
More Than Ballplayers: Baseball Players and Pursuit of the American Dream in the 1880s
This essay is intended as an exploratory survey of baseball players…

A Pitching Conundrum: Tim Keefe and Old Hoss Radbourne
In the 1912 season Rube Marquard, the left-handed pitcher of…

The Effect of Stride Length on Pitched Ball Velocity
One philosophy of pitching holds that pushing off the rubber…

Calculating Skill and Luck in Major League Baseball
One of my favorite topics is the contributions of skill and luck…

The Chances of a Drafted Baseball Player Making the Major Leagues: A Quantitative Study
In June of each year, Major League Baseball conducts its amateur…

Doubleheaders with More Than Two Teams
A modern fan goes to the ballpark to see two teams battle each…

The Many Faces of Happy Felton
Happy Felton, an all-around entertainer of a long-gone era, aggressively…

Appendix: Fun Facts About Little League Home Runs
Fun facts and general observations about Little League Home Runs.Editor's…

With a Deliberate Attempt to Deceive: Correcting a Quotation Misattributed to Charles Eliot, President of Harvard
"Well, this year I'm told the team did well because one pitcher…

The Path to the Sugar Mill or the Path to Millions: MLB Baseball Academies’ Effect on the Dominican Republic
For many Dominican children, a future in the sugar cane fields,…

Henry Chadwick Award: Lyle Spatz
Lyle Spatz was a devoted fan of baseball and his hometown Dodgers…

Henry Chadwick Award: Larry McCray
Larry McCray created the vast and invaluable Protoball Project,…

Henry Chadwick Award: Daniel R. Levitt
Most of baseball’s great researchers have been specialists…

Henry Chadwick Award: Peter C. Bjarkman
Peter C. Bjarkman is the author of more than 40 books on sports…

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Editor’s note: Spring 2017 Baseball Research Journal
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1947 Dodgers: Spring Training in Havana
"You could not possibly train a baseball squad in Havana. The…

1947 Dodgers: The suspension of Leo Durocher
Leo Durocher made the cover of Time magazine just once: the…

1947 Dodgers: Branch Rickey and the Mainstream Press
Wesley Branch Rickey — even the name is wonderfully quirky…

Ebbets Field, 1947
In the spring of 1947, Ebbets Field was entering its 35th season,…

1947 Dodgers: Jackie Robinson’s First Game
Jackie Robinson’s major-league debut was more than just the…

The protested Dodgers-Cardinals game of July 20, 1947
It is well known that a manager may formally protest a game only…

1947 Dodgers: Jackie Robinson and the Jews
The subject of Jews and baseball is one that often inspires nostalgia,…

Advertising and the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947
The year 1947 was a banner one for the Brooklyn Dodgers. At the…