Category Archive: Articles.2005-BRJ34

Why is the Shortstop ‘6’?

This article was published in SABR's Baseball Research Journal,…

The Best and Worst Batteries: Comparing ERAs 1960-2004

Sometimes a pitcher and a catcher (battery) come together as…

The Hawaiian All-Stars and the Harlem Globetrotters: A 1948 Barnstorming Tour

In 1946, the West Coast Negro Baseball League was organized…

Do Some Batters Reach on Errors More Than Others?

On one level, the answer to this question seems obvious: since…

Consider Your Sources: Baseball and Baked Beans in Boston

Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall…

Deconstructing the Midas Touch: Gold Glove Award Voting, 1965-2004

Gold Glove Awards, first presented in 1957, are given annu­ally…

1,000 Extra-Base Hits: A Mark of Greatness?

Many things contribute to playing winning baseball, but…

World Series Winners and Losers: What’s the Difference?

When the Boston Red Sox recorded the final out against the St.…

Teams With Three 20-Game Winners

In the baseball season just concluded, Dontrelle Willis of…

The Best Postseason Ever: Wild Bill Serena’s 1947 Batting Feats

You can whiffle all you want about Reggie Jackson's 18 post-season…

A Small, Yet Momentous Gesture

Bruce Markusen's Baseball's Last Dynasty: Charlie Finley's Oakland…

Unsolved Photo Mysteries

My Mom started me on my never-ending search for the per­fect…

Which Great Teams Were Just Lucky?

A team's season record is massively influenced by luck.…

The Honor Rolls of Baseball

Who deserves to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and…

Do Batters Learn During a Game?

It is common to hear batters and pitchers comment on the…

Cumulative Home Run Frequency and the Recent Home Run Explosion

British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli once remarked…

In Search of Clutch Hitting

Clutch hitting is back in fashion in the baseball research…

Are Traded Players ‘Lemons’?

In 2001, economist George Akerlof won a Nobel Prize for Economics…

I Don’t Care If I Ever Get Back: Marathons Lasting Six or More Hours

For more than 40 years I have exhaustively researched marathon…

Has Greg Maddux Employed the ‘Bagwell Gambit’ in His Career?

In a Newsweek article George Will called Greg Maddux "the most…

Normalized Winning Percentage, Revisited

In the 1996 Baseball Research Journal, I presented some­thing…
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