gave up a home run to Jackie Robinson late in 1947. The film

Fact vs. Fiction: An Analysis of Baseball in Films

Baseball is great theatre. Indeed, baseball stories have been…
L-R, front row: T.R. Taylor, R. Sanchez, L. LaSalle, G. Matile, R. Sheetz, R. Boone, J. Falls, D. Kildoo. Back row: B. Phillips, F. Hale (trainer), O. Rodriguez, J. Monohan, M. Hoffman, R. Mejias, J. Paepke (manager), R. Babcock, E. Johnson, B. Chatham.

Remembering the 1954 Waco Pirates and the Mejias Streak

On the morning of May 11, 1953, the fair citizens of Waco,…
A gutsy decision on the part of Wally Moon helped him land a job in the major leagues and led to the trade of Enos Slaughter.

Giving Up the Stars and Reaching for the Moon

Opening Day, April 13, 1954, should have been one of the best…
Sandy Koufax (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

A Season-Ending Doubleheader and its Impact on the 1966 World Series

Seldom are the occasions when a team emerges as back-to-back…
moved mid-season in 2006 from the Phillies to the Yankees by trade, then went to the Angels in 2009 as a free agent.

Do Hitters Boost Their Performance During Their Contract Years?

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must have shaken off his cursed “Cubness” to allow the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks to win the World Series.

Revisiting the Ex-Cub Factor

Some History Baseball is a superstitious sport. Players skip…

A New Formula to Predict a Team’s Winning Percentage

Bill James introduced a formula for estimating a team’s expected…

Editor’s note: Fall 2014 Baseball Research Journal

A note from the editor of the Fall 2014 BRJ. I had an extraordinary…

Probabilities of Victory in Head-to-Head Team Matchups

Winning percentages represent the fundamental metric of team…

Matchup Probabilities in Major League Baseball

Predicting the results of matchups in baseball, or any sport…

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Appendix 1: Probabilities of Victory in Head-to-Head Team Matchups

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Appendix 1: The 1914 Stallings Platoon

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Before the Astrodome was built in 1965, the Houston team played at Colt Stadium, seen in the background.

Houston’s Role in the Initiation of Sunday Night Baseball

Colt Stadium, back, was Houston’s fiery first MLB home from…
Astros' wives prepare to play their husbands at the Astrodome in 1974.

The Houston Astros and Wooing Women Fans

The “Astros Better Halves” prepare to play their husbands…

The Colt .45s and the 1961 Expansion Draft

On October 10, 1961, the National League held the expansion draft…
Pitched 241 2?3 innings for the Houston Colt .45s in 1962, with 203 strikeouts and a 3.02 ERA, but was saddled with 20 losses.

Dick “Turk” Farrell: Houston’s First All-Star

Pitcher Dick “Turk” Farrell was selected in 1962 to represent…
This could be the rarest baseball card issued since World War II.

The 1963 Pepsi Cola Colt .45s Baseball Card Set

This article investigates the 1963 Pepsi Cola Colt .45s Baseball…
Came to Houston for good in 1967 and pitched a no-hitter on June 18.

Almost Three Games in One: Astros 1, Mets 0 on April 15, 1968

The Sporting News neatly summarized the April 15, 1968, game…
The 1968 mid-summer classic was the first All-Star Game to be played at night.

The 1968 All-Star Game

In the early 1960s, each of the recent expansion cities played…

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