Articles.2014-BRJ43-1 – Society for American Baseball Research

Overcoming war and skepticism, he began working for the Dodgers in 1947 and would go on to record virtually every pitch in the team's games for the next 18 years.

Allan Roth: The First Front Office Statistician

Played a legitimate, if limited, role in the history of baseball, but any claims to the title “father of baseball” only seem legitimate in comparison with the even more specious Doubleday myth.

The Creation of the Alexander Cartwright Myth

His caught stealing stats were studied by Bill Deane in 1991, inspiring the incorporation of caught stealing data into total player rating.

Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing by Catchers: Updating Total Player Rating

McGraw’s Streak: 26 Consecutive Games Without A Loss in 1916

Sukeforth shrugged off his importance to the Jackie Robinson story, but Robinson didn’t.

Clyde Sukeforth: The Dodgers’ Yankee and Branch Rickey’s Maine Man

Identifying Undated Ticket Stubs: An Attempt to Recapture Baseball History

Manager William Falconer is dressed in the suit in the middle.

“Many Exciting Chases After the Ball”: Nineteenth Century Base Ball in Bismarck, Dakota Territory

The Great 1952 Florida International League Pennant Race

in the uniform of the 1968–69 National Series champion Azucareros ball club, three seasons after his miraculous three-game pitching string.

Aquino Abreu: Baseball’s Other Double No-Hit Pitcher

Defiance College’s Historic 1961 Postseason

Hitting Mechanics: The Twisting Model and Ted Williams’s “The Science of Hitting”

In his 7-year major league pitching career (1913–19), he led all AL lefties with 1,000+ IP in allowing the fewest baserunners per nine innings (9.84.)

The Best Shortened-Season Hitting Performance in Major League History

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Was There a Seven Way Game? Seven Ways of Reaching First Base

George Sisler (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

The Three, or Was It Two, .400 Hitters of 1922

What Do Your Fans Want? Attendance Correlations with Performance, Ticket Prices, and Payroll Factors

Captivated fans around the American League in 1976.

Do Fans Prefer Homegrown Players? An Analysis of MLB Attendance, 1976–2012

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Spring 2014 Baseball Research Journal

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