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This Week in SABR: September 26, 2025

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This Week in SABR: September 26, 2025

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, September 26, 2025.
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Top Headlines

Early registration open for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
Apply now for Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship
Watch highlights from SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Jean Hastings Ardell selected as Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner
Subscribe to the Fall 2025 print edition of the Baseball Research Journal

Research Collection Events Calendar Around the Web

2026 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration now open for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

Submit your presentation abstract for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on February 27-March 1, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work. Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. Please clearly indicate whether you are submitting for the general track or for the student track of presentations. The submission deadline for all 2026 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on November 21, 2025.

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

Apply now for the 2026 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship

SABR welcomes new applications for the Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship in 2026. Awarded annually to four recipients, the scholarship will provide meaningful professional development and networking opportunities for female students or young professionals pursuing a career in baseball analytics and data science.

Recipients will receive: registration for the SABR Analytics Conference, including hotel accommodations and travel stipend; registration for all courses in the SABR Analytics Certification program; one-year SABR membership, which includes access to quarterly SABR Scholar Session virtual networking events.

All applications must be postmarked or emailed to scarter@sabr.org by December 19, 2025.

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

SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference logo

Watch highlights from 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

The seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference was held virtually on September 19-21. This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — was a virtual Zoom event.

The conference featured keynote speaker Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author, filmmaker, professor, and daughter of Negro Leaguer Henry Kimbro; a Baseball Operations Panel with Nicole Briscoe (ESPN), Hanna Snedecor (Rockford Rivets) and Alisha Wetzel (Savannah Bananas); a Groundskeepers Panel with Alexa Brown (Tulsa Drillers), Nicole Sherry (Baltimore Orioles), and Leah Withrow (Reno Aces); the My Baseball Story Panel with C.C. Ford and Donna Cohen; research presentations; pylon unveiling; and the presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award to Jean Hastings Ardell.

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference to learn more.

Jean Ardell

Jean Hastings Ardell selected as 2025 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner

The late author Jean Hastings Ardell was honored on Saturday, September 20 with the 2025 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award during the SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference.

SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee established the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award — “The Dorothy” — named in honor of Dorothy Seymour Mills and her lifetime of contributions to promoting women’s baseball.

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

Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal

Subscribe to the Fall 2025 print edition of the Baseball Research Journal

All SABR members exclusively receive the Baseball Research Journal electronically twice a year. The Fall 2025 issue will be sent out in early November. If you are interested in a paperback copy of BRJ for your personal library, we have rolled out a subscription option at a significantly discounted rate: $7 per issue for members, compared to $19.95 at retail.

Click here for a short video on how to subscribe to printed copies of BRJ.

All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 20, 2025. Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members. This session’s guest speakers are from the Minnesota Twins front office: Josh Kalk, Assistant General Manager, and Josh Ruffin, Director of Applied Analytics. Tyrone, Josh, and Josh will discuss their paths into baseball front offices and offer tips to stand out during the hiring season. After an insightful conversation and Q&A session, we’ll learn more about how to put your SABR membership to work for you. To learn more or to pre-register for the SABR Scholar Session on Zoom, please contact Jessica Smyth.

Join us on October 20 for a SABR Scholar Session with Josh Kalk and Josh Ruffin

All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 20.

Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members. This session’s guest speakers are from the Minnesota Twins front office: Josh Kalk, Assistant General Manager, and Josh Ruffin, Director of Applied Analytics.

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

Tim Newby presents at the 2025 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York (Photo: Dixie Tourangeau)

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.

Robinson Canó of the Diablos Rojos celebrates his 4,000th career professional hit on September 13, 2025, during the final round of the Serie del Rey, the Mexican League playoffs, at Estadio Panamericano de Béisbol in Sapopan, Mexico. (Courtesy of Prensa Diablos / Enrique Gutiérrez)

4,000 Hit Club updates: Robinson Canó, Vinicio García

On Saturday, September 13, Robinson Canó stepped into the batter’s box at Estadio Panamericano de Béisbol in Sapopan, Mexico. Now 42 years old and more than three years removed from his last game in Major League Baseball, Canó singled for the 4,000th hit of his professional career. His Mexican League team, the Diablos Rojos, celebrated the milestone on the field, collecting the ball while Canó saluted the crowd. Thanks to the efforts of SABR members Adam Darowski, Scott Simkus, and Von Spalding, Canó became the first player to celebrate the milestone in real time.

