Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, November 6, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced
SABR 55 to feature Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham
Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
New in the SABR Shop: Jackie Robinson/Sam Lacy BRJ cover poster
Read SABR bios of 2027 Hall of Fame candidates

2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced

The winners for the 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League and National League, were announced during a one-hour special edition of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight on Sunday, November 1.

The SABR Defensive Index is used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process which are added to the votes from the managers and coaches of each team.

• Click here to view the final SDI rankings for the 2026 season

Voting concluded Friday for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each League. The winners of the Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards will be announced on Friday, November 6.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR 55 to feature Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Birmingham

Next summer in Birmingham, Alabama, the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference will be held as part of SABR’s 55th annual convention on August 4–8, 2027. Registration for SABR 55 will include admission to the Malloy Conference, giving attendees a special opportunity to engage with enhanced programming on the past, present, and future of Black baseball in a historic setting.

Registration information for SABR 55, along with our special room block at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, will be available at SABR.org/convention and SABR.org/malloy in early 2027. The combined conference is open to all baseball fans.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Scholarship: Students and young professionals, apply now for a Sarah Langs Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

New in the SABR Shop: Fall 2026 Baseball Research Journal cover poster

Celebrate two important figures in baseball history with this striking poster featuring Gary Cieradkowski’s cover art from the upcoming Fall 2026 issue of the SABR Baseball Research Journal. Featuring Jackie Robinson and pioneering sportswriter Sam Lacy, this exclusive museum-quality print makes a great addition to any baseball fan’s office, library, or collection.

Visit SABR.shop to get your copy of the BRJ cover poster and other exclusive SABR apparel and prints today.

Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!

For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

Apply for a SABR Local Grant in 2027

The SABR Local Grants program provides an opportunity for chapters, research committees, and chartered communities to apply for funding for their projects under SABR’s Four Pillars: Research, Scholarship, Preservation, and Future of the Game. Applications are now open for a 2027 SABR Local Grant at SABR.org/local-grants. Submissions will be accepted until January 31, 2027.

All SABR chapters, chartered communities, and research committees are eligible to apply. Individual SABR members and non-SABR groups are not eligible, so if you have an individual idea for a program grant, please follow up with your local chapter leadership or appropriate research committee to discuss an application.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Read SABR biographies of 2027 Baseball Hall of Fame candidates

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-person, non-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2027. The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot includes Sandy Alderson, Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean, Ted Turner, and Bill White.

The results of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote will be announced live on MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, December 6.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Digital Library: Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Edited by Bill Nowlin, Glen Sparks, and Marlene Vogelsang
Associate Editors: Abigail Miskowiec, Len Levin, and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-78-9, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-79-6, $29.95
8.5″ x 11″, 224 pages

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.

1 week left to register for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• Al Capone: A Life in Baseball, by Bill Lamb
• Carson Park (Eau Claire, WI), by Jim Force
• Dick Wantz, by Steve Kuzmiak

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• August 10, 1883: Myron Allen returns to Kingston, Gothams rally past his old club, by Daniel Torres
• September 23, 1950: A’s score 12 runs in sixth inning to give Connie Mack one of his last wins, by Kurt Blumenau
• April 9, 1976: Ferguson Jenkins outdueled by Jim Palmer in Red Sox debut, by Michael Hamel

In addition, the following stories from SABR’s new book on the Oakland Coliseum have now been posted online:

• April 17, 1968: Athletics’ Oakland debut spoiled by the Orioles, by Rich D’Ambrosio
• April 18, 1968: Athletics win for the first time at home in Oakland, by Rich D’Ambrosio
• July 2, 1969: Before he was Mr. October, he was Mr. July: Reggie Jackson hits 3 home runs to lead A’s over Pilots, by Graham Womack
• May 28, 1980: A’s thieves steal home twice, run past Royals, by Mike Worley
• June 11, 1980: Mike Norris’s pitching endurance, Tony Armas grand slam send A’s to 14-inning win, by Luis A. Blandón Jr.
• August 25, 1980: Collision at the Coliseum: Ruppert Jones’s life-altering crash into an unpadded outfield wall, by Craig Garretson
• August 15, 1981: Athletics defeat Angels on second extra-inning walk-off home run in two days, by Gordon J. Gattie
• July 5, 1993: Rickey Henderson homers to start both ends of a doubleheader, by Glen Sparks
• August 12, 1996: Geronimo Berroa outduels A’s teammate Mark McGwire, knocks 3 home runs, by Coop Daley

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942-1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Learn more about the players selected to SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams in 2026
• Watch video highlights from SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Janet Marie Smith selected as 2026 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner
• Colt Stadium historical marker dedication ceremony takes place in Houston
• SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Institutional Memberships
• Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group
• SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Vinay Kumar (“MLB Playoff Projection Systems”); Jason Schwartz (“Baltimore Orioles Baseball Cards”); Jay Wigley (How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History); and Alan Cohen (“The Great Negro League Home Run Project”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• November 7: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories (10:00 AM EST)
• November 7: Rocky Mountain Chapter book club meeting with Rob Neyer (10:00 AM MST)
• November 9: American Baseball Biomechanics Society Journal Club meeting (4:00 PM EST)
• November 9: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Victoria Lovinggood (7:30 PM EST)
• November 9: Asian Baseball Committee meeting with Max Ratch (8:30 PM EST)
• November 10: SABR Board of Directors conference call (7:00 PM EST)
• November 10: 19th Century Speaker Series: Bill Ryczek (8:00 PM EST)
• November 10: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:00 PM CST)
• November 11: Joint chapter meeting with Christopher Dale (7:00 PM EST)
• November 11: Official Scoring Committee meeting with Will Leitch (7:30 PM EST)
• November 12: Magnolia (GA) Chapter meeting with Carlyle Rood (7:30 PM EST)
• November 14: Bob Davids Chapter Talkin’ Baseball: Justin Mckinney (9:00 AM EST)
• November 14: SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium (12:00 PM EST)
• November 15: Québec Chapter meeting with Adam Henig (1:00 PM EST)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• November 7: Gary Gillette: “Black Baseball in Detroit and Hamtramck” (Hamtramck, MI)
• November 7: Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting (Seattle, WA)
• November 8: Bob Davids Chapter baseball film series: “Bull Durham” (Washington, DC)
• November 8: Baseball Reliquary: Shrine of the Eternals Ceremony (Whittier, CA)
• November 12: Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Gala (Arlington, TX)
• November 14: Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter breakfast (Middletown, CT)
• November 14: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Fridley, MN)
• November 14: Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter meeting (Williamsport, PA)
• November 14: Jack Graney Cleveland Chapter meeting (Cleveland, OH)
• November 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
• November 15: Bob Davids Chapter baseball film series: “Fever Pitch” (Washington, DC)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Baseball Records: Fall 2026 newsletter
• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Cleveland Jack Graney Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (Cleveland, OH)
• Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez Chapter: November 2026 newsletter (St. Petersburg, FL)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Jay Jaffe: Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy Headline the Strongest Contemporary Era Ballot in Recent Memory (FanGraphs)
• Mario Delgado Genzor: The Hardest Throwing Champion Staff Ever (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Clemens: Hey, Where Did All the Runs Go? (FanGraphs)
• Stephanie Apstein: The World Series is here, and so are life-changing bonuses for team staff (Washington Post)
• Sarah Langs: Dustin May has been traded to or from the last 2 World Series winners. How rare is that? (MLB.com)
• Evan Drellich: As MLB heads toward lockout, Braves tout record revenue but sidestep labor questions (The Athletic)
• Rob Mains: Are the Brewers and Rays Exemplars of Small Ball? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Stephen J. Nesbitt: The little baseball card shop that became a viral sensation, one $5 grab bag at a time (The Athletic)
• Henry Epp: MLB players’ union negotiations hinge on salary cap issue (NPR Marketplace)
• Sam Blum: Rigged pitches, coded messages and competing defenses: Your guide to the Clase-Ortiz trial (The Athletic)
• Mark Simon: Analyzing The Defense of Top MLB Free Agents (Sports Info Solutions)
• Davy Andrews: The 2026 Pitching Superlatives: The Straightest Pitch in Baseball (FanGraphs)
• Becky Brouse Davis: Women’s Professional Baseball League personnel archive (This Is Women’s Baseball)
• Adam Jude: Seattle’s Christine Wren, baseball’s first full-time female umpire, dies at 78 (Seattle Times)
• Bill Ladson: Jerry Koosman, iconic Mets southpaw who clinched 1969 World Series, dies at 83 (MLB.com)
• Bill Shaikin: Ross Newhan, Los Angeles Times’ Hall of Fame baseball writer, dies at 89 (Los Angeles Times)
• Dan Hirshberg: Edd Roush’s granddaughter keeps a baseball legend’s story alive (Tampa Bay Beacon)
• Paul Lukas: The Complicated History of the Brewers’ First Uniform (Uni Watch)
• David Laurila: Braylon Doughty and Joey Oakie Are Promising Guardians Prospects (FanGraphs)
• Jay Goldberg: The Memory of America: Remember Your First Baseball Game (Life, Still Magazine)
• John Thorn: John McGraw’s All-Time Team (Our Game)
• Mark Kolier: The New York/San Francisco Giants have a weird history (Almost Cooperstown)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Mike Edwards (1954-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Jason Schwartz: Janet Marie Smith has a baseball card! (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Craig Brown: Don’t judge: These quirky Old Judge cards are priceless (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Tim Sokol: Does Home Field Advantage Exist in the CPBL? (SABR Asian Baseball)
• Tae-in Chun: Why Does Korean Baseball Care So Much About Players’ Character? (SABR Asian Baseball)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 30, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
SABR Digital Library: Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Last call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference
Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 1
Watch: 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award ceremony on Sunday

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Scholarship: Students and young professionals, apply now for a Sarah Langs Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up. Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course through October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Digital Library: Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum
Edited by Bill Nowlin, Glen Sparks, and Marlene Vogelsang
Associate Editors: Abigail Miskowiec, Len Levin, and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-78-9, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-79-6, $29.95
8.5″ x 11″, 224 pages

The stadium on Coliseum Way in Oakland has been known by many names over the years, but it has always been “The Coliseum” to the fans of the Oakland A’s. Opened in 1968, it served as the home of the Athletics until 2024. The Green and Gold won hearts and championships on the spacious field with its abundant foul territory. Four World Series championships were celebrated there, as well as numerous postseason games, perfect games, and no-hitters. Hall of Famers, including A’s players Catfish Hunter, Reggie Jackson, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, and Rickey Henderson, played on that field.

It was also the home to generations of fans, who embraced the blue-collar atmosphere of the Oakland A’s and spent many happy hours tailgating in the parking lot, watching fireworks from the field, and cheering on their team through thick and thin. The Coliseum gave rise to characters such as Krazy George (creator of the Wave), Banjo Man, the Last Dive Bar crew, and the Right Field Drummers.

Home twice to the Oakland Raiders, the Coliseum has also hosted other sports, including soccer and cricket. Numerous concerts, including Bill Graham’s legendary Day on the Green concerts, filled the park with crowds and music. Join us as we share stories of games and good times at this concrete cathedral in this new SABR Digital Library book. Enjoy the memories and the echoes of “Celebration” that linger still.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.

Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!

For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

Apply for a SABR Local Grant in 2027

The SABR Local Grants program provides an opportunity for chapters, research committees, and chartered communities to apply for funding for their projects under SABR’s Four Pillars: Research, Scholarship, Preservation, and Future of the Game. Applications are now open for a 2027 SABR Local Grant at SABR.org/local-grants. Submissions will be accepted until January 31, 2027.

All SABR chapters, chartered communities, and research committees are eligible to apply. Individual SABR members and non-SABR groups are not eligible, so if you have an individual idea for a program grant, please follow up with your local chapter leadership or appropriate research committee to discuss an application.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Watch: 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award ceremony on Sunday night

The SABR Defensive Index (SDI) will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. The 2026 winners will be unveiled during a one-hour, special-edition ESPN Baseball Tonight broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, November 1.

Following the show, voting will begin online for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each league. The final SABR Defensive Index rankings will be released at SABR.org/SDI on November 1, immediately following the ESPN broadcast. The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners will be unveiled at the Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony on Friday, November 6 in New York.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Last call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based Featured Spotlight projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

• Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
  Next deadline: November 1, 2026 (for publication in 2028 or 2029)

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 Featured Spotlight multimedia projects and 6-8 Digital Library books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

September 9 Board minutes posted

Minutes from the Board of Directors conference call on September 9, 2026 have now been posted on the SABR website.

