This Week in SABR: October 3, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 3, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
Early registration open for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
Apply now for Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
Negro Leagues plays added to SABR Triple Plays Database
Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 1
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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!
- Registration: Click here to register for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
- Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, February 27 through Sunday, March 1, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, February 26. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
- Research Presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence: Present your baseball research at the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 21, 2025.
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2026 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
- Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 19, 2025.
- Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 19, 2025.
- Certification Courses: The first three courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Three – Introduction to Baseball Programming, are available now. Click here to learn more or to sign up.
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.
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
SABR has made tremendous strides toward becoming the essential community for the baseball world, but our work isn’t finished. With your support, we can continue to invest in mission-driven initiatives that will ensure SABR’s growth and sustainability for years to come. Your contributions will help us expand our research resources, forge meaningful partnerships inside and outside the game, and create more opportunities for participation in our baseball community. Gifts from members like you help SABR BRING IT HOME, securing success in 2025 and beyond.
You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2025. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to boost SABR’s general operations. Contributions from generous donors like you are critical in supporting SABR as we add to our research resources, develop collaborative partnerships that add value for our members, and expand opportunities to participate in the wonderful baseball community we’ve built together.
Visit SABR.org/donate/2025 to learn more.
Negro Leagues plays added to SABR Triple Plays Database
SABR has added 60 documented triple plays from Negro Leagues teams to its comprehensive Triple Plays Database. This list includes triple plays turned by the Kansas City Monarchs, Homestead Grays, and other major leagues and teams between 1906 to 1949, featuring some of Black baseball’s top stars such as Buck O’Neil, Mule Suttles, Willie Wells, Pete Hill, and “Cannonball” Dick Redding.
Play-by-play data for all Negro Leagues triple plays was supplied by SABR members Kevin Johnson, Gary Ashwill, Robert Wickwire, and the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database, supplemented by newspaper and archival research. Retrosheet box score links have been added whenever possible.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
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.
Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 1
SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.
- Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
Next deadline: November 1, 2025 (for publication in early 2027 or 2028)
SABR seeks to publish 2-4 web-based multimedia projects and 6-8 books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
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.
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: Irish American book project
SABR is working with the Irish American Baseball Society to produce a new book, tenatively titled The Irish Diaspora and America’s Game: A Study of the Irish Impact on the Game of Baseball. We are seeking contributors willing to write on a number of subjects. The book intends to look at Irish American involvement in the early game in the US, the impact of Irish immigration on the game from the time of its origins, and the first baseball games played in Ireland. We welcome essays on topics ranging from Irish managers, executives, media, and owners; contemporary players such as Tom Glavine and Mike Trout; and attempts to introduce the game into Ireland over the past 150 years, including exhibition baseball games during World War I and World War II. If you are interested in contributing, please contact Bill Nowlin.
Click here to learn more about contributing to upcoming SABR projects.
Call for volunteers: Weiss Questionnaire family matching
SABR seeks volunteers for the next phase of the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires transcription project: Matching Relatives. While families like the Griffeys and the Bonds are household names, many other ballplayers with relatives in the game have gone unnoticed. No experience is needed. Whether you can give a few minutes here and there, or dive in more regularly, your contribution will help piece together baseball’s family history.
To get started, click here to start contributing immediately. A quick how-to video can be found on YouTube. Please email Jason Sigler with any questions.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
2 new stories published at SABR BioProject
- Jerry Lynch, by Heath Santo
- Solly Salisbury, by Robert Grant Price (first-time author)
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.
