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This Week in SABR: July 21, 2023

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This Week in SABR: July 21, 2023

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, July 21, 2023.
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Top Headlines

Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources
2023 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference is under way in Detroit
SABR Landmarks Committee unveils new Baseball Grave Map
More highlights, photos from SABR 51
Sign up now for Ballpark Figures with Jay Jaffe
Call for papers: 2024 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

Research Collection Events Calendar Around the Web

Chicago Defender headline showing Jackie Robinson

Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources

SABR members can already take advantage of free online access to The Sporting News archives through Paper of Record and the Newspapers.com World Collection. Today, another invaluable new archive has been added to our Research Resources as a benefit for all members.

The Historical Black Newspapers Collection, available through ProQuest, offers essential primary source content and editorial perspectives from 12 distinguished African American newspapers in the United States: the Chicago Defender, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American, and more. Log in now to view the Research Resources page and start browsing the Newspapers.com Historical Black Newspapers Collection.

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

2023 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference is under way in Detroit

SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference kicked off this week in Detroit, Michigan, including panels and presentations on Friday morning at Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers celebrate their annual Negro Leagues Weekend festivities.

Single-day registration for the Malloy Conference is available on-site beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 22 at the Detroit Historical Museum. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.

Visit SABR.org/malloy to learn more.

SABR Baseball Graves Map: Pud Galvin, Jim Creighton, Bud Fowler, Steel Arm Johnny Taylor

SABR Landmarks Committee unveils new Baseball Grave Map

The SABR Landmarks Committee is thrilled to introduce the new SABR Baseball Graves Map. Using data graciously provided by former SABR Director Fred Worth, the Baseball Graves Map contains burial locations of over 9,000 players, managers, owners, executives, and other significant figures from Major League Baseball, the Negro Leagues, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and more.

Worth has spent nearly two decades visiting baseball grave sites around the globe, beginning with a 2004 trip to Hall of Famer Travis Jackson’s grave in Waldo, Arkansas, near his home. Worth has supplemented his own travel database with information on burials from the SABR Biographical Research Committee, Gary Ashwill of the Seamheads Negro League Database, Retrosheet, family members of players, and other sources.

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

SABR 51, clockwise from top-left: Mike Veeck, Jason Benetti, fireworks at the White Sox game, Louis Moore, Andy Brown and Maybelle Blair, Ozzie Guillén, Nancy Faust

More highlights and photos from SABR 51

Couldn’t make it to Chicago for SABR 51? Check out more coverage of our 2023 national convention. Here are some of the new recordings and highlights posted online at SABR.org/convention this week:

For more coverage of SABR 51, visit SABR.org/convention.

Sign up now for Ballpark Figures on August 3 with Jay Jaffe

Join us each month for SABR’s Ballpark Figures, a new interview series hosted by Shakeia Taylor. The virtual Zoom event is free and open to all active SABR members.

On Thursday, August 3, we’ll be joined by Jay Jaffe, a senior writer for FanGraphs, author of The Cooperstown Casebook and creator of the JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score) metric for Hall of Fame analysis.

Visit SABR.org/ballpark-figures to learn more or to view past episodes online.

Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff

Read SABR biographies of new Hall of Fame inductees

On Sunday, July 23, the Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes two new members: Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff. SABR celebrates Cooperstown’s Class of 2023 by highlighting Research Collection articles featuring the new inductees.

SABR’s BioProject provides comprehensive biographies of both new inductees. Author Tim Odzer tells the story of the decorated third baseman Rolen, who earned eight Rawlings Gold Glove Awards and seven All-Star selections, helping the St. Louis Cardinals win two NL pennants and the 2006 World Series. Peter M. Gordon explores the Crime Dog’s journey to Cooperstown as the first player to hit 30 or more home runs in a season for five different clubs.

SABR’s Games Project also includes stories that shine a light on players inducted in the Class of 2023. McGriff’s exploits during the Atlanta Braves’ 1990s dynasty are well chronicled. Rolen’s key home run in Game 7 to help the Cardinals clinch the 2004 NL Championship Series is also told here.

In addition, former Brooklyn Dodgers great Carl Erskine will be honored in Cooperstown with the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here to read Erskine’s SABR biography, by Bob Hurte.

  • Induction Day SABR meeting in Cooperstown: SABR’s Cliff Kachline Chapter will hold its annual Induction Day meeting at 6:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 23 at Tillapaugh’s, 28 Pioneer St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. All baseball fans are invited to attend this free, open-to-the-public event. Guest speakers will include authors Jay Jaffe (The Cooperstown Casebook) and Jed Dukett (Jacks: The Most Incredible Home Run Seasons in MLB History), and memorabilia expert Simeon Lipman from Antiques Roadshow.

Second course in SABR Analytics Certification program now available

In 2022, we launched the SABR Analytics Certification program, an online, on-demand curriculum offering professional development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics.

The second course in the program, Level Two – Advanced Analytics in Baseball, is now available!

SABR members save $55 on both available courses (and future courses), so we hope you’ll check out these exciting opportunities at sabr.org/analytics/certification.

Call for papers: 2024 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 2024 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 15th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 19-20, 2024.

The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2023. Your abstract must be between 200-400 words for a 20- to 25-minute presentation. Please include name, title, and contact information and send your proposal as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to Peter Mancuso at peterplus4@earthlink.net.

