
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…

The Chicago White Sox of 1900
Although few of their fans realize it, the Chicago White Sox…

The One-Team Players
When Brooks Robinson closed out his active career with the 1977…

From A Researcher’s Notebook (1978)
Zane Grey, the great Western novelist, played baseball…

Charlie “Chino” Smith
Oscar Charleston, Josh Gibson, Pop Lloyd, Pete Hill-the Negro…

Minor League Baseball in Rocky Mount
The North Carolina State historical marker at the corner of Church…

Home Park Effects on Performance in the American League
If a player bangs out 26 doubles, 27 homers, scores 84 runs and…

Fifteen Pitches Per Inning, More or Less?
Edwin Newman, who usually turns a wry eye to the world of words,…

Donlin Best of 1878 Entries
Each year the Society selects a person born 100 years ago (1878)…

Fielding Feats
In the early days of organized baseball, newspaper accounts of…

Clarifying Some of the Records
CY YOUNG'S STRING OF HITLESS INNINGSSeveral SABR researchers…

Oscar Charleston
Sleep, Charlie! thou, the great, the strong!
Within the depths…

Braves Field
On June 30, 1909 a new era in baseball began with the opening…

Cubs Sang September Song in ’35
The 1935 Chicago Cubs won the National League pennant with one…

Jackie Hayes: Triumph Over Tragedy
"We were about to break spring training in Hollywood, California…