
Baseball on Exhibit: Museums in the SABR Era
For better or worse, leisure and tourism have become big business.…

Pitchers in the Field: The Use of Pitchers at Other Positions in the Major Leagues, 1969–2009
INTRODUCTION
Pitchers are a breed apart. On average, they are…

Baseball’s Major Salary Milestones
Baseball milestones are as well known to fans as their own birthdays…

Neill “Wild Horse” Sheridan and the Longest Home Run Ever Measured
On a warm summer evening July 8, 1953, Sacramento Solon Neill…

Baseball’s First Power Surge: Home Runs in the Late 19th-Century Major Leagues
Many casual baseball fans and serious sabermetricians alike hold…

Quicker Than Quick: A 31-Minute Professional Game
BACKGROUND: The 2010 SABR convention publication, The National…

The PING Ratings: A Model for Rating NCAA Baseball Teams
BACKGROUND
In 2008 the Fresno State Bulldogs beat the heavily…

Dana Levangie: Every Game is a Road Game
When Jason Varitek sets up low and outside, when Alex Gonzalez…

Gib Bodet: National Cross Checking
Cross-checkers, called regional scouting supervisors by some…

Lou Gorman: ‘You Don’t Win Without Good Scouts’: A GM’s Look At Scouting
As a baseball executive, Lou Gorman worked for more than a third…

Ben Jedlovec: An Intern’s Perspective on the Amateur Baseball Draft
As a baseball operations intern for the Houston Astros during…

Fernando Perez: Waiting For the Call
Speedy switch-hitting outfielder Fernando Perez of Columbia University…

Johnny Pesky, On Signing with the Red Sox
Stripped to the waist, Johnny was working as groundskeeper one…

Dave Baldwin: A Player’s View of Scouts in The 1950s
My first contacts with baseball scouts occurred in 1955 during…

Talent Selection in Youth Baseball: Factors that Predict End-of-Season Success
INTRODUCTION
One of the most appealing reasons for talent research…

More Highly Connected Baseball Players Have Better Offensive Performance
INTRODUCTION
Social network analysis (SNA) is the mathematical…

Sol White
Racial discrimination did not miraculously disappear in 1863…

Supplement to “Pitchers in the Field: The Use of Pitchers at Other Positions in the Major Leagues, 1969–2009”
This is a list of all pitchers from 1969 to 2010 who have made…

Supplement to “Baseball’s First Power Surge: Home Runs in the Late 19th-Century Major Leagues”
This is a list of all batters from 1871 to 1918 with 15+ home…

Supplement to “Lou Gehrig’s RBI Record: Striving To Get It Right Thanks To 40 Years of Research By SABR Members”
Here is supporting evidence for the correction of errors in the…

Deacon Jones: The 26th Man on The Team
"My real name is Grover Williams Jones, Junior,” Deacon Jones…

Jeane Hoffman: California Girl Makes Good in Press Box
The experiences of 17-year-old Jeane Hoffman as she worked…

Winter Baseball in California: Separate Opportunities, Equal Talent
Mislabeling all winter baseball played in California as “California…

The Bucs in San Berdoo
Although the arrival of Major League Baseball in Southern California…