

Josh Gibson Blazes a Trail: Homering in Big League Ballparks, 1930–1946
“Josh missed immortality and a chance to endorse breakfast…

Lou Gehrig, Movie Star
A publicity still of Lou Gehrig in Tarzan garb.
As…

Warren Spahn’s Insane Stats at the Twain
As a young southpaw, I naturally felt an affinity for major league…

What’s in a Name? Examining Reactions to Major League Baseball’s Change From the Disabled List to the Injured List via Twitter
Mickey Mantle is carried off on a stretcher after injuring…

Miami Hustlers: Magic City’s First Officially Sanctioned Minor League Team
Major league baseball arrived in South Florida on April 5, 1993,…

Andy Oyler’s Two-Foot Home Run: Is It Okay to Destroy a Legend?
Minneapolis Millers shortstop Andy Oyler topped a pitch into…

What Might Have Been: Dismantling Fenway Park Before the 1920 Baseball Season?
We know it didn’t come to pass, but when Fenway Park was…

The First Baseball War: The American Association and the National League
Organized baseball is, among other things, a business structure:…

Luck, Skill, and Head-to-Head Competition in Major League Baseball
In this article I deal with two issues: the relationship between…

Major League Player Ethnicity, Participation, and Fielding Position, 1946-2018
This is a study of the relationship between major league player…

Testing the Koufax Curse: How 18 Jewish Pitchers, 18 Jewish Hitters, and Rod Carew Performed on Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement on which Jews fast, seek…

Day-In/Day-Out Double-Duty Diamondeers: 1946–60
A few days after Shohei Ohtani made his major league debut…

The Houston Asterisks: Analyzing the Effects of Sign-Stealing on the Astros’ World Series Season
In November 2019, The Athletic published an article that credibly…

Competitive Balance in the Free Agent Era: The Dog That Didn’t Bark
This paper examines competitive balance in the free agent era…

The Art of the Brushback
“Pitching is the art of instilling fear.”1 — Sandy Koufax
In…

Editor’s Note: Fall 2020 Baseball Research Journal
Historians, start your engines! The events of the year 2020 cry…