Jack Zerby
Jack Zerby, a retired attorney and trusts/estates administrator, lives in Brevard, North Carolina, with his wife Diana, a professional violinist. He writes, edits, and does fact check reviews for the Games Project and BioProject and continues to contribute games accounts and an occasional biography to SABR-published books. Jack and SABR colleague Mel Poplock co-founded the Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills regional (Southwest Florida) chapter. Jack taught baseball history and research in a community education series at Brevard College from 2005 through 2012. His extensive book collection, cataloged at the LibraryThing website (https://www.librarything.com/profile/jzerby), focuses on baseball, college football and other sports, biographies, and American history.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Jack Zerby
SABR Games Project stories written by Jack Zerby
- September 13, 1935: A’s score 19 runs to cushion unique win for Oklahoma sandlotter Earl Huckleberry
- June 13, 1935: Van Lingle Mungo and the Cinderella Man
- May 25, 1935: Babe Ruth smashes three homers in final hurrah
- June 19, 1934: Pie Traynor replaces George Gibson as Pirates manager
- April 29, 1934: Sunday professional baseball comes to Pittsburgh
- September 9, 1931: Al Capone turns out for Cubs-White Sox charity exhibition in Chicago
- September 17, 1930: Big day for Braves rookie Berger with three home runs in doubleheader
- July 25, 1929: Foxx and Grove lead resurgent A’s to 21-3 rout
- October 4, 1925: Heilmann grabs AL batting title; Cobb ‘saves’ the day
- September 27, 1921: Urban Shocker’s late-season gem trims Yankee lead
- August 16, 1921: Walt Cruise’s Jury Box clout gets Braves started in see-saw affair with Cubs
- May 19, 1918: Senators’ first Sunday game draws record crowd in Washington
- September 27, 1917: All-stars turn out for Tim Murnane benefit
- August 15, 1916: Boston’s Babe Ruth outlasts Walter Johnson in 13 innings
- June 25, 1914: Buffalo and the sheriff greet Hal Chase on his ‘day’ at Federal League Park
SABR Journal Articles written by Jack Zerby
SABR Research Topics written by Jack Zerby
SABR Research Articles written by Jack Zerby
SABR Ballparks written by Jack Zerby