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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…

Appendix 1: Player Win Averages

This appendix accompanies the article “Player Win Averages”…

Grantland Rice’s legacy in the Deadball Era

This article first appeared in the SABR Deadball Era Committee's…

Connie Mack’s Income

For most of the first 100 years of major league baseball, owning…

Remembering the 1951 Hazard Bombers

1951 Hazard Bombers. From L-R, top row: J. Ravelo, D. Hayling,…
Babe Ruth, circa 1921 (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

The Sultan of Swag: Babe Ruth as a Financial Investment

In Babe Ruth's first year with the Yankees in 1920, he hit…

Babe Ruth, Brooklyn Dodgers Coach

The Brooklyn Dodgers wanted Babe Ruth for his box office drawing…
Although on the surface Miller Huggins and Jacob Ruppert seemed worlds apart, the two men had striking similarities. They were the architects of the New York Yankees’ dominance in the 1920s. (BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY)

The Colonel and Hug: The Odd Couple … Not Really

Although on the surface Miller Huggins and Jacob Ruppert seemed…

Larry Twitchell’s Big Day

Larry Twitchell's greatest day in baseball came on August 15,…

The Enigma of Hilda Chester

Hilda Chester and her famous cowbell (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL…
Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond

Introduction: Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston’s Lost Diamond

And there used to be a ballpark Where the field was warm…
Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond

A Look Back At Braves Field

Ugly, old, barn-like, sooty, rat-infested, and the “House…
Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond

The Park With Nobody In It: Braves Field 1957

With apologies to Bob Cooke and Joyce Kilmer. This article…
Walt Cruise (Trading Card DB)

The First Home Runs Over the Fence at Braves Field

When Fenway Park opened in 1912, people looked at its now-legendary…
The Bambino awaits his at-bat at Braves Field. (Courtesy of Boston Braves Historical Association archives)

Babe Ruth’s Blasts at Braves Field

The Bambino awaits his at-bat at Braves Field. (Courtesy…
Braves Field: Memorable Moments at Boston's Lost Diamond

How the Boston Braves Became the Bees

Judge Emil Fuchs’ 12 seasons of stewardship over the…
Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn, the subjects of Hearn’s poem. (Courtesy of Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection)

Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain

Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn, the subjects of Gerald…

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