This Week in SABR: March 21, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, March 21, 2025.
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Check out highlights, photos from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
Dr. Glenn Fleisig honored with 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Join us on March 23 for webinar on MLB pitching injuries
Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
SABR 500 Club membership referral drive
Call for nominations: 2025 SABR Board of Directors election
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Check out highlights, photos from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
The 14th annual SABR Analytics Conference was held in person from March 14-16, 2025, 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 2024 SABR Analytics Conference, click on a link below:
- Dr. Glenn Fleisig honored with 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
- Hannah Keyser, Richard Staff, Justin Klugh, Patrick Dubuque win 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards
- Conner Pelletier, Jack Lambert, Anthony Becerra, Sam Ehrlich win inaugural Dr. Mike Marshall Baseball Biomechanics Research Award
- Nathan Backman, Dimitri Haan win 2025 SABR Analytics Conference student presentation awards
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition winners: The Branson School, Vanderbilt University, Syracuse University, and NYU-Tisch Institute for Global Sport
- Check out photo galleries from each day at the 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
- Click here to download the 2025 SABR Analytics Conference digital program (PDF)
Stay tuned for more highlights, clips, and stories at SABR.org/analytics!
Dr. Glenn Fleisig honored with 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Glenn Fleisig of the American Sports Medicine Institute was honored with the SABR Analytics Conference Lifetime Achievement Award on Saturday, March 15 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Fleisig is the Research Director of the American Sports Medicine Institute and the Founding President of the American Baseball Biomechanics Society. He also serves as an advisor to Major League Baseball, Little League Baseball, and USA Baseball.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Pelletier, Lambert, Becerra, Ehrlich win inaugural Dr. Mike Marshall Baseball Biomechanics Research Award
Conner Pelletier, Jack Lambert, Anthony Becerra, and Sam Ehrlich were announced as the winners of the inaugural Dr. Mike Marshall Baseball Biomechanics Research Award on Saturday, March 15 at the SABR Analytics Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
The award was created through the support of Deborah Marshall and Dr. Mike Marshall’s Pitching Academia and named in honor of the maverick former major-league pitcher. This award honors the legacy of Dr. Marshall by encouraging the study of baseball biomechanics and its application in further understanding pitching, with an emphasis on the risks, causes and/or prevention of pitching injury. The recipients will receive a prize of $2,500.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Keyser, Staff, Klugh, Dubuque win 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards
Congratulations to Hannah Keyser, Richard Staff, Justin Klugh, and Patrick Dubuque, winners of the 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. They were recognized in an awards ceremony during the SABR Analytics Conference on Saturday, March 15 in Phoenix, Arizona.
- Keyser was voted as the winner of the Contemporary Baseball Analysis Award for “The DH Is Universal, But Good DHs Are Rare” (The Ringer)
- Staff was voted as the winner of the Contemporary Baseball Commentary Award for “The Minor League Shrink And The Growing Gap Between Triple-A And The Bigs” (Defector)
- Klugh was voted as the winner of the Historical Baseball Analysis/Commentary Award for “Every Streak Is A Part Of History” (Baseball Prospectus)
- Dubuque was voted as the winner of the John Dewan Defensive Analytics Award for “Does Catcher Framing Bounce Back?” (Baseball Prospectus)
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.
Backman, Haan win 2025 SABR Analytics Conference student presentation awards
Nathan Backman and Dimitri Haan were recognized as the winners of the inaugural SABR Analytics Conference student presentation awards, presented by Cleat Street Capital, on Saturday, March 15 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Backman, a senior at Syracuse University, was selected as the top student oral presenter for his talk on “Baseball Cinematography: Using Open Source CV Algorithms to Track and Quantify Pitcher Mechanics.”
Haan, a graduate student at University of Nebraska at Omaha, was selected as the top student poster presenter for “Understanding the Correlation Between Static Range of Motion and Joint Torque Power Capabilities.”
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Join us on March 23 for SABR-ABBS Webinar on MLB Pitching Injuries
SABR and the American Baseball Biomechanics Society are bringing together a group of experts for a special webinar at 7:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 23 to discuss the recently published MLB Report on Pitching Injuries. This discussion will explain the results of the study and explore how players, teams, trainers, coaches, and organizations can better limit pitching injuries in the future. Attendance is limited to members of SABR and ABBS.
- Moderator: Dr. Arnel Aguinaldo
- Panelists: Dr. Glenn Fleisig, Dr. Kristen Nicholson, Mike Reinold, Eno Sarris
Click here to register in advance for the Zoom meeting.
Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
SABR is pleased to announce the recipients of Local Grants in 2025:
- Connie Mack-Dick Allen Chapter: Philadelphia Negro Leagues Student Research Scholarships
- Boston Chapter: Sea Foam House commemorative storyboard
- Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter: 150th anniversary of St. Louis’s first major-league game
- Roush-Lopez Gulf Coast Chapter: St. Petersburg Spring Training Trolley Tour
- Lefty O’Doul Bay Area Chapter: Lefty O’Doul Grave Marker Restoration
- Allan Roth Chapter: Manzanar Baseball Project historical re-enactment
Click here to learn more about each of these projects.
The SABR Local Grants program provides an opportunity for chapters, research committees, and chartered communities to apply for funding for their projects under SABR’s Four Pillars: Research, Scholarship, Preservation, and Future of the Game. In total, $10,000 in SABR Local Grants will be awarded in 2025. Visit SABR.org/local-grants to learn more or to apply for a future grant.
SABR 500 Club membership referral drive
Do you have friends or family members who would love SABR? Now is the time to encourage them to join during our SABR 500 Club membership drive!
The SABR 500 Club is a referral-based membership drive with the goal of welcoming 500 new SABR members between March 1 and April 30, 2025. New members who sign up for an annual or multi-year membership during the referral period will receive a custom baseball card set featuring SABR-Rucker Archive images of members of the 500 home run club. Current members who refer three or more new members during the drive, regardless of membership type, will receive their choice of a card set or SABR logo lapel pin. The current SABR member who refers the most new members will receive a complimentary registration for SABR’s 53rd annual convention in Dallas-Fort Worth this June. Cash prizes will also be awarded to SABR chapters with the most referrals.
Visit SABR.org/500-club to learn more.
Early registration now available for SABR 53 in Dallas-Fort Worth
This summer we’ll head to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex on June 25-29, 2025, for the 53rd SABR convention. SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love, alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship. All baseball fans are welcome to attend.
Here are some of our featured speakers and panelists:
- Iván Rodríguez, Texas Rangers great and 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
- Bruce Bochy, Texas Rangers manager and four-time World Series champion
- Chris Young, Texas Rangers President of Baseball Operations
- Tom Schieffer, former Texas Rangers president
- Rob Matwick, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Texas Rangers
- Jack Hill, former Senior Vice President, Project Development, Texas Rangers
- James Beckett, founder and CEO of Beckett Media
- Tim Purpura, former Houston Astros general manager and Texas League president
- Bob Baillargeon, former Texas League player
- Rick Herrscher, former Texas League player
- Stay tuned for more speakers and panelists to be announced!
If you’ve never attended a SABR convention, this is the perfect year to join us and make new baseball friendships. If you’re a veteran attendee, we can’t wait for you to experience our rejuvenated convention experience. It will be an incredible week of baseball fellowship in the heart of Texas and we hope you’ll make plans to be part of it!
Visit SABR.org/convention to register now or learn more.
Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend SABR 53
With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to 4 scholarships to high school or college students to attend SABR 53 on June 25-29, 2025, in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250.
Students must be currently enrolled in a high school, college undergraduate or graduate program, and be between 18 and 29 years of age at the time of the conference. All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter no later than April 11, 2025.
Click here to learn more or to download an application.
Subscribe to the Baseball Research Journal before April 1
All SABR members exclusively receive the Baseball Research Journal electronically twice a year. The Spring 2025 issue will be sent out in April. However, if you are interested in a paperback copy of BRJ for your personal library, we have rolled out a subscription option at a significantly discounted rate: $7 per issue for members, compared to $19.95 at retail.
- To subscribe and receive a printed edition of BRJ, visit SABR.org/subscribe by April 1, 2025
(If you have any questions about your subscription, please email brjsubscribe@sabr.org.)
Click here for a short video on how to subscribe to printed copies of BRJ.
Join us on April 16 for a SABR Live Oral History Interview with Dale Murphy
Baseball fans, join us for a special virtual event at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, April 16: a live SABR Oral History interview with former National League MVP and Atlanta Braves great Dale Murphy.
All fans are invited to attend this interview session on Zoom, which will be conducted by Oral History Committee chair John McMurray. The interview will be recorded and added to SABR’s Oral History Collection archive afterward.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Call for nominations: 2025 SABR Board of Directors election
The SABR Nominating Committee is now seeking nominations for candidates for the 2025 Board of Directors elections. To be eligible for the Board of Directors, candidates must have been members of the Society for at least the preceding four years. Any candidate for an officer position must have at least one year of prior service on the Board during the preceding five-year period. The deadline for nominations is March 26, 2025. The offices to be filled are:
- President (2-year term)
- Director (3-year term)
- Director (3-year term)
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.
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, 2025 (for publication in late 2026 or 2027)
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.
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 BioProject
- Monk Dubiel, by Craig Garretson
- Egyptian Healy, by Vincent T. Ciaramella
- Oscar Jones, by Stephen V. Rice
- Van Dorn Tappan, by Kurt Blumenau
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.