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

Vote now for the IBWAA Content Creator Awards

The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America invites all SABR members to participate in the brand-new Content Creator Awards to celebrate the outstanding baseball coverage of our members. Any IBWAA member is eligible to be nominated or to nominate another member. Self-nominations are allowed and encouraged. Award categories include:

  • Podcast of the Year
  • General MLB Writer of the Year
  • Team Coverage Writer of the Year
  • Video Host of the Year
  • Fantasy Writer of the Year
  • Prospects/Minors/College/Amateur Writer of the Year

In addition, the IBWAA will select a winner of the IBWAA Lifetime Achievement Award. Click here to learn more or to make a nomination.

TCU’s Brayden Taylor named 2023 Player of the Year by SABR Dallas-Fort Worth chapter

Brayden Taylor of Texas Christian University has been chosen as the recipient of the 30th Howard Green SABR Metroplex Collegiate Player of the Year Award, while East Texas Baptist University’s Sayers Collins was selected as the 12th annual SABR Metroplex Carroll Beringer Award College Division Player of the Year Award by SABR’s Ernie Banks-Bobby Bragan DFW Chapter in 2023.

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.

SABRcast with Rob Neyer

SABRcast #223: Adam Darowski

Baseball fans, tune in this season to SABRcast with Rob Neyer, a weekly podcast hosted by award-winning author and longtime SABR member Rob Neyer. Episode #223 on Monday, July 17 featured Adam Darowski, Product Director for Sports Reference, makers of Baseball Reference and Stathead, and chair of SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Legends Committee. Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode or subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks.

SABR Research Collection updates

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

SABR Research Collection: Kevin Millar, The National Pastime, Thurman Munson

Read articles from The National Pastime: Heart of the Midwest

All articles from the new 2023 edition of The National Pastime can now be found online in the Research Collection at SABR.org.

All SABR 51 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in Chicago and around the Midwest. The e-book edition was sent out to all members last week.

We hope you enjoy reading The National Pastime!

7 new stories published at the SABR Games Project

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

Featured E-Book from the SABR Digital Library

Willie Mays: Five Tools, edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks

Willie Mays: Five Tools
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks

Visit SABR.org to download any SABR Digital Library e-book for free or save 50% off the paperback edition.

Recent Highlights

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

In Memoriam

Tom Ruane

  • For more than a quarter-century, Tom Ruane worked behind the scenes preparing countless files for Retrosheet’s extraordinary database of baseball history — player data, box scores, play-by-play accounts, transaction files, and much more. He died on Tuesday, July 18 at the age of 68. His contributions to baseball research, and the invaluable role he played in making so much information available and accessible for generations to come, cannot be overstated. He was one of the leading lights in the baseball research community since he first joined SABR in 1991. In 1994, he began serving on Retrosheet’s Board of Directors and helped lead the design and implementation of their website in the early 21st century. He led a group of Retrosheet volunteers to create box scores using official dailies and newspaper accounts, an effort requiring painstaking diligence and persistence. Those efforts earned him recognition with SABR’s Bob Davids Award in 2009 and the Henry Chadwick Award in 2016. “Aside from baseball, Tom was consistently cheerful, funny, and an accomplished poet,” said David W. Smith, Retrosheet’s founder and former president. “His loss is a huge blow to Retrosheet, SABR, and the baseball research community at large, all of which are significantly diminished without him.” Click here to read more at SABR.org.

New Members

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
Kevin Acevedo Jetter Caguas, PRI     Larry Mansch Missoula, MT
Maeve Flanagan Suffern, NY     Bob Massie Indianapolis, IN
Erik Flowers Huntington Beach, CA     Kerwin Miller Aberdeen, MD
David Gunzerath Red Hook, NY     Dave Rabe Chesterfield, MO
Rick Guzman Scottsdale, AZ     Jason Stock New York, NY
Eric Harrington Suffield, CT     Jeffrey Vanzandt Vancouver, WA
Heather Kerrigan Tokyo, JPN        

SABR Events Calendar

SABR's Pee Wee Reese Chapter in Louisville, Kentucky, will hold a virtual Zoom meeting at 5:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 27, 2023. All SABR members are invited to attend. We will be joined on Zoom by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks to discuss the new SABR Digital Library publication, Willie Mays – Five Tools. SABR members can read the publication for free by accessing it through sabr.org/ebooks. To RSVP, please contact Tad Myre at tmyre@wyattfirm.com

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

  • July 22: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting (10:00 a.m. CDT)
  • July 24: Bob Broeg St. Louis (MO) Chapter meeting with Steve Gietschier (6:00 p.m. CDT)
  • July 25: Northern New England Chapter meeting with Paul Semendinger and Clayton Trutor (7:00 p.m. EDT)
  • July 27: Pee Wee Reese (KY) Chapter meeting with Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (5:30 p.m. EDT)
  • July 30: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Andy McCue (7:00 p.m. EDT)

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

  • July 21-23: Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference (Detroit, MI)
  • July 21: The League film screening (Columbus, OH)
  • July 22: Bob Davids Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Bowie, MD)
  • July 23: Rogers Hornsby Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Round Rock, TX)
  • July 23: Cliff Kachline Chapter Induction Day meeting (Cooperstown, NY)
  • July 26: Hoyt-Allen Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Florence, KY)
  • July 28: Maddux Bros.-Las Vegas Chapter meeting (Las Vegas, NV)
  • July 28: Pacific Northwest Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Eugene, OR)

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

Research Committee news

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

Regional Chapter news

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

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Around the Web headlines

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

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: July 21, 2023. Last Updated: July 25, 2023.

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