Ranking Baseball’s Best Single-Season Home Run Hitters

Seventy-three home runs in a single season would have been…

The Accuracy of Preseason Forecasts

Each spring produces a new crop of preseason forecasts by baseball…

Boston Red Sox Spring Training History: From 1901 to 2003

When the 2003 Boston Red Sox reported to Fort Myers, Florida,…

Ted Williams’ On-Base Performances in Consecutive Games

On-Base Performance is very important — it is the absolute…

Calculating the Odds: Joe DiMaggio’s 56-Game Hitting Streak

A certain ballplayer, with a lifetime batting average of .280,…

DiMaggio’s Hitting Streak: High ‘Hit Average’ the Key

If it weren't for eBay, I never would have written this article.…

The Vertical Illusions of Batters

For many decades, batters have maintained that a high,…

Cameras and Computers, or Umpires?

According to baseball rules: ''A STRIKE is a legal pitch when…

Why It’s So Hard to Hit .400: New Insights into an Old Statistic

Batting average measures the batter's ability to avoid striking…

Ball Exit Speed Ratio (BSER)

The NCAA requires that all nonwood bats be certified so as to…

Bat Performance Standards in NCAA Baseball

Starting with the 2000 season, the NCAA requires that bats be…

The Rise and Fall of Scoring at the College World Series

When the College World Series began in 1947, the wooden bat was…

It’s a Different Game: Aluminum Bat Performance vs. Wood Bat Performance

Jeff Bagwell, Mike Bordick, Pie Traynor, Carlton Fisk, Mickey…

Just Someone’s Old, Worn Out Pasture

1874 had been a banner year for "Base Ball" in the small river…

Late in the Game: The Integration of the Washington Senators

On September 6, 1954, more than seven years after Jackie Robinson…

May 1927: A Bizarre Month for the Cubs

In May of 1927, the Model T Ford was in its final year of production.…

A Very Special Evening

In the spring of 1953, I was a nine-year-old Boston Red Sox fan.…

Nine Baseball Scrapbooks

My father used to say, "Son, you were talkin' when you should…

Found in a Trunk

Twenty years ago, an ordinary 93-year-old childless widow named…

June Peppas and the All-American League

By the time she pitched and won the final game of the Shaughnessy …

My Father, Lance Richbourg

In 1951 my father, Lance Richbourg, was named one of three outfielders…

John McGraw Comes to New York: The 1902 Giants

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

Why Isn’t Gil Hodges in the Hall of Fame?

Gil Hodges has received more votes for the Hall of Fame than…

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