Campaign for Baseball Research

Research isn’t just part of our name—it’s the heart of everything we do.

From our expansive Research Collection to the powerful tools and resources we offer baseball scholars and fans alike, SABR is where baseball’s past meets its future. We’re working towards our vision of becoming the essential community for baseball worldwide—and we can’t do it without you.

Thanks to the previous support of generous donors, we have made significant progress in expanding SABR’s Research Collection and adding to a growing suite of Research Resources. In order to maintain these collected works and introduce exciting additional research assets though, we must continue our fundraising efforts.

We invite you to support the future of baseball research. During this spring’s Campaign for Baseball Research, our goal is to raise $75,000 to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources.

We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to better serve our growing membership base, attract more attention for our research, and offer new tools to all corners of the baseball community.

Here are several recent Research Collection projects and upgrades to our Research Resources, assets, and tools made possible by your donations:

• Addition of the Weiss Baseball Questionnaires, a collection of self-completed surveys of professional baseball players from 1945-2005, to SABR.org
• Full access to the Historical Black Newspapers Collection, including titles like the Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier, and New York Amsterdam News, for all SABR members
• Expansion of ProQuest offerings to include the US Collection, bringing archival offerings for SABR members up to the present day with more than 600 publication titles from 35 states, including significant newspapers from major-league cities
• Launching of the MLB Team Employee Database, which offers a new lens into major-league front and back offices, containing over 40,000 staff members ranging from team owners to ticket sales
• Incorporation of the Lahman Baseball Database, containing complete batting and pitching statistics back to 1871, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, postseason data, and more, into SABR.org
• Licensing of the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database and eventual integration into the Lahman Baseball Database at SABR.org, creating a comprehensive archive of major league statistics

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Members like you are integral to our organization’s existence. We hope you will consider a donation to support our efforts to advance baseball research, expand member resources, grow our public collections, and sustain a vibrant baseball community.

Plus, there are some great incentives for contributing during our Campaign for Baseball Research:

All donors making a gift of $150 or more will receive:

• Paperback copy of SABR’s forthcoming book on Stan Musial
• Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

All donors making a gift of $300 or more will receive:

• Invite to “An Evening with Brian Kenny”, an exclusive virtual event just for SABR’s top donors, featuring a Q&A session with the host of MLB Network’s daily show MLB Now
• Paperback copy of SABR’s forthcoming book on Stan Musial
• Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

All donors making a gift of $500 or more will receive:

• Signed copy of 72 Stories from the Collection of Geddy Lee, a new book from legendary rock frontman and renowned Negro Leagues memorabilia collector Geddy Lee of Rush
• Invite to “An Evening with Brian Kenny”, an exclusive virtual event just for SABR’s top donors, featuring a Q&A session with the host of MLB Network’s daily show MLB Now.
• Paperback copy of SABR’s forthcoming book on Stan Musial
• Recognition on SABR website, newsletter, and Annual Report

Thank you so much for your consideration in joining the Campaign for Baseball Research!