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The St. Paul Unions: Minnesota’s First Fling in the Majors
Contrary to popular belief, so goes the old joke, the Minnesota…
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Three Shots of Rye
Tommy Burns, one of the lesser lights of Cap Anson's rampaging…
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Umps as Multisports Figures
The 1979 edition of the Baseball Research Journal contains a…
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Triples, The Pirates, and Forbes Field
The three-base hit made a tremendous comeback in 1979 with outstanding…
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“Under the Lights”
One hundred years ago on Thursday, September 2, 1880, teams representing…
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Unrecognized Heroes: No-Hit Umpires
The drama of All-Star, championship series, and World Series…
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Waddell and Schreck in College
Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and Stetson University…
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When Joe Bauman Hit 72 Home Runs
Some places where only baseball is played are called fields,…
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Detroit’s Dazzling Debut
The very first game played by a new franchise is always an exciting…
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Dr. Arlington Pond, Public Health Official
More than a dozen players launched careers in medicine…
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Frank W. Olin, Industrialist
Of all the former players who went into business…
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Hitting Homers Off Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson was probably the greatest pitcher in National…
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From a Researcher’s Notebook (1980)
Walter Johnson Wasn't That WildWhen Phil Niekro, the Braves'…
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Home Runs by Decades
George Herman Ruth in his heyday was known as the Sultan of Swat.…
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Edward Morgan Lewis, Educator
The entry of former players into the education…
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Inside-The-Park Home Runs
The Society launched a research project in 1976 to gather information…
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A New Breed of Baseball Players
One of America's oldest commercialized sports spectaculars, major…
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Alfred W. Lawson, Aviation Pioneer
Three weeks after Alfred William Lawson's birth in London on…
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Average Batting Skill Through Major League History
This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…
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Baseball Coverage of the Charlotte Observer
In the years between 1892 and 1925, Charlotte, North Carolina,…
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Bill Lange’s Classic Catch Re-Classified
One of the greatest baseball tales of all time involved the famous…
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Johnny Berardino and Chuck Connors, TV and Movie Actors
In the old days when vaudeville was popular, a…
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Billy Sunday, Evangelist
In recent years there has been a rather surprising emphasis on…
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