Supplemental.2018-TNP – Society for American Baseball Research https://sabr.org Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:03:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Editor’s note: 2018 The National Pastime https://sabr.org/journal/article/editors-note-2018-the-national-pastime/ Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:19:42 +0000 http://dev.sabr.org/journal_articles/editors-note-2018-the-national-pastime/ A note from the editor of The National Pastime.SABRen, welcome to “The Burgh,” home to some truly significant episodes in baseball history, being not only the home to the great Negro Leagues teams the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords, but to a major-league team who came by their name honestly — no pun intended — for what others called the “piratical” practice of poaching players.

The articles in this volume are arranged roughly chronologically, starting from the opening of Forbes Field in 1909 and carrying through to the annual ritual that takes place every October at the section of the Forbes Field outfield wall that still stands today. Fans re-live the magic of Game Seven of the 1960 World Series on the very spot where Bill Mazeroski’s home run flew like David’s stone into the head of Goliath. Sounds like nearly as much fun as the annual ritual known as the SABR National Convention, which brings us to a different city every year, and thus a different theme for The National Pastime.

The greats are here of course: Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, Roberto Clemente, Wille Stargell, but as usual for a SABR publication we look for the angles and storylines in history that aren’t in Baseball History 101. So we’ll look at Honus Wagner’s election bid for sheriff, pitcher Mudcat Grant’s singing career in the time of Jim Crow, and the exploits of a Guy named Bush. It wouldn’t be SABR without a little number-crunching, so enjoy the retroactive analysis of Honus Wagner as a “five-tool player” and the conclusion that the Cubs’ greatest rivals are none other than the Pirates. If you’re at the SABR 48 convention, you may get to debate that point with the author, perhaps over libations. If you’re not at the convention, it’s not too late to join SABR (anyone may join) and be a part of the fun next year! 

— Cecilia M. Tan, Publications Director

]]> Download the 2018 TNP e-book https://sabr.org/journal/article/download-the-2018-tnp-e-book/ Thu, 31 May 2018 00:56:59 +0000 http://dev.sabr.org/journal_articles/download-the-2018-tnp-e-book/ Read the 2018 TNP on your computer or e-reader in PDF, EPUB, or MOBI formats!

Since 2009, The National Pastime has served as SABR’s convention-focused publication. Published annually, this research journal provides in-depth articles focused on the respective geographic region where the national convention is taking place in a given year. All SABR members receive a free e-book copy of The National Pastime as part of their membership benefits, while attendees of the national convention also receive a souvenir print edition in their goody bags.

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]]> Appendix 1: Cubs: Pirates’ Biggest Rivals? https://sabr.org/journal/article/appendix-1-cubs-pirates-biggest-rivals/ Wed, 30 May 2018 22:44:39 +0000 http://dev.sabr.org/journal_articles/appendix-1-cubs-pirates-biggest-rivals/ This appendix is related to the article, “Cubs: Pirates’ Biggest Rivals?” by William McMahon.  This appendix is related to the article, “Cubs: Pirates’ Biggest Rivals?” by William McMahon.

 