7 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- October 8, 1907: Cubs, Tigers open World Series with hard-fought draw, by Alan Stowell
- October 8, 1908: Cubs defeat Giants, win NL pennant in makeup of ‘Merkle Game’, by Donna L. Halper
- October 7, 1925: Walter Johnson and Washington Nationals beat Pittsburgh in World Series opener, by Blake W. Sherry
- May 24, 1963: Twins defensive sub Jimmie Hall uses bat to beat White Sox in 9th, by Thomas E. Merrick
- June 12, 1997: Giants beat Rangers in MLB’s first regular-season interleague game, by Jake Rinloan
- October 3, 2007: Dominant Josh Beckett wins Game 1 of ALDS for Red Sox, by Bill Nowlin
- October 5, 2007: Manny Ramírez walk-off home run ends standoff of Red Sox, Angels bullpens in Game 2, by Bill Nowlin
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
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.
Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:
- Save the date! SABR 54 will be in Cleveland in 2026
- Check out highlights, stories, and photos from SABR 53 in Texas
- Check out highlights, photos from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville
- Watch highlights from 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
- Jean Hastings Ardell wins 2025 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
- Tom Hufford selected as 2025 Bob Davids Award winner
- 4,000 Hit Club updates: Robinson Canó, Vinicio García
- Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
- Lahman Database files now available for download
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
- Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
- Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources
- Get a gift for baseball fan in your life with the SABR Store @ CafePress
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Abbott | New Carrollton, MD | Meg Lauber | Dunwoody, GA | ||
| J.C. Bradbury | Kennesaw, GA | Todd Little | Corronado, CA | ||
| Kelli Drechsel | Dwight, IL | Cody McLaughlin | Lake Oswego, OR | ||
| Damian Duhe | Mount Airy, LA | Rick Montgomery | Braddock, PA | ||
| Mary Flott | Dwight, IL | Holden Osbeck | Eugene, OR | ||
| Jeff Flott | Dwight, IL | Jalen Preston | Chicago, IL | ||
| Erik Golden | Dwight, IL | Tom Rice | Richmond, VA | ||
| Mark Hausherr | Baltimore, MD | Jim Swistek | Chandler, AZ | ||
| Ken Kelly | Fort Worth, TX | Melissa Upchurch | St. Louis, MO |
Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of September 2025.
| NAME | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Auger | Henry Levy | |
| Ben Baschinsky | Robert Mains | |
| Jake Bell | Peter Mancuso | |
| Ken Berger | Peter Marcus | |
| Evan Bieder | Bruce McClure | |
| D. Bruce Brown | Mark Morowczynski | |
| Bruce Bumbalough | Linda Nichols | |
| Donovan Burba | Andrew North | |
| Ralph Caola | Bill Nowlin | |
| Ken Carrano | John Rall | |
| Karl Cicitto | Tom Rice | |
| Vincent Comparato | Michael Rosenwasser | |
| Chris Dial | Charles Roussel | |
| Mark Drucker | Bob Russon | |
| Mark Dugo | Jason Scheller | |
| Jonathan Epstein | Douglas Schoppert | |
| Daniel Evans | Mary Shea | |
| Joseph Ferris | Rob Sheinkopf | |
| David Firstman | Thomas Stone | |
| Adam Foldes | Wesley Story | |
| Daniel Gerstman | Joseph Thompson | |
| Leslie Heaphy | Neal Traven | |
| Timothy Herlich | Steve West | |
| Rockwell Hoffman | Beach Wires | |
| David Hughes | Jeffrey Wood | |
| Rob Janes | Don Zminda | |
| Donald Jensen |
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 Rob Fitts (Deadball Era Book Talks); Thomas Wolf (Baseball in the Roaring Twenties); Louis Schiff (Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame); Dennis Snelling (The Whiz Kids); and Herm Krabbenhoft (“Tim Keefe’s 1880 ERA: Still a Record?”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- 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)
- October 6: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Dennis Snelling (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 6: Asian Baseball Committee meeting with Leron Lee (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 7: Joint Chapter Meeting: Jane Leavy (7:00 p.m. CDT)
- October 11: Bob Davids Chapter Talkin’ Baseball: Phil Coffin (9:00 a.m. EDT)
