
Joe Hardy
Every so often there comes a phenom who streaks across the baseball…

Damn Yankees: A Washington Fan’s Fantasy
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…

The Oriole Way: The Founding Fathers
Major League Baseball returned to Baltimore on April 15, 1954,…

Remembering the Golden Age of Baseball
For as long as I can remember I have had an unquenchable passion…

The 100 Top-Fielding MLB Pitchers, circa 1900–2008
How important is the subject of pitchers’ fielding? Just ask…

Greatest Catchers: A Composite Ranking Methodology
Who is the greatest catcher to have ever played in the major…

Comebacks and Fisticuffs: The Eastern Shore Baseball League, 1922–1949
In 1922, the New York Yankees played the New York Giants in the…

Walter ‘Peck’ Lerian, 1928-29 Philadelphia Phillies
Curt Flood, Gene Conley, and Danny Ainge had nothing on Baltimore…

Mickey Grasso: The Catcher Was a POW
He loved kids and despised umpires. Since he was a genuinely…

A Ground-Zero Start to Building a Baseball Team and Ballpark
Many SABR members have dreamed of starting up and running a baseball…

Clark Griffith
As the owner of the Washington Senators, Clark C. Griffith occasionally…

Ted Williams
In 1969, his first season as manager of the Washington Senators,…

Washington Homers
These lists were compiled by David Vincent from the SABR Home…

A Brief History of the Washington Stars
Have you ever wondered why Willie McCovey and ten other Padres…

Up to Washington: Bob Groom’s Early Life in Baseball
Knowing and living in the same household with my grandfather…

Country Ball: Big Teams in Small Towns
It was a hot summer day in 1897 when hundreds of fans of the…

Cupid Childs
Cupid Childs was one of the best-hitting major-league second…

Rookie Connie Mack: Washington in 1887
When Connie Mack began his rookie major league season with the…

Abraham Lincoln, Ballplayer?
Baseball is among the most heavily mythologized elements of American…

Players Being ‘Clutch’ When Targeting 20 Wins
In a blog post of March 23, 2008 (“Do Players Turn ‘Clutch’…

Catcher ERA — Once More with Feeling: It’s Tough to Be a Rookie
Do catchers in general do a better job of handling the pitching…

The Little Corporation: Professional Baseball in San Francisco, 1953–1955
Of the many minor leagues that existed in professional baseball…

Who Invented Runs Produced?
Referral to the glossary of statistical terms in the first edition…