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…
Steve Gietscher

Henry Chadwick Award: Steve Gietschier

These are the qualifications for the Henry Chadwick Award:…
Mark Rucker

Henry Chadwick Award: Mark Rucker

From daguerreotypes to stereo views to modern wire photos,…
Robert Whiting

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…
Yankee Stadium 1923-2008: America's First Modern Ballpark, edited by Tara Krieger and Bill Nowlin

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.” –…

Willie Mays and Ted Williams Face Off

There were the All-Star Games, of course, and the two faced…

Mantle vs. Mays

For decades, baseball fans have debated who was the better…

Willie Mays Returns to New York

Willie Mays' skills had diminished by the time the New York…
Willie Mays: Five Tools, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks

Willie Mays Night at Shea Stadium

Willie Mays with the New York Mets (National Baseball Hall…

The Defensive Excellence of Willie Mays

One baseball executive said Willie Mays’ glove was “where…

‘Now Playing In …’: Willie Mays’ Other Positions

Willie Mays played in more regular-season games in center…