
The Symbiotic Relationship of Individual and Team Success
Ken Griffey Jr. is one of the all-time greats who never played…

Optimizing Outfield Positioning: Creating an Area-Based Alignment Using Outfielder Ability and Hitter Tendencies
Columbia University's Society for Baseball Research group includes…

Did Batters of Long Ago Learn During a Game?
Modern baseball analysis has established without a…

Black Swans in Baseball: The Case of the Unexpected MVP Season
First, it is an outlier, as it lies outside the realm of regular…

Dave Nicholson, Revisited
He was forever young on his baseball card—6-foot-2, with a…

A Slice of Piazza: A Trade Brought the Mets One of the Biggest Superstars in Franchise History
On August 9, 2006, the first-place New York Mets were hosting…

Fred Corcoran, Mr. Golf’s Turn at Bat
Although he was known as "Mr. Golf," Fred Corcoran served as…

Henry Chadwick Award: Gary Ashwill
Gary Ashwill (1966 – ) is a researcher and historian of Black,…

Henry Chadwick Award: Alan Nathan
Alan Nathan (1946 — ) never played in a big-league baseball…

Henry Chadwick Award: Robert W. Peterson
Robert W. Peterson (1925–2006) was a newspaper writer, a freelance…

Editor’s Note: Spring 2021 Baseball Research Journal
Welcome to the Spring 2021 issue of the Baseball Research Journal.…

Introduction: From Rube to Robinson
Click here to download your free e-book edition or save 50% on…

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…

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…

Testing the Koufax Curse: How 18 Jewish Pitchers, 18 Jewish Hitters, and Rod Carew Performed on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement on which Jews fast, seek…

Day-In/Day-Out Double-Duty Diamondeers: 1946–60
A few days after Shohei Ohtani made his major league debut…