
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 Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits Into Losses
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

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…

Hype and Hope: The Effect of Rookies and Top Prospects on MLB Attendance
In the Spring 2014 edition of the Baseball Research Journal,…

Negro League Baseball, Black Community, and The Socio-Economic Impact of Integration
This essay will explore the subject of racial and economic…

‘Playing Rotten, It Ain’t That Hard To Do’: How the Black Sox Threw the 1920 Pennant
Entering the 1920 season, the defending American League champion…

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…

Working Overtime: Wilbur Wood, Johnny Sain and the White Sox Two-Days’ Rest Experiment of the 1970s
In Game Seven of the 2014 World Series, Madison Bumgarner of…

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
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Notes Related to Cy Young’s First No-Hitter
Next to a perfect game, the no-hitter may be the most alluring…

Appendix 1: Corrected box score and play-by-play for Cy Young’s first no-hitter
View the corrected box score and play-by-play for Cy Young's…

Bacteria Beat the Phillies: The Deaths of Charlie Ferguson and Jimmy Fogarty
Between the years 1888 and 1891, the National League Philadelphia…

Henry Chadwick Award: John Dewan
JOHN DEWAN has spent his career bringing sports statistics to…

Henry Chadwick Award: Larry Lester
LARRY LESTER comes by his life-long interest in Negro Leagues…

Henry Chadwick Award: Norman Macht
Octogenarian NORMAN L. MACHT has lived a baseball life that all…

Henry Chadwick Award: Tom Ruane
A prized member of the SABR family for more than 25 years, TOM…