![Official Statistical Categories Added Since the Start of the SABR Era in 1971.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Gillette-Spatz-Table-1-495x400.jpg)
Not Chiseled in Stone: Baseball’s Enduring Records and the SABR Era
When Pete Rose hustled down to first base after rapping out base…
![Lou Gehrig’s Official RBI Record (1923–1939)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Krabbenhoft-Chart-1-339x400.jpg)
Lou Gehrig’s RBI Record: Striving To Get It Right Thanks to 40 Years of Research by SABR Members
One Thousand, Nine Hundred, Ninety. Nineteen-Ninety-One. One-Nine-Nine-Five.…
![set his most enduring record in 1936-37, when he won 24 consecutive decisions, still the most by any pitcher.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Hubbell-Carl-541-46_act_CSU.large-thumbnail.jpg)
Hubbell’s Elbow: Don’t Blame the Screwball
23 PITCHES
The 1934 All-Star Game started ominously for Carl…
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Origins of the Pitching Rotation
Claims pop up with frequency that this team or that invented…
![Median wRC+ For Everyday Shortstops (1946–1970)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Werner-Figure-1.large-thumbnail.jpg)
SABR Shortstops: An Analysis of Shortstops Before and During the SABR Era
Baseball “common wisdom” says that in the days of yore, the…
![In his 10th season in 1971,](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Stargell-Skornickel-article-BRJ-40-2-324x400.jpg)
Characters With Character: Pittsburgh’s All-Black Lineup
Pittsburgh has a wealthy history in black baseball. Two of the…
![Tom Hufford, Cliff Kachline, John Pardon (in 2006)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/founders-with-plaque-1-495x400.jpg)
SABR, Baseball Statistics, and Computing: The Last Forty Years
In 1971, the year SABR was founded, the analysis of baseball…
![Herb Washington (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Washington-Herb-OA74-448_Act_NBLMcWilliams-372x400.jpg)
Designated Runner: Herb Washington
Herb Washington went to Michigan State for track and became a…
![first NL hitter to appear in the DH role in the World Series. He batted .357 for the Cincinnati Reds in 1976.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Driessen-Dan-2667-97_Bat_NBLPilling-317x400.jpg)
The DH in the World Series: Interesting Facts
Here are some interesting facts about usage of the designated…
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1977: When Earl Weaver Became Earl Weaver
All managers think about strategy, but one can argue that no…
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A Graphical View of the SABR Era
INTRODUCTION
Baseball has had a rich history in the forty years…
![A list of the 13 times players hit 40 or more home runs during the 1980s](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DAddona-Table-1.jpg)
Baseball’s Forgotten Era: The ’80s
The 1980s was a decade of transition for baseball. Power numbers…
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How Would You Like to Manage in the Majors?: Baseball Board Games and Their Dedicated Players
What if? This is one of the most often asked questions of historians.…
![Joe Carter (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Carter-Joe-2469.94_Bat_NBL-373x400.jpg)
Out of Here: Home Runs in Canada
For a long time, a significant career home run record rested…
![Established in 1936 in rural Cooperstown, New York, it plays host to an average of 350,000 visitors per year.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/HOF_exterior2-495x400.jpg)
Baseball on Exhibit: Museums in the SABR Era
For better or worse, leisure and tourism have become big business.…
![He could not have been accused of having an outfielder’s physique, but he was pressed into duty as one in a game in August 1982.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fvtipscap81-495x400.jpg)
Pitchers in the Field: The Use of Pitchers at Other Positions in the Major Leagues, 1969–2009
INTRODUCTION
Pitchers are a breed apart. On average, they are…
![set many records in his Hall of Fame career. One of them was to be the first player to garner a reliably reported five-figure salary.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Cobb-Ty-1249.78_ACT_PD-386x400.jpg)
Baseball’s Major Salary Milestones
Baseball milestones are as well known to fans as their own birthdays…
![Spent most of his career in the Pacific Coast League, but did get one at bat in the major leagues (Boston Red Sox, 1948)](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/sheridan1.jpg)
Neill “Wild Horse” Sheridan and the Longest Home Run Ever Measured
On a warm summer evening July 8, 1953, Sacramento Solon Neill…
![Total Major League HR, 1871-1918](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Green-Figure-1-495x351.jpg)
Baseball’s First Power Surge: Home Runs in the Late 19th-Century Major Leagues
Many casual baseball fans and serious sabermetricians alike hold…
![Returned to the A’s to manage in 1937 and 1939 when his father’s health was too poor to handle the job.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Montgomery-Earle_Mack-323x400.jpg)
Quicker Than Quick: A 31-Minute Professional Game
BACKGROUND: The 2010 SABR convention publication, The National…
![LSU's Box Score for Championship Game of 2009 College World Series](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Yates-Figure-1.large-thumbnail.jpg)
The PING Ratings: A Model for Rating NCAA Baseball Teams
BACKGROUND
In 2008 the Fresno State Bulldogs beat the heavily…
![Scoring for Perceptual Tests.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Smith-Table-1.large-thumbnail.jpg)
Talent Selection in Youth Baseball: Factors that Predict End-of-Season Success
INTRODUCTION
One of the most appealing reasons for talent research…
![Correlation between 50-player dataset #1.](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Beckman-Chi-Table-1.large-thumbnail.jpg)
More Highly Connected Baseball Players Have Better Offensive Performance
INTRODUCTION
Social network analysis (SNA) is the mathematical…
![BRJ-FALL-2011-cover](https://sabrweb.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BRJ-FALL-2011-cover-390x400.jpg)