
The St. Louis Cardinals in Wartime
The St. Louis Cardinals were the most successful major-league…

The Boston Red Sox in Wartime
On December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor…

The Chicago White Sox in Wartime
When the 1941 major-league baseball season ended, the Chicago…

The Cleveland Indians in Wartime
In 1943 the New York Giants, a perennial first division team,…

The Detroit Tigers in Wartime
The 1941 Detroit Tigers arrived in spring training as defending…

The New York Yankees in Wartime
The 1941 World Series champion New York Yankees, managed by…

The Philadelphia Athletics in Wartime
Connie Mack’s wartime Athletics were coming off a 1941 season…

The St. Louis Browns in Wartime
If any team might symbolize the tumultuous years of major-league…

The Washington Senators in Wartime
Keeping it Alive: The Proactive Clark Griffith
At age 72,…

Wartime Baseball: Minor Leagues, Major Changes From San Diego to Buffalo
Following the events of Pearl Harbor and in Europe, on January…

The Impact of World War II on the Negro Leagues
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave baseball new life when…

Baseball’s Women on the Field During World War II
Jean Faut, a child of the mid-1920s, was destined to become…

In-Season Exhibition Games During World War II
When the United States entered World War II on December 7,…

The 1944 Red Sox: What Could Have Been
In 1944, even the Browns were able to win an American League…

The Frostbite League: Spring Training 1943-45
As World War II progressed and the war effort lay greater and…

Casey at the Stat
The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day:1
The…

Harry & Larry
Sometimes research leads us to answers we never intended to find.…

Pick Wisely: A Look at Whom Select Baseball Players Choose as Their Heroes and Why
The 13-year-old third baseman from Colorado, who identified…

Jury Nullification and the Not Guilty Verdicts in the Black Sox Case
This article was selected as a winner of the 2016 McFarland-SABR…

The New York Mets in Popular Culture
Mets Music
When the New York Mets debuted in 1962, so did…

The First Televised Baseball Interview
Publicity photo issued by Philco. Connie Mack (center) and…

Measuring Franchise Success in the Postseason
1998 New York Yankees (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library)
Baseball…

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Editor’s note: Fall 2015 Baseball Research Journal
A note from the editor of the Fall 2015 BRJ.
A note from the…