Dexter Park: ‘Brooklyn’s’ Other Ballpark

Today not too many people remember Dexter Park, but in the first…

Joe Wilhoit and Ken Guettler: Minor League Hitting Record-Setters

They were decades apart in time and hundreds of miles apart in…

Expansion Effect Revisited: 1927 Ruth or 1998 McGwire

Last year, in an article entitled "Expansion Effect," I showed…

Who Were the Real Sluggers? Top Offensive Seasons, 1900-1999

When Mark McGwire handily surpassed Roger Maris's single-season…

Hack Wilson in 1930: How to Drive in 191 Runs

Juan Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers had 101 runs batted in in…

Wait Till Next Year? Some Analyses of Win-Loss Records, 1960-1998

Having taught an introductory course on statistics for several…

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…

The Colorado Silver Bullets: Can Promotion Based on ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Be Successful?

The year 1997 marked the fourth season of operation for the Colorado…

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

Editor's note: This article is updated from the original, published…

Locating Philadelphia’s Historic Ballfields

This article was originally published in SABR's The National…

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

This article was originally published in SABR's Baseball Research…