Category Archive: Articles.1983-BRJ12

Awarded First Base on Interference

In 1983 Dale Berra of the Pirates set a major league record by…

A Unique Double Play

John Cameron was an amateur player in the Boston area picked…

A Forgotten All-Star Game

During World War II there were a number of special benefit baseball…

The Non-Home Run Hitters

Who was William Holbert? No, not the founder of the National…

The Bizarre Career of Rube Benton

John "Rube" Benton, a National League pitcher from 1910 to1925,…

Wartime Baseball: Not That Bad

After the passing of nearly 40 years, as is the case since World…

Young and Old Home Run Hitters

At the SABR National Convention in Milwaukee in July 1983, one…

Thunder and Lightning: Players With Power and Speed

Power-Plus and Thunder and Lightning are just two of the names…

Women Players in Organized Baseball

On June 21, 1952, the Harrisburg, Pa., Senators of the Inter-State…

Two Measures of Fielding Ability

Baseball has been traditionally divided into the three major…

With Two Out in the Ninth: The Almost No-Hitters

On April 15, 1983, pitcher Mitt Wilcox of the Detroit Tigers…

Today’s Battery: Babe Ruth and Joe Glenn

Every baseball fan worth his salt knows that Babe Ruth began…

The American Indian in the Major Leagues

During the long segregated era between 1887 and 1947, from the…

Silent George Burns: A Star in the Sunfield

It might have been just a case of being in the right place at…

Searching for Victory: The Story of Charles Victor(y) Faust

Charles Victor ("Victory") Faust left Marion, Kansas, in the…

Resourceful Rowe: Phillies’ Schoolboy Bats With One Arm

Pete Gray, the one-armed outfielder with the St. Louis Browns…

Requiem for a Gladiator: Pete Browning

On the southwest side of Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky,…

Playing Background of Major League Managers

While myths about managers abound (e.g. stars do not make good…

Pitcher-Player: Two-Way Players in the Major Leagues

One of the theories advanced by opponents of the designated-hitter…

One Swing A Career Does Not Make

Babe Ruth didn't do it; Hank Aaron didn't do it; Harmon Killebrew…

One Day at a Time: Leon Day Waits For Hall of Fame Call

"I just can't get over Leon Day. People don't know what a great…

Newhouser and Trout in 1944: 56 Wins and a Near Miss

Harold Newhouser and Paul Trout had come to the major leagues…

The Antioch Connection: The First Professional Game?

One of the best books ever written about baseball was Baseball…
Baseball Research Journal #12 (1983)