This Week in SABR: June 27, 2025
Live from SABR 53 in Texas, welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, June 27, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
Early highlights from SABR 53 in Texas
Bruce Bochy honored with 2025 Roland Hemond Award
Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
Al Reach selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend
Last call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
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View photo galleries from SABR 53
Can’t make it to Texas for SABR 53? Check out more coverage of our 2025 convention from the Westin DFW Airport online:
For more coverage of SABR 53, visit SABR.org/convention.
Single-day registration available on-site in Texas
Single-day registration for SABR 53 can still be purchased on-site during convention registration hours. The single-day rate is:
- Saturday, June 28: $125 for SABR members; $155 for non-members
The single-day registration includes admission to all convention panels, research presentations, and committee meetings at the Westin DFW Airport hotel on Saturday. It can be purchased on-site via cash, check, or credit card (sorry, no American Express accepted.) Please note: Admission to the Friends of SABR Donor Dinner is not included.
Bruce Bochy honored with 2025 Roland Hemond Award
Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was honored at SABR 53 on Thursday, June 26 with the Roland Hemond Award, which recognizes a baseball executive who has demonstrated a lifetime commitment to professional baseball scouts and scouting, and player development history.
Bochy is in his third season as manager of the Texas Rangers, a team he came out of retirement to lead to a World Series championship in 2023. Since he began his illustrious managerial career in 1995 following nine seasons as a major-league catcher, Bochy has won four World Series titles and five league pennants with the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, and Rangers. He is the only major-league manager to win 900 games with multiple franchises. In 2010, he led the Giants to their first title since moving to the West Coast and followed it up with two more championships in 2012 and 2014.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Tom Zocco honored for attending 50 consecutive SABR Conventions
Tom Zocco of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, was honored at the SABR 53 Welcome Reception on Wednesday, June 25 in Irving, Texas, for reaching a unique milestone: attending his 50th consecutive SABR Convention.
Zocco joined SABR on September 24, 1971, just one month after the organization’s founding at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library in Cooperstown, New York. He was the 47th member in SABR’s rolls. He attended his first annual convention in 1974 at Philadelphia — and has never missed one since.
“I was 26 years old and one of the youngest people in the room,” Zocco said. “Now I’m one of the old guys. Coming back and seeing all my friends is still a highlight every year.”
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
All articles from the new 2025 edition of The National Pastime can now be found online in the Research Collection at SABR.org.
All SABR 53 attendees received a souvenir print edition of The National Pastime, our annual convention journal, focusing on baseball in north Texas and the surrounding region. The e-book edition was sent out to all members this week.
- Download the e-book: Click here to download a free e-book edition of The National Pastime 2025.
- Buy the magazine: Purchase the print edition of The National Pastime 2025 from Amazon.com.
We hope you enjoy reading The National Pastime!
Al Reach selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend
Alfred James “Al” Reach has been selected as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend for 2025. The announcement was made on Friday, June 27 at the Nineteenth Century Committee’s annual business meeting at SABR 53 in Irving, Texas.
This summer, 164 SABR members submitted their votes for the 2025 Overlooked 19th Century Base Ball Legend — a 19th-century player, manager, executive or other baseball personality not yet inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Early registration open now for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference
All baseball fans are welcome to attend the 2025 Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.
- Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before July 7, $195 afterward. Students: $65 before July 7, $75 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before July 7; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s Education Forum at the Galt House, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Roots 101 African American Museum, Friday’s Louisville Bats baseball game at Slugger Field, or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Galt House. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
- Hotel: A special group rate at the Galt House Hotel of $159/night (plus tax) is available to registered convention attendees. To book your room, click here or call 502-589-5200. The Galt House Hotel is located at 140 N. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40202.
- Schedule: Click here to view the 2025 Malloy Conference schedule.
- Information Packet: Click here to download the Malloy Conference informational packet (PDF)
- Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.
Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.
