The Long Forgotten Florida International League

Connie Marrero (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)   The…

NAPBL Gathering in Miami Gave Birth to the Caribbean Series

The 46th National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues…

Black Baseball’s “Funmakers”: Taking the Miami Ethiopian Clowns Seriously

This undated publicity photo (circa 1944–49) of the Clowns…

Land of New Beginnings

  When I was a boy, 16 years old, And the majors had…
More than a century after it happened, Paul Hines' unassisted triple play on May 8, 1878 remains one of the most controversial fielding plays in baseball history. (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)

Analyzing Coverage of the Hines Triple Play

In 1878 a triple play by Providence’s Paul Hines didn’t…

Revisiting the Hines Triple Play

On May 8, 1878, the National League club of Providence hosted…

The Origins and History of the Larry Ritter Book Award

Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the SABR Deadball…

Golden Pitches: The Ultimate Last-at-Bat, Game Seven Scenario

This article was selected as a finalist for a 2017 SABR Analytics…
Fernando Valenzuela (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Hype and Hope: The Effect of Rookies and Top Prospects on MLB Attendance

In the Spring 2014 edition of the Baseball Research Journal,…

No ‘Solid Front of Silence’: The Forgotten Black Sox Scandal Interviews

When legendary sportswriter Furman Bisher died in 2012, his…

Flashback Gordon: Cryptic Communication within a Base-Running Relay-Throw Event

Alex Gordon was held at third instead of sent home with the…

The Browns’ Spring Training 1946

Vern Stephens was recruited to play in Mexico instead of for…

The Planting of Le Grand Orange

No one knew it at the time, but the January 22, 1969, trade…

Player Win Averages (1946-2015)

After the 1970 season, two brothers, Eldon and Harlan Mills,…

Never Make the First or Last Out at Third Base … Perhaps

Baseball players, even those playing as children, have likely…

Editor’s note: Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal

Read a note from the editor of the BRJ.Are we all on a quest…

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

Read the Spring 2016 BRJ on your computer or e-reader! SABR…

Notes Related to Cy Young’s First No-Hitter

Next to a perfect game, the no-hitter may be the most alluring…