
A Century of Canadian Contributions
Major league baseball is now in its 10th year in Canada, dating…

Lou Who? Gehrig Stole Home 15 Times in His Career
The recent disclosure that Lou Brock had never stolen home in…

Baseball: The Counterclockwise Sport
Baseball is a sport of self-contained time, measured in innings,…

The First Great Minor League Club
In the modern era of baseball there have been many…

The Great Pennant Race of 1885
In slightly over a century of professional baseball history,…

The International Association
Baseball's first recognized minor league was organized at Pittsburgh,…

The Henry Aaron Home Run Analysis
Now that Henry Aaron has closed out his illustrious career and…

The Newark Bears
Beer baron and New York Yankees owner Jacob…

Helene Britton: The Matron Magnate
In the wake of the Women's Liberation Movement of the 1970's,…

The Perfect Pitching Season
Check a statistical line for a pitcher and you'll…

The Performance and Personality of Perry Werden
For many years I have been intrigued by the performance…

The Relief Pitcher’s ERA Advantage
It has become increasingly common in recent years…

Three Men on Third
What about the old story that the Brooklyn Dodgers…

The Runner’s Rights
Baseball is not only a "game of inches", a thesis…

They Called Him Unser Choe
The big fellow lit his cigar and leaned back in…

The Shortened No-Hitters
To include all of the many and varied statistics…

Do Clutch Hitters Exist?
The idea that there are batters whose hits are more noteworthy…

Pitcher’s Choice
The 1976 season saw the revival of a rare custom-pitchers who…

Should the Manager be Fired?
When a team is going through a disappointing season, its fans…

Stolen Bases as Extra Bases
When the lively ball era was launched in 1920 there were few…

April 14, 1925: The Grove-Cochrane Debut
April 14, 1925 was a typical opening day of the baseball season.…

Blacks in 19th Century Organized Baseball
Moses and Welday Walker played with the Toledo club of the American…

Baseball Briefs (1977)
Mike Donlin played only 34 games for the Reds in 1902. What was…

Still the Greatest One-Two Punch
When we think of a home run one-two punch, we must recognize…