- October 11: Baseball and the Arts/Baseball Cards Committee meeting with Tim Carroll, Eric Kittelberger, and Michael Lewis (12:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 11: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting with Jane Leavy (11:00 a.m. PDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- October 4: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
- October 4: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Schertz, TX)
- October 7: Bob Davids Chapter Virginia Hot Stove Dinner (Arlington, VA)
- October 11: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Nineteenth Century: Fall 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Elysian Fields Chapter: Fall 2025 newsletter (Northern New Jersey)
- Halsey Hall Chapter: October 2025 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)
- Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: October 2025 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)
- Magnolia Chapter: Fall 2025 newsletter (Atlanta, GA)
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:
- 2026 Ford C. Frick Award ballot finalists announced (BaseballHall.org)
- Davy Andrews: Mason Miller and the Impossibility of True Unhittability (FanGraphs)
- Mario Delgado Genzor: Can Roki Sasaki Save the Dodgers Bullpen? (Baseball Prospectus)
- Ben Lindbergh: Forget the AL MVP Race. Cal Raleigh Has Already Defined the Season. (The Ringer)
- Tyler Kepner: With pitching and power, the pennant-less Mariners are dreaming big (The Athletic)
- Meg Rowley: Here’s Who’s (Maybe) Going to Win the 2025 World Series (FanGraphs)
- Eno Sarris: MLB’s best postseason starters somehow still have surprises waiting for hitters (The Athletic)
- Jay Jaffe: A Look at the Defenses of the 2025 Postseason Teams (FanGraphs)
- Mark Simon: Playoff Defenders To Watch (Sports Info Solutions)
- Meghan Montemurro: ‘A beer shower from Tom Ricketts’ to more cowbell: Chicago Cubs’ celebration extra sweet at Wrigley Field (Chicago Tribune)
- David Laurila: Diligent With Game Prep, Dillon Dingler Does His Homework Daily (FanGraphs)
- Alex Speier: For Red Sox, the sudden end to the season is followed by pain and emptiness in the clubhouse after Game 3 (Boston Globe)
- Alex Coffey: The Phillies’ Harrison Bader has been painting since he was a kid. And it has helped shape his game. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Michael Baumann: A Good Manager Is Hard To Find (FanGraphs)
- Jayson Stark: Rockies set MLB record for worst run differential — minus-424! — in modern era (The Athletic)
- Derrick Goold: ‘We won’t concede’: Chaim Bloom era begins with his vision of how Cardinals reclaim edge (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- William Weinbaum: ‘He was older than our fathers’: An oral history of Satchel Paige’s final game at 59 (Andscape)
- Michael Clair: Pat Borders played through pain to win the 2000 Olympic gold (MLB.com)
- Vahe Gregorian: Fifty years after death of Kansas City legend, it’s time to revive his name here (Kansas City Star)
- Bill Lukitsch: Why the Pohlad family decided to keep the Minnesota Twins (Minnesota Star Tribune)
- Tony Paul: Legendary Detroit sports broadcaster Ray Lane dies at 95 (Detroit News)
- Tiffany Babb: Who drew the comics on the back of Topps baseball cards? (The Fan Files)
- Amanda Lane Cumming: A Tale of Two October 2nds: The Pilots, the Mariners, and the Fate of Seattle Baseball (NW Baseball History)
- Mark Kolier: 50 home run seasons are still special (Almost Cooperstown)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Jim Leeke (Baseball and BBQ)
- Jason Schwartz: Hank Aaron baseball cards by the numbers (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Glenn Evans: Crossing the Tracks: 1908 (SABR Games and Simulations)
- Nobby Ito: NPB’s Season in China (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Rob Fitts: Returning Home: The 1914 Seattle Nippon and Asahi Japanese American Tours (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Jongho Kim: Korean Players Who Experienced the “Third Baseball League” (SABR Asian Baseball)
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: October 3, 2025. Last Updated: October 3, 2025.