Mark McGwire’s 162 Bases on Balls: More Than One Record in 1998

In addition to setting the major league single season record…

The Balance of Power in Baseball: Has Anything Changed?

Recent years have seen owners of small-market franchises and…

New ‘Production’: Simplify, Simplify

"Production," (PRO), usually expressed as on-base percentage…

Series Vignettes: World Series, Junior World Series, and Dixie Series

The World Series is the capstone of each baseball season. It…

Chronicling Gibby’s Glory: Bob Gibson’s amazing 1968

For baseball fans, three things stand out from the 1968 season:…

From a Researcher’s Notebook (2000)

Lou Gehrig Played First and Last Games of Consecutive…

The Big Four Come to Detroit

On September 17, 1885, the owners of the Buffalo Bisons of the…

Lifting the Iron Curtain of Cuban Baseball

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Cricket and Mr. Spalding

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Karl Lindholm: The Book

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The Pittsburgh Keystones and the 1887 Colored League

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The Evolution of the Baseball Diamond: Perfection Came Slowly

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Smokey and the Bandit: The Greatest Pitching Duel in Blackball History

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Rube Foster (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

Andrew (Rube) Foster: Gem of a Man

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Locating Philadelphia’s Historic Ballfields

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Download the e-books: SABR Review of Books

From 1986 to 1990, SABR published five volumes of the SABR…

Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900

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From Frank Merriwell to Henry Wiggen: A Modest History of Baseball Fiction

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Baseball Fans’ Notes

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Fantasy Made Real

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An Interview With Jim Brosnan

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The Realism of Roy Tucker

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10,000 Plate Appearances

THE FOLLOWING is a list through 1989 of every major-league player…