com)
Steven Goldman: You Say Tiger, I Say Tyger (Baseball Prospectus)
Bill Shaikin: LAX won’t say who designed its iconic murals, but the Dodgers will. Why? (Los Angeles Times)
Branson Wright: Atlanta’s commitment to baseball attracts, energizes, develops Black youth (Andscape)
David Laurila: A Conversation With Jake Bird, the Pitching Nerd Conquering Coors Field (FanGraphs)
Michael Clair: Australian draft prospect Brent Iredale shows ‘anyone from a small country can do it’ (MLB.com)
Russell A. Carleton: Every Knee Will Bend (Baseball Prospectus)
Vince Guerrieri: Tom Hamilton Reflects on 35 Years as the Voice of Cleveland Baseball (Ohio Magazine)
Paul Sullivan: Former manager Lee Elia, whose rant against Chicago Cubs fans became part of team lore, dies at 87 (Chicago Tribune)
Roy Carlson: Display of Affection: Topps Vintage Baseball Card Boxes Offer Surprises on the Surface (Sports Collectors Daily)
Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Diego Segui (1937-2025) (RIP Baseball)
Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Mark Whicker (Baseball and BBQ)
Jim Chapman: Antedating West Side Grounds Photos (SABR Pictorial History)

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: July 11, 2025. Last Updated: July 11, 2025.

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Check out more highlights, photos from SABR 53

Listen to highlights from Hitters Panel with Iván Rodríguez, Elvis Andrus, Tom Grieve

Listen to highlights from Pitchers Panel with Fergie Jenkins, Charlie Hough, Colby Lewis

Listen to highlights from Seitz Decision 50th Anniversary Panel with Don Fehr, Steve Rogers, Ed Edmonds

Register now for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference

Call for papers: 2026 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

Join SABR on August 9 for Lefty O’Doul Monument Renovation and Celebration Event

New Jersey student wins 2025 Lee Allen History of Baseball Award

Lahman Database files now available for download

Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships

Get involved: SABR BioProject seeks reviewers, editors

13 new stories published at SABR BioProject

6 new stories published at SABR Games Project

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