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
- September 23, 1957: Hank Aaron’s walk-off home run gives Milwaukee Braves the flag
- August 3, 1957: Roy Sievers blasts Senators to win at end of long, hot afternoon
- July 9, 1957: Stengel’s ‘replacements’ do well to give AL a win in All-Star Game
- May 26, 1957: Millers rally from 8 runs down to sweep Wichita
- July 10, 1956: The Kid, The Man, the Say Hey Kid, and the Commerce Comet shine at All-Star Game
- August 4, 1955: Ernie Banks bashes three home runs to power Cubs in comeback victory
- June 30, 1955: George Shuba’s walk-off single wins it for Dodgers
- July 19, 1954: Hobie Landrith, an overnight success eight years in the making
- June 3, 1954: Thompson, Mays power Giants over Cardinals with five-homer barrage
- October 3, 1953: ‘Let’s Be Unmerciful!’ Dodgers top Yankees in Game 4
- July 14, 1953: ‘Country Boy’ Enos Slaughter steps in to fill the vacuum for NL stars
- April 17, 1953: Two Black pitchers square off for first time in White major leagues
- September 6, 1952: Robin Roberts tosses marathon for 23rd win
- October 2, 1951: Clem Labine shuts out Giants, Jackie Robinson homers to knot NL playoff at one game apiece
- April 22, 1950: Late-game heroics as Paul Lehner homers in 15th for A’s
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