Last call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled as a virtual event for September 19-21, 2025.
Registration information will be available soon at SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Women Beyond the Diamond.” Topics can focus on ideas such as announcers, owners, executives, writers, artists, architects, and much more. All topics and time periods related to women’s baseball are welcome. Abstracts accepted for posters and/or oral presentations.
Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 1, 2025, to Leslie Heaphy.
Join SABR on August 9 for Lefty O’Doul Monument Renovation and Celebration Event
Join us this summer for an unforgettable tribute to a San Francisco legend! SABR’s Lefty O’Doul Bay Area Chapter invites all baseball fans to a hometown hero celebration honoring Francis Joseph “Lefty” O’Doul, whose magnificent baseball grave monument has been fully restored at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in California.
- When: Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.
- Where: Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014
- Cost: Free and open to the public
Click here to watch a promo video, produced by filmmaker and SABR member Jon Leonoudakis.
The celebration will begin with the dramatic unveiling of Lefty’s newly restored monument — an impressive 6-foot, 5-inch tall tribute that truly captures the essence of this baseball icon. Afterward, the festivities move to nearby Molloy’s Tavern, where we’ll raise a glass to celebrate Lefty’s 128th birthday surrounded by fellowship, good cheer, and our shared passion for baseball—America’s beloved national pastime.
The renovation was possible thanks to funding from the SABR Local Grants Program and the San Francisco Giants.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Connor Bagnieksi hits four home runs in Pioneer League game
Connor Bagnieksi became the first player in Pioneer League history to hit four home runs in a single game, driving in seven runs for the Ogden Raptors on Wednesday, June 25 against the Northern Colorado Owlz at Lindquist Field in Ogden, Utah.
Click here for a comprehensive list of all 4-HR games in professional baseball history.
SABR founding member Bob McConnell first published the list SABR’s The Minor League Research Journal, Vol. 2 in 1997. It was updated in his landmark book, Going for the Fences: The Minor League Home Run Record Book (2009), and is now maintained online.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
4 new stories published at SABR Biography Project
- John Cavanaugh, by Larry DeFillipo
- Welcome Gaston, by Bill Lamb
- Hub Pruett, by Andrew Forbes
- Fernando Viña, by Tony S. Oliver
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.
3 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- June 30, 1908: Cy Young throws his third no-hitter and drives in half of Boston’s eight runs, by Bill Nowlin
- June 11, 1950: Five-run Phillies’ eighth spoils Vern Law’s major-league debut for Pirates, by John Fredland
- August 15, 2012: King Felix Hernández throws a perfect game for Mariners, by Eric Conrad and Mark Morowczynski
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
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:
- Download the 2025 SABR Annual Report
- SABR Defensive Index rankings released through June 8
- Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on Feb. 27-March 1, 2026
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame
- Read articles from Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal
- SABR Digital Library: Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
- Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Browse the new, searchable SABR MLB Team Employee Database
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
- Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources
- Get a gift for baseball fan in your life with the SABR Store @ CafePress
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Anderson | Barrington, RI | Chris Pika | Baltimore, MD | ||
| Steven Dietz | Austin, TX | Michael Pointer | Silver Spring, MD | ||
| Brenden Gilbreath | LaGrange, TX | Scott Stefanoski | Mardela Springs, MD | ||
| Michael Lee | Wynnewood, PA | Dale Zimmerman | Iowa City, IA | ||
