
1964 Phillies: In defense of Chico Ruiz’s ‘Mad Dash’
The word “daring” is associated with Chico Ruiz’s game-winning…

1964 Phillies: Epilogue
Philadelphia Phillies fans and Phillies management looked forward…

The Historical Evolution of the Designated Hitter Rule
David Ortiz retired at the end of the 2016 season with 10,091…

Discrepancy in an All-Time MLB Record: Billy Hamilton’s 1894 Runs Scored
QUESTION: Who holds the all-time MLB record for most runs scored…

The Stallings Platoon: The 1913 Prequel
Johnny Evers (left) on the Braves in 1914 with his manager,…

The .700 Club: Blessedly Good Baseball
The New York Yankees have finished with a .700 winning percentage…

Catcher Duke Farrell’s Record Performance: Game Notes from May 11, 1897
Duke Farrell as depicted with the Chicago White…

The Young and the Restless: George Wright, 1865–68
George Wright at the peak of his baseball career, with the…

Chief Bender: A Marksman at the Traps and on the Mound
A circa 1912 portrait of Chief Bender probably taken for advertising…

The International Girls Baseball League
Probably almost everyone has heard of the All-American Girls…

Organized Baseball’s Night Birth
The first night game in the history of Organized Baseball took…

A Question of Character: George Davis and the Flora Campbell Affair
George Davis, one of the turn of the century's finest ballplayers,…

The Show Girl and the Shortstop: The Strange Saga of Violet Popovich and Her Shooting of Cub Billy Jurges
This article was selected as the winner of the 2017 McFarland-SABR…

The Great American Pastime (1956): Hollywood, Little League, and the Post-World War II Consensus
Advertising billed The Great American Pastime as a comedy…

Baseball Player Won-Lost Records: The Ultimate Baseball Statistic
In the Fall 2012 Baseball Research Journal, I authored an article…

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Editor’s note: Fall 2016 Baseball Research Journal
A note from the editor of the BRJ.I truly enjoyed SABR’s annual…

Q&A with award-winning SABR authors Lyle Spatz and Steve Steinberg
Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the Deadball…

Appendix 1: Billy Hamilton’s 1894 Runs Scored
Find supplemental research for the BRJ article on Billy Hamilton’s…

1901 Winter Meetings: Firsts, Foibles, and Failures
Introduction and Context
Professional baseball was mired in…

1902 Winter Meetings: A Peace Accord
Preemptive Measures by the Senior League
Before the 1902 season…

1903 Winter Meetings: Married Life Begins For American, National Leagues
It could be compared, in a way, to a romance novel — first…

1904 Winter Meetings: Power Play
Introduction
At the 1904 winter meetings, power was the common…

1905 Winter Meetings: Controversy Over League Presidents Take Center Stage
Introduction
Baseball had just completed perhaps its most profitable…