Click here to view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

1 new story published at SABR Biography Project

• Sam Barkley, by Abigail Miskowiec

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

5 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• October 11, 1906: Ed Walsh throws gem, George Rohe delivers pivotal hit for White Sox in Game 3, by John Elrod
• September 25, 1956: Pedro Ramos’s dominance of Red Sox gives way to Ted Williams home run, by Bill Nowlin
• October 9, 1960: Bill Virdon’s bat and glove spark Pirates’ rebound in Game 4, by Tim Otto
• May 15, 1976: Mark ‘The Bird’ Fidrych flies during his first major-league start for Tigers, by David Raglin
• September 26, 1976: Phillies clinch National League East as Parc Jarry bids adieu, by Steve Ginader

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942-1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Learn more about the players selected to SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams in 2026
• 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
• Watch video highlights from SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Janet Marie Smith selected as 2026 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner
• Colt Stadium historical marker dedication ceremony takes place in Houston
• SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Institutional Memberships
• Get your SABR merch at our new online shop
• Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group
• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Dan Meyer, Vice President, Baseball Research with the Boston Red Sox; Evan Crawford, former major league pitcher; Christopher Dale (Kid Gloves); and Mitchell Nathanson (“The Bobo Newsom Memorial Society and the Creation of the 1962 Mets”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• November 2: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter Analytics Club meeting with Vinay Kumar (6:30 PM EST)
• November 2: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Alan Cohen (7:30 PM EST)
• November 4: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Jason Schwartz (7:00 PM EST)
• November 4: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Jay Wigley (7:30 PM EST)
• November 5: Allan Roth (CA) Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney, Danny Gallagher, Tim Christ (7:00 PM PST)
• November 7: Rocky Mountain Chapter book club meeting with Rob Neyer (10:00 AM MST)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• October 31: Dayton Chapter meeting (Dayton, OH)
• November 4: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
• November 4: Bob Davids Chapter Virginia Hot Stove Dinner (Arlington, VA)
• November 4: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter fellowship meeting (St. Louis, MO)
• November 7: Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting (Seattle, WA)
• November 8: Bob Davids Chapter baseball film series: “Bull Durham” (Washington, DC)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball
• Minor Leagues: Fall 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter: Fall 2026 newsletter (Baltimore, MD)
• Bob Davids Chapter: November 2026 newsletter (Washington, DC)
• Larry Dierker Houston Chapter: October 20 meeting recap (Houston, TX)
• Rogers Hornsby Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (Austin, TX)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Brian McTaggart: ‘We shouldn’t forget our history’: Houston’s Colt Stadium gets historical marker (MLB.com)
• Andrew Gumbel: A child of Japanese incarceration’s call to arms: ‘The lessons of Manzanar have never been more urgent’ (The Guardian)
• Jayson Stark: The Brewers’ playoff run to first World Series title was dominant in so many ways (The Athletic)
• Jay Jaffe: The Brewers Bullpen Was One for the Ages (FanGraphs)
• Sarah Langs: A closer look at just how dominant the Brewers were this October (MLB.com)
• Patrick Dubuque: The Milwaukee Brewers Win the War of Attrition (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Lindbergh: How the Brewers Became Baseball’s Blueprint (The Ringer)
• Tyler Kepner: How the Brewers’ Pat Murphy, with humor and humanity, evolved into a World Series champion (The Athletic)
• Rob Mains: Are the Brewers and Rays Exemplars of Small Ball? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Joshua Rodrigues: Three Balls, No Challenges (Baseball Prospectus)
• Michael Baumann: Sink, Florida, Sink: Inside the Rally That Broke the World Series Open (FanGraphs)
• Derrick Goold: Jackson Chourio’s 4 hits in Brewers’ rout nears feat by Cardinals catcher 80 years ago (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Zack Meisel: A glasses lens, a bat and a hoodie become history: When the World Series ends, the Hall of Fame gets to work (The Athletic)
• Howard Bryant: Ode to a Thrashing (Substack)
• Dayn Perry: MLB Lockout 101: Everything to know about baseball’s likely upcoming work stoppage (CBS Sports)
• Mark Simon: Saluting the Fielding Bible Awards Runners-Up (Sports Info Solutions)
• Ian Cundall: MLB’s New Outfield Positioning Rules Are Producing Dramatic Results In The AFL (Baseball America)
• Maddie Landis: What Should We Expect from Teruaki Sato and Shugo Maki? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jesse Dougherty: Matthew LeCroy’s Job is to Make Baseball Dreams Come True. He’s Still Chasing His Own. (Washington Sun)
• Jimmy Parker: Todd Radom Creates Timeless Logos For The Biggest Brands In Sports (Beauty of a Game)
• R.J. Rico: A ticket for every game of Cal Ripken’s streak? One fan is almost there (Associated Press)
• Paul Lukas: The Strange Case of the Early-1970s Orioles (Uni Watch)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Sam McDowell (1942-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Steven Goldman: In a Land Without Baseball (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Cosman: The Perfect Game: Robert Coover and the impossibility of the baseball novel (The Point)
• Clayton Trutor: Reflecting on the Twins’ 1991 World Series Win (Minnesota Monthly)
• Davy Andrews: The Princess and St. Pete Pitcher’s Mound (FanGraphs)
• Anthony Castrovince: How a forgotten Brewers owner helped create the World Series (MLB.com)
• Dan Hirshberg: After a career in the air, Don Wiederecht lands with the Clearwater Threshers (Tampa Bay Beacon)
• Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Jeff Frye (Baseball and BBQ)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 23, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

SABR’s All-Time Modern Era Team announced
Last call: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase
Double your donation’s impact alongside Baseball-Reference.com founder Sean Forman
Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Watch video highlights of SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

SABR All-Time Eras Team announced for Modern Era (2001–2025)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members had a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

On Wednesday, October 21, SABR revealed the Modern Era team in a special Zoom webinar, covering players and teams from 2001 to 2025, with Tim Kurkjian of ESPN. Nearly 1,000 SABR members cast a vote on this ballot.

• Click here to view the Modern Era Team (2001-2025)
• Voting results: Click here to view full voting results for the All-Time Eras Teams project
• Fun facts: Click here for fun facts and figures about the players selected for the All-Time Eras Teams

Ballots for each era were chosen by a SABR committee that included: Mark Armour, Mike Bates, James Brunson III, Adam Darowski, Emily Hawks, Leslie Heaphy, Ted Knorr, Cassidy Lent, Dan Levitt, Rob Neyer, Anthony Salazar, Mark Simon, Mike Webber, and Joe Williams. Thanks to all SABR members who participated and voted in this project!

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project, including the players selected to the 19th Century Era, Deadball Era, Segregation Era, Integration Era, and Free Agency Era teams.

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Scholarship: Students and young professionals, apply now for a Sarah Langs Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up. Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course through October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Last call: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course.

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Double your donation’s impact alongside Baseball-Reference.com founder Sean Forman

SABR continues toward our vision of becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, and it is gifts from members like you who help us expand research resources, deliver engaging programming, and build a stronger community around the game we love. As 2026 comes to a close, we need your support to Bring It Home and ensure this vision turns into a reality.

Thanks to the generosity of fellow SABR member Sean Forman, you now have an opportunity to DOUBLE THE IMPACT OF YOUR DONATION. The founder of Baseball-Reference.com and a recipient of SABR’s Henry Chadwick Award and the 2020 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award, Sean is helping us finish the year strong. His company will match the first $7,500 in contributions made in response to this matching offer, bringing us closer to our $150,000 Bring it Home campaign goal.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

Watch video highlights from SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

The eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference was held on October 9–11, 2026. This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — was a virtual Zoom event.

• Video highlights: Click here to watch highlights from the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

The conference featured a Women’s Professional Baseball League players panel with Paloma Benach, Beth Greenwood, and Brittany Apgar; a special presentation by Gabrielle Augustine, Curator at the National Baseball Hall of Fame; a Past, Present, and Future panel with Shae Sloan, Emma Charlesworth-Seiler, Sarah Camarillo, and C.J. Silas; a Celebration of Women’s Baseball in 2026 with Becky Brouse Davis of This is Women’s Baseball; research presentations; pylon unveiling; and the presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award to Janet Marie Smith.

SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Institutional Memberships

As a SABR member, you have vast resources and benefits at your disposal. With so much information at your fingertips, we realize it can be overwhelming to absorb it all! To highlight key benefits, read on for a SABR Member Benefit Spotlight, an email series that identifies and explains some of the most valuable features of your membership. We hope this allows you to take full advantage of all SABR has to offer. Today’s issue highlights our newest membership type, the Institutional Membership.

SABR’s newest membership type, the Institutional Membership, is a great way to extend the organization’s valuable resources to your department, organization, or institution! This membership provides external organizations an opportunity to partner with SABR and extend the benefits of SABR membership to their affiliates. Ideal candidates for an Institutional Membership are libraries, historical societies, museums, higher education departments, sports analytics programs, and more.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Colt Stadium historical marker dedication ceremony takes place in Houston

SABR’s Larry Dierker Houston Chapter celebrated a dedication ceremony on Tuesday, October 20 for a new historical marker recognizing Colt Stadium, the first home of the Houston Astros. Partial funding for this project came from the SABR Local Grants program. The historical marker is located at the west end of Reliant Center, just north of the Astrodome.

Featured speakers included former Houston Astros star pitcher, manager, and broadcaster Larry Dierker; former Astros executive Tal Smith; Dinn Mann, grandson of Astros executive Judge Roy Hofheinz; Mason Hunt III, great-grandson of Astros executive Robert Everett “Bob” Smith; Debra Sloan of the Harris County Historical Commission; James Dixon, board chair of the Harris County Sports and Convention Corporation; Karl Pendleton, grandson of former Negro Leagues and Houston Colt .45s player Jim Pendleton; Gene Dias, Vice President of Communications for the Houston Astros; and SABR member Mike Vance, who researched and wrote the marker narrative and inscription.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based Featured Spotlight projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

• Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
  Next deadline: November 1, 2026 (for publication in 2028 or 2029)

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 Featured Spotlight multimedia projects and 6-8 Digital Library books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

2 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• Kevin Mench, by Michael Trzinski
• Joe Oliver, by Heath Santo

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• September 24, 1950: Dodgers’ Erv Palica adds grand slam to two-hit shutout over Phillies, by Steven C. Weiner
• April 20, 1976: Phillies’ Jim Kaat zips through ‘Lumber Company’ Pirates for first National League win, by John Fredland
• April 29, 1977: Disordered Mets bat out of turn, still prevail over Padres, by Craig Garretson

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942-1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

