This Week in SABR: April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024/in This Week in SABR /by Jacob Pomrenke

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, April 19, 2024.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

Voting begins in SABR Board of Directors election
More featured speakers announced for SABR 52 in Minneapolis
Last chance to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship
Contribute to SABR’s Four Pillars Fund
19th Century Conference begins in Cooperstown
In Memoriam: Whitey Herzog

SABR 52: Thad Levine, LaTroy Hawkins, Glen Perkins added to speakers lineup

We hope you’ll join us for SABR’s 52nd annual convention on August 7-11, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota! We’re excited to announce more featured speakers from the Minnesota Twins:

Kris Atteberry, Lead Radio Play-by-Play Broadcaster
LaTroy Hawkins, Former MLB Pitcher and Broadcaster
Josh Kalk, Vice President, Baseball Operations Strategy & Innovation
Thad Levine, Senior Vice President, General Manager
Glen Perkins, Former MLB Pitcher and Broadcaster
Josh Ruffin, Assistant Director, Player Development Research
Hans Van Slooten, Senior Data Engineer

We’ll also be hearing from Hall of Famers Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Bert Blyleven, and Jim Kaat at SABR 52. Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.

SABR 52 will be the most accessible and social experience we’ve ever organized as we emphasize SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship, so sign up today to join us! All baseball fans are welcome to attend.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more.

Last chance to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship

Deadline extended! Students, apply before April 19, 2024, to be considered for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on June 6-9, 2024, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York. Click here to learn more or to download a Yoseloff Scholarship application.

All baseball fans are welcome to attend the 2024 Malloy Conference. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before May 24, along with a new virtual registration option. In-person attendees will also have an opportunity to view the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit, The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball.

Schedule: Click here to view the 2024 Malloy Conference schedule.
Information Packet: Click here to download the conference information packet (PDF)
Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, learn more or apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2024 Malloy Conference. Deadline: April 19, 2024.
Library Grants: Click here to download an application for the $500 Dick Clark Memorial Library Grants (PDF). Deadline: September 16, 2024.

Visit SABR.org/malloy to learn more or to register.

Contribute to SABR’s Four Pillars Fund

Research – Preservation – Scholarship – Future of the Game. These are the four pillars on which SABR stands as an organization.

Each pillar represents one of our organizational values and the support of donors like you makes a significant impact on our ability to fortify our foundation while also fulfilling SABR’s vision of becoming the essential community for the world of baseball.

This spring, we ask you to contribute to the FOUR PILLARS FUND. Our goal is to raise $65,000 during this campaign to strengthen each of our four pillars by supporting baseball research, committing to preservation, furthering the reach of our scholarship, and building a bridge to the future of the game.

To donate or learn more about SABR’s Four Pillars Fund and the existing efforts and exciting new initiatives that will be funded by a successful campaign, visit SABR.org/donate/four-pillars.

Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference begins in Cooperstown

The 15th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference began today at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Programming runs through Saturday, April 20, and the event is now sold out.

The 2024 conference will be highlighted by a keynote address from author Michael Haupert, along with a panel discussion on the Knickerbocker club with Bruce Allardice, Thomas Gilbert, Bob Tholkes, and moderator Bill Ryczek; a 19th-century artifact session with Robert Mayer, Gary Passamonte, and Jonathan Popovich; a Member Spotlight interview of Thomas Gilbert by Bob Bailey; plus research presentations.

Visit SABR.org/ivor-campbell19c to learn more.

2024 Dubuque Baseball Classic highlights

The inaugural Dubuque Baseball Classic, supported in part by a $2,500 SABR Local Grant and organized by SABR’s Field of Dreams (Iowa) Chapter, was held on April 13-14, 2024. More than 60 people attended the two-day baseball symposium, which complemented the Dubuque Museum of Art’s Picturing America’s Pastime exhibition, presented by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and curated by SABR member John T. Pregler.

Featured speakers included Cal Eldred, former MLB pitcher and coach; Larry Young, MLB Supervisor of Umpires; and historians and authors Phil S. Dixon, John Liepa, and Pregler.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

In Memoriam: Whitey Herzog

During his 18-year Hall of Fame career as a manager, Whitey Herzog built memorable teams in Kansas City and St. Louis, winning three consecutive American League West Division crowns with the Royals and copping three National League pennants and the 1982 World Series championship with the Cardinals. Herzog, who died at age 92 on Monday, April 15, took the talent of his teams — and the unique ballparks where they played — to their full capacities.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Voting now open for 2024 Board of Directors Election

SABR members, please pay attention to the email address that you have on file with SABR; you should have received a message from tellers@sabr.org on Tuesday, April 16 with a link to vote online in the 2024 SABR Board of Directors election.

Not seeing your ballot? Some members have reported that Tuesday’s election ballot email showed up in their Spam folder rather than their inbox. If you did not receive your ballot, please check your Spam folder. Or contact jpomrenke@sabr.org to request that your ballot be re-sent.

