
Missouri-Born Major Leaguers
Missouri had been quite proficient over the years in sending…

Count Hoffman’s Last Game
Count Henry Hoffmann hadn't been feeling his old self for some…

New York City, Andrew Freedman, and the Rise of the American League
This article is an excerpt from David Pietrusza's upcoming book…

Eddie Grant: First A Rookie, Always a Veteran
When America issued the call to "Work or Fight" in 1917 to battle…

Bob Berman: ‘I Wouldn’t Change My Name For Anybody’
"STAND UP STRAIGHT!" the old gentleman barked at me. He was a…

For Jack Lang, It’s Been a ‘Hall of a Time’
Jack Lang began covering baseball in this town in 1946, a beat…

Maury Allen: Beat Years
The year was 1947. The place was the shrine in Brooklyn called…

Lou Gherig (sic) at Wrigley Field, 1920
Although Lou Gehrig's name was misspelled, he left 6,000 baseball…

A Park Grows in Brooklyn
Think of Brooklyn and the mind and heart turn to Ebbets Field,…

Bats on Fire
A crowd of 56,508 was on hand to witness a bizarre opening game…

The Other Babe
An Ebbets Field of the mind was the only Ebbets Field I ever…

Dollars and Sense
JANUARY 23, 1938 — Joe Cronin, manager of the Boston Red Sox,…

North by Northwest: New York to Cooperstown
Hank Greenberg (1911-1986)
Apart from Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg…

Cal Abrams: A Nice Jewish Boy
This article was originally published in the 1991 SABR convention…

Download the e-books: SABR Review of Books
From 1986 to 1990, SABR published five volumes of the SABR…

Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900
This article was originally published in SABR's Baseball Research…

The Rocky Colavito–Harvey Kuenn Trade
This article was originally published in “Baseball in Cleveland,”…

The Cleveland Indians in 1940
Baseball would not have been the primary concern of a serious…

Lake View Cemetery
Formed in 1869 by a group of Cleveland's leaders, the Lake View…

A Champion Sports Town and an Unsung Hero
Two of Cleveland's three American League pennants were won in…

Lost Septembers: Tribe Near-Miss Seasons of 1921 and 1926
Between 1920 and 1940, the Cleveland Indians came close to winning…

The Race: 1908 American League
The 1908 National League pennant race was one of the greatest…

The Ghost of 1959
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these —…

Cleveland in the Black Major Leagues
I. The Teams
Leroy "Satchel" Paige is remembered by long-time…
