This Week in SABR: November 14, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, November 14, 2025.
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Tatis, Witt win 2025 Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards
Doug Fearing to give keynote talk for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
1 week left to submit presentation abstracts for SABR Analytics Conference
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
Save the date: SABR Day 2026
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Tatis, Witt win 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Platinum Awards
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc., announced the winners of the Rawlings Platinum Glove™ and Team Defense Awards for the 2025 season. Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals each won a Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR CEO Scott Bush. In addition, the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers were named as this year’s recipients of the Team Defense Award. The winners were announced on Friday, November 7 at the 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners are determined by combining votes based on an adjusted SABR Defensive Index™ (SDI) for each of the ten Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners in each league and from baseball fan votes worldwide.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Doug Fearing of Teamworks to give keynote talk at 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
We’re excited to welcome Doug Fearing, Chief Data Officer at Teamworks, as the keynote speaker at the SABR Analytics Conference on February 27-March 1, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus. Register today to join us!
Fearing was the co-founder and CEO of Zelus Analytics. Following Zelus’s acquisition by Teamworks in 2024, he now leads the expansion of its advanced analytics capabilities across the Teamworks operating system. From 2015 to 2018, he founded and led the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Baseball Research and Development team.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
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.
1 week left to 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.
Member Benefit Spotlight: Renewing Your Membership
As a SABR member, you have vast resources and benefits at your disposal. With so much information at your fingertips, we realize it can be overwhelming to absorb it all! To highlight key benefits, read on for a SABR Member Benefit Spotlight, an email series that identifies and explains some of the most valuable features of your membership. We hope this allows you to take full advantage of all SABR has to offer.
This month’s issue shows you how to renew your membership.
Click here to read the full article at SABR.org.
Save the date! SABR Day is January 31, 2026
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, January 31, 2026, when we will hold our annual SABR Day celebration! SABR Day is a way for all baseball fans to come together, regardless of where they live, and talk about the game we all love.
Regional chapters are also encouraged to plan their own SABR Day events (virtually or in person) throughout the months of January or February to celebrate the start of a new baseball season.
Chapter leaders, please email Jacob Pomrenke as you finalize your SABR Day plans so we can update our comprehensive schedule of events, which will be posted online soon at SABR.org/sabrday.
Writing Opportunity: Korean Baseball book project
For an upcoming SABR book project on the past, present, and future of Korean baseball, we’re seeking an author for a planned article about foreign players and their experience in the Korea Baseball Organization. If you are interested in contributing, please contact editor Zac Petrillo.
Click here to learn more about upcoming and ongoing writing opportunities for SABR members.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
5 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- May 9, 1942: Hoyt Wilhelm begins Hall of Fame professional career with Class D win for Mooresville, by Kurt Blumenau
- June 7, 1961: Sandy Koufax scores twice and tosses fifth straight complete-game victory, by Gregory H. Wolf
- October 11, 1975: Boston’s Luis Tiant roughs up Reds with hitting, running, twirling, smoking in World Series opener, by Matthew Silverman
- April 20, 2018: Red Sox improve their record to 17-2 with win at Oakland, by Bill Nowlin
- October 14, 2021: Max Scherzer’s first save sends Dodgers to NLCS with win over Giants, by Laura H. Peebles
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Native American Major Leaguers
Edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin
Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.
All SABR members are encouraged to submit nominations for our annual research awards, for works published or completed in 2025. The deadline to nominate for most awards is around December 31:
- Seymour Medal (history/biography books)
- SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards (baseball analytics research)
- Larry Ritter Book Award (Deadball Era books)
- Russell Gabay Award (New Jersey baseball)
- SABR Baseball Research Award (outstanding research articles/projects)
- McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award (best history/biography articles)
Please note: Only ONE entry per nomination will be considered (do not submit multiple nominations for the same award). Self-nominations are welcome. For more information on SABR Awards, click here.