CHICAGO CUBS
Position Players

Name Years AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA
1B
C.Anson 1887-97 637 202 27 12 6   .317
F.Chance 1898-1911 574 160 20 10 2   .279
C.Grimm 1925-34,36 705 203 34 10 12 96 .288
P.Cavarretta 1934-53 1010 299 59 17 14 129 .296
E.Banks 1954-71 1209 344 51 12 57 187 .285
M.Grace 1988-2000 632 200 36 3 8 71 .316
A.Rizzo 2012-17 374 118 33 1 23 80 .316
2B                
J.Evers 1902-13 692 179 23 12 0   .259
R.Hornsby 1929-32 204 75 14 4 11 54 .368
B.Herman 1931-41 797 252 49 9 5 86 .316
R.Sandberg 1982-94, 96-97 867 253 47 11 30 99 .292
3B                
H.Zimmerman 1907-16 544 150 22 10 4   .276
S.Hack 1932-47 1089 337 55 15 7 109 .309
R.Santo 1960-73 900 254 48 7 37 146 .282
A.Ramirez 2003-11 428 123 28 0 25 82 .287
SS                
J.Tinker 1902-12,16 785 188 34 16 3   .239
W.English 1927-36 590 180 35 5 4 48 .305
B.Jurges 1931-38, 46-47 561 148 37 5 5 64 .264
D.Kessinger 1964-75 714 168 19 4 2 51 .235
OF                
J.Ryan 1887-89, 91-1900 701 226 34 20 7   .322
J.Slagle 1902-08 526 123 16 3 0   .234
F.Schulte 1904-16 834 208 34 12 5   .249
J.Sheckard 1906-12 525 118 34 8 2   .225
H.Wilson 1926-31 450 150 27 7 20 112 .333
R.Stephenson 1926-34 438 138 31 4 5 75 .315
K.Cuyler 1928-35 516 158 32 8 9 91 .306
B.Nicholson 1939-48 708 187 36 6 25 111 .264
A.Pafko 1944-51 496 132 19 4 22 82 .266
H.Sauer 1949-55 456 136 16 2 35 107 .298
B.Williams 1959-74 967 285 42 21 38 140 .295
A.Dawson 1987-92 389 90 9 2 18 58 .231
S.Sosa 1992-2004 590 165 26 2 37 119 .280
A.Soriano 2007-2013 382 116 22 1 28 74 .304
C                
J.Kling 1901-08, 10-11 467 117 12 7 2   .251
G.Hartnett 1922-40 938 280 60 7 38 171 .299
R.Hundley 1966-73. 76-77 338 87 13 1 10 36 .257
J.Davis 1981-88 351 95 21 1 9 44 .271

 

Pitchers

Name Years G GS W L SO BB IP ERA SHO SV
B.Hutchinson 1889-95 45 37 27 13 137 136 355   1 1
C.Griffith 1894-1900 23 23 15 8 71 55 209   1 0
J.Taylor 1898-1903, 1906-07 28 27 17 9 51 60 256   0 2
M.Brown 1904-12 52 39 22 22 169 79 372   10 2
E.Reulbach 1905-13 33 23 11 10 84 72 178   3 0
L.Cheney 1912-15 27 22 12 10 75 68 173 2.70 2 2
H.Vaughn 1914-21 42 36 26 10 170 100 334 1.67 6 0
G.Alexander 1919-26 34 32 13 15 71 27 250 3.68 2 1
S.Blake 1924-31 37 20 10 10 53 79 164 4.76 2 2
G.Bush 1924-34 63 29 22 13 92 104 291 4.14 0 3
C.Root 1926-41 82 41 17 27 162 136 367 4.66 2 3
P.Malone 1928-34 41 31 16 11 111 99 237 3.99 1 2
L.Warneke 1931-36, 42-43, 45   20 11 8 71 46 166 2.98 0 3
B.Lee 1934-43,47 53 42 22 16 111 101 339 3.06 4 1
L.French 1935-41 45 32 12 15 100 69 255 3.81 5 1
C.Passeau 1939-47 38 26 13 12 86 69 219 3.62 0 3
P.Erickson 1941-48 37 19 10 12 114 100 202 3.25 3 2
B.Rush 1948-57 46 39 20 15 143 100 295 3.18 1 2
P.Minner 1950-56 41 36 16 16 101 76 267 3.40 1 2
D.Ellsworth 1960-66 29 27 6 16 95 46 175 4.64 0 0
F.Jenkins 1966-73, 82-83 52 43 14 23 229 57 322 3.30 1 1
R.Reuschel 1972-81, 83-84 42 42 13 19 151 85 266 4.39 2 0
B.Sutter 1976-80 28 0 1 5 43 25 43 2.53 0 10
L.Smith 1980-87 44 2 1 6 71 30 70 3.71 0 16
R.Sutcliffe 1984-91 27 26 11 10 139 57 176 3.47 4 0
G.Maddux 1986-92, 2004-05 30 30 12 14 124 68 200 3.51 2 0
C.Zambrano 2001-11 32 28 13 8 154 82 173 3.95 0 0
C.Marmol 2006-13 55 0 1 3 88 31 58 2.93 0 17

