Watch a video replay of 2025 SABR Founders’ Day Celebration
SABR held its inaugural Founders’ Day celebration on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, with a panel discussion on Zoom looking back at SABR history.
Panelists included Tom Hufford — a founding member of SABR — Mark Armour, Dick Cramer, and moderator Neal Traven. Hufford was selected as the winner of this year’s Bob Davids Award, SABR’s highest honor; Armour and Traven are also past recipients. Cramer and Armour have been honored with the Henry Chadwick Award.
Following the panel, Allen Tait was recognized as the recipient of the 2025 SABR Founders’ Day Award, which recognizes a member who has contributed significant or enduring service as a leader of a regional chapter or research committee.
SABR was founded in August 1971 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York, where 16 “statistorians” led by L. Robert Davids gathered to form a new organization dedicated to baseball research. Click here to learn more about SABR’s founding members.
Originally published: August 14, 2025. Last Updated: August 14, 2025.