• Skip Nipper, 76, a Nashville baseball historian and founder of SABR’s Rice-Russell Nashville Chapter, died on Wednesday, October 21 after a battle with cancer. In addition to leading SABR’s Nashville chapter from 2007 to 2024, he also served on the board of the Nashville Old Timers Baseball Association. He was a contributor to 10 SABR books and the author of Baseball in Nashville, published in 2007. He worked closely with the Nashville Sounds to correctly identify images and descriptions placed throughout First Horizon Park. He was a historical adviser for the initiative to bring major-league baseball to Nashville. A 1972 graduate of Memphis State University, Skip was a sales representative for 40 years for New Era Cap Co. Skip and his wife, Sheila, resided in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. Together, they had seven children and 17 grandchildren, and along with their dogs, Sully Dell and Baseball Annie, they all loved baseball. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
• Janet Marie Smith selected as 2026 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner
• Get your SABR merch at our new online shop
• Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group
• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian, along with Steve Rennie (Boomtown Baseball), Tim Christ (How Boerne Made History and Played on their Field of Dreams),
  Marty Lurie (Baseball Mensch); Armand Peterson (“Town Ball in Minnesota”); Brian Engelhardt (“Baseballtown’s Time of Troubles in Reading, Pennsylvania”); and the SABR Board of Directors Virtual Town Hall.
  Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• October 24: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting with Ted Giannoulas (10:00 AM CDT)
• October 25: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Christopher Dale (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 26: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Mitchell Nathanson (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 29: SABR Board of Directors conference call (1:00 PM EDT)
• October 29: SABR Baseball Memories meeting (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 29: Boston Chapter meeting with Taylor Smith and Dan Meyer (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 29: Quarterly Chapter Leaders Meeting (8:00 PM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• October 23: Luke Easter Chapter World Series watch party (Rochester, NY)
• October 24: Rogers Hornsby Chapter World Series watch party (Austin, TX)
• October 26: Rickwood Field Chapter meeting (Birmingham, AL)
• October 27: Hank Gowdy Columbus Chapter World Series watch party (Columbus, OH)
• October 28: Pee Wee Reese Chapter World Series watch party (Louisville, KY)
• October 29: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Lunch (Silver Spring, MD)
• October 31: Dayton Chapter meeting (Dayton, OH)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball
• Minor Leagues: Fall 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Halsey Hall Chapter: November 2026 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• 2026 Fielding Bible Award winners announced (Sports Info Solutions)
• Mike Petriello: In the first World Series with ABS, will any hitters challenge? (MLB.com)
• Tyler Kepner: The Brewers and Rays took opponents to school — and college baseball fans are loving it (The Athletic)
• Sarah Langs: Three wild facts for a World Series filled with fresh faces (MLB.com)
• Ben Lindbergh: Five Trends That Define the 2026 MLB Playoffs (The Ringer)
• Hannah Keyser: Prediction markets are partnering with top athletes and sports teams. Why it’s taking the magic away for many fans. (CNN)
• Dayn Perry: How the Brewers could join elite company with World Series title after dominant regular season (CBS Sports)
• Mark Simon: Who’s the Best Center Fielder in Baseball? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Clemens: Mathemadage: The Inevitable Reliever Blowup Theory (FanGraphs)
• Jayson Stark: As the Brewers and Rays are proving, maybe, just maybe, baseball isn’t broken (The Athletic)
• Howard Bryant: Does Baseball Even Want to Be Happy? (Substack)
• Jay Jaffe: Short Work: A Look at This Year’s Postseason Starting Pitching (FanGraphs)
• Adam Berry/Adam McCalvy: Meet the true X-factors in this World Series: The roofs (MLB.com)
• Ryan Fagan: Brewers vs. Rays is a World Series Built From Wins Both On, Off the Field (Opta Analyst)
• Paul Lukas: A Look at Teams That Changed Their Uniforms for the World Series (Uni Watch)
• Rob Mains: Has The Zombie Runner Ruined the Pythagorean Winning Percentage? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Davy Andrews: Chandler Simpson Could Be the King of Competitive Runs (FanGraphs)
• Zack Meisel: Cleveland Guardians end-of-season takeaways: ‘This group, it felt different’ (The Athletic)
• Derrick Goold: ‘It’s like watching the ’85 Cardinals play’: How Rays, Brewers stole the World Series stage (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Manny Randhawa: The wild story of the Brewers’ first season — in Seattle (MLB.com)
• Kevin Glew: Catching up with Barry Cort, the first Canadian Milwaukee Brewer (Cooperstowners in Canada)
• Cody Stavenhagen: Harvey Kuenn led Brewers to World Series. His famed prosthetic leg leaves a larger legacy. (The Athletic)
• Adam Sodders: Sean Forman: From Small Town Iowa to the Sports Data Big Leagues (Grinnell.edu)
• David Laurila: Yankees Prospect Dax Kilby is Debuting New Mechanics in the Desert (FanGraphs)
• Steven Goldman: Does Aaron Boone Deserve Tenure? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Zachary Kranc: The discovery of a Jewish Negro League star forces a rewrite of Jewish baseball history (JTA.org)
• Thomas Young: What makes a ballpark unforgettable? Janet Marie Smith on ballpark history and preservation (Ballpark Blueprints)
• Johnny Flores Jr.: How a quest to track down Carlton Fisk ticket stubs helped create a baseball community (The Athletic)
• Roy Carlson: Topps Busted Out Plastic Players in Rare 1968 Baseball Set (Sports Collectors Daily)
• Eric Vickrey: The Milwaukee Brewers and the Case of the Missing (Rollie) Fingers (EricVickrey.com)
• Thomas Gilbert: How James Creighton Really Died (Baseball Time Machine)
• Dan Wallach: My Baseball History interview with Mark Armour (ShoelessPodcast.com)
• Al Doyle: J.C. Boscan, 17 Major-League Games (in a 19-Year Career) (RIP Baseball)
• Mark Kolier: The Mad Hungarian, Wild Thing, and the Flying Met: Baseball’s Eccentric Left-Handed Relievers (Almost Cooperstown)
• Aaron Powell: African American Football Trailblazers (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Jason Schwartz: Peace, Love, Pinch Hits, Rainbows, and Unicorns (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Rob Fitts: DeNA BayStars owner Tomiko Namba Explains the Secrets Behind the Team’s Success (SABR Asian Baseball)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 16, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
Janet Marie Smith wins Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Last call to vote for SABR’s All-Time Modern Era Team
Colt Stadium historical marker ceremony on October 20 in Houston

2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced

The SABR Defensive Index (SDI) will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR.

On Wednesday, Rawlings announced the finalists for the 2026 Rawlings Gold Glove Award, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League and National League. The winners will be unveiled during a one-hour, special-edition ESPN Baseball Tonight broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, November 1.

Following the show, voting will begin online for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each League. The final SABR Defensive Index rankings will be released at SABR.org/SDI on November 1, immediately following the ESPN broadcast. The Rawlings Platinum Glove Award winners will be unveiled at the Rawlings Gold Glove Award Ceremony on Friday, November 6 in New York.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Janet Marie Smith selected as 2026 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award winner

Acclaimed ballpark designer Janet Marie Smith was honored on Saturday, October 10 with the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award during the SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference. SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee established the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award — “The Dorothy” — named in honor of Dorothy Seymour Mills and her lifetime of contributions to promoting women’s baseball.

Smith is the Executive Vice President of Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers, where since 2012 she has overseen modernization projects at Dodger Stadium, including a new entrance plaza in center field.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Last call to vote for SABR All-Time Modern Era Team (2001–2025)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

• Cast your vote now for the Modern Era team (2001–2025). Or click here to view the full player list for the Modern Era ballot. All current SABR members are eligible to vote. Voting ends at 11:59 PM MST on Monday, October 19.
• Join us from 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday, October 21 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the Modern Era (2001–2025) team, and hear a presentation from ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian. Click here to pre-register for this Zoom event.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project, including the players selected to the 19th Century Era, Deadball Era, Segregation Era, Integration Era, and Free Agency Era teams.

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Scholarship: Students and young professionals, apply now for a Sarah Langs Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up. Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course through October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Member Benefit Spotlight: Institutional Memberships

As a SABR member, you have vast resources and benefits at your disposal. With so much information at your fingertips, we realize it can be overwhelming to absorb it all! To highlight key benefits, read on for a SABR Member Benefit Spotlight, an email series that identifies and explains some of the most valuable features of your membership. We hope this allows you to take full advantage of all SABR has to offer. Today’s issue highlights our newest membership type, the Institutional Membership.

SABR’s newest membership type, the Institutional Membership, is a great way to extend the organization’s valuable resources to your department, organization, or institution! This membership provides external organizations an opportunity to partner with SABR and extend the benefits of SABR membership to their affiliates. Ideal candidates for an Institutional Membership are libraries, historical societies, museums, higher education departments, sports analytics programs, and more.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Watch the livestream of Manzanar Baseball Project’s Grand Opening doubleheader on Saturday

On Saturday, October 17, the Manzanar Baseball Project will host a Grand Opening Doubleheader on the newly restored ballfield at Manzanar National Historic Site in Owens Valley, California. This event marks the culmination of a multi-year effort, led by Artistic Director Dan Kwong, to bring Manzanar’s ballfield and its resilience and joy to the forefront.

• Check out the new SABR book and companion website on Baseball at Manzanar: How We Played the Game, 1942–1945

For those who are unable to join us at Manzanar, a livestream will be available to watch on YouTube beginning at 9:45 AM Pacific on Saturday, October 17.

Visit SABR.org/baseball-at-manzanar to download the free e-book edition, save 50% off the purchase of the paperback, or learn more.

American Baseball Biomechanics Society accepting poster abstracts for Winter Meetings

The American Baseball Biomechanics Society is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the 2026 Thematic Poster Session at the MLB Winter Meetings in San Diego, California.

ABBS members can use this form to submit research to be considered for presentation at the session, and for the ABBS travel grant if desired. The deadline to submit an abstract and apply for the Travel Grant is 11:59 PM Eastern on Sunday, October 18, 2026. ABBS membership is required for abstract submissions; sign up for a free membership at BaseballBiomechanics.org.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Limited time offer: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course.

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!

For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

Join SABR on October 20 for Colt Stadium historical marker ceremony in Houston

All baseball fans are invited to join SABR’s Larry Dierker Houston Chapter for a dedication ceremony for a new historical marker recognizing Colt Stadium, the first home of the Houston Astros, at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, October 20. Partial funding for this project came from the SABR Local Grants program.

The historical marker is located at the west end of Reliant Center, just north of the Astrodome. Parking is available via the McNee gate off Kirby Drive. Click here to view the location at Google Maps. Former Houston Astros star pitcher, manager, and broadcaster Larry Dierker; former Astros executive Tal Smith; Dinn Mann, grandson of Judge Roy Hofheinz; and Mason Hunt III, great-grandson of Robert Everett “R.E. Bob” Smith, are scheduled to speak.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group

The SABR Professional Researchers Group is a new chartered community for those working on baseball research in their professional capacity. This group aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, encourage resource sharing, and promote innovative baseball-centered research and teaching. This group is open to SABR members and non-members working on some aspect of baseball research in their professional capacity, whether in academia, libraries, public history, or through teaching.

• Please fill out this online form if you are interested in joining the SABR Professional Researchers Group

Contact Dr. Paul J. Zwirecki, SABR’s External Relations Officer, with any additional questions.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Board of Directors to host virtual Town Hall on October 22

SABR’s Board of Directors invites all members to join us for a virtual Town Hall meeting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

• Click here to pre-register for the Zoom meeting on October 22

Board President Dan Levitt along with Vice President Allison Levin, Treasurer Pat Filippone, and Secretary Todd Lebowitz will present SABR’s new five-year strategic plan. Other members of the Board of Directors along with SABR CEO Scott Bush will also be available for questions afterward.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based Featured Spotlight projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

• Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
  
  Next deadline: November 1, 2026 (for publication in 2028 or 2029)

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 Featured Spotlight multimedia projects and 6-8 Digital Library books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• Andrew Gibney, by John Medkeff Jr.
• Milo Lockwood, by Bill Lamb
• Red Ormsby, by Larry DeFillipo

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

5 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• May 28, 1989: Vancouver’s Tom Drees crafts back-to-back PCL no-hitters, later adds a third, by Larry DeFillipo
• September 22, 2007: Ninth-inning homers help Red Sox clinch postseason berth, by Bill Nowlin
• September 28, 2007: Red Sox clinch American League East Division title, by Bill Nowlin
• October 7, 2007: Red Sox complete AL Division Series sweep by dominating Angels, by Bill Nowlin
• September 27, 2024: White Sox set new post-1900 season loss record of 121, as Tigers clinch playoff berth, by Eric Conrad and Mark Morowczynski

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Download the e-book edition of The National Pastime: Baseball on Lake Erie

The e-book edition of The National Pastime is now available as a free download for all SABR members. All SABR 54 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in Cleveland and around the Lake Erie region.

• Read online: Articles from The National Pastime 2026 can be read online at SABR.org.
• Download the e-book: Click here to download a free e-book edition of The National Pastime 2026.
• Buy the magazine: Purchase the print edition of The National Pastime 2026 from Amazon.com.

We hope you enjoy reading The National Pastime!

Harvey’s Wallbangers: The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers
Edited by Gregory H. Wolf

