Harry Wright: The Most Important Baseball Figure of the 19th Century?

In 1999 the Society for American Baseball Research completed…

Batting Average by Count and Pitch Type

Many baseball coaches, sportswriters, and television announcers…

The Evolution of World Series Scheduling

In the early years of World Series play, game schedules were…

Lou vs. Babe in Real Life and in Pride of the Yankees

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig formed the most feared batting twosome…

56-Game Hitting Streaks Revisited

In an article in the 1994 Baseball Research Journal, Charles…

From a Researcher’s Notebook (2002)

DAN SWEENEY WAS A SMALL MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYER Trying to…

The Birth of the American League

This article was originally published in “Baseball in the Badger…

Baseball’s Greatest Hero: Joe Pinder

The time was shortly after 7 AM. The place was a stretch of seashore…

Hack Wilson’s 191st RBI: A Persistent Itch Finally Scratched

This article was originally published in SABR's Baseball Research…

Let Me Count the Ways: High-Scoring Games May Have Unique Line Scores

In the 1915 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia…

A Tale of Two Hornsbys: A Sweetheart Back Home

If there had been a Pulitzer Prize for batting, Rogers Hornsby…

Remembering Carl Mays

Carl Mays is unfortunately remembered for two incidents. To some,…

Winning Pitcher — Luebbers: Starting Pitchers’ Wins of Less Than Five Innings

October 3, 1999. Dateline-St. Louis. This was a weird one. Only…

Loserville’s Crowded Dead Heat

New York Giant Bobby Thomson's one October swing fifty seasons…

Cliff Kachline: Baseball Man and SABR Pioneer

Cliff Kachline has been deeply involved in sports: writing, sports…

1906 Chicago White Sox: A Look at an Underrated Champion

They were called the "Hitless Wonders." Chicago Tribune writer…

Stan Musial: 1948 Season Worth Another Look

No other player in major league history has dominated a season…

Hunting for the First Louisville Slugger: A Look at the Pete Browning Myth

Myth, legend and controversy mix together with history and fact…

Bones of Contention: Wild Card Competition? Not All That Wild

"I come to bury baseball tradition, not to praise it!" So goes…

Whatever Happened to Charley Jones?

Charley Jones was one of the stars in the early days of the major…

Yankee Stadium and Home Park Advantage

Yankee Stadium, from its opening April 18, 1923, has had the…

From One Ump to Two

When professional baseball began, one umpire was assigned to…

Mike Donlin, Movie Actor

Scores of professional ballplayers have made their way from the…

Pedro in the Pantheon: Dominant Dominance in 2000

Baseball's here and now is most notable for its almost uncouth…
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