
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…

1906 Winter Meetings: Gradual Détente, Growing Pains
Introduction and Context
By the time the National and American…

1907 Winter Meetings: The New Cooperation: The Manifest Desire to Elevate the Game
The major-league portion of the 1907 winter meetings were held…

1908 Winter Meetings: Major Issues in the Minors, Bribery Charges, and World Series Ticket Scandal
Introduction
After what some call the greatest baseball season…

1909 Winter Meetings: If It Takes All Winter
Moving into 1909, change was in the wind. All ballparks had been,…

1910 Winter Meetings: Ho-Hum Affairs
Introduction
It was decided both major leagues would hold their…

1911 Winter Meetings: Scandal? What Scandal?
The 1911 winter meetings played out in the press as well as in…

1912 Winter Meetings: Discussing Interleague Play and the Slow Pace of the Game
Among the anticipated business of the National and American Leagues…

1913 Winter Meetings: Preparing for the Fights Ahead
Introduction
The offseason after the 1913 championship season…

1914 Winter Meetings: Wars at Home and Abroad
Introduction
In the months following the first year of play…

1915 Winter Meetings: Peace Time for the National Pastime
The 1915 season had been a tough one for Organized Baseball,…

1916 Winter Meetings: The Minors and Players are Restless
Major-league attendance surged nicely in 1916 without Federal…
