The Best Postseason Ever: Wild Bill Serena’s 1947 Batting Feats

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A Small, Yet Momentous Gesture

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Unsolved Photo Mysteries

My Mom started me on my never-ending search for the per­fect…

Which Great Teams Were Just Lucky?

A team's season record is massively influenced by luck.…

The Honor Rolls of Baseball

Who deserves to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and…

Do Batters Learn During a Game?

It is common to hear batters and pitchers comment on the…

Cumulative Home Run Frequency and the Recent Home Run Explosion

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once remarked…

In Search of Clutch Hitting

Clutch hitting is back in fashion in the baseball research…

Are Traded Players ‘Lemons’?

In 2001, economist George Akerlof won a Nobel Prize for Economics…

I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting Six or More Hours

For more than 40 years I have exhaustively researched marathon…

Has Greg Maddux Employed the ‘Bagwell Gambit’ in His Career?

In a Newsweek article George Will called Greg Maddux "the most…

Normalized Winning Percentage, Revisited

In the 1996 Baseball Research Journal, I presented some­thing…

Underestimating the Fog

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Introduction: Road Trips: SABR Convention Journal Articles

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The Cincinnati Base Hit

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Brewery Jack Taylor: Big Talent, Big Problem

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A Cincy Legend: A Narrative of Bumpus Jones’ Baseball Career

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Anything Can Happen in Wrigley Field

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Ed Reulbach’s Shutout Doubleheader

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Larrupin’ Lou Gehrig Bids the Fans Adieu in Kansas City

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And the Last Shall Be First: Louisville Club Zooms From Cellar To Pennant in 1890

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Slow Tragedy: The Saga of Pete Browning

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