SABR 55 to feature Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
NOVEMBER 4, 2026 — Next summer in Birmingham, Alabama, the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference will be held as part of SABR’s 55th annual convention on August 4–8, 2027. Registration for SABR 55 will include admission to the Malloy Conference, giving attendees a special opportunity to engage with enhanced programming on the past, present, and future of Black baseball in a historic setting.
Registration information for SABR 55, along with our special room block at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, will be available at SABR.org/convention and SABR.org/malloy in early 2027. The combined conference is open to all baseball fans.
Birmingham is home to Rickwood Field, the oldest professional baseball park in the United States, along with the Negro Southern League Museum and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Tours of each site will be included with SABR 55 registration.
SABR 55 will include unique Malloy Conference programming, featured speakers from around the baseball world, plus innovative panel discussions, groundbreaking research presentations and poster presentations, committee meetings, ballgames, trivia contest, and most of all, the opportunity to make and renew baseball friendships over the course of this exciting and memorable event.
The SABR 55 convention logo and 2027 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference logo were created by acclaimed sports graphic designer and SABR member Todd Radom.
Stay tuned for more information soon at SABR.org/convention and SABR.org/malloy.
Originally published: November 4, 2026. Last Updated: October 30, 2026.