Alan Cohen
Alan Cohen has been a SABR member since 2011. He chairs the BioProject fact-checking team, serves as vice president-treasurer of the Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter, and is a datacaster (MiLB stringer) with the Eastern League Hartford Yard Goats, the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. He also works with the Retrosheet Negro Leagues project and served on SABR’s Negro League Committee. His biographies, game stories, and essays have appeared in more than 70 baseball-related publications. He has four children, nine grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, and resides in Connecticut with wife Frances, their cats, Zoe and Ava, and their dog, Buddy.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Alan Cohen
SABR Games Project stories written by Alan Cohen
- July 30, 1978: Expos visit the Launching Pad, score 19 runs in record-setting day
- July 4, 1977: Expos set fireworks on the Fourth of July at Wrigley Field
- May 29, 1977: Expos’ Larry Parrish goes 5-for-5, hits three consecutive homers
- May 24, 1973: New Yorkers listen to baseball with their breakfast in 19-inning win over Dodgers
- June 24, 1972: Division-leading Orioles, Tigers split twin bill in Baltimore
- July 11, 1970: Astros prevail in 14 in ‘overly tame ending to a very hairy game’
- October 14, 1969: Mets win a World Series game for the Agees
- September 1, 1967: Marathon man Gaylord Perry goes unrewarded in Giants’ 21-inning win
- August 29-30, 1967: Yankees, Red Sox play 40 innings in 24 hours
- August 18, 1967: ‘A very sick sound’: Tony Conigliaro’s devastation gives way to purpose
- August 28, 1966: White Sox sweep doubleheader with two extra-inning, walk-off wins
- September 26, 1965: A pennant for the Twins
- September 25, 1965: Twins sweep Senators, but magic number remains at one
- August 22, 1965: Marichal-Koufax duel gets ugly at Candlestick Park
- May 31, 1964: Baseball’s longest doubleheader
SABR Journal Articles written by Alan Cohen
- Twin Cities Rivalry Feeds New York Rivalry, 1946–57
- Major and Minor League Occupancy at Cleveland’s League Park, 1914–15
- The Path to the Cubs and White Sox from the Negro Leagues: 17 Barrier Breakers
- The Negro Leagues Beyond 1948, and The Adventures of a Boy Named Willie
- Bats, Balls, Boys, and Dreams: The Hearst Sandlot Classic at Yankee Stadium, 1959-1965
- Billy Holland Comes to Connecticut in 1906
- The Jackie Robinson Barnstorming Tour of 1946
- At the Intersection of Hope and Worry: How Baseball and Society Learn from History
- Josh Gibson Blazes a Trail: Homering in Big League Ballparks, 1930–1946
- Baltimore’s Forgotten Dynasty: The 1919-25 Baltimore Orioles of the International League
- San Diego Breaks Pacific Coast League Color Barrier
- Players who Homered at Arlington Stadium as Both Minor and Major Leaguers
- Babe Ruth’s Final Legacy to the Kids
- Tigers and Crescents and Clowns, Oh My! Negro League Baseball at Crosley Field
- From Sandlot to Center Stage: Pittsburgh Youth All-Star Games, 1944–59
SABR Research Topics written by Alan Cohen
SABR Research Articles written by Alan Cohen
- Brooklyn Against the World: Ebbets Field Welcomes Young Stars in 1946
- The 1935 Negro National League Brooklyn Eagles
- When Satch and Josh and Jackie and Willie Came to Town: Negro League Baseball at Shibe Park
- Sunday Baseball Comes to Shibe Park — Very Late
- Lou Gehrig: A Fortnight in Hartford, June 1921
- Negro League Baseball at Wrigley Field
- Negro League Baseball at Comiskey Park: The East-West Game, An All-Star Legacy
SABR Ballparks written by Alan Cohen