When Rusie Opposed Kid Nichols

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The Most Lopsided Shutouts

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The National League’s First Batting Champ

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Joe Sewell was a Real Fox at the Plate

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Ruth, Dean, Stengel Most Colorful

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The First Year of “Cyclone” Young

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The Black Bomber Named Beckwith

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Relative Batting Averages

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Pitchers Stealing Home

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Old Orioles Reunited

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Nothing to Nothing in Overtime

Some of the great pitching duels in baseball history have received…

Moses Solomon, the Rabbi of Swat

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Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown

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Grounding into Double Plays

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Jack Taylor, King of the Iron Men

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Looking Back at 96

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Hitting Homers at Home and on the Road

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From the Bushes to the Bigs

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Computers in Baseball Analysis

The most significant development in the use of statistics over…

Dean was Ruthless with Aging Babe

Babe Ruth and Dizzy Dean, two of baseball's most colorful performers,…

Extra Inning Home Runs

In 100 years of major league' baseball, there have been nearly…

Fanning Four Batters in One Inning

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From a Researcher’s Notebook (1976)

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Complete Games by Pitchers

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