Joseph Wancho
Joseph Wancho lives in Brooklyn, Ohio, and is a lifelong Cleveland Indians fan. He has been a SABR member since 2005 and serves as the vice chair of SABR’s Baseball Index Project Committee. He was the editor of Pitching to the Pennant: The 1954 Cleveland Indians (University of Nebraska Press, 2014) and The Sleeping Giant Awakes: The 1995 Cleveland Indians (SABR, 2019). He also authored So You Think You’re a Cleveland Indians Fan? (Sports Publishing, 2018).
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SABR Games Project stories written by Joseph Wancho
- October 2, 1978: Bucky Dent’s home run spurs Yankees to division title in AL East tiebreaker
- October 1, 1978: Cleveland’s Rick Waits handcuffs Yankees, forces tiebreaker with Red Sox for AL East title
- July 27, 1978: Cleveland’s Duane Kuiper triples twice with the bases loaded
- June 17, 1978: Ron Guidry strikes out 18, sets new Yankee record
- April 22, 1978: Cleveland’s Andre Thornton hits for the cycle
- September 24, 1977: Jack Brohamer hits for the cycle to lead White Sox over Seattle
- August 29, 1977: Lou Brock passes Ty Cobb as MLB’s stolen-base king
- August 29, 1977: Indians’ Duane Kuiper smacks his only career home run
- June 29, 1977: Earl Weaver’s rule book saves Orioles from defeat
- May 30, 1977: Dennis Eckersley no-hits Angels in Cleveland
- October 21, 1976: Big Red Machine sweeps Yankees for second straight World Series championship
- October 14, 1976: Chris Chambliss’ home run delivers pennant to the Bronx
- September 3, 1976: Mike Hegan becomes the first Milwaukee Brewer to hit for the cycle
- May 25, 1975: Dennis Eckersley shuts out world champion A’s in first major-league start
- April 8, 1975: Frank Robinson debuts as first black manager in major leagues
SABR Journal Articles written by Joseph Wancho
- The Other Perry: Gaylord’s Big Brother Jim Helped Pitch the Twins to Two Division Titles
- Butch Wynegar: From Single-A to the Major League All-Star Game in One Year
- A Fox in White Sox
- Bill Melton: The South Side’s First Home Run King
- Steve Stone’s Cy Young Season
- Prologue: The Washington Senators: 1961-71
- Bears, Cubs, and a Moose, Oh My
- Mr. Cub: Ernie Banks
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