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…

The 1929 Mack Attack

As the 1929 major-league season came to a close, the two…
Mickey Cochrane (CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM)

Black Tuesday: Philadelphia A’s trades in December 1933

December 1933 in Philadelphia was a time of anxiety and anticipation.…

A Phil Named Syl

The famous city of Philadelphia totes the title the City of Brotherly…

Connie Mack and Wartime Baseball — 1943

Gerry Nugent and the Phillies were flat broke. Worse than that:…

Richie Ashburn: The Sultan of Slap and Run

The Phillies’ Richie Ashburn hit only 29 homers—approximately…

Kids Snatch a Flag

Scouts and managers extoll as a kernel of truth: “Experience…

A Final Season: The 1954 Philadelphia Athletics

Roy Mack affixes his signature to an agreement selling the…

Handy in a Pinch: Dave Philley

Fans of the 1958 Philadelphia Phillies had little to cheer…

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