 

PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Position Players

Name Years AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA SB
1B
J.Beckley 1888-89,91-96 429 138 19 18 3   .322  
G.Grantham 1925-31 459 144 31 9 7 80 .314  
G.Suhr 1930-39 731 204 39 19 18 127 .279  
2B                  
F.Gustine 1939-48 579 169 31 4 3 65 .292  
B.Mazeroski 1956-72 978 248 44 12 19 90 .254  
3B                  
T.Leach 1900-12,18 887 206 18 15 1   .232  
P.Traynor 1921-35 1046 312 49 19 4 154 .298  
B.Elliott 1939-46 559 168 20 13 7 91 .301  
R.Hebner 1968-76,82-83 508 166 23 6 25 83 .327  
SS                  
H.Wagner 1900-17 1302 377 84 13 7   .290 70 SB
A.Vaughan 1932-41 746 248 39 16 10 118 .332  
D.Groat 1952,55-62 674 209 36 5 4 60 .310  
OF                  
G.Beaumont 1899-1906 554 184 15 7 2   .332  
F.Clarke 1900-11,13-14 816 239 43 22 3   .293  
M.Carey 1911-26 1192 343 45 17 7   .288 99 SB
C.Bigbee 1916-26 622 192 24 12 2 47 .309  
P.Waner 1926-40 1203 422 76 25 11 163 .351  
L.Waner 1927-41,44-45 1019 310 38 17 1 65 .304  
V.DiMaggio 1940-44 371 101 22 2 12 54 .272  
R.Kiner 1946-53 552 156 27 3 46 124 .283  
F.Thomas 1951,53-58 510 153 40 3 29 108 .300  
B.Skinner 1954,56-63 517 144 24 7 13 67 .279  
R.Clemente 1955-72 1166 374 48 19 41 186 .321  
B.Virdon 1956-65 750 185 33 13 7 57 .247  
W.Stargell 1963-82 942 276 58 5 50 167 .293  
A.Oliver 1968-77 603 199 38 5 21 99 .330  
D.Parker 1973-83 566 182 36 5 19 85 .322  
B.Bonds 1986-92 435 104 28 5 20 59 .239  
A.McCutchen 2009-17 540 163 32 5 22 83 .302  
C                  
G.Gibson 1905-16 522 125 24 4 0   .239  
M.Sanguillen 1967,69-76,78-80 495 160 24 9 10 68 .323  
J.Kendall 1996-2004 388 117 24 3 6 47 .302  

 

