This Week in SABR: March 17, 2023
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, March 17, 2023.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
Check out highlights and photos from the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference
Andy Andres honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Call for nominations: 2023 SABR Board of Directors election
Join us on April 6 for Ballpark Figures with ESPN’s Clinton Yates
Registration extended for SABR 19th Century Conference
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Check out highlights and photos from 2023 SABR Analytics Conference
The 12th annual SABR Analytics Conference was held in person from March 10-12, 2023, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.
For more highlights and clips from the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference, click on a link below:
- Andy Andres honored with 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
- Ben Clemens, Michael Baumann, Mike Petriello, Russell Carleton win 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition winners: Washington University in St. Louis, Arizona State University, Rice University, The Branson School
- Check out photo galleries from each day at the SABR Analytics Conference
- Click here to download the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference digital program (PDF)
- Learn more about 2023 SABR Analytics Conference research presentations
- Matthew Ritchie: SABR event-goers ‘beyond grateful’ for MLB diversity efforts (MLB.com)
- Rob Mains: Rule Changes: Expert Opinions (Baseball Prospectus)
- Sarah Thompson: Comparing Outfield Defense In The Minors & MLB (Sports Info Solutions)
- BaseballCloud announces revolutionary seam-shifted wake pitching analysis model (PRnewswire)
Stay tuned for more highlights, clips, and stories at SABR.org/analytics!
Andy Andres honored with 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Boston University professor Andy Andres was honored with the SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award on Sunday, March 12 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Andres is on the faculty of Boston University where he has been teaching various natural sciences, mathematics, and data science courses for more than two decades. He developed and taught the first college course in Baseball Analysis and Sabermetrics at Tufts University where he was a Visiting Lecturer in Sabermetrics.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Baumann, Clemens, Petriello, Carleton win 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards
Congratulations to Michael Baumann of FanGraphs, Ben Clemens of FanGraphs, Mike Petriello of MLB.com, and Russell Carleton of Baseball Prospectus, winners of the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. They were recognized in an awards ceremony during the SABR Analytics Conference on Saturday, March 11 in Phoenix, Arizona.
The SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards recognize baseball researchers who have completed the best work of original analysis or commentary during the preceding calendar year.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Early registration now open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Detroit
Early registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on July 20-23, 2023, at the St. Regis Hotel in Detroit, Michigan. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Registration and hotel information is available below.
- Registration: Click here to register online for the 2023 Malloy Conference.
- Information Packet: Click here to download a full information packet, including schedule and sponsor information, for the 2023 Malloy Conference.
- Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy.
Visit SABR.org/malloy to learn more about our annual School Library Grants, High School Essay Contest, and Art Contest.
Register now for SABR 51 in Chicago
Join us in Chicago this summer for SABR’s 51st annual convention on July 5-9, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton.
Conference and hotel registration for SABR 51 is now available at SABR.org/convention. Click here for complete details on the SABR 51 All-Inclusive Package, Early-Bird Registration, and optional sessions.
Stay tuned for more featured speakers and the complete schedule to be announced in the coming months. Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more.
Join us on April 6 for Ballpark Figures with ESPN’s Clinton Yates
SABR’s Ballpark Figures is a monthly interview series hosted by award-winning writer Shakeia Taylor. On Thursday, April 6, our guest speaker is SABR member Clinton Yates, a columnist, TV commentator, and host for ESPN since 2016. He helped launch The Undefeated and writes regularly for Andscape.
To learn more, visit SABR.org/ballpark-figures.
Registration extended for the 2023 SABR Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference
The registration period has been extended until March 31 for the 14th annual SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference, which will be held on April 28-29, 2023, at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. All baseball fans are welcome to register for this special event.
The 2023 conference will be highlighted by a keynote address from author Jonathan Popovich, along with a panel discussion on baseball’s 19th-century color line with Richard Hershberger, Peter Mancuso, Brian Sheehy, and moderator Bill Ryczek; a 19th-century artifact session with Robert Mayer, Gary Passamonte, and Popovich; a Member Spotlight interview of Robert Mayer by Bob Bailey; plus research presentations and a Sunday morning vintage baseball game at Doubleday Field.
Visit SABR.org/ivor-campbell19c to learn more or to register.
Call for nominations: 2023 SABR Board of Directors election
The SABR Nominating Committee is now seeking nominations for candidates for the 2023 elections. To be eligible for the Board of Directors, candidates must have been members of the Society for at least the preceding four years. The deadline for nominations is March 22, 2023.
Self-nominations are welcome. If you would like to nominate yourself or another candidate or suggest a question for the candidates, contact Nominating Committee chair Stew Thornley.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Submissions open for fourth edition of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts
Submissions are now being accepted for Volume 4 of Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts.
All SABR members are encouraged to send along your submission, or your questions, to editors Joanne Hulbert or Jay Hurd before June 30, 2023. We are looking for poetry, memoir, artwork, humor, short fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, and parody. Please keep your Turnstyle submission to 1,500 words or less in order to include as many offerings as possible.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Deadline to submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board is April 1
SABR’s Editorial 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.
