New Measures for Pitchers

Pitching, as the old cliché goes, is somewhere between 75 and…

‘Riverside-Ensenada-Porterville’: An All-Negro Minor League Team

   In early February 1952, Harry Leddell, President…

Offermann Stadium in Buffalo: Hitters Welcome; Pitchers Beware

   In the highly successful SABR publication, Minor…

A New Major Leaguer

Both Thompson's All Time Roster of Major League Baseball Clubs…

A Silk Sox Saga

   The roar of the crowd is old stuff to the veteran…

Baseball’s Leading Outfielders

In 1972 the Society for American Baseball Research, then little…

Baseball Brothers

The start of the 1979 season served as a good reminder of the…

Cellar-Dwellers Also Have Heroes

"The last shall be first" is a Biblical prediction which has…

Cy Young’s Final Fling

On August 15, 1911, the legendary Cy Young, the only major league…

From A Researcher’s Notebook (1979)

First Reserve Clause Enacted 100 Years AgoBaseball's first reserve…

Fred Pfeffer, Stonewall Second Baseman

Much has been said about the Chicago Nationals' "stonewall infield"…

Consecutive-Game Hitting Streaks

Pete Rose provided the nation's baseball fans with sustained…

Glenn Wright, Last of the 1925 All-Stars

   When you ask a man who has made an unassisted triple…

Ball, Bat, and Ad

The two-column advertisement in the New York Times last summer…

Baseball Fever Spreads in Australia

Within the past 25 to 30 years, baseball has unquestionably achieved…

The Trading Record

Since the invention of the hook, fishermen have entertained one…

Winning Streaks by Pitchers

More than 65 years have elapsed since Rube Marquard attracted…

The Why and Wherefore of Forfeit Games

Forfeit games are generated by different moods of man, some of…

Turner and Fette, Unlikely Rookie Phenoms

Although the Boston Bees were a weak-hitting second division…

Where Have Those Grand Old Nicknames Gone?

Disappearing from the scene along with natural grass, the Polo…

Pitching for the Red Sox: Ted Williams

The use by Baltimore of two non-pitchers on the mound in a 24-10…

Recollections of an International League Season

My first exposure to International League baseball came in Baltimore…

The 17-Inning No-Hitter

May 10, 1909, started out to be a lousy day in Winchester, Kentucky.…

The Best Games Pitched in Relief

This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

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