This Week in SABR: November 6, 2026
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, November 6, 2026.
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2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced
SABR 55 to feature Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
New in the SABR Shop: Jackie Robinson/Sam Lacy BRJ cover poster
Read SABR bios of 2027 Hall of Fame candidates
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2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced
The winners for the 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League and National League, were announced during a one-hour special edition of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight on Sunday, November 1.
The SABR Defensive Index™ is used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process which are added to the votes from the managers and coaches of each team.
Voting concluded Friday for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each League. The winners of the Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards will be announced on Friday, November 6.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
SABR 55 to feature Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
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.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, 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 2027 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, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. 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: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 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 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
- Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Scholarship: Students and young professionals, apply now for a Sarah Langs Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
- Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
- Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up.
Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.
Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, 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. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
New in the SABR Shop: Fall 2026 Baseball Research Journal cover poster
Celebrate two important figures in baseball history with this striking poster featuring Gary Cieradkowski’s cover art from the upcoming Fall 2026 issue of the SABR Baseball Research Journal. Featuring Jackie Robinson and pioneering sportswriter Sam Lacy, this exclusive museum-quality print makes a great addition to any baseball fan’s office, library, or collection.
Visit SABR.shop to get your copy of the BRJ cover poster and other exclusive SABR apparel and prints today.
Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!
For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe.
You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.
Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.
Apply for a SABR Local Grant in 2027
The SABR Local Grants program provides an opportunity for chapters, research committees, and chartered communities to apply for funding for their projects under SABR’s Four Pillars: Research, Scholarship, Preservation, and Future of the Game. Applications are now open for a 2027 SABR Local Grant at SABR.org/local-grants. Submissions will be accepted until January 31, 2027.
All SABR chapters, chartered communities, and research committees are eligible to apply. Individual SABR members and non-SABR groups are not eligible, so if you have an individual idea for a program grant, please follow up with your local chapter leadership or appropriate research committee to discuss an application.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Read SABR biographies of 2027 Baseball Hall of Fame candidates
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-person, non-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2027. The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot includes Sandy Alderson, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean, Ted Turner, and Bill White.
The results of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote will be announced live on MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, December 6.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
SABR Digital Library: Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:
Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Edited by Bill Nowlin, Glen Sparks, and Marlene Vogelsang
Associate Editors: Abigail Miskowiec, Len Levin, and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-78-9, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-79-6, $29.95
8.5″ x 11″, 224 pages
Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.
1 week left to register for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium
SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.
- Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.
The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project
- Al Capone: A Life in Baseball, by Bill Lamb
- Carson Park (Eau Claire, WI), by Jim Force
- Dick Wantz, by Steve Kuzmiak
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.
3 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- August 10, 1883: Myron Allen returns to Kingston, Gothams rally past his old club, by Daniel Torres
- September 23, 1950: A’s score 12 runs in sixth inning to give Connie Mack one of his last wins, by Kurt Blumenau
- April 9, 1976: Ferguson Jenkins outdueled by Jim Palmer in Red Sox debut, by Michael Hamel
In addition, the following stories from SABR’s new book on the Oakland Coliseum have now been posted online:
- April 17, 1968: Athletics’ Oakland debut spoiled by the Orioles, by Rich D’Ambrosio
- April 18, 1968: Athletics win for the first time at home in Oakland, by Rich D’Ambrosio
- July 2, 1969: Before he was Mr. October, he was Mr. July: Reggie Jackson hits 3 home runs to lead A’s over Pilots, by Graham Womack
- May 28, 1980: A’s thieves steal home twice, run past Royals, by Mike Worley
- June 11, 1980: Mike Norris’s pitching endurance, Tony Armas grand slam send A’s to 14-inning win, by Luis A. Blandón Jr.
