
When the Highlanders Trained in Bermuda
In the spring of 1913, the New York American League team trained…

1957 Hurricane Swept Braves to Pennant
Calamitous. Catastrophic. Disastrous. None of these adjectives…

Al Helfer and the Game of the Day
Poems have been written about Mel Allen. Red Barber is in a James…

A Bizarre Game of Baseball
The 1981 minor league baseball season had at least one unique…

Bare Hands and Kid Gloves: The Best Fielders, 1880-1899
SABR members have selected all-star fielding teams for each decade…

Christo Von Buffalo: Was He the First Baseball Cartoonist?
When Albert G. Spalding wrote his American National Game in 1911,…

Average Batting Skill Through Major League History: A Commentary
Many of us who read Richard D. Cramer's article "Average Batting…

An Analysis of Baseball Nicknames
The word nickname is derived from the Old English eke name based…

All-Star Teams by Birth Years
The Society for American Baseball Research has been selecting…

An Afternoon with Red Lucas
Red Lucas had three strong points as a National League player…

Cuba’s Black Diamond
"Joe Mendez is better than any pitcher but Christy Mathewson…

From a Researcher’s Notebook (1981)
Yank Robinson's One-Man Strike in 1889When modern-day players…

Minor League Classic “Doubledays” vs. “Cartwrights”
In Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 9, 1939, the National Association…

Hitting for the Cycle
Hitting for the cycle is coming back into style. A player connecting…

Modern Base Stealing Proficiency
The new era of increased base stealing launched about 20 years…

Dave Barnhill
Dave Barnhill. He was small, only weighing 130 pounds "when it…

Intentional Bases on Balls:The First 25 Seasons
The intentional base on balls was a part of professional baseball…

Is Pitching 75% of Baseball?: Expert Opinions
An important part of the folklore of baseball is the significance…

Jim Sheckard: A Live Wire in the Dead-Ball Era
The cold, pallid stone in Columbia, Pa., denotes his final resting…

Joe Oeschger Remembers
In discussions of baseball records, most observers agree that…

Maury Wills and the Value of a Stolen Base
The stolen base is an exciting play which has many supporters…

Lots of Home Runs at Atlanta?
"Year after year, lots of home runs at Atlanta." "Must be about…

John McGraw and Pennant Park
As perhaps the greatest of all baseball managers,…

Newly Discovered RBI Records
Runs batted in, now one of the most important measures of batting…