Category Archive: Articles.2012-BRJ41-1

The Bible and the Apocrypha

There can be little doubt that compared to pitching and hitting,…
Pitched from 1927-1941 and hit 38 career homers.

Pitchers Dig the Long Ball (At Least When They Are Hitting)

There have been many pitchers who also excelled with the bat,…

Hank Greenberg’s American League RBI Record

Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg wrote, “My goal in baseball…

Are Baseball Players Superior to Umpires in Discriminating Balls to Strikes?

Missed, bad or wrong calls are part of nearly every game and…
pitched double no-hitter for Cincinnati Reds in 1938.

Johnny Vander Meer’s Third No-Hitter

The night of July 15, 1952, looked unpromising for baseball…

“Sparky”

The passion of a baseball player at Dorsey High School in Los…

Pop Kelchner, Gentleman Jake, The Giant-Killer, and the Kane Mountaineers

Part I: The Great Glass Era In the damp and chilly spring of…
Catcher Anna Kimbrell, pitcher Ashley Sujkowski and infielder Sarah Gascon.

American Women Play Hardball in Venezuela: Team USA battles invisibility at home, is celebrated abroad, and faces gunfire at the Women’s World Cup

Of the major American sports, baseball is the only one that continues…
On leave from the Boston Braves, he dominated the Japanese in two games of their five-game series with the Fort Myer Colonials.

Global World Series: 1955-57

Milwaukee County Stadium was in its third season as home of…
Seen here in 1913, he made four trips to North America.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Baseball

This article will trace the interest of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle…
Presented with flowers before a game during the 1934 baseball tour of Japan.

Babe Ruth and Eiji Sawamura

This article was selected for inclusion in SABR 50 at 50: The…

Expos Get First Franchise No-Hitter Right Out of the Gate

The San Diego Padres have been around since 1969 and are awaiting…
No longer

One Trade, Three Teams, and Reversal of Fortune

The 1946 season had been a deep disappointment for the New York…
In 1906, Cleveland player-manager was second in AL batting at .355.

1906 Cleveland Naps: Deadball Era Underachiever

Baseball history is littered with heroic performances by great…
Baseball Research Journal, Spring 2012 (Vol. 41, No. 1)

Spring 2012 Baseball Research Journal

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