Detroit’s Dazzling Debut

The very first game played by a new franchise is always an exciting…

Dr. Arlington Pond, Public Health Official

    More than a dozen players launched careers in medicine…

Frank W. Olin, Industrialist

   Of all the former players who went into business…

Hitting Homers Off Christy Mathewson

Christy Mathewson was probably the greatest pitcher in National…

From a Researcher’s Notebook (1980)

Walter Johnson Wasn't That WildWhen Phil Niekro, the Braves'…

Home Runs by Decades

George Herman Ruth in his heyday was known as the Sultan of Swat.…

Edward Morgan Lewis, Educator

     The entry of former players into the education…

Inside-The-Park Home Runs

The Society launched a research project in 1976 to gather information…

A New Breed of Baseball Players

One of America's oldest commercialized sports spectaculars, major…

Alfred W. Lawson, Aviation Pioneer

Three weeks after Alfred William Lawson's birth in London on…

Average Batting Skill Through Major League History

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

Baseball Coverage of the Charlotte Observer

In the years between 1892 and 1925, Charlotte, North Carolina,…

Bill Lange’s Classic Catch Re-Classified

One of the greatest baseball tales of all time involved the famous…

Johnny Berardino and Chuck Connors, TV and Movie Actors

    In the old days when vaudeville was popular, a…

Billy Sunday, Evangelist

In recent years there has been a rather surprising emphasis on…

The 1903 Hudson River League

In 1903, one of the more prominent citizens of Poughkeepsie,…

Rube Waddell in 1902

Rube Waddell started the 1902 campaign with Los Angeles of the…

The 1922 Browns-Yankees Pennant Race

Other pennant races have been undecided longer, had more participants,…

The Base-Out Percentage: Baseball’s Newest Yardstick

Is the batting average the most important morsel of information…

The Dallas Hams of 1888

Roger Kahn and Bob Ryan have highlighted both the excitement…

The First Negro in 20th Century Organized Baseball

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

The Debut of Roger Bresnahan

The Washington Post sports section for August 28, 1897 contained…

Umpire Honor Rolls

Umpires, the unsung heroes of baseball, predictably received…

History of the Chicago City Series

The American League was established in 1900 and the following…

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