The ’62 Mets: Blame Weiss and Stengel
The 1962 Mets were a lot worse than they looked.
That's an…
Dizzy Dean, Brownie for a Day
It ain't braggin' if you can back it up. That was the reply of…
The Chicago Cubs’ College of Coaches: A Management Innovation That Failed
P.K. Wrigley and the Chicago Cubs' "College of Coaches" in…
Death in the Ohio State League
The year 1906 was one of change for minor league baseball in…
Sound Bites: Noise at Big-League Ballparks
A .357 Magnum fired at arm's length slams your eardrums with…
This Is Your Sport on Cocaine: The Pittsburgh Trials of 1985
"In the '80s we had a terrible cocaine problem. Did…
The First Unknown Soldier: General Emmett O’Donnell, Baseball Commissioner
When General William D. Eckert was elected to the office of baseball…
Was Roy Cullenbine a Better Batter Than Joe DiMaggio?
In Bill Borst's article ''A St. Louis Harbinger: The 1942 Browns,"…
Twilight at Ebbets Field
Ebbets Field has been gone for nearly half a century, but the…
I’m a Faster Man Than You Are, Heinie Zim
Although not now as legendary as Fred Merkle's base-running blunder…
Effect of Batting Order (Not Lineup) on Scoring
This present study is an outgrowth of my presentation in 2004…
Still Searching for Clutch Pitchers
More than two decades ago, Pete Palmer contributed what I think…
The Demise of the Reserve Clause: The Players’ Path to Freedom
A moment that marked a dramatic shift in the power structure…
Marathon Men: Rube and Cy Go the Distance
Cy Young didn't have a problem when asked to choose his biggest…
The Windowbreakers: The New York Giants in 1947
Nobody saw it coming. Nobody could have, because nothing quite…
Revisiting Bill Veeck and the 1943 Phillies
Few pieces published in a SABR journal have had a greater impact…
Interleague Attendance Boost Mostly a Mirage
Over the past 10 years, interleague play has become one of the…
Does Money Buy Success? The Relationship Between Payrolls and Victories in Major League Baseball, 1996–2005
Unlike every other major professional sport in the United States,…
All Saves Are Not Created Equal
When the Fireman of the Year award was created in 1960, the term…
Fenway Park’s Hand-Operated Scoreboard
On the evening of August 15, 2006, Nate Moulter and Mike Gavin…
More Interesting Statistical Combinations
In Baseball Research Journal 33 Fred Worth presented an intriguing…
DiMaggio’s Challengers
Joe DiMaggio’s record hitting streak of 56 games is probably…
New Light on an Old Scandal
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…
The Curse of the . . . Hurlers? Consequential Yankees–Red Sox Trades of Note
The Curse of the Bambino hovered over the Boston Red Sox for…