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
- June 2, 1963: Say Hey times three: Willie Mays has a day at Busch Stadium
- September 2, 1962: Musial passes Speaker with 3,516th hit, moving one more rung up the record book ladder
- July 30, 1962: Junior Circuit shows its power in All-Star Game at Wrigley Field
- June 1, 1962: Willie Mays, Giants return to New York for first time, beat the Mets
- April 28, 1962: Mets earn franchise’s first home win at Polo Grounds
- October 8, 1961: Bobby Richardson collects three more hits in Yankees’ Game 4 shutout
- June 28, 1961: Ron Santo comes up big with two homers, seven RBIs
- August 6, 1960: ‘We Had ’em All The Way’: Vern Law tosses 10 innings en route to emotional Pirates victory
- October 8, 1959: Dodgers win their first World Series after moving west to Los Angeles
- September 28, 1959: Millers win final minor-league postseason game at Metropolitan Stadium
- April 29, 1959: Art Schult hits for the cycle in Minneapolis Millers’ win over Houston
- September 19, 1958: Dodgers rookies take center stage
- June 15, 1958: Indianapolis goes on homer binge to split doubleheader with Millers
- October 6, 1957: Spahn goes the distance; Mathews belts two-run homer in 10th to tie Series
- October 5, 1957: Yankees’ Tony Kubek comes home, hits two World Series home runs in Milwaukee
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