Satchel Paige (THE RUCKER ARCHIVE)

Satchel’s Wild Ride: How Satchel Paige Finally Made the Hall of Fame

On July 25, 1966, Casey Stengel and Ted Williams were inducted…

Rachel Balkovec: A Comprehensive Profile

Rachel Balkovec shattered a glass ceiling when she became…

Gavy Cravath’s Hall-Worthy 200 Home Runs

Gavy Cravath led the National League in home runs six times…

The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023)

One of baseball’s highest-regarded feats is the cycle: “A…

Closing the Gap: The MVP Cases for Lew Fonseca, Joe Cronin, and Hack Wilson

On May 7, 1929, the American League announced it had abolished…

Desperately Seeking Singles: The Palpable Heartache of Near-Miss Cycles

“With the bases full Foley caught the sphere fair on the…

The Single’s Slow Fade: The Diminishing Role of the Single Since the Deadball Era

Major League Baseball implemented a package of rule changes…

Ghost Stories and Zombie Invasions: Testing the Myths of Extra-Inning Outcomes

After several years of testing in Minor League Baseball, Major…

Does the Home Team Batting Last Affect Game Outcomes? Evidence from Relocated Games

Major-league rules have stipulated since 1950 that the home…

The Third Time Is the Charm: The 1939 Pensacola Fliers

The white sand beaches and warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico…

Do Baseball Batters Keep Their Eye on the Ball?

One of the best-known pieces of advice in baseball is to keep…

Scanning the World of Baseball Streaks: Part Two

In “Going Beyond the Baseball Adage ‘One Game at a Time’:…
Fall 2024 Baseball Research Journal

Editor’s Note: Fall 2024 Baseball Research Journal

First, a little housekeeping. The SABR main office has created…

Barney Bricelin: Baseball’s Smallest Umpire

This article was published in the SABR Deadball Era Committee’s…
The National Pastime: Baseball in the Land of 10,000 Lakes

Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2024

In late March of each year as the MLB season opens, I…

The First Pennant for Minneapolis

Even though Minneapolis had been home to a professional club…

A ‘Peaceful War of Baseball’: University of Minnesota Beats Waseda University, 3–2, in 15 Innings, May 26, 1911

In 1905, Tokyo’s Waseda University became the first Japanese…

Rube Foster’s Canadian Farm Teams

  Veteran right-handed pitcher Frank Wickware posted…

100 Years Since Local Franchise’s First World Title: 1924 Washington Senators

Lefty George Mogridge entered Game Seven of the 1924 World…

Spencer Harris: A Decade of Minor-League Greatness in Minneapolis

Forty years ago, the Society for American Baseball Research…
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Hal Trosky

Hal Trosky: A Norway, Iowa, Boy Makes Good in the Major Leagues

On a long, lonesome highway east of Omaha lies Norway, Iowa,…