
Expansion, Round Two: How Charlie Finley Blew Up Baseball
The cartel that ruled the national pastime was called Organized…

“The Name Is Mets – Just Plain Mets”
As part of the National League expansion in 1962, a franchise…

Here Come the Colts
In 1958, three years before a major-league expansion team…

The Washington Senators Begin a New Term
Every two years, the nation’s capital sees senators leave…

A Season in Homer Heaven: The Birth of the Los Angeles Angels
“I don’t give a damn about O’Malley.”
Hank Greenberg…

Rickey’s Folly: How the Continental League Forced Baseball Expansion
President John F. Kennedy delivered the ceremonial first…

Introduction: The SABR Book of Umpires and Umpiring
"At the time set for beginning the game the players of the home…

The Struggle to Define ‘Valuable’: Tradition vs. Sabermetrics in the 2012 AL MVP Race
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

The Complete Collegiate Baseball Record of George H.W. Bush
Babe Ruth meets Yale baseball player George H.W. Bush in 1948.…

‘Just Bounce Right Back Up and Dust Yourself Off’: Participation Motivations, Resilience, and Perceived Organizational Support Among Amateur Baseball Umpires
Sports officials have long possessed a less-than-desirable reputation…

A Comprehensive Analysis of Team Streakiness in Major League Baseball: 1962-2016
A baseball team would be considered “streaky” if its record…

Quasi-Cycles — Better than Cycles?
One of baseball’s most highly-regarded accomplishments by an…

Jim Piersall’s Tumultuous 1952 Season
Jimmy Piersall’s death on June 3, 2017, provided an occasion…

Analysis of Andrés Galarraga’s Home Run of May 31, 1997
Abstract
In this article the home run hit by Andrés Galarraga…

Editor’s note: Fall 2017 Baseball Research Journal
Read a note from the editor of the Fall 2017 BRJ.Many of the…

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“But I’m All Alone, and This May be Sort of Fun”: The Ageless Cy Young on the Mound in 1934-35
Cy Young said he didn’t have the speed he once had but could…

Baseball Swing Stride and Head Movement Relationships
Abstract
Some have suggested that a baseball batter must keep…

Baseball Before a Captive Audience: The Minnesota State Prison’s Sisal Sox, 1914-72
One aspect of amateur baseball that is largely unexplored is…

Gladys Goodding, Ebbets Field Organ Queen
Gladys Goodding was more than just an artiste whose musical…

Broadcasting Red Sox Baseball: How the Arrival of Radio Impacted the Team and the Fans
In the early years of the American League, Boston fans had…

Fanatic Fatality: One of the Most Violent Baseball Arguments In History
The underlying aggressiveness in rivalries between baseball teams…

Champions, Tantrums and Bad Umps: The 1885 “World Series”
For more than a century the World Series has been an integral…

From Recorder to Judge: The Evolution of the Scorer in the Nineteenth Century
Official scorers in baseball make judgments about the game—whether…