
Henry Chadwick Award: Lawrence S. Ritter
From the moment of its publication in 1966, The Glory of Their…

Larry Doby’s “The Catch”
Arguably the greatest catch in the history of baseball…

The Evolution of Catcher’s Equipment
Catchers have always put their bodies on the line. But early…

The Real First-Year Player Draft
Nearly a decade before the amateur draft as we know it today,…

Georgia’s 1948 Phenoms and the Bonus Rule
In the summer of 1948, two of the nation’s premier major-league…

Does “Game Score” Still Work in Today’s High-Offense Game?
When Bill James first made his Game Score widely public in the…

The History and Future of the Amateur Draft
The 2010 draft was broadcast nationally in prime time, the third…

Earl Weaver: Strategy, Innovation, and Ninety-Four Meltdowns
Two seasons ago, I witnessed the Florida Marlins attempt to execute…

Disposable Heroes: Returning World War II Veteran Al Niemiec Takes on Organized Baseball
This article was selected as a winner of the 2010 McFarland-SABR…

Action Jackson: Watching Baseball Remotely, Before TV
With the weather turning crisp in October of 1916, sports fans…

The Green and the Blue: The Irish American Umpire, 1880–1965
The Irish potato famine of the 1840s and ’50s was probably…

The Hidden Value of Glovework
When Jack Zduriencik replaced Bill Bavasi as the Mariners’…

Manager Speaker
Tris Speaker, considered one of the greatest hitters and center…

Henry Chadwick Award: Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills
SABR honors two individuals with one of the nine inaugural Henry…

Henry Chadwick Award: Jules Tygiel
JULES TYGIEL (1949–2008) was born in Brooklyn, and part of…

Review: Golden Nuggets
On "The Bill James Gold Mine 2010".
The Bill James Gold Mine…

Review: Satchel Paige: Off on His Own, at the Center of the Crowd
On Larry Tye's 2009 biography of Paige and Timothy M. Gay's 2010…

Review: Books on Baseball Cards
On four books about baseball cards: "The T206 Collection" (Zappala,…

Review: Charlie Radbourn’s Record-Setting Season
On "59 in '84: Old Hoss Radbourn, Barehanded Baseball, and the…

Review: The Seven-Tool Player
On John Klima's 2009 book about Willie Mays and the 1948 Birmingham…

Henry Chadwick Award: Henry Chadwick
In November 2009, SABR established the Henry Chadwick Award,…

Properties of Baseball Bats
Every batter has unique psychological approaches, swing mechanics,…

Measuring Defense: Entering the Zones of Fielding Statistics
Doug Glanville in his new baseball memoir notes that many players,…

More Thoughts on DiMaggio’s 56-Game Hitting Streak
Each time a player is at bat in a game, there is a certain probability…