The poll will close at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, April 30. The only way to vote online is through the link you will receive by email. All emails will come from the address tellers@sabr.org.

Election Guide: Click here to download the 2024 SABR Election Guide (PDF)
Virtual Candidate Forum: Click here to watch a replay of the 2024 Virtual Candidate Forum (YouTube)

You will find three items on the 2024 election ballot: the election of the SABR Vice President, Secretary, and two (2) Directors positions. Click here to learn more.

Deadlines approaching for SABR Convention, Negro Leagues student scholarships

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school and college students who wish to attend these upcoming events:

Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference: Click here to download an application or learn more about the Yoseloff Scholarship. This scholarship will pay for all registration fees and expenses associated with the Jerry Malloy Conference on June 6-9, 2024, in Cooperstown, New York. Deadline to apply: April 19.
SABR 52: Click here to download an application or learn more about the Yoseloff Scholarship. This scholarship will pay for all registration fees and expenses associated with the SABR 52 convention on August 7-11, 2024, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Deadline to apply: May 17.

Visit SABR.org/scholarships to learn more about student scholarship opportunities.

Ron Gabriel Award Committee seeking nominations

The Ron Gabriel Award Committee is accepting nominations for the 2025 award. Please email your nominations to Gary Sarnoff.

The Ron Gabriel Award rewards the author(s) for best research, published or unpublished, on the subject of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Click here to learn more.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

5 new stories published at the SABR BioProject

Charles T. Dillingham, by Bill Lamb
Gil Hatfield, by Bill Lamb
Dinny McNamara, by Kurt Blumenau
Harland Rowe, by Kurt Blumenau
George Stueland, by Terry Bohn

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

8 new stories published at SABR Games Project

June 28, 1899: Five Senators tagged out at home plate in narrow loss to Reds, by Stephen V. Rice
April 20, 1903: Boston Americans open season at 10:30 in the morning, by Bill Nowlin
April 20, 1903: Cy Young’s no-hitter collapses as A’s take second game of season-opening doubleheader, by Bill Nowlin
October 1, 1960: Billy Williams launches first homer of Hall of Fame career, by Steve Dunn
July 8, 1970: Giants’ Jim Ray Hart drives in 6 runs in one inning, hits for cycle against Braves, by Mike Huber
April 22, 1997: College pitcher Scott Barnsby joins Fenway Park no-hit pantheon, by Kurt Blumenau
August 16, 2005: Jhonny Peralta homers twice as Cleveland sends Texas to eighth straight loss, by Madison McEntire
June 23, 2023: Elly De La Cruz hits for the cycle, Reds win 12th in a row, by Laura H. Peebles

In addition, these stories from SABR’s Ebbets Field: Great, Historic, and Memorable Games in Brooklyn’s Lost Ballpark (2023), edited by Gregory H. Wolf, were posted online this week:

September 11, 1935: Lights go on at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Eagles, by Alan Cohen
June 15, 1938: Johnny Vander Meer tosses second straight no-hitter in historic night game at Ebbets Field, by Gregory H. Wolf
August 7, 1938: Van Lingle Mungo to the rescue in wild one at Ebbets Field, by Alan Cohen
May 1, 1939: Brooklyn’s bats heat up in wacky win over Phillies, by James Forr
September 6, 1941: Camilli’s blast helps extend Dodgers’ lead over Cardinals, by Peter Seidel
September 7, 1941: Dodgers sweep Giants as 17-game road trip looms with pennant on line, by Jack Zerby
October 4, 1941: Fitzsimmons’s injury, Casey’s blunders, Russo’s pitching lead Yankees in Game 3, by James Forr
October 5, 1941: Mickey Owen’s dropped third strike costs Dodgers series-tying win, by Don Zminda
October 6, 1941: Dodgers submit quietly to Tiny Bonham and the Yankees, by James Forr
July 10, 1943: Dodgers double down in rout of Pirates, by Kevin Larkin
August 3, 1944: Tommy Brown debuts for Dodgers as a 16-year-old shortstop, by Bill Pearch

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

New Team Ownership History: New York Metropolitans

The ownership history of the New York Metropolitans (1883-1887) of the American Association is the latest addition to the Team Ownership History Project, a joint effort of BioProject and the Business of Baseball Committee.

New York Metropolitans team ownership history, by Bill Lamb

While the project began to chronicle ownership of the current 30 major league franchises, it has been extended to the Negro Leagues, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball Leagues, and Federal League, as well as teams that disappeared in the 19th century. Opportunities are available for a few current major league teams, plus the other leagues mentioned above. Interested authors should contact Andy McCue to get involved.

