The Death and Rebirth of the Home Team Batting First
According to conventional baseball wisdom, the home team…
Strategic Pitch Location: The Role of Two-Pitch Sequences in Pitching Success
On the surface, baseball does not appear overly complex.…
Standardized Peak WAR (SPW): A Fair Standard for Historical Comparison of Peak Value
When judging the greatness of a baseball player’s career…
The Relationship Between WAR and the Selection of Annual Performance-Based Awards
It has been over 20 years since Baseball Prospectus developed…
Trades from Hell: A Tale of Two Cities
The major league baseball clubs of Cleveland and…
Quantifying the Effect of Offseason Contract Extensions on Short-Term Player Performance
Over the past generation, sabermetricians have expended a…
The 1877 National League’s Two Cincinnati Clubs: Were They In or Out, and Why the Confusion?
In 1877 the National League began the season on April 30…
A Stepping Stone to the Majors: The Olympic Base Ball Club of Paterson, 1874-76
As major league baseball grew throughout the late nineteenth…
The Invention of the Baseball Glove: The Case for the Forgotten 1901 Web-Pocketed Glove
It is quite a natural thing to ask, “When was the baseball…
Special Excerpt: The Cool of the Evening
Excerpted from The Cool of the Evening by Paula Kurman, to…
Special Excerpt: ‘We Were the Only Girls to Play at Yankee Stadium’
This excerpt is from the recent SABR book, Yankee Stadium…
Henry Chadwick Award: Steve Gietschier
These are the qualifications for the Henry Chadwick Award:…
Henry Chadwick Award: Mark Rucker
From daguerreotypes to stereo views to modern wire photos,…
Henry Chadwick Award: Robert Whiting
Robert “Bob” Whiting was born in 1942 in Long Branch, New…
Editor’s Note: Spring 2023 Baseball Research Journal
I think one of the things that intrigues us endlessly…
Introduction: Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America’s First Modern Ballpark
For a franchise with 40 pennants and 27 World Series championships…
Introduction: Willie Mays: Five Tools
The actress and noted Giants baseball fan Tallulah Bankhead once…
Willie Mays: The Embodiment of The Negro Leagues
“These men couldn’t do what I did because they didn’t…
Tracking Down Willie Mays’s 1948 Game Log
A teenage Willie Mays with the Birmingham Black Barons. Mays’…
The Negro Leagues Beyond 1948, and The Adventures of a Boy Named Willie
By consensus, it has been deemed that the Negro Leagues died…
Willie Mays in Trenton
Birmingham Black Barons center fielder Willie Mays was not…
Willie Mays Had a Spectacular—But Short—Stay in Minneapolis
Willie Mays with the Minneapolis Millers in 1951. (SABR-Rucker…
Willie Mays at The Polo Grounds
Willie Mays batted .298 in 399 career games at the Polo Grounds…
Willie Mays: All-Time All-Star
“They invented the All-Star Game for Willie Mays.” –…