
The Bible and the Apocrypha
There can be little doubt that compared to pitching and hitting,…

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…

Breaking Balls with a Runner on Third: A Game Theoretical Analysis of Optimal Behavior
With a runner on third base, the pitcher faces a dilemma. Throwing…

Are Baseball Players Superior to Umpires in Discriminating Balls to Strikes?
Missed, bad or wrong calls are part of nearly every game and…

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
In the damp and chilly spring of 1907, at the height of the great…

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…

Global World Series: 1955-57
Milwaukee County Stadium was in its third season as home of…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Baseball
A sometime-participant, an avid fan, and a zealous promoter of…

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…

One Trade, Three Teams, and Reversal of Fortune
The 1946 season had been a deep disappointment for the New York…

1906 Cleveland Naps: Deadball Era Underachiever
Baseball history is littered with heroic performances by great…