Sox Bid Curse Farewell: The 2004 Boston Red Sox
Edited by Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org/ebooks to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

NAME	HOMETOWN	NAME	HOMETOWN
Cody Belles	Wilkes-Barre, PA	Timothy Lowery	Richmond, VA
Willie Davis	Redlands, CA	Louis Palen	Fox Point, WI
Aidan Felman	Redondo Beach, CA	Burt Solomon	Baltimore, MD
Mike Finn	Ely, ENG	Sage Soppe	Dubuque, IA
Steven Grinberg	Irvine, CA	Christopher Soppe	Dubuque, IA
Greg Kessler	Croydon, PA	Bob Strozak	Smithfield, VA
Richard Klee	North Hollywood, CA	Jeffrey Sullivan	Moncks Corner, SC
William Kosmala	Chicago, IL	John Toterhi	Worthington, OH
Erick Kriewaldt	Minneapolis, MN	Thaniel Wenger	Elk Grove, CA
Chase Levitt	New York, NY

Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from Benjamin Hill of MiLB.com and author Zak Ford (Called Up). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

April 20: Hank Gowdy Columbus (OH) Chapter book club meeting with Jacob Kornhauser (9:30 a.m. EDT)
April 21: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Committee meeting (12:00 p.m. EDT)
April 22: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter meeting with Mike Vance (7:00 p.m. CDT)
April 23: Clyde Sukeforth Northern New England Chapter meeting with Dick Cramer (7:00 p.m. EDT)
April 25: SABR Baseball Memories meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)
April 25: 19th Century Baseball Book Club (8:00 p.m. EDT)
April 27: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting with Stew Thornley, Mary Shea, and Ian O’Dougherty (10:00 a.m. CDT)
April 28: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Jack Bales (7:00 p.m. EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

April 19: Union Park Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony (Baltimore, MD)
April 19-20: 2024 Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference (Cooperstown, NY)
April 20: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
April 27: Rabbit Maranville Chapter Meeting (Springfield, MA)
April 27: Smoky Joe Wood Chapter meeting (Middletown, CT)
April 27: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter game night (St. Louis, MO)

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

Minor Leagues: Spring 2024 newsletter

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter: April 3 meeting recap (Tallahassee, FL)
Rogers Hornsby Chapter: April 2024 newsletter (Austin, TX)

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Save 40% on baseball books from University of Nebraska Press with discount code 6BAB24 through April 30
Mike Reuther: Little League president reflects on career in baseball (Williamsport Sun-Gazette)
Clinton Yates: In Wichita, Black baseball and Jackie Robinson live on through League 42 (Andscape)
Shakeia Taylor: Jackie Robinson’s legacy is still visible despite the low number of Black American players in MLB (Chicago Tribune)
John Sharp: ‘Houdini’ of the early Negro Leagues: Remembering one-armed ‘Wing’ Maddox (Birmingham News)
Dan Cichalski: Former MLB players reflect on wearing number 42 (MLB.com)
Jay Jaffe: Whitey Herzog Defined an Era, but He Was Ahead of His Time (FanGraphs)
Derrick Goold: Whitey Herzog leaves legacy of fun, savvy baseball that ‘forever changed’ Cardinals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Tyler Kepner: Remembering Carl Erskine: An appreciation of a legendary Brooklyn Dodger (The Athletic)
Richard Goldstein: Carl Erskine, a Star Pitcher of the Dodgers’ Glory Years, Is Dead at 97 (New York Times)
Lindsey Adler: How the Biggest Agency in Sports Got Blindsided by the Shohei Ohtani Scandal (Wall Street Journal)
Chelsea Janes: How a new class of Japanese stars is changing baseball (Washington Post)
Michael Clair: Why Princeton has a geophysicist in its dugout (MLB.com)
Jayson Stark: Could the White Sox lose more than the ’62 Mets? (The Athletic)
Russell A. Carleton: What Are Lineups Made Of? (Baseball Prospectus)
Sarah Langs: Mookie, Soto among those with week’s most spectacular stats (MLB.com)
Rob Mains: A Really Bad Day at the Office (Baseball Prospectus)
Grant Brisbee: Inside the numbers: Where the Giants rank first or last statistically (The Athletic)
Davy Andrews: How Many Times Have MLB Players Heard “Centerfield” by John Fogerty? (FanGraphs)
Daniel Brown: Oldest MLB player turns 100: Art Schallock roomed with Yogi Berra, stymied Ted Williams (The Athletic)
Matt Monagan: Jurrangelo Cijntje, Mississippi State’s ambidextrous pitcher (MLB.com)
Mark Simon: AL Central doing it with defense (Sports Info Solutions)
Michael Baumann: If You Want To Throw Heat, Get it Out of the Kitchen (FanGraphs)
Dan Moore: When Fans Fight Back (The Ringer)
Treva Lind: ‘Season of Shattered Dreams’ expands baseball players’ stories in 1946 bus crash (Spokane Spokesman-Review)
Gary Cieradkowski: Sammy T. Hughes: The Problem with The Hall (Infinite Baseball Card Set)
JB Manheim: Home About Contact Categories A Newly Revealed Collection of T206s (SABR Baseball Cards Blog)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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Originally published: April 19, 2024. Last Updated: April 19, 2024.

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