Over the entire Retrosheet Era (1948–2011), the most pWins accumulated by a single player in a season was 29.1 by Willie Mays in 1962.

Beyond Player Win Average: Compiling Player Won-Lost Records

The job of a major league baseball player is to help his team…
Earned the highest nine-inning game score (105) in his famous 20-K game in 1998.

Game Scores: Matches, Correlations, and a Possible Umpire Bias

Introduction On Sunday July 17, 2011, the Boston Red Sox and…

Racing the Dawn: The 29-Inning Minor League Marathon

Baseball is one of the few sports not dictated by a time clock,…
Debuting with Altoona in 1887 as a teenager, Brodie played with the rough and rowdy Baltimore Orioles from 1893 to 1896.

The History of Baseball in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Since the formation of the National League in 1876, many cities…
The ticket and administration building (shown at left) still stands and today serves as the headquarters for the Boston University police.

Braves Field: An Imperfect History of the Perfect Ballpark

A crowd heads toward Braves Field. The ticket and administration…
Pete Gray is the first player, row three.

The Browns Get it Right: Winning the World Series Rematch in 1945

After the St. Louis Cardinals captured the sixth and clinching…
Today, the archway still welcomes ballplayers and their families to five diamonds, as well as tennis courts and soccer fields.

The Elysian Fields of Brooklyn: The Parade Ground

The dictionary defines the word “Elysian” as “something…
His power numbers were much better on the road than at home after July 20, 1951, despite the Giants’ scheme to steal signs at the Polo Grounds

Durocher the Spymaster: How much did the Giants prosper from cheating in 1951?

Leo Durocher, who is said to have said “nice guys finish…
pitched 13 seasons in the major leagues, including stints for eight different franchises

Two days in August 1971: Tom Seaver and Dave Roberts

For two days in the summer of 1971, Tom Seaver dueled with…
hit 177 homers for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Mike Piazza By the Numbers: The Hall of Fame Case

On September 12, 1992, in the fifth inning of a game between…

Henry Chadwick Award: Robert Creamer

ROBERT CREAMER (1922–2012) wrote the first truly modern biography…

Henry Chadwick Award: Tom Heitz

TOM HEITZ (b. 1940), lawyer, librarian, town ball enthusiast,…

Henry Chadwick Award: F.C. Lane

FERDINAND COLE LANE'S (1896–1984) professional career was,…

Henry Chadwick Award: Ray Nemec

At the time of SABR’s founding, RAY NEMEC (1929-2015) had already…

Henry Chadwick Award: David W. Smith

DAVID W. SMITH had a dream when he founded Retrosheet in 1989.…

Appendix to “Mike Piazza By the Numbers: The Hall of Fame Case”

Here is the appendix for "Mike Piazza By the Numbers: The Hall…

Supplement to “Lou Gehrig’s RBI Record: 1923–39”

Here is supporting evidence for the correction of errors in the…

Download the 2012 TNP PDF

SABR members, you can now download The National Pastime to your…
Calvin Griffith

Calvin Griffith: The Ups and Downs of the last Family-Owned Baseball Team

When Calvin Griffith sold the Minnesota Twins in 1984, he bowed…

A Saint and a Miller

A fictional tale about a personal rivalry between a Minneapolis…
Walter Ball, one of the greatest pitchers in black baseball from 1903 through 1921.

John Donaldson and Black Baseball in Minnesota

World’s All Nations, 1912, barnstorming club sponsored by…
Hennepin County District Court Judge helped prevent the contraction of the Twins.

Play Ball: Minnesota Baseball Litigation Lore

Baseball has been a recurring subject in the courtrooms of the…
St. Cloud State coach posted more than 500 career wins between 1979 and 2007.

Small College Baseball in Minnesota

Some of the finest small college baseball in the country is…

University of Minnesota Baseball

In a sport now dominated by teams from sunnier climates, the…

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