The Mystery of Jackie Mitchell and Babe Ruth

Jackie Mitchell with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. (National…

Babe Ruth And Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth on July 4, 1939 on Lou Gehrig’s…

Babe Ruth and Ownership: Not a Match Made In Heaven

Babe Ruth, right, battled fiercely with Yankees owner Jacob…

Babe Ruth and the Boston Braves: Before Opening Day 1935

Babe Ruth and Boston Braves executives in a Copley Plaza…

Babe Ruth’s National League ‘Career’: 28 Games with the 1935 Boston Braves

Babe Ruth, left, poses with Boston Braves teammates Wally…

U.S. Presidents and The Babe

President Warren G. Harding shaking hands with  New…

The Babe: In Person and On Screen

Ever the celebrity, Babe Ruth doffs his cap. (Library…

Babe Ruth Characterizations — and Caricatures

Granted, numerous screen biopics have charted the lives of…

Babe Ruth: Brother Matthias To the Rescue

Babe Ruth presents a gift of a car to Brother Matthias,…

Babe Ruth: A Man of Simple Faith

“We are what we are before God … no more … no less”…

Babe Ruth’s Final Legacy to the Kids

“The only real game in the world is baseball. In this game,…

The Babe’s Final Personal Appearance

In his last personal appearance, Babe Ruth visited Iowa two…

Even Against Hall of Fame Hurlers, Babe Ruth Was King of Swing

Babe Ruth strikes a batting pose at Fenway Park in the…

The Babe as a Pitcher

Everybody knows Babe Ruth started out as a pitcher and was…

Babe Ruth Stealing Home

Babe Ruth stealing home. (Library of Congress.)   Stealing…

Babe Ruth’s Lost 715th Home Run

Babe Ruth, hands on bat. Leslie Jones photo, courtesy…

Becoming a Contract Jumper: Deacon Jim McGuire’s 1902 Decision

In the first years of the American League, its eight clubs added…

Editor’s note: Fall 2018 Baseball Research Journal

A note from the editor of the Baseball Research Journal.Why do…

WAR and the World Series: Is WAR an Indicator of October Success?

Introduction The statistic Wins Above Replacement, or WAR, is…

Download the e-book edition of Fall 2018 Baseball Research Journal

Read the Fall 2018 BRJ on your computer or e-reader! SABR…

Why do games take so long?

This article is based on the presentation I gave at SABR 48 in…

1948: When Baseball’s Minor League Winter Meetings Came to Minneapolis

It was an event The Sporting News said featured “Paul Bunyan…

“Shorty,” “Brother Lou,” and the Dodgers’ Sym-phony

If Bob Sheppard, longtime public address announcer for the…

Voices for the Voiceless: Ross Horning, Cy Block, and the Unwelcome Truth

"The general public, or baseball fan, when he thinks of baseball…