The Hidden Value of Glovework
When Jack Zduriencik replaced Bill Bavasi as the Mariners’…
The Macmillian Baseball Encyclopedia, the West System, and Sweat Equity
There is beauty in finding that beneath a complex system, one…
Does a Pitcher’s Height Matter?
In 1993 the Los Angeles Dodgers traded a setup man for a very…
Beyond Bunning and Short Rest: An Analysis of Managerial Decisions That Led to the Phillies’ Epic Collapse of 1964
Nearly all accounts of the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies’ epic…
Who Wore Uniform Number 16 for the Tigers—Before Prince Hal?
Since January 2001, I’ve been engaged in a baseball-research…
Review: Baseball Memoirs
The Game from Where I Stand: A Ballplayer’s Inside View
by…
Stealing First Base
BASEBALL BATS OUTSIDE THE BOX
There are a number of different…
More Thoughts on DiMaggio’s 56-Game Hitting Streak
Each time a player is at bat in a game, there is a certain probability…
Larry Doby’s “The Catch”
Arguably the greatest catch in the history of baseball…
Baby Birds versus Bronx Bombers
IN THE six seasons following the transfer of the St. Louis Browns’…
Joe Hardy
EVERY so often there comes a phenom who streaks across the baseball…
Damn Yankees
IN 1954, the Washington Senators were an abominable team They…
Washington Nicknames
WHAT's in a name? If it’s a baseball team’s name, there’s…
Ty Cobb’s Splits
Ty Cobb is still remembered as one of the greatest players in…
Coming from Behind: Patterns of Scoring and Their Relation to Winning
At the annual SABR convention in 2003, in Denver, I presented…
Home-Field Advantage
In every sport and at every level, the home team wins more games…
Graphing Cumulative Rate Statistics
"No doubt some graphics do distort the underlying data, making…
1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York
Nineteen twenty-one was a remarkable baseball season, one that…
What Inspired ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’?
In the Spring of 1908 a young songwriter and vaudeville performer…
James Lanier: Ty Cobb’s Batboy
Growing up in Augusta, Georgia, James Lanier was Ty Cobb’s…
A Tall Tale of “The Brethren”
In their book The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court, Bob Woodward…
A Tale of Two Umpires: When Al Salerno and Bill Valentine Got Thrown Out of the Game
Baseball traveled through rough waters beginning in the late…
The Deadball Era’s Worst Pitching Staff
At first I thought it was a misprint. Right in the middle of…
Modern Baseball’s Greatest-Hitting Team: The 1930 Phillies’ Opponents
What was the best-hitting team in modern (i.e,. post-1900) baseball…