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Get your SABR merch at our new online shop
• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Charles Steinberg (“Baltimore Orioles: The Earl Weaver Years”); David Wright and Anthony DiComo (The Captain: A Memoir); Scott Reich (One Day in September); Sam Bernstein (“The Baseball Umpire: A Historical Survey”); Karl Lindholm (“Clyde Sukeforth”); and Ben Alter (“The History of Major League Ballplayers”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• October 17: Manzanar Baseball Grand Opening doubleheader (10:00 AM PDT)
• October 17: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting with Steve Rennie, Tim Christ, Marty Lurie (11:00 AM PDT)
• October 18: Oklahoma Chapter meeting (2:00 PM CDT)
• October 18: Town Ball Committee meeting with Armand Peterson (2:00 PM CDT)
• October 18: Minor Leagues Committee meeting with Brian Engelhardt (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 19: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter Meeting with Waldy Upchurch and Buck Smith (6:00 PM CDT)
• October 19: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Von Spalding (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 19: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter research committee meeting (7:00 PM CDT)
• October 20: Larry Dierker Houston (TX) Chapter meeting with Evan Crawford (7:00 PM CDT)
• October 20: New SABR Member Experience Meeting (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 21: Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez (FL) Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 21: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Paul Semendinger (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 21: Hanlan’s Point (ON) Chapter meeting with DM Fox (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 21: All-Time Eras Teams Webinar: Modern Era (2001-2025) with Tim Kurkjian (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 22: Latino Baseball Committee meeting with Authors Panel (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 22: SABR Board of Directors Virtual Town Hall (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 24: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting with Ted Giannoulas (10:00 AM CDT)
• October 25: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Christopher Dale (7:00 PM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• October 17: Forbes Field Pittsburgh Chapter meeting (Pittsburgh, PA)
• October 17: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
• October 17: Halsey Hall Minnesota Chapter fall meeting (Plymouth, MN)
• October 17: Rocky Mountain Chapter baseball cards meeting (Littleton, CO)
• October 19: Hanlan’s Point Chapter: Diamond Park plaque unveiling (Toronto, ON)
• October 20: Colt Stadium historical marker dedication ceremony (Houston, TX)
• October 20: Northwest Ohio Chapter book club meeting (Toledo, OH)
• October 20: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
• October 21: Rocky Mountain Chapter monthly lunch (Denver, CO)
• October 23: Luke Easter Chapter World Series watch party (Rochester, NY)
• October 24: Rogers Hornsby Chapter World Series watch party (Austin, TX)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball
• Minor Leagues: Fall 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Mike Petriello: Brewers are winning with the opposite of small ball (MLB.com)
• Tyler Kepner: How William Contreras, Milwaukee’s ‘pit-bull’ catcher, exemplifies the best of the Brewers (The Athletic)
• Jared Diamond: Jake Bauers, The Brewers’ Playoff Hero Who Almost Quit Baseball (Wall Street Journal)
• Sarah Langs: Fascinating facts and stats from Brewers’ comeback sweep (MLB.com)
• Mark Langill: A special friendship bonded LA, Milwaukee baseball icons (MLBlogs.com)
• Adam McCalvy: Milwaukee, you have a World Series! 44 years later, this one’s for the believers (MLB.com)
• Jayson Stark: Is this really happening to Shohei Ohtani? He looks so ordinary (The Athletic)
• Davy Andrews: So Just How Pissed off Is Pat Murphy? (FanGraphs)
• Zack Meisel/Will Sammon: After trade, Rays superstar Junior Caminero is blocking Guardians’ World Series path (The Athletic)
• Patrick Dubuque: Hitting ‘Em Where They Ain’t (Allowed) (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jay Jaffe: José Ramírez Finds the October Spotlight, Mostly for the Better (FanGraphs)
• Eno Sarris: Rays, Brewers always outperform expectations. These ‘Moneyball’-like edges are the key. (The Athletic)
• Rob Mains: How Much of a Slog are Playoff Games? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jim Margalus: 2026 White Sox delighted even more than they surprised, and they shocked (Sox Machine)
• Mark Simon: 2026 Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Sports Info Solutions)
• Faith Salie: The girls of summer in the WPBL (CBS News)
• Nate Rogers: The Secret History Of Dodger Stadium’s Mysterious Concrete Murals (Defector)
• Michael Clair: Four NPB stars who could be Major League-bound (MLB.com)
• David Laurila: D-backs Prospect Demetrio Crisantes Is Crushing It in the Desert (FanGraphs)
• Tim Arango: In Grief, a Mother Asks Strangers to ‘Sit Here’ at a Ballgame (New York Times)
• Alex Speier: Red Sox brass say it is ‘complicated’ to evaluate 2026. Beyond the streak, what to make of it? (Boston Globe)
• Derrick Goold: 100 years after Cardinals’ 1st World Series, quest for a Hornsby bat connects championships (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Jimmy Parker: The Most Memorable Photographs in Sports History (Beauty of a Game)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Jeoff Long (1941-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Tim Manners: Don’t Blame Babe Ruth. Waite Hoyt Didn’t. (Substack)
• Billy Nabours: Boerne author Richard Butler chronicles Depression-era Hill Country baseball (Hill Country Community Journal)
• Mark Kolier: Chicago Cubs were the first 20th century baseball dynasty (Almost Cooperstown)
• Jonah Daiss: Henry Aaron’s Earliest and Rarest Card (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Andrew Hersh: 2002 Flair or “That time I got a hot box and freaked out!” (SABR Baseball Cards)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Apply now for Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship
SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference begins tonight
Vote now for SABR’s All-Time Modern Era Team
Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up. Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course through October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Apply now for the 2027 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship

SABR welcomes new applications for the Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship in 2027. Awarded annually to up to five (5) recipients, the scholarship will provide meaningful professional development and networking opportunities for female students or young professionals pursuing a career in baseball analytics and data science. Recipients will receive:

• Registration for the SABR Analytics Conference, baseball’s premier analytics symposium, including hotel accommodations and travel stipend
• Registration for all courses in the SABR Analytics Certification program, an online, on-demand curriculum offering professional development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics
• One-year SABR membership, which includes access to quarterly SABR Scholar Session virtual networking events

All applications must be postmarked or emailed to scarter@sabr.org by December 18, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference begins tonight on Zoom

Join us this weekend for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

We’re excited to welcome Women’s Professional Baseball League players Brittany Apgar, Paloma Benach, and Beth Greenwood for a panel discussion on Saturday, October 10, moderated by Lorene Kennard. Other featured speakers include Gabrielle Augustine of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Becky Brouse Davis of This is Women’s Baseball.

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions will be held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 9; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, and 11:30 a.m.-2:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more.

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Voting now open for SABR All-Time Modern Era Team (2001–2025)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

• Cast your vote now for the Modern Era team (2001–2025). Or click here to view the full player list for the Modern Era ballot. All current SABR members are eligible to vote. Voting ends at 11:59 PM MST on Monday, October 19.
• Join us from 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday, October 21 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the Modern Era (2001–2025) team, and hear a presentation from ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian. Click here to pre-register for this Zoom event.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project, including the players selected to the 19th Century Era, Deadball Era, Segregation Era, Integration Era, and Free Agency Era teams.

SABR Digital Library: How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945

Within the pages of our new SABR Digital Library book and companion website, How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945, you won’t find names of legendary American baseball heroes like Mickey Mantle or Ken Griffey Jr., but you will most definitely find American heroes. People such as Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi, Pete Mitsui, George Tamura, Jim Morita, and Mary Matsuno Miya didn’t just excel at playing ball. They excelled at perseverance, after having their lives taken away from them to be detained at the Manzanar incarceration camp during World War II.

Our special Featured Spotlight web project complements the new Digital Library book. At SABR.org/baseball-at-manzanar, explore the Baseball at Manzanar companion website to find more essays and stories, rare photos, interviews, and multimedia clips with survivors of the camp and their families in their own words, plus special coverage of the reconstruction and reclamation of the Manzanar baseball field leading up to a historic doubleheader played there in 2024 and the ballfield’s grand opening in October 2026.

Visit SABR.org/baseball-at-manzanar to download the free e-book edition, save 50% off the purchase of the paperback, or learn more.

Limited time offer: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course.

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!

For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

Join SABR on October 20 for Colt Stadium historical marker ceremony in Houston

All baseball fans are invited to join SABR’s Larry Dierker Houston Chapter for a dedication ceremony for a new historical marker recognizing Colt Stadium, the first home of the Houston Astros, at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, October 20. Partial funding for this project came from the SABR Local Grants program.

The historical marker is located at the west end of Reliant Center, just north of the Astrodome. Parking is available via the McNee gate off Kirby Drive. Click here to view the location at Google Maps. Former Houston Astros star pitcher, manager, and broadcaster Larry Dierker; former Astros executive Tal Smith; Dinn Mann, grandson of Judge Roy Hofheinz; and Mason Hunt III, great-grandson of Robert Everett “R.E. Bob” Smith, are scheduled to speak.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Join the new SABR Professional Researchers Group

The SABR Professional Researchers Group is a new chartered community for those working on baseball research in their professional capacity. This group aims to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, encourage resource sharing, and promote innovative baseball-centered research and teaching. This group is open to SABR members and non-members working on some aspect of baseball research in their professional capacity, whether in academia, libraries, public history, or through teaching.

• Please fill out this online form if you are interested in joining the SABR Professional Researchers Group

Contact Dr. Paul J. Zwirecki, SABR’s External Relations Officer, with any additional questions.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Board of Directors to host virtual Town Hall on October 22

SABR’s Board of Directors invites all members to join us for a virtual Town Hall meeting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

• Click here to pre-register for the Zoom meeting on October 22

Board President Dan Levitt along with Vice President Allison Levin, Treasurer Pat Filippone, and Secretary Todd Lebowitz will present SABR’s new five-year strategic plan. Other members of the Board of Directors along with SABR CEO Scott Bush will also be available for questions afterward.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based Featured Spotlight projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

• Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
  
  Next deadline: November 1, 2026 (for publication in 2028 or 2029)

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 Featured Spotlight multimedia projects and 6-8 Digital Library books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

2 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• Jerry Lynn, by Richard Kane (first-time author)
• Lee Walls, by Steven Schmitt

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• May 17, 1942: Barney Brown wins one, loses one in doubleheader for Philadelphia Stars, by Craig Garretson
• September 25, 1965: Sandy Koufax sets new single-season strikeout record in shutout over Cardinals, by Larry DeFillipo
• July 4, 1967: Mets record first-ever win over Juan Marichal on Independence Day, by Jonah Weiss

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Download the e-book edition of The National Pastime: Baseball on Lake Erie

The e-book edition of The National Pastime is now available as a free download for all SABR members. All SABR 54 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in Cleveland and around the Lake Erie region.

• Read online: Articles from The National Pastime 2026 can be read online at SABR.org.
• Download the e-book: Click here to download a free e-book edition of The National Pastime 2026.
• Buy the magazine: Purchase the print edition of The National Pastime 2026 from Amazon.com.

We hope you enjoy reading The National Pastime!

From the Braves to the Brewers: Great Games and Exciting History at Milwaukee’s County Stadium

Edited by Gregory H. Wolf

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Mike Silva and Jamie Marshall (“Big Beautiful Baseball Bash”); Melissa Ludtke (Locker Room Talk); Zak Ford (Beyond the Last Inning); Daniel Linnenberg (“The Art of Long John Reilly”); Pam Schaffrath, former Colorado Silver Bullets player; and Erin Carlson (There’s No Crying in Baseball). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• October 9-11: 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• October 12: American Baseball Biomechanics Society Journal Club meeting (4:00 PM EDT)
• October 12: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Karl Lindholm (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 13: 19th Century Speaker Series: Sam Bernstein (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Charles Steinberg (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 14: Casey Stengel NYC Chapter meeting with Scott Reich (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 15: Long Island (NY) Ralph Kiner Chapter book club meeting with David Wright (5:00 PM EDT)
• October 15: Mack-Allen Philadelphia Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 17: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting with Steve Rennie and Tim Christ (11:00 AM PDT)
• October 18: Oklahoma Chapter meeting (2:00 PM CDT)
• October 18: Minor Leagues Committee meeting with Brian Engelhardt (7:30 PM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• October 10: Casey Stengel NYC Chapter meeting (New York, NY)
• October 10: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
• October 10: Quebec Chapter meeting (Montreal, QC)
• October 15: Magnolia Chapter “Third Thursday” meeting (Sandy Springs, GA)
• October 17: Forbes Field Pittsburgh Chapter meeting (Pittsburgh, PA)
• October 17: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
• October 17: Halsey Hall Minnesota Chapter fall meeting (Plymouth, MN)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball
• Deadball Era: August 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Larry Dierker Houston Chapter: September 21 meeting recap (Houston, TX)
• Rickwood Field Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (Birmingham, AL)
• Ted Williams San Diego Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (San Diego, CA)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Michael Clair: 75 years on, fans recall watching and listening to ‘The Shot Heard ‘Round the World’ (MLB.com)
• Bill Shaikin: Are we living in the Dodgers’ golden era? The answer may not be so simple (Los Angeles Times)
• Sarah Langs: Road teams rule on historic postseason day (MLB.com)
• Matt Martell: Cam Schlittler and The Power of the Curve (FanGraphs)
• Hannah Keyser: A few inches – and a fan’s arms – separated Anthony Volpe from October heroics (CNN)
• Mark Simon: 2026 Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Sports Info Solutions)
• Anthony Castrovince: How ALDS opponents Chicago, Cleveland spawned the American League (MLB.com)
• Patrick Dubuque: What Matters Most is Getting There (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Clemens: No Past, No Future: Atlanta’s Chris Sale Strategy, Examined (FanGraphs)
• Matt Monagan: Ray Kerr quit baseball to work at an IMAX theater. Now he’s a Braves playoff legend. (MLB.com)
• Steven Goldman: Dread in the Postseason (Baseball Prospectus)
• Anne R. Keene: Bill Greason, Montford Point Marine and oldest-living MLB player, just turned 102 (Military Times)
• Richard Goldstein: Sam McDowell, Pitching Ace Who Battled Addiction, Has Died at 84 (New York Times)
• Davy Andrews: We’re Going To Have To Let You Go: The Orioles Clean House (FanGraphs)
• Nina Thorsen: The Oakland Coliseum, Now 60, Did More Than House Great Teams (KQED.org)
• Montclair Students Keep Negro Leagues History Alive at Hinchliffe Stadium (Montclair.edu)
• David Laurila: Aidan Miller Is Getting Back in the Swing of Things in the Arizona Fall League (FanGraphs)
• Amanda Lane Cumming: The 1996 Seattle Mariners (NW Baseball History)
• Kevin Kernan: Priscilla Oppenheimer, A Madre to the Padres (Wall Street Journal)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Don Cooper (1956-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Gary Ashwill: Most Wins by a 17-Year-Old Pitcher: Steel Arm Tyler, 1925 Memphis Red Sox (Agate Type)
• Ben Railton: Considering History: Three 1926 Championships and the Role of Baseball in American History (Saturday Evening Post)
• Philip Moscovitch: ‘Breaking the sound barrier’: Deaf ballplayer William Ellsworth “Dummy” Hoy belongs in the Hall of Fame (Halifax Examiner)
• Amy Binns-Calvey: Preacher Billy Sunday played ball, saved souls and made a good buck (Forest Park Review)
• Mark Kolier: Popping the cork on corked bats (Almost Cooperstown)
• Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Ken Singleton (Baseball and BBQ)
• Andrew Hersh: Not quite chocolate milk: The Yoo-Hoo sets (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Thomas Love Seagull: The Black Mist, A Look Back at Japan’s Biggest Gambling Scandal (SABR Asian Baseball)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Vote now for SABR’s All-Time Modern Era Team
New book, website launched on Baseball at Manzanar
Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase
Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter
1 week left until the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Early registration now open for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 12–14, 2027, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

• Registration: Click here to register for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
• Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, March 12 through Sunday, March 14, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 11. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
• Research Presentations: Present your baseball research at the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 25, 2026.
• Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2027 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here. 
• Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 18, 2026.
• Certification Courses: Check out all four courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Four – Applied Statistics for Baseball. Click here to learn more or to sign up. Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course through October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more or to register.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work.

Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school and college students who wish to attend the SABR Analytics Conference on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging fees associated with the conference up to a total value of $1,250.

All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter no later than December 18, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Voting now open for SABR All-Time Modern Era Team (2001–2025)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

• Cast your vote now for the Modern Era team (2001–2025). Or click here to view the full player list for the Modern Era ballot. All current SABR members are eligible to vote. Voting ends at 11:59 PM MST on Monday, October 19.
• Join us from 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday, October 21 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the Modern Era (2001–2025) team, and hear a presentation from ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian. Click here to pre-register for this Zoom event.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project, including the players selected to the 19th Century Era, Deadball Era, Segregation Era, Integration Era, and Free Agency Era teams.

SABR Digital Library: How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945

Within the pages of our new SABR Digital Library book and companion website, How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945, you won’t find names of legendary American baseball heroes like Mickey Mantle or Ken Griffey Jr., but you will most definitely find American heroes. People such as Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi, Pete Mitsui, George Tamura, Jim Morita, and Mary Matsuno Miya didn’t just excel at playing ball. They excelled at perseverance, after having their lives taken away from them to be detained at the Manzanar incarceration camp during World War II.

How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945
Edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr
Associate Editor: Bill Nowlin
Foreword by Dave Roberts, Los Angeles Dodgers manager
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-67-3, $19.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-66-6, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 162 pages

How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945 tells the story of baseball at Manzanar. The volume is illustrated with many historical photos, some taken by Toyo Miyatake, an incarceree who snuck a forbidden lens into the camp and built his own camera, and some by famed photographers Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange. Contributors include over a dozen members of the Society for American Baseball Research and several other key individuals such as Dan Kwong, the son of an incarceree and leader of the effort to restore the baseball field on the Manzanar historic site, and Kerry Yo Nakagawa, founder of the Nisei Baseball Research Project. This team has joined forces to tell the story of how the Japanese Americans incarcerated at Manzanar played the game.

Our special Featured Spotlight web project complements the new Digital Library book. At SABR.org/baseball-at-manzanar, explore the Baseball at Manzanar companion website to find more essays and stories, rare photos, interviews, and multimedia clips with survivors of the camp and their families in their own words, plus special coverage of the reconstruction and reclamation of the Manzanar baseball field leading up to a historic doubleheader played there in 2024 and the ballfield’s grand opening in October 2026. 

Visit SABR.org/baseball-at-manzanar to download the free e-book edition, save 50% off the purchase of the paperback, or learn more.

Limited time offer: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course. 

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Bring It Home in 2026 and help shape SABR’s next chapter!

For more than 50 years, SABR members have explored every corner of baseball, researching its history, examining how the game is played, and connecting with others who share their deep passion for baseball. Today, as we work toward becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, SABR brings together researchers, historians, analysts, authors, students, professionals, and fans from around the globe. 

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2026. Contributions from thoughtful donors like you help SABR build for the future. Your generosity allows us to expand research resources, develop and deliver engaging programming, and strengthen the community that makes SABR such an essential and unique part of the baseball world.

Visit sabr.org/donate/2026-campaign to learn more.

1 week left to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us next week for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

We’re excited to welcome Women’s Professional Baseball League players Brittany Apgar, Paloma Benach, and Beth Greenwood for a panel discussion on Saturday, October 10, moderated by Lorene Kennard. Other featured speakers include Gabrielle Augustine of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Becky Brouse Davis of This is Women’s Baseball.

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions will be held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 9; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, and 11:00 a.m.-2:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more. 

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Announcing finalists for 2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee. Each of these finalists has made important contributions promoting the participation of women in baseball, on the field and off.

• Sarah Langs, Senior Manager, Research and Content at MLB.com, a beloved member of the baseball community, and a leading advocate for ALS research
• Jeneane “Lefty” Lesko, a pioneering figure in women’s baseball and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher
• Maud Nelson, who played, managed, owned, and promoted women’s baseball in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• Janet Marie Smith, Senior Vice President of Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers and an innovative ballparks designer for the past three decades
• Lisa Turbitt, professional baseball umpire who was the first woman to work home plate at an international competition

The winner of the 2026 award will be announced during the SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on October 9–11, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

SABR Lahman Baseball Database to modernize, add data categories

SABR’s Lahman Baseball Database is undergoing a significant modernization intended to make the data easier to use and easier to maintain. These changes will be implemented for the next update which will include statistics from the 2026 season. The updated Lahman Database will be available for download in early 2027 at SABR.org/lahman-database.

The update will simplify the schema, reduce legacy and redundant tables, improve support for Negro League and historical data, and add several categories of data that the current structure does not represent well or at all. Because many researchers, applications, and teaching materials rely on the existing structure, we anticipate creating a legacy version that retains the old schema, built from the newer version.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org. 

SABR Board of Directors to host virtual Town Hall on October 22

SABR’s Board of Directors invites all members to join us for a virtual Town Hall meeting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

• Click here to pre-register for the Zoom meeting on October 22 

Board President Dan Levitt along with Vice President Allison Levin, Treasurer Pat Filippone, and Secretary Todd Lebowitz will present SABR’s new five-year strategic plan. Other members of the Board of Directors along with SABR CEO Scott Bush will also be available for questions afterward.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.  

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.  

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based Featured Spotlight projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

• Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
  Next deadline: November 1, 2026 (for publication in 2028 or 2029)

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 Featured Spotlight multimedia projects and 6-8 Digital Library books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

6 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• Eddie Burke, by Stephen V. Rice
• Peaches Graham, by David Perrin
• Joe Hughes, by Vincent T. Ciaramella
• John Kerin, by Kurt Blumenau
• Curt Welch, by Gavin Winkler
• Donovan Field (Kingston, NY), by Daniel Torres

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

2 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• May 29, 1882: Metropolitans’ Jack Lynch christens Polo Grounds southeast diamond by ‘Chicagoing’ the White Stockings, by Larry DeFillipo
• October 1, 1978: George Foster captures third straight RBI crown in Sparky Anderson’s Reds finale, by Tim Otto

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

New Team Ownership History: Tampa Bay Rays

The complicated life of the Tampa Bay Rays is the newest addition to the Team Ownership History Project, a joint effort of the BioProject and the Business of Baseball Committee.

• Tampa Bay Rays team ownership history, by Steve Rennie

While the project began to chronicle ownership of the current 30 major league franchises, it has been extended to the Negro Leagues, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball Leagues, and Federal League, as well as teams that disappeared in the 19th century. Interested authors should contact Michael Haupert to get involved.

The Team That Time Won’t Forget: The 1951 New York Giants
Edited by Bill Nowlin and C. Paul Rogers III

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of September 2026.

Want to become a Friend of SABR? Click here to make a recurring monthly contribution or click here to learn more about our Giving Circles to make a one-time contribution.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions; Dan Kahan (“Can a Stadium Full of Monkeys Playing Strat-o-Matic Outmanage Earl Weaver?”); Zak Ford (Beyond the Last Inning); Bill Nowlin (Celebration: The A’s at the Oakland Coliseum); and Tony Oliver (“Honorary Negro League Baseball Classic”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• October 3: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with Zak Ford (9:00 AM EDT)
• October 3: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories with Pam Schaffrath (10:00 AM EDT)
• October 3: Rice-Russell Nashville (TN) Chapter meeting with Larry Hayes, Tim Christ, and Marshall Garvey (10:00 AM CDT)
• October 5: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Dan Linnenberg (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 6: Central Illinois Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:00 PM CDT)
• October 7: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Melissa Ludtke (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 7: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Ben Alter (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 8: Magnolia (GA) Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (7:30 PM EDT)
• October 8: Games and Simulations meeting with Mike Silva and Jamie Marshall (8:00 PM EDT)
• October 9-11: 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• October 3: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
• October 3: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter: Rygelski Baseball Research Conference (St. Louis, MO)
• October 6: Bob Davids Chapter Virginia Hot Stove Dinner (Arlington, VA)
• October 7: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
• October 7: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter fellowship meeting (St. Louis, MO)
• October 10: Casey Stengel NYC Chapter meeting (New York, NY)
• October 10: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball
• Latino Baseball: Fall 2026 newsletter
• Nineteenth Century: Fall 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Elysian Fields Chapter: Fall 2026 newsletter (Northern New Jersey)
• Hanlan’s Point Chapter: Fall 2026 newsletter (Toronto, ON)
• Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (St. Petersburg, FL)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• 2027 Ford C. Frick Award ballot finalists are announced (BaseballHall.org)
• Mark Simon: Evaluating The Defense of the 12 Playoff Teams (Sports Info Solutions)
• Tyler Kepner: The Brewers stack wins in a system MLB says is stacked against them. Now for the hard part. (The Athletic)
• Lindsay Dial: What Is Meaningful Baseball? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Ben Lindbergh: MLB Teams Need Too Many Innings From Not Enough Arms (The Ringer)
• Jim Margalus: It’s truly October, and the White Sox look truly ready for it (Sox Machine)
• Jay Jaffe: Yankees Bomb Red Sox Out of the Bronx, Postseason (FanGraphs)
• Sarah Langs: How good was Cam Schlittler this time? 7 wild stats from his Game 1 start (MLB.com)
• Hannah Keyser: The Yankees without Aaron Judge showed why this might be their best chance to win with him (CNN.com)
• Brittany Ghiroli/Eno Sarris: Cubs’ investment in innovative bat technology part of a growing MLB-wide trend (The Athletic)
• Andrew Greif/Rohan Nadkarni: MLB wants a salary cap for competitive balance. Does the playoff field already have it? (NBC News)
• Rob Mains: If MLB Were the NFL (Baseball Prospectus)
• David Laurila: Cade Smith Found the Sweet Spot on a Lethal, Low-Spin Splitter (FanGraphs)
• Zack Meisel: Two coaches, one living room couch, and the bond behind the Cleveland Guardians’ September run (The Athletic)
• Davy Andrews: Rubbing Some Dirt on It Isn’t Working for the Orioles (FanGraphs)
• Derrick Goold: ‘Just the beginning’: Cardinals end rebuild Year 1 encouraged but with gaps to close (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Olivia Young: Robert Fitts turns fascination with Japanese baseball into award-winning writing career (Riverdale Press)
• Gary Ashwill: Youngest Major League Player: Roy Campanella, 1937 Washington Elite Giants (Agate Type)
• Steven Goldman: The Cut That Never Heals (Baseball Prospectus)
• Al Doyle: Baseball’s Bicentennial Bird (RIP Baseball)
• Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Kevin Keating (Baseball and BBQ)
• Jason Schwartz: The Extreme Unlikelihood of Carl Hubbell’s 1934 All-Star Feat (Jason Cards)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Pat Putnam (1953-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Jason Schwartz: The Cardboard Genome (SABR Baseball Cards)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, September 25, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web. 

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference
Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase
Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of Baseball Research Journal
2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award finalists
Member Benefit Spotlight: Research Resources Portal

Submit your presentation abstract for 2027 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for research presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 12–14, 2027, in Phoenix, Arizona. The SABR Analytics Conference brings together the leading minds in baseball analytics to discuss and debate topics relevant to the quantitative analysis of the game of baseball, including aspects of innovation and technology.

Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work. Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. Please clearly indicate whether you are submitting for the general track or for the student track of presentations. General-track presenters will be responsible for submitting a full research paper after their abstracts are evaluated, while student-track presenters will submit a sample PowerPoint presentation file.

The submission deadline for all 2027 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on Wednesday, November 25, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Limited time offer: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course. 

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions will be held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 9; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, and 11:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more. 

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal

All SABR members exclusively receive the Baseball Research Journal electronically twice a year. The Fall 2026 issue will be sent out in early November. However, if you are interested in a paperback copy of BRJ for your personal library, we have rolled out a subscription option at a significantly discounted rate: $7 per issue for members, compared to $19.95 at retail.