- Click here to submit a SABR project proposal
Next deadline: April 1, 2023 (for publication in late 2024 or 2025)
SABR seeks to publish 2-4 web-based multimedia projects 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.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Call for reviewers: SABR 51 presentation abstracts
Volunteers are needed to blind-review submissions for SABR 51 research presentations. Please contact Neal Traven if you are interested in participating in the review process.
SABR 51 is scheduled for July 5-9, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Early registration is now available at SABR.org/convention. (Note: You do not need to be registered for the convention in order to serve as a blind-reviewer.)
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 #205 on Monday, March 13 featured Tim Hagerty, broadcaster for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas and author of Tales from the Dugout: 1,001 Humorous, Inspirational & Wild Anecdotes from Minor League Baseball. Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode or subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks.
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 the SABR BioProject
- Raleigh Aitchison, by Terry Bohn
- Jerry DaVanon, by Rich Bogovich
- Chester Emerson, by Tom Emerson (first-time author)
- Bill Hoffer, by Bill Johnson
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.
14 new stories published at the SABR Games Project
- July 11, 1892: A close victory for Beaneaters, but still a laugher, by Bob LeMoine
- August 6, 1892: Boston’s Jack Stivetts no-hits the Bridegrooms, by Bill Nowlin
- September 19, 1892: Kid Nichols’ batting fest, by Eric Miklich
- June 21, 1897: Two-way threat Fred Klobedanz leads Boston to 11-6 win over Brooklyn, by Mark S. Sternman
- August 6, 1897: An unusual brawl and a wild ending, by Gerard Goulet
- September 1, 1897: Bob Allen has big day for Beaneaters — as Bostonians begin to travel underground, by Bill Nowlin
- September 24, 1897: Boston rooters flock to Baltimore to see crucial pennant race victory, by Jerrod Cotosman
- October 11, 1898: Relieved Beaneaters gain National League title again, by Ralph Peluso
- July 30, 1901: Nap Lajoie, ‘champion batsman of the world,’ hits for the cycle with grand slam, by Mike Huber
- June 14, 1925: ‘Outlaw’ Swede Risberg defeats John Donaldson in Montana duel, by Stephen V. Rice
- August 13, 1947: Willard Brown hits first American League home run by a Black player, by Jake Bell
- May 5, 1978: Pete Rose collects his 3,000th hit, by Douglas Jordan
- September 15, 1981: Luis Tiant baffles Cubs in only appearance at Wrigley Field, by Kurt Blumenau
- April 15, 1991: Brook Jacoby’s home run delivers 13-inning Patriots Day win for Cleveland, by Joseph Wancho
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Read essays from Time for Expansion Baseball
It’s been a quarter-century since Major League Baseball expanded to 30 teams when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays began play in 1998. SABR’s Time for Expansion Baseball (2018), edited by Maxwell Kates and Bill Nowlin, tells the story of how each of MLB’s expansion franchises was formed, built its team, and began play.
All of the franchise essays from Time for Expansion Baseball have now been added to the SABR Research Collection and can be found online. Biographies of key players from each franchise can also be found at the SABR BioProject.
Click here to download your free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback of Time for Expansion Baseball.
Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 3)
Edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd
Visit SABR.org to download any SABR Digital Library e-book for free or save 50% off the paperback edition.
Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:
- SABR members approve By-Laws changes in special election
- Steve Gietschier, Mark Rucker, Robert Whiting selected as 2023 Henry Chadwick Award recipients
- Learn more about the recipients of 2023 SABR Local Grants
- Check out SABR Day highlights, photos, and videos
- SABR donates archives of founder Bob Davids to Library of Congress
- New Spanish-language edition of Roberto Clemente book available
- Watch a preview of the Landmarks Committee’s new SABR Baseball Map
- Get a gift for baseball fan in your life with the SABR Store @ CafePress
- All e-books in SABR Digital Library available for free to 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 | ||
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| Addy Baird | Washington, DC | Garrett Marsh | New York, NY | ||
| Richard Bak | Dearborn, MI | Max Mehlis | |||
| Tim Bates | Napa, CA | Ian Mulholland | |||
| Conor Baxter | Lexington, KY | Dennis Parker | San Diego, CA | ||
| Mario Billetta | Abhinava Pendyala | ||||
| John Bonnes | Minneapolis, MN | Jonathan Poss | |||
| Alan Boodman | Monroeville, PA | Zhongying Qiao | |||
| Rivka Boord | Passaic, NJ | Vishnu Rajan | |||
| William Chang | Jeff Richardson | Campton Hills, IL | |||
| Brian Cook | Charlie Rixey | Vienna, VA | |||
| Tom Dobrez | Flossmoor, IL | Nathaniel Rouse | Milwaukee, WI | ||
| James Dukett | Tupper Lake, NY | Jackson Scrimpshire | Chandler, AZ | ||
| Matt Fast | Jacob Seamon | Waxhaw, NC | |||