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
- Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
- Negro Leagues statistics added to SABR Lahman Baseball Database
- Read SABR biographies of 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame candidates
- The SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2025
- 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
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Carlson | Downers Grove, IL | Joseph Perez | Ossining, NY | ||
| Leticia Carr | Stephenville, TX | Joe Plate | Ben Lomond, CA | ||
| Sean Durham | Mount Vernon, WA | Joe Priest | Stephenville, TX | ||
| Rachel Elms | Stephenville, TX | Misti Reisman | Stephenville, TX | ||
| Kipi Fleming | Lubbock, TX | Von Spalding | Covington, GA | ||
| Ron Gaylor | Dade City, FL | Jim Tennison | Stephenville, TX | ||
| Susumu Ishikawa | Tokyo, JPN | Tom Ward | Seattle, WA | ||
| Mandy Parra | Stephenville, TX | Joseph Waugh | Telford, ENG |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Adam Darowski (“Professional Baseball’s 4,000 Hit Club”); Steve Rennie (“Baseball on Ice in the 19th Century Canadian Arctic”); Thomas Wolf (Baseball in the Roaring Twenties); and Jim Leeke (Big Loosh: The Unruly Life of Umpire Ron Luciano). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- November 15: Mathewson-Plank (PA) Chapter book club meeting with Paul D. White (10:00 a.m. EST)
- November 15: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter meeting with Matt Sieger, Chris Haft, Kevin Hurd (11:00 a.m. PST)
- November 17: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Steve Treder (7:00 p.m. EST)
- November 17: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter meeting with Greg Moore (7:00 p.m. CST)
- November 18: Games and Simulations meeting with Richard Dombrovski (8:00 p.m. EST)
- November 19: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Andrew Tuetken, Evan Katz, and Bruce McClure (7:00 p.m. EST)
- November 19: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter meeting with Mark Armour (7:00 p.m. CST)
- November 21: Asian Baseball Committee meeting with Hyeonjeong Shim (9:00 p.m. EST)
- November 22: Quebec Chapter meeting with Taylor Smith (1:00 p.m. EST)
- November 24: Bob Broeg St. Louis (MO) Chapter meeting (6:00 p.m. CST)
- November 24: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Paul Jackson (7:00 p.m. EST)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- November 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
- November 15-16: SABR Board of Directors meeting (Cleveland, OH)
- November 15: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
- November 15: Dayton Chapter meeting (Dayton, OH)
- November 15: Central Florida Chapter meeting (Ponce Inlet, FL)
- November 15: Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter meeting (Milwaukee, WI)
- November 16: Elysian Fields Chapter 20th anniversary banquet (E. Rutherford, NJ)
- November 16: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Austin, TX)
- November 18: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
- November 18: Magnolia Chapter: “Big Cat” film screening (Atlanta, GA)
- November 18: Banks-Bragan DFW Chapter meeting (Arlington, TX)
- November 19: Rocky Mountain Chapter monthly lunch (Denver, CO)
- November 20: Magnolia “Third Thursday” Chapter meeting (Sandy Springs, GA)
- November 22: Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter meeting (Williamsport, PA)
- November 22: Gardner-Waterman Vermont Chapter meeting (S. Burlington, VT)
- November 22: Rocky Mountain Chapter baseball cards meeting (Littleton, CO)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Games and Simulations: Are you involved in a baseball season replay with a tabletop, computer, or console game of any kind? Let us know! Click here to fill out a quick survey for the SABR Games and Simulations Committee.
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Larry Dierker Chapter: Fall 2025 newsletter (Houston, TX)
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:
- Meghan Montemurro: Chicago Cubs win National League team Gold Glove Award: ‘We were pretty exceptional’ (Chicago Tribune)
- George Tanber: Third-term Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz: Father of the Golden Pitch (Toledo Free Press)
- Evan Drellich: After pitch-betting scheme, MLB team execs know they face a problem — but not how to solve it (The Athletic)
- Ben Lindbergh: If Pitches Are Fixed, Baseball Is Broken (The Ringer)
- Steven Goldman: Two Goats and a Horsehide Hamlet (Baseball Prospectus)
- Zack Meisel: Public shrugs, private fury: Cleveland Guardians still trying to process betting scandal (The Athletic)
- Alex Speier: Explainer: How MLB finds and investigates betting irregularities (Boston Globe)
- Clinton Yates: Alan Porter is the ‘complete package’ of MLB umpiring (Andscape)
- Jay Jaffe: 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Candidate: Fernando Valenzuela (FanGraphs)
- Josh Levin: Wilbur Huckle For President: Solving A 61-Year-Old Mets Mystery (Defector)
- Mark Simon: Top Defensive Players in Free Agency (Sports Info Solutions)
- Derrick Goold: Will Cardinals’ dealing days include break from tradition of avoiding trades within division? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Davy Andrews: What if Baserunning and Defense Were as Valuable as Hitting? (FanGraphs)
- Rob Mains: Atlanta Braves Holdings Reports Third Quarter Earnings: Braves Exceptionalism (Baseball Prospectus)
- Nathan Skopitz: Takeaways from a historic Blue Jays run (The Carleton Charlatan)
- David Laurila: Three Executives on Developing the Next Kyle Hendricks (FanGraphs)
- David Kronheim: 2025 Major and Minor League Baseball Attendance Season-in-Review (Number Tamer)
- Mike Puma: Lorinda de Roulet, baseball pioneer and former Mets president, dead at 95 (New York Post)
- Kevin Haas: Helen “Sis Waddell” Wyatt, who won a title with Rockford Peaches, dies at 95 (Rock River Current)
- Gary Cieradkowski: Julio Bonetti: Four balls and you’re out! (Infinite Baseball Card Set)
- Luke Epplin: What Arnold Hano Gave Me (Good Grief)
- Ryan Whirty: The FBI’s paranoid history even includes a national hero (Negro Leagues Up Close)
- Matt Ostrowski: Chronicling the 1918 Cubs: World War 1 & Grover Cleveland Alexander (North Side Baseball)
- Mark Kolier: Mackey Sasser never gave into his demons (Almost Cooperstown)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Henry Thomas (Baseball and BBQ)
- Jason Schwartz: Examining image reuse across the T212 Obak set (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Brent Ingram: If Old Cardboard Could Talk (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Ralph Pearce: San Jose Asahi’s 1925 Tour of Japan and Korea (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Taein Chun: Players Are Workers Too: Breaking the Silence and Speaking About Rights (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Christopher Kamka: That Home Run Babe Ruth Hit on an Island in Lake Ontario (SABR Landmarks)
- Jason Schwartz: Hank Aaron ‘pitching’ project (SABR Landmarks)
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: November 14, 2025. Last Updated: November 14, 2025.