Join us on May 13 for SABR All-Time Eras Teams webinar on 19th Century Era and Deadball Era
MAY 5, 2026 — Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.
- Join us from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, May 13 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the 19th Century and Deadball Era teams, and hear a presentation on “Building Trust: Baseball in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1876-1919” by Brian M. Ingrassia of West Texas A&M University.
The Zoom link will be sent out to all SABR members on the morning of the webinar.
Ingrassia is an associate professor of history at West Texas A&M University. He is the author of The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education’s Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football (2012) and Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (2024). He is the editor of The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and the series editor of the Sport and Popular Culture Series by the University of Tennessee Press. He has published articles in The Journal of Sport History, Sport History Review, and The Journal of Southern History, among others. His current book project is a history of expansion and franchise relocation in organized baseball, from the nineteenth century to the present. He grew up in the heart of Cubs-Cardinals rivalry territory near Peoria, Illinois, and completed his PhD in history at the University of Illinois in 2008.
The All-Time Eras Teams project is an interactive opportunity for all SABR members to participate in, debate with one another, and learn more about the iconic players and figures from different eras. Each ballot period will culminate with a virtual Zoom webinar which includes a presentation covering that era of American history prior to the unveiling of the team chosen by our members.
Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more.
Originally published: May 5, 2026. Last Updated: May 5, 2026.