SABR 54: Call for Presentations
SABR invites all members to present their research findings to their colleagues attending SABR 54, the 2026 annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
Oral presentations are expected to last 20 minutes, followed by a five minute question-and-answer period. Posters will be presented, with the author on-hand to discuss the work, during a poster session of 60 minutes and they will remain on display throughout the convention.
Through on-site judging, the most highly-regarded presentations will receive the Doug Pappas Award for best oral presentation and the SABR Convention Poster Presentation Award for best poster presentation.
SABR 54 will be held July 29-August 2, 2026, at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown hotel. Early registration rates and hotel information will be available soon at SABR.org/convention.
Click here to submit abstracts for SABR 54
The submission deadline for SABR 54 abstracts is 11:59 p.m. PST on Sunday, February 22, 2026.
In addition, we seek volunteers who wish to participate in the blind review process (beginning in March) and/or on-site judging (at the convention in Cleveland.) Those volunteers are also requested to apply by sending an email to convention-presentations@sabr.org.
For almost as long as there’s been professional baseball, there’s been professional baseball in Cleveland. From the Forest Citys to the infamous Spiders to Cleveland’s current team, the Guardians, Cleveland has been a major league city for more than 150 years. But it’s been home to a variety of teams at a variety of venues. As cities grew to prominence along Lake Erie, they also became home to baseball teams, including big cities like Toledo and Buffalo, as well as smaller cities like Sandusky; Erie, Pennsylvania; and Windsor, Ontario. In addition, the region is home to dozens of colleges and a thriving amateur baseball scene as well. Many major leaguers have come from the area or at one point called it home. All of these subjects are ripe for research at SABR 54.
In general, we will follow the procedures used in recent years for reviewing and selecting research abstracts.
- Oral presentations will be limited to one presentation slot (20 minutes, plus five minutes for Q&A) in length.
- While submitters may express preference for one format or the other, all abstracts will be evaluated as both oral and poster presentations. Reviewers will not be informed of the submitter’s preference if one is expressed. If you believe the presentation cannot possibly be delivered in one of the formats, please make that clear in your submission to help simplify the acceptance process.
- At most two abstracts — one oral and one poster — will be accepted from each submitter. Researchers are encouraged to submit multiple abstracts, but no more than two of them will be accepted for presentation. In addition to the reviewers’ scores, the submitters preferred medium will be taken into consideration in the selection process. If more than one of a submitter’s abstracts scores well enough to be accepted in one medium (but neither scores well enough in the other medium for acceptance), the researcher will choose which one to present in its medium at SABR 54.
- The poster presentation display boards typically measure at 36″ x 48″ and all posters must include the SABR 54 convention logo (at least 2″ x 2″) somewhere on their poster. Please check out our Tipsheet to learn more about designing and displaying a high-quality poster at the SABR convention.
- 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 anticipated results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball research offered by this work.
Please note: If your abstract is accepted and you intend to make a research presentation, you must register to attend the SABR 54 convention. Registration details will be available soon at SABR.org/convention.
When submitting an abstract, the author should describe anticipated audio-visual needs if the abstract is accepted as an oral presentation. For oral presentations at the convention site, SABR will provide laptops and computer-connected projection systems. If your work will need another type of A/V equipment, please let us know. Authors may submit multiple abstracts. SABR membership is not required in order to submit an abstract. All research submissions will be evaluated by blind review. All abstracts must be submitted electronically through the online form above.
Questions regarding the submission, review, and evaluation procedures should also be sent to convention-presentations@sabr.org.
Originally published: January 21, 2026. Last Updated: January 13, 2026.