Bill Veeck: The Second Time Around

  Bill Veeck had a decades-long baseball career.…

Larry Fritsch, Card King: First Full-Time Dealer’s Legacy Continues After 53 Years

In 1989, Larry Fritsch sat in a rural Wisconsin warehouse—big…

Editor’s Note: The National Pastime 2023

Welcome, my friends, not just to the Windy City, but…

Instant Relief: First-Batter Triple Plays

R—O—L—A—I—D—S. The answer in the classic ad:…

The Death and Rebirth of the Home Team Batting First

According to conventional baseball wisdom, the home team…

Strategic Pitch Location: The Role of Two-Pitch Sequences in Pitching Success

On the surface, baseball does not appear overly complex.…

The Relationship Between WAR and the Selection of Annual Performance-Based Awards

It has been over 20 years since Baseball Prospectus developed…

Trades from Hell: A Tale of Two Cities

  The major league baseball clubs of Cleveland and…

A Stepping Stone to the Majors: The Olympic Base Ball Club of Paterson, 1874-76

As major league baseball grew throughout the late nineteenth…

Special Excerpt: The Cool of the Evening

Excerpted from The Cool of the Evening by Paula Kurman, to…

Special Excerpt: ‘We Were the Only Girls to Play at Yankee Stadium’

This excerpt is from the recent SABR book, Yankee Stadium…
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Henry Chadwick Award: Mark Rucker

From daguerreotypes to stereo views to modern wire photos,…
Robert Whiting

Henry Chadwick Award: Robert Whiting

Robert “Bob” Whiting was born in 1942 in Long Branch, New…

Editor’s Note: Spring 2023 Baseball Research Journal

I think one of the things that intrigues us endlessly…
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