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…

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 to hear that…

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…
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