This Week in SABR: August 22, 2025

August 22, 2025/in This Week in SABR /by wpadmin

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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Early registration now open for SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Call for papers: 2026 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference
Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships
Dallas-Fort Worth chapter selects 2025 Collegiate Player of the Year

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Early registration now open for 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Join us for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, which will be held virtually on September 19-21, 2025. All baseball fans are welcome to attend!

This year’s conference — co-sponsored by SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center and hosted by Rockford University — is a virtual Zoom event. The conference will feature research presentations, panels, pylon unveiling, presentation of the Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and keynote speaker Dr. Harriet Kimbro-Hamilton, author, filmmaker, professor, and daughter of Negro Leaguer Henry Kimbro.

Register now: Click here to register for this event at SABR.org. Early registration is $55 before September 12 and $65 afterward; includes Zoom access to all presentations and panels, awards ceremony, and virtual social hour, plus digital program booklet.
Schedule: Click here for the full schedule of panels and presentations. Zoom sessions will be held from 6:30-8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 19; 10:00 a.m.-8:20 p.m. on Saturday, September 20, and 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 21. (All times listed are in the Eastern Time Zone.)

Visit SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference for complete details.

Call for papers: 2026 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2026 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 17th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 24-25, 2026. The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2025.

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

Learn more about new SABR Institutional Memberships

A SABR Institutional Membership is the perfect way to connect your group with baseball’s rich history. Whether you are supporting historical or analytical researchers or engaging with baseball fans in your community, SABR provides the network, tools, and expertise to enhance your offerings.

A SABR Institutional Membership is ideal for libraries, museums, and historical societies; high schools; and higher education departments, especially History, American Studies, and Sports Analytics programs.

Institutional Members receive unlimited access to SABR’s extensive collection of digital publications; exclusive research resources, including access to historical newspaper databases; engagement opportunities with SABR experts and a network of baseball historians and analysts.

To learn more, contact Paul J. Zwirecki for details on membership options and enrollment.

Nate Humphreys named 2025 Player of Year by SABR Dallas-Fort Worth chapter

Dallas Baptist University’s Nate Humphreys has been chosen as the recipient of the 32nd Howard Green SABR Metroplex Collegiate Player of the Year Award, while Trent McCown of the University of Texas at Dallas was selected as the 14th annual SABR Metroplex Carroll Beringer Award College Division Players of the Yea by SABR’s Ernie Banks-Bobby Bragan DFW Chapter.

The prestigious college baseball awards honor the memory of Green, the local SABR chapter’s longtime president, and Beringer, a former major-league pitching coach who was a great supporter of college baseball in the area.

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

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

2 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

Mike Driscoll, by Kurt Blumenau
Walter Hackett, by Bob LeMoine

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

7 new stories published at SABR Games Project

June 30, 1901: Missoula defeats Butte in baseball by the river in Montana, by Stephen V. Rice
July 23, 1922: Cubs’ Ray Grimes set consecutive-games RBI record — and nobody noticed for decades, by Jeff Howard
August 22, 1951: Red Sox, Browns combine to leave 36 runners on base in 13-inning Boston win, by Bill Nowlin
May 1, 1978: Rawly Eastwick, Sparky Lyle highlight Yankees’ comeback win over Royals, by Steven C. Weiner
September 1, 1981: Steve Stone, Orioles top Glenn Abbott, Mariners in duel of two-hitters, by Kurt Blumenau
August 30, 1990: White Sox catcher Ron Karkovice huffs and puffs to sink Twins with inside-the-park grand slam, by Jake Bell
August 31, 2008: Brewers’ CC Sabathia narrowly misses no-hitter in shutout of Pirates, by John Fredland

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

From Setbacks to Success: The 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes
Edited by Vince Guerrieri, Thomas Kern, and Bill Nowlin

Visit SABR.org 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
Aidan Andersen	New York, NY	William Harris	Spring Valley, CA
Tom Austin	Occidental, CA	Greg Hutchinson	Decatur, GA
Tom Barnett	Paw Paw, MI	Carl Lansing	Morrison, CO
Kevin Brazee	New Franken, WI	Evan MacKinnon	Edmonton, AB
Tanner Colton	Spring Church, PA	Joshua Magallanes	Litchfield Park, AZ
Jim Conrey	Chesterton, IN	Brendan McManus	Boston, MA
Steve Cornell	Caldwell, ID	Kevin Monastra	Philadelphia, PA
Jeremy Couvillion	Bulverde, TX	Steve Orwig	Perrysburg, OH
Don Dillman	Weatherford, TX	Raul Padilla Gonzalez	Antioch, CA
Thomas Dwyer	Lafayette, CA	Zak Payne	Redmond, WA
Alan Feiveson	Bellaire, TX	Brent Stevens	Roswell, GA
John Fontenot	Houston, TX	John Stirp	Royal Palm Beach, FL
John Franjione	Decatur, GA	Jackson Taylor	Shawnee, KS
Todd Fuller	Norman, OK	Prescott Ward	Midvale, UT
Quinn Galante	Darien, CT

Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from Mark Epstein (Cape Dreams) and Marty Payne (“How Baseball Became the National Pastime”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

August 25: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Stephen V. Rice (7:00 p.m. EDT)
August 25: Wahoo Sam Crawford (NE) Chapter meeting (8:00 p.m. CDT)
August 26: Games and Simulations meeting with Steve Shaw (8:00 p.m. EDT)
August 31: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with John Nogowski (7:00 p.m. EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

August 23: Robinson-Kell Chapter meeting (Bryant, AR)
August 23: Elysian Fields Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Paterson, NJ)
August 24: Lefty O’Doul Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Oakland, CA)
August 28: Maddux Brothers-Las Vegas Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Las Vegas, NV)
August 30: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Geneva, IL)
August 31: Quebec Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Trois-Rivières, QC)

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

Official Scoring: August 2025 newsletter

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There were no new chapter updates this week.

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Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

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

Ryan Whirty: Sammy T. Hughes recognized by his hometown in Louisville (Negro Leagues Up Close)
Kyle Newman: In lost Rockies season, one Colorado diehard won big by catching Shohei Ohtani’s 300th home run ball (Denver Post)
Stephen J. Nesbitt: Year of the Southpaw: Inside the surge of MLB’s dominant — and historic — left-handed pitching (The Athletic)
Hannah Keyser: How Fast Should Your 12-Year-Old Throw? (New York Times)
Gabe Lacques: Women’s baseball trailblazer hopes new league helps girls ‘fall back in love’ (USA Today)
Matt Monagan: They call her the ‘Baseball Princess,’ and she’s striking out any boy who stands in her way (MLB.com)
Tyler Kepner: Surging, slumping, scoreboard watching: A night in the pennant race with the Mariners’ Jerry Dipoto (The Athletic)
Davy Andrews: Hit-By-Pitch Rates Have Been Falling for Five Years Now (FanGraphs)
Mike Petriello: How the Brewers built MLB’s best team out of castoffs and unknowns (MLB.com)
Mario Delgado Genzor: The Great Curveball Barrier (Baseball Prospectus)
Mark Simon: The Remarkable Cal Raleigh (Sports Info Solutions)
Jay Jaffe: Aargh, the Pirates Are in Danger of Making Dubious History (FanGraphs)
Jayson Stark: If MLB expands, could its 162-game schedule shrink? It very well might (The Athletic)
Derrick Goold: Lars Nootbaar spurs ‘important finish’ to 2025 with streak a Cardinal hasn’t had since 2019 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Patrick Dubuque: Passing the Snell Test (Baseball Prospectus)
Eno Sarris/Dennis Lin: Fernando Tatis Jr.’s power is missing. His contact point may be to blame (The Athletic)
Alex Speier: Could Garrett Crochet’s dominance blow up Tarik Skubal’s chances at another Cy Young? (Boston Globe)
Rob Mains: The Record the Rockies Have Already Broken (Baseball Prospectus)
Daniel R. Epstein: A Sub-.300 OBP MVP? (Baseball Prospectus)
Jacob Rudner: How are summer leagues fighting to survive in the college baseball transfer portal era? (Baseball America)
David Laurila: Driveline Trained, Janson Junk Is Pounding the Strike Zone in Miami (FanGraphs)
Rob Fitts: Japan and the US: Baseball Diplomacy (NHK World)
Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Jim Gosger (Baseball and BBQ)
Hunhee Cho: From Monsters to Fighters: The Turf War in Korean Baseball Entertainment (SABR Asian Baseball)
Bill Staples Jr.: Baseball’s Bridge Across the Pacific Returns to MLB’s All-Star Village (SABR Asian Baseball)
Carter Cromwell: The 1908 University of Washington Tour of Japan (SABR Asian Baseball)

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: August 22, 2025. Last Updated: August 22, 2025.

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