Articles.2009-BRJ38-1-Summer – Society for American Baseball Research

Zooming In On A Great Old Photo

Low-Risk Pitcher Signings — Any Reward?

He May Be Fast, But Is He Quick?

Estimating the Dollar Value of Players

Herb Washington’s Value to the 1974 A’s

The Possible Effect of Steroids on Home-Run Production

The Gentlemen’s Agreement and the Ferocious Gentleman Who Broke It

Landis, Baseball, and Racism — A Brief Comment

Does Baseball Deserve This Black Eye? Landis and Baseball Before Jackie Robinson

The Tale of the Three Tobins

Leg Men: Career Pinch-Runners in Major-League Baseball

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Summer 2009 Baseball Research Journal

‘When Fans Wanted to Rock, the Baseball Stopped’: Sports, Promotions, and the Demolition of Disco on Chicago’s South Side

Offensive Strategy and Efficiency in the United States and Dominican Republic

Remembering the Golden Age of Baseball

The 100 Top-Fielding MLB Pitchers, circa 1900–2008

Greatest Catchers: A Composite Ranking Methodology

Players Being ‘Clutch’ When Targeting 20 Wins

Catcher ERA — Once More with Feeling: It’s Tough to Be a Rookie

The Little Corporation: Professional Baseball in San Francisco, 1953–1955

Who Invented Runs Produced?

Who Has the Major-League Record for the Longest Consecutive-Games Run-Produced (CGRP) Streak?

BOOKS: In the Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig

BOOKS: Robinson, Race, and Brooklyn