SABR Editorial Board seeks new baseball research project proposals
For the past 50 years, SABR’s mission has always been to publish and promote member research. That research has taken many forms, from the early days of committee newsletters and pamphlets to today’s collaborative model of printed and electronic books, themed research journals, and multimedia web projects.
Since the SABR Digital Library program was established in 2011, SABR has published more than 100 original books (all of which are available as free downloads to members.) It has become clear that members will always have more ideas and more research than we can keep up with publishing in our current model. Committees, chapters, and members are working on more projects now than at any other time in SABR’s history. The SABR.org website, with a growing audience of nearly 3 million annual visitors, affords members even more opportunities to publish their work online and take advantage of digital publishing technologies.
SABR’s Editorial Board — which includes Scott Bush, Dirk Lammers, Bill Nowlin, Jacob Pomrenke, Cecilia Tan, Marlene Vogelsang, and Sarah Wexler — was established in 2020 to evaluate proposals for publication. The Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.
- Visit https://bit.ly/sabr-editorial-board-proposals to submit a SABR project proposal online
Next deadline: April 1, 2025 (for publication in 2026 or early 2027)
Proposals will be graded using the following criteria: Significance, Interest, Marketability, Intersectionality, Originality, and Likelihood of Completion.
SABR seeks to publish 2-4 web-based multimedia projects (click here for more examples) and 6-8 books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.
Two sample project proposals can be downloaded by clicking here. Previously published web projects can be viewed here.
Deadlines for review are April and October, with a likely publication timeline of about 18-24 months. For example, a proposal submitted by April 1, 2025, would be considered for publication in Fall 2026, although some timely projects may be published earlier.
For questions about the submission process, please contact SABR Publications Director Cecilia Tan at pubdir@sabr.org.
- Frequently Asked Questions: Click here to learn more about the SABR editorial submission process
Originally published: October 1, 2024. Last Updated: November 12, 2024.