| Anna Mulderink | Chicago, IL |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Andy Greenstone (“Houston Astrodome Baseball Collection”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- June 29: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Adam Pohl (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- July 2: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- July 2: Nineteenth Century Book Club: David Block (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- July 5: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories: Leslie Heaphy (10:00 a.m. EDT)
- July 5: Rice-Russell Nashville (TN) Chapter meeting (10:00 a.m. CDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- June 27-29: SABR 53 (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
- June 29: Legends Remembered Live: A Tribute to Yogi Berra (Little Falls Twp, NJ)
- June 29: Aviva Kempner: “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg” film screening (New York, NY)
- July 2: William Hardy: Uncovering the Founding Fathers of the National Pastime (Knoxville, TN)
- July 2: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
- July 2: Bob Broeg St. Louis (MO) Chapter fellowship meeting (St. Louis, MO)
- July 5: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter meeting (Keene, NH)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- SABR 53: Check out the schedule of committee meetings at SABR 53 in Texas
- Black Sox Scandal: June 2025 newsletter
- Business of Baseball: Spring 2025 newsletter
- Nineteenth Century: Summer 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Halsey Hall Chapter: July 2025 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)
- Larry Dierker Chapter: June 16 meeting recap (Houston, 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:
- Cody Christie: First SDI Rankings Hold Multiple Surprises for the Twins (Twins Daily)
- Tyler Kepner: A tribute to Scott Miller, a master storyteller who was ‘good to the core’ (The Athletic)
- Jay Jaffe: Mookie Betts Is a Star Shortstop Now (FanGraphs)
- Mike Petriello: The team with MLB’s best record has a secret weapon (MLB.com)
- David Laurila: A Conversation With Max Scherzer on the Importance of Conviction (FanGraphs)
- Russell A. Carleton: How the Tower Falls: An Unanticipated Advantage (Baseball Prospectus)
- Eno Sarris: In a battle of top stuff, Jacob Misiorowski and Paul Skenes offer contrasting styles (The Athletic)
- Dan Cichalski: Rain doesn’t dampen excitement for Willie Mays Park rededication (MLB.com)
- DJ Mara: ‘Ballparks are living organisms’: Janet Marie Smith reflects on storied career in ballpark design (MiLB.com)
- Mark Simon: Which Team Positions Its Outfielders Best? (Sports Info Solutions)
- Rob Mains: Have We Passed Peak Strikeouts? (Baseball Prospectus)
- Hannah Keyser/Zach Crizer: The Red Sox might have a thing for trading their best player (The Bandwagon)
- Alex Speier: Red Sox hiring process left some applicants confused and discouraged after infrequent human interaction (Boston Globe)
- Cody Stavenhagen: In his Pittsburgh twilight, Andrew McCutchen is still here and still hitting (The Athletic)
- Ben Clemens: Riley Greene’s Strikeouts Aren’t a Dealbreaker (FanGraphs)
- Daniel R. Epstein: Kumar Rocker Improved by Ditching His Best Pitch (Baseball Prospectus)
- Davy Andrews: The Nationals Are a Catching Catastrophe (FanGraphs)
- Alex Coffey: Revisiting the Phillies’ Hot Pants Patrol, a sisterhood still going strong (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Rustin Dodd: Want to handle criticism better? Former umpire Dale Scott shares advice (The Athletic)
- Kourage Kundahl: Dave Winfield skipped over minor leagues to debut for Padres (BaseballHall.org)
- Clara Longo de Freitas: Meet the Charm City Lemon Sticks, a new women’s baseball team (Baltimore Banner)
- Patrick Gordon: Octavius Catto, the Pythians, and the forgotten birthplace of Black baseball (Philadelphia Baseball Review)
- Brian Watt: Rediscovering a Japanese American Baseball Team in Alameda, Nearly Lost to Time (KQED)
- Mike Elfland: Jesse Burkett, namesake of youth baseball league, deserving of ‘Crab’ label (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
- Jim Force: Wausau’s forgotten ballplayer: The curious, cross-country baseball life of Rudy Baerwald (Wausau Pilot and Review)
- Mason Linken: Five Slowest Active Base Runners to Steal a Base (FBC Reports)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Brent Stevens (Baseball and BBQ)
- Glenn Evans: Crossing the Tracks: An introduction (SABR Games and Simulations)
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: June 27, 2025. Last Updated: June 27, 2025.