(back row, center) who set a major league record by scoring on 65.4 percent of the times he reached base (53 runs on 86 TOB) in 1925.

The Mystery of Jack Smith’s Runs

One would guess that several factors influence a player’s ability…

Debs Garms, the Bioproject, and I

In keeping with one of SABR’s objectives—“To encourage…

The 20/30 Game Winner: An Endangered/Extinct Species

INTRODUCTION This paper has two parts. Part I: The Demise…
pitched 26 innings on May 1, 1920, good for a 112 Game Score. (His opponent, Joe Oeschger, also pitched all 26, but allowed fewer hits, netting an outsized 125 Game Score.)

Game Score vs. Starter Score

The deficiencies in Bill James' pitching stat Game Score wouldn’t…

The Team with the Most On-Base Percentage Titles

Following up on my 2008 article “The OBP Triple Crown” (Baseball…

Prospects, Promotions and Playoff Races: Do They Bring Fans to Minor League Games?

ABSTRACT Minor league baseball has undergone a resurgence,…
Chicago Cubs president was one of the most highly respected baseball executives during the 1920s and early 1930s.

Baseball’s First Bill Veeck

What with Bill Veeck Jr.’s gregarious nature, numerous achievements,…

Henry Chadwick Award: Bill Carle

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is famous as the longtime home of the…

Henry Chadwick Award: Paul Dickson

PAUL DICKSON (1939 – ) vaulted to the front rank of baseball…

Henry Chadwick Award: Fred Lieb

FRED LIEB (1888–1980) started writing for Baseball Magazine…

Henry Chadwick Award: Francis Richter

FRANCIS C. RICHTER was born in Philadelphia in 1854 and was later…

Henry Chadwick Award: John Thorn

JOHN THORN (1947–) is the noted co-author of The Hidden Game…

Editor’s note

A note from the editor of the Fall 2013 BRJ. Let this introduction…
Hall of Fame manager kept a close eye on Rube Waddell in 1905.

Connie Mack: The Tall Tactician

He was known as “The Tall Tactician” and was baseball’s…

The Early Years of Philadelphia Baseball

The Philadelphia area is the birthplace of the United States…
Ed Delahanty (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Philadelphia Phillies: A Vibrant History

As a franchise that began 130 years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies…

William T. Stecher: Ignominious Record Holder, Community Servant

0-10, 10.32: That is the major-league career line for one William…
The photo shows the edge of the grandstand and bleachers along the third base line where the collapse would take place in 1903.

Baseball’s Deadliest Disaster: “Black Saturday” in Philadelphia

Taken on Labor Day in 1902 during a doubleheader between the…

The Great Philadelphia Ballpark Riot

The Phillies and their fans hated New York Giants manager John…
Seen here with the Washington Senators circa 1913.

Dropping the Pitch: Leona Kearns, Eddie Ainsmith and the Philadelphia Bobbies

Leona Kearns was a young woman, a teenage pitcher during the…

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