Larry DeFillipo
Larry DeFillipo is a retired aerospace engineer and former Division III college pitcher who lives in Kennewick, Washington, with his wife Kelly. His work has been published in the Baseball Research Journal, The National Pastime and several SABR special publications, most recently a celebration of the 2001 Seattle Mariners titled Two Outs, So What! Particularly intrigued by baseball’s formative years, he has twice presented at the Fred Ivor-Campbell Nineteenth Century Baseball Conference. He’s authored dozens of game stories for SABR’s Games Project, many ballplayers and ballpark biographies for SABR’s Biography Project, and serves as a fact-checker for both of those endeavors.
SABR BioProject biographies written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Games Project stories written by Larry DeFillipo
- September 17, 1898: Chicago’s Bill Phyle shuts out Washington in historic debut as first Native American pitcher
- April 11, 1895: Scrappy Page Fence Giants fall to Cincinnati Reds in preseason exhibition
- September 7, 1891: Washington’s Kid Carsey becomes major leagues’ youngest umpire, later pinch-hits in game
- August 26, 1891: John McGraw beats back butterflies to ignite game-winning rally in debut
- August 19, 1891: King Kelly slides back into Boston for Reds win before jumping to Beaneaters
- May 9, 1891: Old Hoss Radbourn’s 300th win, rediscovered
- April 19, 1890: Rochester registers its first win in American Association
- July 6, 1889: Columbus starts lefties at second base, third base, and shortstop in loss to St. Louis
- May 27, 1888: Bridegroom Adonis Terry no-hits Louisville on a Sunday in Queens
- October 18, 1886: Chicago’s John Clarkson ‘calcimines’ the Browns in World Series opener
- July 11, 1886: The Cincinnati Beer Glass Riot
- April 22, 1886: Visiting Athletics walk off Metropolitans in inaugural game at St. George Grounds
- June 8, 1885: Presto Change! Cannonball Morris dominates after overhand pitching is suddenly legalized
- September 15, 1884: White Stockings outshine Eclipse at Louisville’s ‘lit’ Southern Exposition
- May 29, 1882: Metropolitans’ Jack Lynch christens Polo Grounds southeast diamond by ‘Chicagoing’ the White Stockings
SABR Journal Articles written by Larry DeFillipo
- Bob Feller: The Johnny Appleseed of Home Run Derbies
- Defying Convention: Left-Handed Double Play Combinations
- Sandy Koufax: First Among Equals
- Teenage Umpires of the Nineteenth Century
- Eleven Masterpieces: Yankee Stadium’s No-Hitters
- Point Men: First MLB Players Born in Each Decade of the 20th Century
SABR Research Topics written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Research Articles written by Larry DeFillipo
SABR Ballparks written by Larry DeFillipo