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…
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