1964 Phillies: In defense of Chico Ruiz’s ‘Mad Dash’

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1964 Phillies: Epilogue

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The Historical Evolution of the Designated Hitter Rule

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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

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The .700 Club: Blessedly Good Baseball

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Catcher Duke Farrell’s Record Performance: Game Notes from May 11, 1897

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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

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The International Girls Baseball League

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Organized Baseball’s Night Birth

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A Question of Character: George Davis and the Flora Campbell Affair

George Davis, one of the turn of the century's finest ballplayers,…

Baseball Player Won-Lost Records: The Ultimate Baseball Statistic

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Download the e-book version of Fall 2016 Baseball Research Journal

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Editor’s note: Fall 2016 Baseball Research Journal

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Appendix 1: Billy Hamilton’s 1894 Runs Scored

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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

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1905 Winter Meetings: Controversy Over League Presidents Take Center Stage

Introduction Baseball had just completed perhaps its most profitable…
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