
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…

What Do Umpires Do Exactly?
With the advent of limited instant replay in MLB in 2008,…

Yanet Moreno, the First Woman Umpire in Any Country’s Major League
Walking into the old-school-like surroundings of Estadio…

When the Rules Aren’t The Rules
Randy Marsh, inspecting fair/foul angles at Fenway Park’s…

A Visit to the Wendelstedt Umpire School in 2017
Working on mechanics, Wendelstedt School, January 2017.
After…

What’s In the Water in Coldwater, Michigan?
Coldwater, Michigan had a population of 10,945 at the time…

‘Helping People Is An Easy Call’: The Story of UMPS CARE Charities
Gerry Davis and Sam Holbrook spend time with a patient…

‘Yer blind, Ump, Yer blind, Ump, Ya mus’ be out-a yer mind, Ump!’: Umpires on Screen and Stage
Lobby card for "Kill the Umpire" (1950) starring William…