Pitchers

Name Years G GS W L SO BB IP ERA SHO SV
P.Galvin 1887-89,91-92 28 26 16 11 66 49 250   1 0
J.Tannehill 1897-1902 20 19 13 6 59 26 175   0 0
S.Leever 1899-1910 45 34 23 14 99 61 310   4 2
D.Phillippe 1900-11 47 35 17 19 132 42 351   1 1
H.Camnitz 1904,07-13 40 32 16 14 119 82 260   3 3
L.Leifield 1905-12 47 38 16 21 113 97 320   5 2
B.Adams 1909-16,18-26 73 53 25 24 138 79 422   7 4
W.Cooper 1913-24 79 58 30 27 217 123 510 2.60 7 4
B.Grimes 1916-17,28-29,34 22 14 12 3 62 47 149 2.96 3 0
E.Hamilton 1918-23 26 21 10 6 59 46 173 2.75 1 0
J.Morrison 1921-27 34 20 15 8 73 64 198 2.64 4 4
L.Meadows 1923-28 26 19 10 10 64 51 172 2.98 1 0
R.Kremer 1924-31,33 39 34 18 10 84 81 244 4.36 3 0
H.Meine 1929-34 25 22 10 8 37 51 155 3.95 2 1
B.Swift 1932-39 45 22 9 14 63 53 199 4.70 0 2
M.Brown 1935-40 46 6 8 4 46 40 108 4.07 0 6
R.Sewell 1938-49 75 54 36 19 140 130 447 2.84 6 6
M.Dickson 1949-53 31 18 10 9 83 50 167 2.74 3 1
V.Law 1950-51,54-67 62 47 18 22 120 65 323 4.37 2 1
B.Friend 1951-65 69 58 26 21 245 97 442 3.54 5 2
E.Face 1953,55-66 113 5 20 13 116 63 187 3.57 0 32
A.McBean 1961-68,70 55 10 12 4 77 63 142 2.59 1 11
B.Veale 1962-72 39 30 11 12 181 96 204 3.40 2 0
S.Blass 1964,66-74 35 26 13 11 102 60 181 3.49 2 1
B.Moose 1968-73,75-76 37 22 11 8 109 50 182 2.57 3 4
D.Ellis 1968-75,79 27 23 14 3 90 42 174 2.74 2 0
D.Giusti 1970-76 44 0 10 3 41 34 66 2.05 0 15
B.Kison 1971-79 30 20 11 5 84 60 158 2.62 0 2
J.Rooker 1973-80 30 26 11 9 87 67 197 2.65 2 2
J.Candelaria 1975-80, 82-85, 93 34 25 15 5 128 33 185 2.77 1 3
K.Tekulve 1975-85 74 0 8 5 44 44 106 2.73 0 8
D.Robinson 1978-87 46 12 10 9 96 36 156 3.35 1 7
R.Rhoden 1980-86 24 22 12 5 92 42 157 3.09 2 1
D.Drabek 1987-92 27 25 14 7 120 40 188 2.93 2 0
M.Williams 1998-2003 29 0 2 3 26 16 29 5.22 0 10
P.Maholm 2005-11 17 17 9 3 63 27 104 5.04 1 0
J.Hanrahan 2009-12 24 0 2 0 37 7 24 2.62 0 10
M.Melancon 2013-16 34 0 2 1 42 5 35 2.55 0 13
G.Cole 2013-17 14 14 9 3 103 20 90 2.50 0 0

 

Ernie Banks vs. Roberto Clemente, Head to Head

  AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BA
Through 1960              
E.Banks 612 203 28 11 40 121 .332
R.Clemente 389 113 13 5 7 44 .290
               
After 1960              
E.Banks 597 141 23 1 17 66 .236
R.Clemente 777 261 35 14 34 142 .336
]]> Appendix 1: Honus Wagner: Baseball’s Prototypical Five-Tooler? https://sabr.org/journal/article/appendix-1-honus-wagner-baseballs-prototypical-five-tooler/ Wed, 30 May 2018 22:42:04 +0000 http://dev.sabr.org/journal_articles/appendix-1-honus-wagner-baseballs-prototypical-five-tooler/ This appendix is related to the article, “Honus Wagner: Baseball’s Prototypical Five-Tooler?” by Herm Krabbenhoft.  This appendix is related to the article, “Honus Wagner: Baseball’s Prototypical Five-Tooler?” by Herm Krabbenhoft.

