
The Growth of 'Three True Outcomes': From Usenet Joke to Baseball Flashpoint
It all started as a lark. Back in the mid-1990s, during the Internet’s…

The Struggle to Define 'Valuable': Tradition vs. Sabermetrics in the 2012 AL MVP Race
"When you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of…

The Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits Into Losses
“Under current generally accepted accounting principles, I…

The Black Sox Scandal
Over the decades, major-league baseball has produced a host of…

Do Hitters Boost Their Performance During Their Contract Years?
Each season, baseball fans and journalists alike identify which…

Clutch Hitting in the Major Leagues: A Psychological Perspective
Sabermetricians have been arguing about the reality of clutch…

Lou Gehrig’s RBI Record: 1923–39
INTRODUCTION
In his Hall-of-Fame career, Lou Gehrig established…

The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller
Introduction
In his December 29, 2005 internet blog, John…

Zooming In On A Great Old Photo
Wide-angle views of early baseball games provide an unending…

History versus Harry Frazee: Re-revising the Story
When the Boston Red Sox won the World Series in 1918, it was…

Pots & Pans and Bats & Balls
This essay is modified only slightly from the keynote speech…

The Effects of Integration, 1947-1986
In early 2007 major league baseball marked the 60th anniversary…

Clemente's Entry into Organized Baseball: Hidden in Montreal?
A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting…

New Light on an Old Scandal
My interest in the “Black Sox scandal” began at summer’s…

The Colorado Silver Bullets: Can Promotion Based on 'Battle of the Sexes' Be Successful?
The year 1997 marked the fourth season of operation for the Colorado…

Jackie Robinson’s Signing: The Real Story
Author's note: Jules Tygiel and I collaborated on this story…

Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts
This article was originally published in SABR's The National…

In Pursuit of Bull Durham
Perhaps the most intriguing mystery in our pursuit of "missing"…

Out at Home: Baseball Draws the Color Line, 1887
This article was originally published in SABR's The National…

Runs and Wins
Most statistical analyses of baseball have been concerned with…

Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting Marty McHale
Damon Runyon once wrote a story about me, saying this fellow…

Average Batting Skill Through Major League History
Is the American or the National a tougher league in which to…

The First Negro in 20th Century Organized Baseball
In the last two decades of the 19th century, some 30 Negro players…

The Best Games Pitched in Relief
There are ways of recognizing the best pitched games of starting…