Fewer than two dozen players are confirmed to have reached 4,000 professional hits—when counting stats from the regular season and postseason of competitive professional leagues (major, minor, or independent) around the world, along with international tournaments. As Simkus wrote in 2013 when he published the first list of players with 4,000 professional hits at SABR.org, “A player who reaches 4,000 hits in any professional baseball environment — in any country, in any era — exists in rarified air.” At that time, there were only nine known members. By the time Darowski delivered his research presentation on the 4,000 Hit Club at SABR 53 this summer, there were 21.

Now, we can add Robinson Canó to this list — and one more new player, Vinicio “Chico” García, a one-time Baltimore Orioles infielder and a Hall of Famer in his native Mexico, whose stats were rediscovered 55 years after he played in his final game.

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

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.

Writing opportunity: Spring Training book project

The editors of an upcoming SABR publication are seeking original articles and essays that explore all aspects of baseball’s spring training, including notable and historical locations, prominent or influential people, cultural implications, memorable moments, or personal narratives. All SABR members are welcome to contribute. Please send queries to editor David Pegram by October 1, 2025.

Click here to learn more about contributing to upcoming SABR projects.

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.

SABR Research Collection updates

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

SABR Research Collection: Joey Jay, Stan Musial, Roy Halladay

2 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

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

6 new stories published at SABR Games Project

In addition, these game stories from SABR’s Stan Musial book have now been posted online:

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

Featured E-Book from the SABR Digital Library

Vinotinto Venezuela Béisbol, 1939–2024:  85 Years of Venezuelans in the Major Leagues, edited by Leonte Landino and Bill Nowlin

Vinotinto Venezuela Béisbol, 1939–2024: 
85 Years of Venezuelans in the Major Leagues
Edited by Leonte Landino and Bill Nowlin
Spanish translation: Reynaldo Cruz Díaz

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

Recent Highlights

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

New Members

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
Jeanne Armour Sarasota, FL     Robert Phraner Jupiter, FL
Evan Bieder Fairfield, CT     Justin Remar Ralston, NE
Jared Booth Manchester, NH     Ernie Richmond Deming, NM
Emilio Conde Mexico City, MEX     Garrett Roehl Saint Cloud, WI
Joseph Ferris Brewer, ME     Mac Ross Eastern Passage, NS
Jazmine Gurrola Baldwin Park, CA     Timothy Ryan Evanston, IL
Trevor Haley Villa Park, IL     Stacy Silvernail Carlsbad, CA
Kyle Hiltbrand Atascadero, CA     Antonio Sosa Sanford, FL
Logan Hofgaard Centereach, NY     Quinn Taylor Marlton, NJ
Jamie Jones San Marcos, TX     Jim Touhey Colesville, MD
Chase Maceiko Avella, PA     Joseph Vedovato Valhalla, NY
Julian Mavis Lone Tree, CO     Roger Waiters Los Angeles, CA
David Maxwell Garden City, MI     Michael Weatherford Denton, TX
Miles Minier Oxnard, CA     Andrew Wilson Tampa, FL
Norm Montoya Fremont, CA     Dax Yoakum Orlando, FL
Jason Paslean Oxford, MI        

SABR Events Calendar

SABR's Deadball Era Committee will host a virtual Book Talk meeting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. All baseball fans are invited to attend. Our guest is Rob Fitts, an award-winning author and 2025 Henry Chadwick Award recipient. He has published several books on baseball, including two volumes of SABR's award-winning series Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan; plus Issei Baseball: The Story of the First Japanese American Ballplayers and Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage, and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan, and more.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

  • September 28: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter Meeting with Thomas Wolf (7:00 p.m. EDT)
  • September 29: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Herm Krabbenhoft (7:00 p.m. EDT)
  • September 29: Central Illinois Chapter meeting with Louis Schiff and Robert Jarvis (7:00 p.m. CDT)
  • September 29: Rocky Mountain Chapter meeting with Louis Schiff (8:00 p.m. MDT)
  • September 30: Deadball Era Book Talks: Rob Fitts (8:00 p.m. EDT)
  • October 1: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Dennis Snelling (7:00 p.m. EDT)
  • October 4: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories: Kat Williams (10:00 a.m. EDT)
  • October 4: Rice-Russell Nashville (TN) Chapter meeting with Louis Schiff and Noel Hynd (10:00 a.m. CDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

  • September 27: Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter breakfast (Middletown, CT)
  • September 27: 2025 Rygelski Baseball Research Conference (St. Louis, MO)
  • September 30: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Lunch (Silver Spring, MD)
  • October 1: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
  • October 1: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter fellowship meeting (St. Louis, MO)
  • October 4: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
  • October 4: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Schertz, TX)

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

Research Committee news

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

Regional Chapter news

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

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Around the Web headlines

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

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: September 26, 2025. Last Updated: September 26, 2025.

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