• To subscribe and receive a printed edition of BRJ, visit SABR.org/subscribe
  Subscribe before October 1 in order to receive the Fall 2026 issue in the mail
  (If you have any questions about your subscription, please email brjsubscribe@sabr.org.)

Make sure you are signed into your SABR account to receive your discount. For our international members, please note the separate international orders option for those living outside of the United States. With your subscription, you will receive a paperback copy of the BRJ as well as an electronic version delivered to your email inbox. You will be charged semi-annually for this subscription, once for each edition of BRJ.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Announcing finalists for 2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2026 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by SABR’s Women in Baseball Committee. Each of these finalists has made important contributions promoting the participation of women in baseball, on the field and off.

• Sarah Langs, Senior Manager, Research and Content at MLB.com, a beloved member of the baseball community, and a leading advocate for ALS research
• Jeneane “Lefty” Lesko, a pioneering figure in women’s baseball and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher
• Maud Nelson, who played, managed, owned, and promoted women’s baseball in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• Janet Marie Smith, Senior Vice President of Planning and Development for the Los Angeles Dodgers and an innovative ballparks designer for the past three decades
• Lisa Turbitt, professional baseball umpire who was the first woman to work home plate at an international competition

The winner of the 2026 award will be announced during the SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on October 9–11, 2026.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Member Benefit Spotlight: Research Resources Portal

As a SABR member, you have vast resources and benefits at your disposal. With so much information at your fingertips, we realize it can be overwhelming to absorb it all! To highlight key benefits, read on for a SABR Member Benefit Spotlight, an email series that identifies and explains some of the most valuable features of your membership. We hope this allows you to take full advantage of all SABR has to offer. This issue shows you how to access the Research Resources page.

Earlier this year, we launched a newly designed and updated Research Resources page at SABR.org. You can find it by going directly to The Research Collection page or by using the “Research” dropdown menu at the top of any SABR.org page. If you’ve visited SABR.org recently, you might have noticed a promotional ad pop-up to help encourage other baseball fans to sign up for a monthly or annual membership. As a SABR member, you can click the gold “Login now” link in order to sign in and remove the pop-up for the rest of your browser session. You must log in with your SABR credentials in order to access these additional resources.

Click here to watch a short video outlining the Research Resources page and member login at SABR.org.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

SABR Board of Directors to host virtual Town Hall on October 22

SABR’s Board of Directors invites all members to join us for a virtual Town Hall meeting at 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, October 22, 2026.

• Click here to pre-register for the Zoom meeting on October 22 

Board President Dan Levitt along with Vice President Allison Levin, Treasurer Pat Filippone, and Secretary Todd Lebowitz will present SABR’s new five-year strategic plan. Other members of the Board of Directors along with SABR CEO Scott Bush will also be available for questions afterward.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.  

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.  

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

1 new story published at SABR Biography Project

• Buck Showalter, by Thomas J. Brown Jr.

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• October 7, 1927: Herb Pennock’s pitching shines, Yankees bats batter Pittsburgh in Game 3, by Andy Terrick
• September 24, 1957: After reaching base 16 times in a row, Ted Williams grounds out – and then hits game-deciding homer, by Bill Nowlin
• May 13, 2016: Matt Bush makes long-awaited major-league debut as Blue Jays defeat Rangers, 5-0, by Barrett Snyder

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures
Edited by Mike Richard and Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Voting begins next week for the SABR All-Time Modern Era Team (2001-2025)
• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from award-winning filmmaker Ron Shelton; Russ Speiller and Dan Kwong (How We Played the Game: Baseball at Manzanar, 1942–1945); and John Tierney and Michael Kane (“Baseball Memorabilia Show & Tell”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• September 26: Jack Graney Cleveland Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (12:00 PM EDT)
• September 26: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting with Zak Ford, Bill Nowlin, and Tony Oliver (11:00 AM PDT)
• September 27: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Kat Williams (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 27: Minor League Committee meeting with William H. Brewster (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 27: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter meeting with David Raglin and Mark Pattison (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 28: Central Florida Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 28: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Dan Kahan (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 29: Bob Davids Chapter Analytics Club meeting with Mark Simon (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 30: Casey Stengel NYC Chapter meeting with Scott Reich (7:00 PM EDT)
• October 3: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with Zak Ford (9:00 AM EDT)
• October 3: Rice-Russell Nashville (TN) Chapter meeting with Larry Hayes, Tim Christ, and Marshall Garvey (10:00 AM CDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• September 29: Southern Michigan Chapter meeting (Lansing, MI)
• September 30: Field of Dreams Iowa Chapter meeting (5:00 PM CDT)
• October 3: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
• October 3: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter: Rygelski Baseball Research Conference (St. Louis, MO)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Jewish Baseball: Sign up for announcements from SABR’s newest research committee, focusing on Jewish contributions to the game of baseball

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Halsey Hall Chapter: October 2026 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)
• Magnolia Chapter: Fall 2026 newsletter (Atlanta, GA)
• Rocky Mountain Chapter: September 2026 newsletter (Denver, CO) 

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Bill Shaikin: How Montreal can provide former Dodgers GM Dan Evans a second chance (Los Angeles Times)
• Mark Bowman: Braves celebrate Bill Lucas’ trailblazing legacy 50 years later (MLB.com)
• Daniel Brown: Baseball’s deaf pioneer gets a Hall of Fame push a century after changing game (The Athletic)
• Dan Szymborski: Are World Baseball Classic Players Actually Underperforming in 2026? (FanGraphs)
• J.J. Cooper: The MLB Strike Zone Got A Lot Smaller In 2026 (Baseball America)
• Michael Clair: Superstar Ayami Sato sends Queens to inaugural WPBL title (MLB.com)
• Kiri Oler: Queens Crowned Baseball Royalty, Beat Firebells in WPBL Championship (FanGraphs)
• Bradley Woodrum: Ayami Sato, The Queen of Baseball (Baseball Prospectus)
• Sarah Langs: 9 reasons why Jacob Misiorowski’s season has been one of a kind (MLB.com)
• Tom Kim: A Visual Primer to OpenCommand (Baseball Prospectus)
• Meghan Montemurro: ‘That’s my baseball dad’: The Chicago Cubs coach who helped Pete Crow-Armstrong become an MVP-caliber hitter (Chicago Tribune)
• Mark Simon: Where Do The Cubs Stand Among Teams in Defensive Runs Saved History? (Sports Info Solutions)
• Davy Andrews: Formerly Wan Steven Kwan Once Again Has Got It Going On (FanGraphs)
• Ben Lindbergh: Baseball’s Best Pitchers Aren’t Worth What They Used to Be (but Its Best Batters Are) (The Ringer)
• Rob Mains: Does the Postseason Guest List Need More Variety? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jay Jaffe: The Red-Hot Elly De La Cruz (FanGraphs)
• Dan D’Addona: When Tigers legend Justin Verlander and I were rookies together (Holland Sentinel)
• Jim Margalus: Don Cooper was the last singular White Sox pitching coach (Sox Machine)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Joe Morgan (1930-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Rob Arthur: This Wave Of Japanese Talent Is The Beginning Of A Pipeline (Baseball Prospectus)
• David Laurila: Ever Evolving, (the A’s) Max Muncy Remains In Search of His Groove (FanGraphs)
• John Valenti: When Long Island women played pro baseball (Newsday)
• Nate DeMio: The Last Game (The Memory Palace)
• Marjorie Maddox: A Man Named Branch: A Great-Grandniece Remembers Branch Rickey (Pittsburgh Quarterly)
• Paul Lukas: Is It Okay to Make a Uniform Change So Late in the Season? (Uni-Watch)
• Ryan Whirty: Bill Foster’s interlude in North Carolina (Negro Leagues Up Close)
• Jimmy Parker: Wabi-Sabi for Baseball Card Collectors (Beauty of a Game)
• Mark Kolier: The Utility Player Who Won a Batting Title (Almost Cooperstown)
• Roy Carlson: 1963 Topps Stickers Set: A Head Above Other Topps Disembodied Offerings (Sports Collectors Daily)
• Christian Trudeau: La ligue provinciale de baseball (Nightlife.ca)
• Susan Miyagi McCormac: Japan Dominates: The 2018 MLB All-Star Tour of Japan (SABR Asian Baseball)
• Andrew Orcutt: The Gould Find: Reuniting Hank Thompson’s 1955 Card, Statue, Photo, and Contract (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Andy Palomino: Games and Simulations Committee Research Project Update (SABR Games and Simulations)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

Are you receiving our e-mails? “This Week in SABR” goes out by e-mail to all members on Friday afternoons. If they’re not showing up, try adding “sabr.notes@sabr.org” to your contact list to ensure they show up in your inbox.

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, September 18, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web. 

SABR All-Time Eras Team revealed for Free Agency Era
Join us on September 24 for a Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks
Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase
SABR welcomes new Jewish Baseball Research Committee
Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of Baseball Research Journal

SABR All-Time Eras Team announced for Free Agency Era (1973–2000)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876. On Wednesday, September 16, SABR revealed the Free Agency Era team in a special Zoom webinar, covering players and teams from 1973 to 2000. More than 1,100 SABR members cast a vote on these ballots. The top vote recipients at each position were selected for the first team. Click on a link below to view the players, managers, and executives selected, along with their SABR biographies and statistics from Baseball-Reference.com:

• Click here to view the Free Agency Era Team (1973–2000)

Before the team was unveiled, Daniel A. Gilbert of the University of Illinois delivered a presentation on baseball during the Free Agency Era. Click here to watch a video recording of Gilbert’s presentation and the team reveal.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project.

• Coming soon: Voting for the Modern Era (2001–2025) teams will open on Friday, October 2 at SABR.org. All SABR members are eligible to vote in the online ballot. The final team will be revealed in a Zoom webinar on Wednesday, October 21, with a presentation by ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian. Click here to pre-register for the Zoom meeting.

Join us on September 24 for a special SABR Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks

All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to join us for our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 7:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, September 24.

Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members.

During this session, Tyrone will discuss baseball’s offseason hiring timeline and ways you can set yourself apart from other applicants. We’ll also spend some time linking you with fellow student and young professional members in a networking session designed to build your connections throughout the industry.

• To learn more or to pre-register for the SABR Scholar Session on Zoom, please contact Jessica Smyth.

Limited time offer: Free Rapsodo course with SABR Analytics Certification purchase

It’s time to take your skills to the next level with two of the most trusted names in baseball analytics! SABR is excited to partner with Rapsodo, a leading innovator in baseball technology and data analysis, on a special limited time offer:

• Purchase any SABR Analytics Certification course until October 29, 2026, and get access to a complimentary Rapsodo Certified course.

That’s $395 in added value with the purchase of any SABR Analytics Certification course. 

Online and video based, SABR Analytics Certification and Rapsodo courses combine to help learners elevate their baseball data knowledge alongside skills relating to the technical tools used in player development operations.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR welcomes new Jewish Baseball research committee

SABR’s Board of Directors has approved the formation of a new research committee: the Jewish Baseball Research Committee.

The Jewish Baseball Committee seeks to deepen knowledge and educate the public about Jewish contributions to the game of baseball. Jews have played significant roles in every aspect of the game, including owners, broadcasters, umpires, team management, labor relations leaders, newspaper writers, and more, as well as approximately 200 players. The committee will also explore the importance of baseball in the greater scope of Jewish identity.

The committee leader is Bob Cooper. All SABR members are eligible to sign up for email announcements from this committee. Click here to visit the committee page and select “Join Group” to become a committee member.

SABR’s 37 research committees reflect the diverse interests of our members, with groups devoted to the study of a specific area related to the game — from Baseball and the Arts to Statistical Analysis to the Deadball Era to Women in Baseball. Click here to find the full list of SABR research committees and learn more about their work.

Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
• Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions will be held from 6:30-7:45 p.m. on Friday, October 9; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, and 11:00 a.m.-3:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 11. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more. 

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal

All SABR members exclusively receive the Baseball Research Journal electronically twice a year. The Fall 2026 issue will be sent out in early November. However, if you are interested in a paperback copy of BRJ for your personal library, we have rolled out a subscription option at a significantly discounted rate: $7 per issue for members, compared to $19.95 at retail.

• To subscribe and receive a printed edition of BRJ, visit SABR.org/subscribe
  Subscribe before October 1 in order to receive the Fall 2026 issue in the mail
  (If you have any questions about your subscription, please email brjsubscribe@sabr.org.)

Make sure you are signed into your SABR account to receive your discount. For our international members, please note the separate international orders option for those living outside of the United States. With your subscription, you will receive a paperback copy of the BRJ as well as an electronic version delivered to your email inbox. You will be charged semi-annually for this subscription, once for each edition of BRJ.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.  

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.  