| Adex Gomez | Gavriel Sela | Granada Hills, CA | |||
| Maxwell Gordon | Eugene, OR | Peter Simon | |||
| Robert Greene | Cayce, SC | David Sobek | |||
| Sean Hogan | Springfield, VA | Claire Sullivan | Ridgewood, NJ | ||
| Travis Jones | Cody Walter | ||||
| Kim Juhase | Short Hills, NJ | Teagen Williams | |||
| Jack Kent | Abe Winer | ||||
| Bobby Kleinau | Hendersonville, TN | Zeynep Yavic | |||
| Mark Luszczynski | Milwaukee, WI | Ian Zagaeski | Rock Valley, IA |
- Events Calendar: Find complete details of all SABR events
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Seattle Mariners Vice President Katherine Cheng; Dan Taylor (“Baseball at the Abyss in 1926″); and Paul Browne (“The Douglasses, the Cattos and the Age of Hope for Blacks in Base Ball”). Click here to view more video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- March 20: Northern New England Chapter meeting with David Krell (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 20: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter research committee meeting (7:00 p.m. CDT)
- March 20: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter meeting with Gerald Sanchez and Mike Acosta (7:00 p.m. CDT)
- March 21: Games and Simulations Committee meeting with John Herson (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 22: Connie Mack-Dick Allen (PA) Chapter meeting with Mike Gimbel (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- March 23: Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting with Andy McCue (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- March 26: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting with David Krell (7:00 p.m. EDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- March 18: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
- March 18: Allan Roth Chapter meeting (Placentia, CA)
- March 18: Dusty Baker-Sacramento Chapter meeting (Sacramento, CA)
- March 18: Rogers Hornsby (TX) Chapter lunch meeting (Round Rock, TX)
- March 21: Bob Davids Chapter Maryland Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Biographical Research: February 2023 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Ken Keltner Chapter: March 2023 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)
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:
- Christina Estes: Baseball Helps Alzheimer’s, Dementia Patients (Arizona Horizon)
- Call for papers: Journal of Canadian Baseball (UWindsor.ca)
- Clinton Yates: Building an all-Black World Baseball Classic team (Andscape)
- Shakeia Taylor: With addition of Negro Leagues greats, ‘MLB: The Show ‘23′ hopes to ‘educate, enlighten, and inspire.’ (Chicago Tribune)
- Stephanie Apstein: The Yankees provide their players many perks. But not in-flight Wi-Fi. (Sports Illustrated)
- Derrick Goold: How two pitchers from Cardinals minor-league camp kept Jack Flaherty’s line tidier (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Russell A. Carleton: The Firemen Will Save Us (Baseball Prospectus)
- Tyler Kepner: Chicago’s New Manager Has a Clear Message: Details Matter (New York Times)
- David Laurila: Trea Turner Embraces the Art of Hitting (FanGraphs)
- Alex Speier: Joey Meneses has been a star in the World Baseball Classic. Why did the Red Sox let him walk? (Boston Globe)
- Rob Mains: It’s Not Just the Innings (Baseball Prospectus)
- Emma Baccellieri: Edwin Díaz’s Injury Is the WBC’s Worst Fear Realized (Sports Illustrated)
- Jay Jaffe: Losing Edwin Díaz Is a Gut Punch for the Mets To Absorb (FanGraphs)
- Jeff Sanders: Padres’ Triple-A broadcaster pens book of 1,001 crazy minor league stories (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Sarah Thompson: Comparing Outfield Defense In The Minors & MLB (Sports Info Solutions)
- Eno Sarris: Which pitchers are showing better stuff this spring — and should we care? (The Athletic)
- Lewie Pollis: Is the Shift Ban Working? (Substack)
- Gordon Edes: ‘This is for the world’: Tim Anderson wants the big moments at WBC (Bally Sports)
- Ryan Fagan: Great Britain’s stunning World Baseball Classic success helping grow the sport in U.K. (The Sporting News)
- Michael Clair: Why is Shohei Ohtani wearing No. 16 in the World Baseball Classic? (MLB.com)
- Matt Monagan: Italy’s secret weapon in World Baseball Classic? The ‘staches (MLB.com)
- Jayson Stark: Can MLB stop ‘sticky stuff’ use? Players weigh in on new enforcement measures (The Athletic)
- Steven Goldman: Hope Is Worth About What You Think It Is (Baseball Prospectus)
- Grant Brisbee: A history of Giants spring training GOATs and goats (The Athletic)
- Rex Naylor: Back When There Was Baseball: Nancy Finley (Penn Sports Live)
- Sam Gazdziak: Obituary: Jean Faut (1925-2023) (RIP Baseball)
- Craig Brown: Chappie’s Emeralds: the green uniform of 1893 Buffalo (Threads of Our Game)
- Gary Cieradkowski: Dutch Raffeis: The Navy’s Own Flying Dutchman (Studio Gary C)
- Kevin Dayhoff: Spring is for sunshine, flowers and baseball (Baltimore Sun)
- New York Giants Preservation Society: Interview with Pat Gallagher (YouTube)
- Mark Aubrey: E. B. Peirce’s Parlor Base Ball Game (1878) (SABR Baseball Gaming)
- Bruce McClure: Baseball Sim Auctions (SABR Baseball Gaming)
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: March 17, 2023. Last Updated: March 17, 2023.