The Greatest Piece of Diplomacy Ever: The 1949 Tour of Lefty O’Doul and the San Francisco Seals
San Francisco Seals 1949 Tour of Japan Program with Lefty…
Joe DiMaggio’s Last Hurrah: The 1951 Lefty O’Doul All-Star Tour
From left to right: Takehiko Bessho, Eddie Lopat, Joe DiMaggio,…
The Cold War, a Red Scare, and the New York Giants’ Historic Tour of Japan in 1953
Freddie Fitzsimmons of the New York Giants gives a pitching…
The 1953 Eddie Lopat All-Stars’ Tour of Japan
1953 Eddie Lopat All-Stars (Rob Fitts Collection)
Eddie…
Pitching Against Alzheimer’s: A Study of Baseball Reminiscence Programs
There is not a person alive in the industrialized world…
Emeritus Members of the Career .300 Hitters Club (1920–2022)
The objective of the research described in this article is to…
The ‘First Ever All-Star Game’ in 1910
In 2018, a country auction in Maine handling the estate of major…
The Klein Chocolate Company Baseball Team’s Remarkable 1919 Season
Chocolatier William Klein Sr. of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania,…
Greenberg Gardens Revisited: A Story about Forbes Field, Hank Greenberg, and Ralph Kiner
In 1947, the Pittsburgh Pirates installed an inner fence in…
The Mystery of the Disappearing Three-Bagger
[I]n my book the most exciting play in baseball is a three-bagger.…
Were Pitchers More Likely to Throw at Black Batters? 1947–66
A generally accepted narrative of the early days of baseball…
Good Optics: The 1955 Yankees Tour of Japan
The Yankees arrive in Japan on October 20, 1955. (Rob Fitts…
Art, Science, and the COVID-Shortened 2020 Season
Data visualization is an art. Alli Torban, a Washington, DC-based…
A Probabilistic Investigation of the Major League Baseball Modified Extra Innings Rule
Major League Baseball (MLB) has seen the length of games increase…
Six-Man Baseball
On the eve of the 1943 season, Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin…
The Impact of the One-Off 1887 Four-Strike Strikeout
In 1887, for the only time in major league history, a strikeout…
The Bums in the Land of the Rising Sun: How the 1956 Dodgers’ Tour of Japan Marked the End of a Dynasty
Fred Kipp, Gil Hodges, Wally Yonamine, Vin Scully, Roy…
Crossroads: The 1958 St. Louis Cardinals Tour of Japan
November 26, 1958 cover of Shukan Baseball depicting Stan…
Entering the National League: The Phillies’ Bumpy Journey
NOTE: This is the final installment of a three-part series addressing…
The Evolution of the American League
AN AMERICAN LEAGUE BIRTHDAY
On January 10, 1918, The Sporting…
The Doomed Pilots of 1969: The Results of Advice Ignored
In the early 1960s, Seattle’s city fathers were confident…
Assessing Hall of Fame Worthiness: Flaws in JAWS
This paper explores potential areas of improvement in the JAWS…
Using Career Value Index to Evaluate Hall of Fame Credentials of Negro League Players
A subject that animates baseball fans is ranking its greatest…
The Use of Over-30 Lineups in Major League Baseball
In February 2021, SABR member Rich Campbell observed that the…