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

New Oral History interview: Dave Burba

• Dave Burba, former major-league pitcher who won 115 games over 15 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and other teams
  Recorded September 2, 2026, by John McMurray

Visit SABR.org/oralhistory to find more interviews from the SABR Oral History Collection.

6 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• John Hollison, by David Fleitz
• Josh Keener, by Bill Lamb
• James McMullin, by Bill Lamb
• Rube Sellers, by Edward Damer
• Adam Stern, by Mark S. Sternman
• Mitch Williams, by Alice Andre-Clark

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

6 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• May 6, 1937: After the glove has gone: Minor-league Orioles lose mitts, game in Toronto, by Kurt Blumenau
• July 5, 1953: Tigers catcher Johnny Bucha hits, and gets hit, in victory over Browns, by Stephen V. Rice
• April 11, 1963: Tom Cheney’s one-hitter, Don Leppert’s three home runs lead Senators over Red Sox, by Thomas E. Merrick
• September 3, 2006: Four pitchers combine for Mets’ 29th one-hitter in loss to Oswalt, Astros, by Thomas J. Brown Jr.
• September 21, 2007: Boston’s Josh Beckett books his 20th win of the season, by Bill Nowlin
• October 28, 2011: David Freese named World Series MVP as Cardinals win 11th championship, by Andrew Heckroth

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Read articles from Cape Cod League book online

In June, the SABR Digital Library published Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures, edited by Mike Richard and Bill Nowlin, chronicling the premier amateur baseball league in the United States. More than 1,800 alumni from the Cape have landed in the major leagues through the 2025 season. This book takes a comprehensive look at the Cape Cod Baseball League as only SABR can, encompassing both analytical articles on the importance of the league in MLB development and historical pieces documenting the past and present. 

All of the essays and articles from the Cape Cod League book are now available to read online in the SABR Research Collection.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off a purchase of the paperback edition.

The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness
Edited by Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• In Memoriam: Jacques Doucet
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legends project concludes with final selections
• Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on March 12–14, 2027
• Read articles from the Spring 2026 Baseball Research Journal
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about recipients of SABR Research Grants in 2026
• Fourth course in SABR Analytics Certification program is now available
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Negro Leagues statistics added to SABR Lahman Baseball Database
• View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Daniel A. Gilbert (“The Making and Meaning of Free Agency”); Harvey Sahker (Before the Blue Jays); Justin Mckinney (The Shortstop Was a Crook); Glenn Guzzo (Strat-O-Matic Fanatics); and Steve Gietschier (Warm Summers and Cold Nights). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• September 19: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with Jay Wigley (9:00 AM EDT)
• September 21: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Eric Poulin (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 21: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter research committee meeting (7:00 PM CDT)
• September 21: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter meeting with Jimmy Scruggs and Victoria Lovinggood (7:00 PM CDT)
• September 23: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Tim Christ (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 23: Asian Baseball Committee meeting with Dan Kwong and Russ Speiller (8:30 PM EDT)
• September 26: Jack Graney Cleveland Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (12:00 PM EDT)
• September 26: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting (11:00 AM PDT)
• September 27: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with Kat Williams (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 27: Minor League Committee meeting with William H. Brewster (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 27: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter meeting with David Raglin and Mark Pattison (8:00 PM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• September 19: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
• September 19: Elysian Fields Chapter “Celebrate Baseball” meeting (Jersey City, NJ)
• September 19: Wahoo Sam Crawford Chapter ballgame/meeting (Omaha, NE)
• September 21: Banks-Bragan DFW Chapter meeting (Arlington, TX)
• September 22: Gary Sarnoff author talk (Arlington, VA)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Biographical Research: August 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: Remembering Larry Baldassaro newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)
• Rogers Hornsby Chapter: September 2026 newsletter (Austin, TX)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Mark Simon: How Have Last Year’s Fielding Bible Award Winners Done? (Sports Info Solutions)
• Rob Mains: Is A Whimper as Good as a Bang? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Tyler Kepner: Whatever happened to the 200-hit season? A batting champ and a hitting coach explain (The Athletic)
• Rund Abdelfatah: How baseball got its beat (NPR.org)
• Kevin Baxter: Curtis Pride turned his MLB journey into a lifeline for deaf and hard-of-hearing kids (Los Angeles Times)
• Mario Delgado Genzor: So You’re Going to Miss the Postseason (Baseball Prospectus)
• David Laurila: Sean Doolittle Talks (Washington Nationals) Pitching (FanGraphs)
• Daniel R. Epstein: Munetaka Murakami is Rewriting the Contact Rate Rules (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jay Jaffe: Pete Alonso’s Return to Citi Field Turns Mets Fans Against Their Own Team (FanGraphs)
• Rob Mains: Atlanta Braves Holdings: Barbarians at the Chop House? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Paul Lukas: We’re in a New ERA Era (Uni-Watch)
• Michael Clair: Will the Queens or Firebells emerge victorious in the first WPBL championship? (MLB.com)
• Peter Dreier: Maggie Foxx of the WPBL is the latest in a line of Jewish female baseball players (Tablet Magazine)
• Maddie Landis: Okamoto Unlocked (Baseball Prospectus)
• Stephen J. Nesbitt: The perks and heartaches of being a dad and an MLB player (The Athletic)
• Jerry Crasnick: When Curt Flood took on his biggest fight, Roberto Clemente was there to lend a hand (MLB Players)
• Davy Andrews: The 120 Club Is Closed This Season (FanGraphs)
• Jimmy Parker: Before Spider-Man, There Was… Ralph Kiner? (Beauty of a Game)
• Ryan Whirty: Did Gentleman Dave Malarcher hit the gridiron? (Negro Leagues Up Close)
• Gary Ashwill: The 42-Year-Old Rookie: Wild Bill Chatman, 1944 (Agate Type)
• John Eisenberg: The First Francona (Baltimore Baseball)
• Mark Kolier: Hall of Famer “Wahoo” Sam Crawford, a player you should know about (Almost Cooperstown)
• Carter Cromwell: 2014 Suzuki All-Star Series: Samurai Japan vs. MLB All-Stars (SABR Asian Baseball)
• Gary Cieradkowski: Eiji Sawamura: Japan’s Number One (SABR Asian Baseball)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, September 11, 2026.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web. 

Join us on September 16 for SABR All-Time Eras Teams webinar on Free Agency Era
Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Join us on September 24 for a Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks
Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of Baseball Research Journal
Last call for papers: Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts

Join us on September 16 for SABR All-Time Eras Teams webinar on Free Agency Era

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

• Join us from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, September 16 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the Free Agency Era (1973-2000) team, and hear a presentation on “The Making and Meaning of Free Agency” by Daniel A. Gilbert. Click here to pre-register for this Zoom event.

Gilbert is an Associate Professor of History and Labor & Employment Relations at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His publications include Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency, published in 2013 by the University of Massachusetts Press and winner of the SABR Baseball Research Award.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more.

Join us on September 24 for a special SABR Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks

All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to join us for our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 7:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, September 24.

Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members.

During this session, Tyrone will discuss baseball’s offseason hiring timeline and ways you can set yourself apart from other applicants. We’ll also spend some time linking you with fellow student and young professional members in a networking session designed to build your connections throughout the industry.

• To learn more or to pre-register for the SABR Scholar Session on Zoom, please contact Jessica Smyth.

Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more. Stay tuned for the full schedule of panels and presentations.

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Subscribe to the Fall 2026 print edition of the SABR Baseball Research Journal

All SABR members exclusively receive the Baseball Research Journal electronically twice a year. The Fall 2026 issue will be sent out in early November. However, if you are interested in a paperback copy of BRJ for your personal library, we have rolled out a subscription option at a significantly discounted rate: $7 per issue for members, compared to $19.95 at retail.

• To subscribe and receive a printed edition of BRJ, visit SABR.org/subscribe
  Subscribe before October 1 in order to receive the Fall 2026 issue in the mail
  (If you have any questions about your subscription, please email brjsubscribe@sabr.org.)

Make sure you are signed into your SABR account to receive your discount. For our international members, please note the separate international orders option for those living outside of the United States. With your subscription, you will receive a paperback copy of the BRJ as well as an electronic version delivered to your email inbox. You will be charged semi-annually for this subscription, once for each edition of BRJ.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Last call for papers: Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts

With the recent release of Volume 5 of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of the Baseball Arts, SABR’s Baseball and the Arts Committee now turns its sights to submissions for Volume 6.

All SABR members are encouraged to send along your submission, or your questions, to editors Joanne Hulbert or Jay Hurd before September 15, 2026. We are looking for poetry, memoir, artwork, humor, short fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, and parody.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.  

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.  

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

August 1 Board minutes posted

Minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on August 1, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio, have now been posted on the SABR website.

Click here to view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

1 new story published at SABR Biography Project

• Shooty Babitt, by Dan Schoenholz

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

3 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• June 14, 1967: Houston homer ends Boston College’s ‘dream’ at the College World Series, by Kurt Blumenau
• July 6, 1989: Vancouver Canadians stage wildcat strike over missing paychecks, by Larry DeFillipo
• September 11, 2007: Championship-bound Red Sox rebound from 7-run deficit to a 16-10 win over Devil Rays, by Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners
Edited by Steve Friedman, Eric Vickrey, and Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• In Memoriam: Jacques Doucet
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legends project concludes with final selections
• Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on March 12–14, 2027
• Read articles from the Spring 2026 Baseball Research Journal
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about recipients of SABR Research Grants in 2026
• Fourth course in SABR Analytics Certification program is now available
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Negro Leagues statistics added to SABR Lahman Baseball Database
• View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Adam Darowski (Stathead.com research tips); Richard Dombrovski (Dombrov Baseball Sim); Jay Wigley (How Retrosheet Saved Baseball History); Craig Brown (“Unlocking the Mysteries of an 1859 Baseball Photo”); Larry Hayes (14 Going on 24: Growing Up with Willie Mays); and Paul Leblanc, father of major leaguer Charles Leblanc. Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• September 13: Rickwood Field (AL) Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (2:00 PM EDT)
• September 14: American Baseball Biomechanics Society Journal Club meeting (4:00 PM EDT)
• September 14: Mack-Allen Philadelphia Chapter meeting with Jay Wigley (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 14: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Harvey Sahker (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 15: Central Illinois Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (7:00 PM CDT)
• September 15: Games and Simulations Committee meeting with Glenn Guzzo (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 16: SABR All-Time Eras Teams Webinar: Free Agency Era (1973-2000) team reveal with Daniel A. Gilbert (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 16: Rocky Mountain (CO) Chapter meeting with Ron Shelton (7:00 PM MDT)
• September 17: Larry Doby (SC) Chapter meeting with Zak Ford (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 17: Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting with Steve Gietschier (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 19: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with Jay Wigley (9:00 AM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• September 12: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Fridley, MN)
• September 12: Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter meeting (Williamsport, PA)
• September 12: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
• September 12: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Austin, TX)
• September 12: Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Chattanooga, TN)
• September 13: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter meeting/ballgame (Chicago, IL)
• September 15: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
• September 17: Magnolia Chapter “Third Thursday” meeting (Sandy Springs, GA)
• September 19: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
• September 19: Elysian Fields Chapter “Celebrate Baseball” meeting (Jersey City, NJ)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Biographical Research: August 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chapter: Summer 2026 newsletter (Chattanooga, TN)
• Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: September 2026 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Patrick Dubuque: Pete Crow-Armstrong is Not a Unicorn (Baseball Prospectus)
• Julian McWilliams: How a polarizing hitting approach took over MLB, and what happened when it stopped working for a top prospect (CBS Sports)
• Noah White: MLB stars are training with “mad scientist” college students in West Virginia (Washington Post)
• Jayson Stark: Brewers’ Jacob Misiorowski makes history with 1,000th pitch at 100 mph this season (The Athletic)
• Sarah Langs: 2026 is the Year of the Hard-Hitting Rookies (MLB.com)
• JR Radcliffe: Where does Brewers prospect Andrew Fischer rank on minors HR record? (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
• Caden Michaels: Arkansas Travelers retire Dick Allen’s No. 6, honoring franchise trailblazer (KARK.com)
• David Laurila: Player’s View: Is the Decline of Starter Innings Bad For Baseball? (FanGraphs)
• Daniel R. Epstein: The Yankees Defied PECOTA and Manifested a Great Bullpen (Baseball Prospectus)
• Jesse Dougherty: The Nats, the Blown Saves Record, and Unforeseen Expectations (Washington Sun)
• Mark Simon: MLB’s Top Rookie Defenders (Sports Info Solutions)
• Tyler Kepner: On Walt Weiss, the Braves’ old-school ‘beast’ who deserves to be Manager of the Year (The Athletic)
• Jay Jaffe: The Well-Timed Teoscar Hernández Revival (FanGraphs)
• Gus Garcia-Roberts: How the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False Promises (ProPublica)
• Chad Jennings: Does an MLB manager need experience playing pro ball? We asked 99 players (The Athletic)
• Maddie Landis: Who Turns the Tide in the National League? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Derrick Goold: What Leo Bernal’s gutsy pitch call tells Cardinals about his command (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Ian Browne: Former Red Sox skipper Joe Morgan of ‘Morgan’s Magic’ fame dies at 95 (MLB.com)
• Jason Coskrey: Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86 (Japan Times)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Rich Rowland (1964-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Gary Cieradkowski: Antonio María García: “El Inglés” (Infinite Baseball Card Set)
• Callie Maddox: Women’s Professional Baseball League is betting that women’s baseball has a future in the US (The Conversation)
• Madison Williams: Andréanne Leblanc adjusts to stardom after historic WPBL walk-off grand slam (The IX Sports)
• Craig Brown: What we know (and don’t know) about a famous photo from 1859 (Threads of Our Game)
• Glenn Miller: Before the scouts came, there was Pat Putnam (Florida Weekly)
• Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Scott Crawford of Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball and BBQ)
• Andrew Hersh: The first star of the Hudson Valley: Dan Brouthers in cards (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Jason Schwartz: When Topps Had Bobs (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Susan Miyagi McCormac: 2012 MLB Opening Series: Mariners vs Athletics at the Tokyo Dome (SABR Asian Baseball)
• Yuri Karasawa: How to Follow Japanese Baseball in English Video (SABR Asian Baseball)

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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, September 4, 2026.
Please note: The SABR office will be closed on Monday, September 7 for the Labor Day holiday.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web. 

Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Voting ends soon for SABR All-Time Free Agency Era Team
Stephen Dittmore wins 2026 Ron Gabriel Award
Join us on September 24 for a Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks
Read articles from 1931 Homestead Grays book online

Register now for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us for the eighth annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on October 9–11, 2026. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

• Click here to register for the 2026 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and more. Stay tuned for the full schedule of panels and presentations.

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball on Lake Erie

All articles from the new 2026 edition of The National Pastime can now be found online in the Research Collection at SABR.org.

All SABR 54 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in Cleveland and around the Lake Erie region. The e-book edition will be sent out to all members soon.

• Read online: Articles from The National Pastime 2026 can be read online at SABR.org.
• Buy the magazine: Purchase the print edition of The National Pastime 2026 from Amazon.com.

We hope you enjoy reading The National Pastime!

Voting ends in 3 days for SABR All-Time Free Agency Era Team (1973–2000)

Throughout the 2026 season, SABR members will have a chance to vote on SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams as we celebrate the 150 years of baseball and American history since the founding of the National League in 1876.

• Cast your vote now for the Free Agency Era team (1973–2000). Or click here to view the full player list for the Free Agency Era ballot. All current SABR members are eligible to vote. Voting ends at 11:59 PM MST on Monday, September 7.
• Join us from 8:00-9:00 PM Eastern on Wednesday, September 16 for a special Zoom webinar as we reveal the Free Agency Era (1973–2000) team, and hear a presentation from Daniel A. Gilbert of the University of Illinois. Click here to pre-register for this Zoom event.

Visit SABR.org/all-time-eras-teams to learn more about the project, including the players selected to the 19th Century Era, Deadball Era, Segregation Era, and Integration Era teams.

Stephen Dittmore’s Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger wins 2026 Ron Gabriel Award

SABR is pleased to announce that Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger, by Stephen W. Dittmore and published by August Publications, has been selected as the winner of the Ron Gabriel Award in 2026.

The Ron Gabriel Award, given out by SABR’s Casey Stengel Chapter in New York, honors the author(s) of the best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers completed during the preceding calendar year. Honorable mention for the 2026 award goes to:

• A Brooklyn Guy: Otto Miller: The Greatest Brooklyn Dodger You Never Heard Of, by Noel Hynd (self-published)
• Don Drysdale: Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend, by Mark Whicker (Triumph Books)

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Join us on September 24 for a special SABR Scholar Session with MLB’s Tyrone Brooks

All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to join us for our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 7:00 PM Eastern on Thursday, September 24.

Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members.

During this session, Tyrone will discuss baseball’s offseason hiring timeline and ways you can set yourself apart from other applicants. We’ll also spend some time linking you with fellow student and young professional members in a networking session designed to build your connections throughout the industry.

• To learn more or to pre-register for the SABR Scholar Session on Zoom, please contact Jessica Smyth.

Get your SABR merch at our new online shop

SABR is excited to announce the launch of the new SABR Shop, an online store featuring SABR-branded apparel, home goods, prints, and more for baseball fans.

Among the featured items are exclusive prints showcasing cover art from the Baseball Research Journal, along with a growing collection of SABR merchandise celebrating the organization’s worldwide community. Baseball Research Journal posters feature every edition including the artwork of acclaimed artist and SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, with iconic depictions of Babe Ruth and Satchel Paige amongst other legends of the game. Apparel options include hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and pullovers in men’s, women’s, and unisex selections. New merchandise and designs will continue to be added in the coming months, offering fresh options for the SABR fan in your life.

Visit the SABR Shop today at sabr.shop.

Call for papers: 2027 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2027 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 18th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 16-17, 2027.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2026. Your abstract must be between 250-500 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation focused primarily on events taking place prior to 1901. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Register now for 2026 SABR Northern New Jersey 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Research Committee will host the Northern New Jersey 19th Century Interdisciplinary Symposium as a special virtual event on Saturday, November 14, 2026. The focus of this symposium will be on the rich early baseball and related history of the region, which extends from the New York state border south through Monmouth and Mercer counties.

• Registration for all SABR members is now open; click here to sign up. The cost is $15 per person. The one-day Zoom event will run from approximately 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time on November 14.  

The symposium will be highlighted by a keynote address from Jonathan Mercantini, Associate Provost for Special Projects and Professor of History at Kean University. He is an appointed member of the New Jersey Historical Commission and a Trustee of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The welcome address will be given by John Thorn, the Official Historian of Major League Baseball and the co-founder of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee.  

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Call for papers: Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts

With the recent release of Volume 5 of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of the Baseball Arts, SABR’s Baseball and the Arts Committee now turns its sights to submissions for Volume 6.

All SABR members are encouraged to send along your submission, or your questions, to editors Joanne Hulbert or Jay Hurd before September 15, 2026. We are looking for poetry, memoir, artwork, humor, short fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, and parody.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

• James Hart, by Timothy J. Zarley (first-time author)
• Jack Lynch, by Larry DeFillipo
• Roberto Vargas, by Tony S. Oliver

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.

5 new stories published at SABR Games Project

• July 2, 1908: Hartford’s Pete Wilson and Harry Noyes shine in victory over New Haven, by Stephen V. Rice
• September 8, 1956: A bit of banter helps provoke Ted Williams home run in Baltimore, by Bill Nowlin
• June 13, 1969: Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs lose in return to fire-wracked ballpark, by Kurt Blumenau
• September 30, 2001: Cal Ripken and fans get nothing at Iron Man’s last road game as Orioles, Yankees end in a tie, by Tara Krieger
• April 13, 2003: Phillies score 13 runs in fourth inning to win in a landslide over Reds, by Steve Ginader

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Read articles from 1931 Homestead Grays book online

In June, the SABR Digital Library published The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness, edited by Thomas Kern and Bill Nowlin, chronicling what might be the greatest collection of talent on one team in baseball history. The Grays not only retained all-time greats like Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson, and Smokey Joe Williams, but brought in future Hall of Famers Jud Wilson and Willie Foster. They even briefly added Satchel Paige late in the season. Over the course of the season, the powerhouse Grays won an astounding 143 games against opponents at all levels.  

All of the biographies, essays, and articles from the 1931 Homestead Grays book are now available to read online in the SABR Research Collection.

Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off a purchase of the paperback edition.

Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners
Edited by Steve Friedman, Eric Vickrey, and Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

• Find stories, photos, and highlights from SABR 54 in Cleveland
• Save the date! SABR 55 will be in Birmingham in 2027
• SABR Defensive Index rankings released through MLB games of August 9
• Marlene Vogelsang honored as 2026 SABR Founders’ Day Award recipient
• SABR Analytics Certification courses now available in Spanish
• In Memoriam: Jacques Doucet
• Photos, highlights from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Memphis
• 2026 executives, college baseball staffs added to SABR MLB Team Employee Database
• Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legends project concludes with final selections
• Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on March 12–14, 2027
• Read articles from the Spring 2026 Baseball Research Journal
• New Research Resources portal and member login launched
• Learn more about recipients of SABR Research Grants in 2026
• Fourth course in SABR Analytics Certification program is now available
• Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
• Negro Leagues statistics added to SABR Lahman Baseball Database
• View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
• Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
• Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of August 2026.

Want to become a Friend of SABR? Click here to make a recurring monthly contribution or click here to learn more about our Giving Circles to make a one-time contribution.

• Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
• Video Replays: This week, we heard from Bob Cullen (“Dan Bankhead Plays Baseball for the U.S. Marine Corps”); Jeff Cohen and Len Aberman (Baseball and BBQ Podcast); and Jerry Manheim and Pat Brown (“A Rudimentary Index of Fan Frustration”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

• September 5: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories: Ellen Lindner (10:00 AM EDT)
• September 6: Quebec Chapter meeting with Paul Leblanc (1:00 PM EDT)
• September 7: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Richard Dombrovski (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 8: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Adam Darowski (7:00 PM EDT)
• September 8: 19th Century Speaker Series: Dan Torres (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 9: Official Scoring Committee meeting (6:30 PM EDT)
• September 9: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter meeting with Jay Wigley (7:00 PM CDT)
• September 9: New SABR Member Experience Meeting (8:00 PM EDT)
• September 10: Roush-Lopez (FL) Gulf Coast Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (7:30 PM EDT)
• September 10: Ken Keltner Badger State (WI) Chapter meeting with Larry Hayes (7:00 PM CDT)
• September 13: Rickwood Field (AL) Chapter meeting with Justin Mckinney (2:00 PM EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

• September 12: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Fridley, MN)
• September 12: Sebring-Stovey Williamsport Chapter meeting (Williamsport, PA)
• September 12: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
• September 12: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Austin, TX)
• September 12: Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Chattanooga, TN)
• September 13: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter meeting/ballgame (Chicago, IL)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

• Official Scoring: Summer 2026 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

• Chattanooga Choo-Choo Chapter: Summer 2026 newsletter (Chattanooga, TN)
• Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: September 2026 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

• Daniel R. Epstein: Junior Caminero is Threatening Records He’d Rather Not (Baseball Prospectus)
• Zack Meisel: MLB players reveal a modern toll of legal gambling: threats, DMs and encounters (The Athletic)
• Meghan Montemurro: How the Cubs’ outfield approach is helping them lead MLB in preventing extra bases (Chicago Tribune)
• Gabe Lacques: Born in 1993, the Marlins and Rockies continue unreal division droughts (USA Today)
• Jay Jaffe: Psst, Position Player Pitching Is Proliferating (FanGraphs)
• Tyler Kepner: Mickey Gasper’s unlikely journey from low-round Yankees draft pick to Red Sox folk hero (The Athletic)
• Mark Simon: August’s Defensive Players of the Month (Sports Info Solutions)
• Sarah Langs: What it means to be in first place on September 1 (MLB.com)
• Eno Sarris: A new metric, Open Command, offers more clarity in evaluating control for young pitchers (The Athletic)
• Maddie Landis: Who Turns the Tide in the American League? (Baseball Prospectus)
• Lindsay Dial: The Myth of Competitive Balance (From Seaver to Seattle)
• Jayson Stark: Ten Weird & Wild MLB games that blew up my phone on vacation (The Athletic)
• Manny Randhawa: Bob Kendrick shares stories of Negro Leagues, museum expansion (MLB.com)
• Rob Mains: The Two Important Numbers from the Angels Sale (Baseball Prospectus)
• David Laurila: Tristan Peters Has Been a Pleasant Surprise on the South Side (FanGraphs)
• Alex Speier: Some Red Sox players have taken the hobby of card collecting to the next level: ‘It’s a rush’ (Boston Globe)
• Michael Clair: RedPocket Mobiles set Minor League record with 39th straight loss (MLB.com)
• Jason Coskrey: NPB’s senior circuit: players in their 40s still grinding away (Japan Times)
• Daniel Eck: Do fandom surveys underestimate baseball’s historical reach? (The Era Curveball)
• Bradley Woodrum: The Rare Double Salami (Baseball Prospectus)
• Marshall Garvey: The Mustache Revolt: When Greg Pryor and Thurman Munson Defied Steinbrenner (Marshall Arts)
• Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Larry Christenson (1953-2026) (RIP Baseball)
• Bill Nowlin: 2008 Opening Series in Japan: Boston Red Sox vs. Oakland Athletics (SABR Asian Baseball)
• Wayne Taylor: Discovering an Underlying Pattern in the 1911 T201 Mecca Double Folders Set (SABR Baseball Cards)
• Jason Schwartz: Topps Box Bottom Leaderboard (SABR Baseball Cards)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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