- August 25, 1980: Collision at the Coliseum: Ruppert Jones’s life-altering crash into an unpadded outfield wall, by Craig Garretson
- August 15, 1981: Athletics defeat Angels on second extra-inning walk-off home run in two days, by Gordon J. Gattie
- July 5, 1993: Rickey Henderson homers to start both ends of a doubleheader, by Glen Sparks
- August 12, 1996: Geronimo Berroa outduels A’s teammate Mark McGwire, knocks 3 home runs, by Coop Daley
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942-1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr
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:
- Learn more about the players selected to SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams in 2026
- Watch video highlights from SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
- Janet Marie Smith selected as 2026 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner
- Colt Stadium historical marker dedication ceremony takes place in Houston
- SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Institutional Memberships
- Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group
- SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
- SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
- 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
- New Research Resources portal and member login launched
- Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bolton | Orlando, FL | Abdias Peguero | Santo Domingo, DOM | ||
| Marcel Brousseau | Eugene, OR | Peyton Phillips | Tuxedo, NY | ||
| Rory Camangian | Prosper, TX | Alexander Plesniarski | Jim Thorpe, PA | ||
| Jim Copeland | Metairie, LA | Stephen Ross | State College, PA | ||
| Anthony DiFabio | Clinton, NJ | Daniel Russell | University Park, PA | ||
| Clint Furnas | Poughkeepsie, NY | Kevin Sauer | Windsor, CO | ||
| Charlie Hiller | Baltimore, MD | Iroo Shin | Seoul, KOR | ||
| Walter Jenkins | Kingwood, TX | Paul Shumaker | Washington, DC | ||
| Angel Lozanov | New York, NY | Robert Warner | Fairfield, CA | ||
| Albert Marier | Quebec City, QC |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Vinay Kumar (“MLB Playoff Projection Systems”); Jason Schwartz (“Baltimore Orioles Baseball Cards”); Jay Wigley (How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History); and Alan Cohen (“The Great Negro League Home Run Project”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- November 7: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories (10:00 AM EST)
- November 7: Rocky Mountain Chapter book club meeting with Rob Neyer (10:00 AM MST)
- November 9: American Baseball Biomechanics Society Journal Club meeting (4:00 PM EST)
- November 9: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Victoria Lovinggood (7:30 PM EST)
- November 9: Asian Baseball Committee meeting with Max Ratch (8:30 PM EST)
- November 10: SABR Board of Directors conference call (7:00 PM EST)
- November 10: 19th Century Speaker Series: Bill Ryczek (8:00 PM EST)
- November 10: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:00 PM CST)
- November 11: Joint chapter meeting with Christopher Dale (7:00 PM EST)
- November 11: Official Scoring Committee meeting with Will Leitch (7:30 PM EST)
- November 12: Magnolia (GA) Chapter meeting with Carlyle Rood (7:30 PM EST)
- November 14: Bob Davids Chapter Talkin’ Baseball: Justin Mckinney (9:00 AM EST)
- November 14: SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium (12:00 PM EST)
- November 15: Québec Chapter meeting with Adam Henig (1:00 PM EST)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- November 7: Gary Gillette: “Black Baseball in Detroit and Hamtramck” (Hamtramck, MI)
- November 7: Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting (Seattle, WA)
- November 8: Bob Davids Chapter baseball film series: “Bull Durham” (Washington, DC)
- November 8: Baseball Reliquary: Shrine of the Eternals Ceremony (Whittier, CA)
- November 12: Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Gala (Arlington, TX)
- November 14: Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter breakfast (Middletown, CT)
- November 14: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Fridley, MN)
- November 14: Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter meeting (Williamsport, PA)
- November 14: Jack Graney Cleveland Chapter meeting (Cleveland, OH)
- November 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
- November 15: Bob Davids Chapter baseball film series: “Fever Pitch” (Washington, DC)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
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Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
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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:
- Jay Jaffe: Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy Headline the Strongest Contemporary Era Ballot in Recent Memory (FanGraphs)
- Mario Delgado Genzor: The Hardest Throwing Champion Staff Ever (Baseball Prospectus)
- Ben Clemens: Hey, Where Did All the Runs Go? (FanGraphs)
- Stephanie Apstein: The World Series is here, and so are life-changing bonuses for team staff (Washington Post)
- Sarah Langs: Dustin May has been traded to or from the last 2 World Series winners. How rare is that? (MLB.com)
- Evan Drellich: As MLB heads toward lockout, Braves tout record revenue but sidestep labor questions (The Athletic)
- Rob Mains: Are the Brewers and Rays Exemplars of Small Ball? (Baseball Prospectus)
- Stephen J. Nesbitt: The little baseball card shop that became a viral sensation, one $5 grab bag at a time (The Athletic)
- Henry Epp: MLB players’ union negotiations hinge on salary cap issue (NPR Marketplace)
- Sam Blum: Rigged pitches, coded messages and competing defenses: Your guide to the Clase-Ortiz trial (The Athletic)
- Mark Simon: Analyzing The Defense of Top MLB Free Agents (Sports Info Solutions)
- Davy Andrews: The 2026 Pitching Superlatives: The Straightest Pitch in Baseball (FanGraphs)
- Becky Brouse Davis: Women’s Professional Baseball League personnel archive (This Is Women’s Baseball)
- Adam Jude: Seattle’s Christine Wren, baseball’s first full-time female umpire, dies at 78 (Seattle Times)
- Bill Ladson: Jerry Koosman, iconic Mets southpaw who clinched 1969 World Series, dies at 83 (MLB.com)
- Bill Shaikin: Ross Newhan, Los Angeles Times’ Hall of Fame baseball writer, dies at 89 (Los Angeles Times)
- Dan Hirshberg: Edd Roush’s granddaughter keeps a baseball legend’s story alive (Tampa Bay Beacon)
- Paul Lukas: The Complicated History of the Brewers’ First Uniform (Uni Watch)
- David Laurila: Braylon Doughty and Joey Oakie Are Promising Guardians Prospects (FanGraphs)
- Jay Goldberg: The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game (Life, Still Magazine)
- John Thorn: John McGraw’s All-Time Team (Our Game)
- Mark Kolier: The New York/San Francisco Giants have a weird history (Almost Cooperstown)
- Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Mike Edwards (1954-2026) (RIP Baseball)
- Jason Schwartz: Janet Marie Smith has a baseball card! (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Craig Brown: Don’t judge: These quirky Old Judge cards are priceless (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Tim Sokol: Does Home Field Advantage Exist in the CPBL? (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Tae-in Chun: Why Does Korean Baseball Care So Much About Players’ Character? (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: November 6, 2026. Last Updated: November 6, 2026.