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. Our continued growth is focused on three key areas: expanding research resources, developing new and enhanced programming, and strengthening our unique baseball community. Your support helps make that work possible and allows us to build on what we’ve accomplished together.

Gifts from members like you help SABR BRING IT HOME, securing success in 2026 and beyond.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a gift 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.

Here are just a few ways your support advances SABR’s mission:

Research Resources

Expanding SABR’s members-only research resources while supporting original baseball research and scholarship

• If we reach our $150,000 campaign goal, we can grow our members-only research resources even further in 2027 with these three new premier newspaper collections:
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Metro Collection
    • 17 of America’s most influential newspapers from 1764-present, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Canada Collection
    • 15 influential Canadian newspapers from 1785-present, including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Ottawa Citizen
  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Jewish Newspaper Collection
    • Digital archive from 1854-2000 of four influential Jewish-American newspapers
• Expansion and maintenance of Research Resources portal at SABR.org, including current members-only assets
  • ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers and United States collections
  • The Sporting News archives via Paper of Record
  • Weiss Baseball Questionnaires
  • MLB Team Employee Database, which now includes hundreds of Negro Leagues executives and thousands of college baseball staff members
• Annual update of the Lahman Baseball Database, containing complete batting and pitching statistics from 1871 through 2025, and now including Negro Leagues data licensed from Seamheads.com
• Support for the Research Grants program, awarding up to $10,000 annually to support original scholarly work that aligns with SABR’s core mission, including our inaugural recipients announced this spring

Programming

Expanding SABR’s efforts to make more baseball events, programs, and content available to members and all baseball fans 

• Support for SABR’s core national events, including the Annual Convention, Analytics Conference, Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference, and SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, as well as hundreds of local and virtual events
• Selection of SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams, an interactive experience for all SABR members to participate in voting for the best players across six eras of baseball history, culminating in curated team reveal events with special presentations from renowned scholars and journalists
• Addition of the fourth course, Applied Statistics for Baseball, in the SABR Analytics Certification curriculum, and Spanish translations of the first three levels of the program

Community

Strengthening the bonds between SABR members and the broader baseball community, while encouraging participation and engagement 

• Expanding Institutional Memberships, extending SABR’s benefits to colleges and universities, libraries, museums, historical societies, and other organizations
• Hosting monthly New Member Experience virtual meetings, where new SABR members are introduced to key membership benefits and encouraged to get involved with various groups, like research committees, Games Project, BioProject, and SABR publications
• Support for student and young professional members through scholarships, career programming, and opportunities to present research and connect with the broader SABR community

Click here to contribute to SABR’s Bring it Home Campaign!

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Plus, there are some great incentives for contributing during our Bring it Home Campaign:

• All donors making a gift of $150 or more will receive:
  • Limited edition card set featuring members of SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams
  • Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

• All donors making a gift of $300 or more will receive:
  • Invite to “Talking Baseball with Rob Neyer,” an exclusive virtual event just for Bring it Home donors, featuring a private Q&A session with the baseball writer, analyst, and West Coast League commissioner
  • Limited edition card set featuring members of SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams
  • Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

• All donors making a gift of $500 or more will receive:
  • Exclusive SABR quarter-zip pullover
  • Invite to “Talking Baseball with Rob Neyer”, an exclusive virtual event just for Bring it Home donors, featuring a private Q&A session with the baseball writer, analyst, and West Coast League commissioner
  • Limited edition card set featuring members of SABR’s All-Time Eras Teams
  • Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

Thank you so much for your consideration in joining the Bring it Home Campaign!