 

Tables A-1 through A-8 provide the career performance results for each Hall of Famer whose career commenced before Willie Mays began his Big League career on May 25, 1951, as well as those whose careers started within five years of Mays’s ML debut and whose careers also overlapped with Mays’s career for at least fifteen years. The A, B, and C columns give the number of times the player had the highest percentage (A), the second or third highest percentage (B), and the fourth or fifth highest percentage (C) in the particular batting or base stealing metric. The “1/2” columns give the number of times the player had the highest percentage (1) or the second highest percentage (2) in the particular fielding metric. The fourteen players (along with their rankings which qualified them) shown in boldface in Tables A-1 through A-8 are included (along with Willie Mays) in Table 1 in the main article. The Tables A-1 through A-8 are organized according to the principal position of the player, as specified in The National Baseball Hall of Fame Almanac (2017 Edition). To facilitate comparison of a player’s rankings with Mays’s rankings, Mays’s line is provided in the heading of each table.

It is pointed out that the career fielding information given in the tables reflects the sum of the rankings the player achieved in each year of his career. In that regard it is emphasized that players did not always play their principal position every year. For example, Stan Musial, while classified as a left fielder, was his team’s principal fielder at four different positions:

  • Left Field — seven seasons [1942 (133 G), 1951 (83 G), 1953 (139 G), 1960 (58 G), 1961 (102 G), 1962 (98 G), and 1963 (96 G)].
  • Right Field — five seasons [1943 (122 G), 1944 (124 G), 1948 (81 games), 1949 (123 G), and 1954 (146 G)].
  • Center Field — one season [1952 (106 G)].
  • First Base — eight seasons [1946 (114 G), 1947 (149 G), 1950 (69 G), 1955 (110 G), 1956 (103 G), 1957 (130 G), 1958 (124 G), and 1959 (90 G)].

So, in ascertaining Musial’s top-two rankings in the various fielding metrics, he was compared with fellow left fielders for 1942, 1953, and 1961, with fellow right fielders for 1943, 1944, 1949, and 1954, with fellow center fielders for 1952, and with fellow first basemen for 1946, 1947, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958. For each of these seasons he played in at least 100 games at his principal position. Thus, Musial earned his ten career FA top-twos as follows: Seven Firsts [4 in RF (1943, 1944, 1949, and 1954)]; [2 in LF (1953 and 1961)]; and [1 at First Base (1955)]. Three Seconds [2 at First Base (1947 and 1956)]; [1 in CF (1952)].

It is noted that the official rules dictate that to qualify for the FA title a player must play in a specific position in at least two-thirds of his team’s games. For the old 154-games schedule, two-thirds is 103 games (102.667 games). For simplicity, I deemed 100 games to be sufficient to qualify for a top-two ranking in the various fielding metrics. For the current 162-games schedule, two-thirds is 108 games. For simplicity, I deemed 105 games to be adequate to qualify for a top-two ranking in the fielding metrics. See below for the minimum number of games needed for seasons of less than 154 games.

The current official rules mandate that a minimum of 3.1 plate appearances per game played by one’s team(s) are required to qualify for the league title in the BA, OBP, SLG, and ISO metrics. I used the 3.1 plate appearances per scheduled game and then for simplicity rounded the number down. The complete breakdown of the plate appearances and games at a specific fielding position needed for each season is shown in Table A-0. It is pointed out that using plate appearances throughout (instead of at bats) resulted in some players having the highest BA even though they were not the official BA champion — e.g. Enos Slaughter had the highest qualifying BA in 1942 (.318 in 687 PAs) even though Ernie Lombardi was recognized as the official BA champion (.330 in 347 PAs).

For the SBP metric, to qualify for a top-five ranking the player had to be in the top-15 in SBs. Thus, the minimum number of SBs needed varied from season to season. For example, in the NL: in 1953, 6 SBs ranked 15th; in 1959, 10 SBs ranked 15th; in 1966, 13 SBs ranked 15th; in 1974, 23 SBs ranked 15th.

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]]> The National Pastime: Steel City Stories (Pittsburgh, 2018) https://sabr.org/journals/2020-national-pastime-3 Wed, 30 May 2018 22:40:06 +0000 http://dev.sabr.org/journal/steel-city-stories/