Baseball Research Journal, Fall 2020

Josh Gibson Blazes a Trail: Homering in Big League Ballparks, 1930–1946

“Josh missed immortality and a chance to endorse breakfast…

Lou Gehrig, Movie Star

A publicity still of Lou Gehrig in Tarzan garb.   As…

Warren Spahn’s Insane Stats at the Twain

As a young southpaw, I naturally felt an affinity for major league…
Mickey Mantle is carried off on a stretcher after injuring his knee during the 1951 World Series at Yankee Stadium. (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

What’s in a Name? Examining Reactions to Major League Baseball’s Change From the Disabled List to the Injured List via Twitter

Mickey Mantle is carried off on a stretcher after injuring…

Miami Hustlers: Magic City’s First Officially Sanctioned Minor League Team

Major league baseball arrived in South Florida on April 5, 1993,…

Andy Oyler’s Two-Foot Home Run: Is It Okay to Destroy a Legend?

Minneapolis Millers shortstop Andy Oyler topped a pitch into…

What Might Have Been: Dismantling Fenway Park Before the 1920 Baseball Season?

We know it didn’t come to pass, but when Fenway Park was…

The First Baseball War: The American Association and the National League

Organized baseball is, among other things, a business structure:…

Luck, Skill, and Head-to-Head Competition in Major League Baseball

In this article I deal with two issues: the relationship between…

Major League Player Ethnicity, Participation, and Fielding Position, 1946-2018

This is a study of the relationship between major league player…
Shohei Ohtani (MLB.COM)

Day-In/Day-Out Double-Duty Diamondeers: 1946–60

A few days after Shohei Ohtani made his major league debut…

Competitive Balance in the Free Agent Era: The Dog That Didn’t Bark

This paper examines competitive balance in the free agent era…

The Art of the Brushback

“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.”1 — Sandy Koufax In…

Editor’s Note: Fall 2020 Baseball Research Journal

Historians, start your engines! The events of the year 2020 cry…

Q&A with SABR Deadball Stars book editor David Jones

Editor's note: An abridged version of this interview was published…

Foreword: SABR 50 at 50

This foreword by MLB Official Historian John Thorn is included…
Jerry Sullivan as a teenager (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

Jerry Sullivan: Forty-Six Years Before Eddie Gaedel

Jerry Sullivan as a teenager.   The city of Baltimore…
Schoolboy Babe Ruth (with catcher’s gear) pictured with his team from St. Mary's Industrial School, and three of the Xaver- ian brothers who ran the school (in the gazebo). (PUBLIC DOMAIN)

Babe Ruth’s Half Season with the Baltimore Orioles in 1914

Babe Ruth (with catcher’s gear) pictured with his team from…

Demons, Colts, Giants, and Drybugs: Baseball in the 1916 Class D Potomac League

The Hagerstown Hubs, the 1920 Class D Blue Ridge Champions, featured…
1920 Baltimore Orioles, who won the International League pennant for the second straight season. (BALTIMORE SUN)

Baltimore’s Forgotten Dynasty: The 1919-25 Baltimore Orioles of the International League

1920 Baltimore Orioles, International League champions. (BALTIMORE…
Golf Magazine deemed that Babe Ruth was “once America’s most famous golfer.” Ruth was hitting the links while the Olympic trials were being held in Baltimore. (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Baltimore, Berlin, and the Babe: Baseball and the 1936 Olympic Games

Golf Magazine deemed that Babe Ruth was “once America’s most…

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