7 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- May 12, 1915: Yankees’ Jack Warhop beats Cleveland despite triple play, by Kurt Blumenau
- May 27, 1994: Lee Anne Ketcham pitches Silver Bullets to win over Richfield Rockets in women’s baseball first, by Barrett Snyder
- March 25, 1993: Cleveland Indians return to baseball after deaths of Steve Olin, Tim Crews, by Andrew Harner
- April 29, 2007: Troy Tulowitzki’s unassisted triple play and Matt Holliday’s walk-off homer lead Rockies over Braves, by Bill Marston
- March 30, 2018: After Opening Day defeat, Red Sox rebound with first of nine consecutive wins, by Bill Nowlin
- September 5, 2022: Xander Bogaerts records ninth straight multihit game for Red Sox, by Bill Nowlin
- June 26, 2024: Catcher Danny Jansen starts as a Blue Jay, ends same game with Red Sox two months later, by Harrison Golden
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
The 2005 World Champion Chicago White Sox: Grinders and Gamers
Edited by Eric Conrad, Mark Morowczynski, Bill Nowlin, and Don Zminda
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:
- Rob Fitts, Gary Gillette, Richard Malatzky honored with Henry Chadwick Award
- SABR members approve By-Laws revision in 2025 special election
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Paul Zwirecki joins SABR staff as External Relations Officer
- 19th Century League Documents now available in SABR Research Collection
- In Memoriam: Fay Vincent
- SABR Digital Library: When Minor League Baseball Almost Went Bust: 1946-1963
- Save the date! 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference is September 19-21
- Read SABR biographies of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Bieber | Cincinnati, OH | Yoko Riseborough | New Orleans, LA | ||
| George Bozeka | Akron, OH | C.C. Rood | Atlanta, GA | ||
| Timothy Carr | Birmingham, MI | Eric Ruben | Bellingham, WA | ||
| Mark DeMelin | South Weymouth, MA | Troy Seidman | Toronto, ON | ||
| Will DiGravio | Brooklyn, NY | Roy Sye | Arlington Heights, IL | ||
| Dan Genovese | Westfield, MA | Matthew Tallarini | White Plains, NY | ||
| Brett Greenberg | Sunrise, FL | Garrett Taylor | Goodyear, AZ | ||
| William Madden | Monticello, IN | Kevin Utley | Skokie, IL | ||
| Austin Massey | Ruston, LA | Jason Wilder | Rochester, NY | ||
| Ryo Nakazawa | Tokyo, JPN |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from John W. Miller (The Last Manager); Tim Newby (The Original Louisville Slugger); William Humber (Old Ontario At Bat); and Eric Gray (Backyards to Ballparks). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- March 22: Hoyt-Allen Cincinnati Chapter meeting with Daniel M. Linnenberg, Ginny Skinner-Linnenberg, Russ Speiller, and Don Slavik (9:30 a.m. EDT)
- March 23: SABR-ABBS Webinar on MLB Pitching Injuries (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 24: Bob Broeg St. Louis (MO) Chapter Meeting with Kat Williams (6:00 p.m. CDT)
- March 24: Joint AL Central Chapter season preview meeting (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- March 25: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Bailey Hall (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 25: Mathewson-Plank (Central PA) Chapter meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 26: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter (NH/ME) Meeting with Gabriel Lerman (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 26: Hanlan’s Point (ON) Chapter meeting with Bill Humber (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 27: Sweet Lou Johnson Lexington (KY) Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 27: 19th Century Baseball Book Club (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- March 29: Hank Gowdy Columbus (OH) Chapter book club meeting (9:30 a.m. EDT)
- March 30: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter Meeting with Vince Guerrieri (7:00 p.m. EDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- March 22: Ted Williams Chapter lunch meeting (San Diego, CA)
- March 23: Elysian Fields Chapter meeting (Little Falls, NJ)
- March 27: Southern Michigan Chapter Opening Day meet-up (Hamtramck, MI)
- March 29: Casey Stengel Chapter meeting (New York, NY)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Games and Simulations: All SABR members are invited to participate in a Games and Simulations Committee daily or weekly transaction Rotisserie 5×5 league in 2025. Click here to learn more, including league rules and additional information.
- Statistical Analysis: March 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Elysian Fields Chapter: Spring 2025 newsletter (Northern New Jersey)
- Rogers Hornsby Chapter: March 2025 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:
- Michael Clair: Tokyo Series is highlight of 150 years of baseball history (MLB.com)
- Kimmy Yam: How Japanese superstars are helping to revitalize baseball (NBC News)
- Meghan Montemurro: How Topps is expanding trading-card footprint in Japan (Chicago Tribune)
- Jason Coskrey: NPB clubs show there’s more to Japanese baseball than MLB stars (Japan Times)
- Jake Mintz: How star pitcher Hideo Nomo, an agent and a lawyer changed the landscape of MLB forever (Yahoo Sports)
- Bradford William Davis: Jackie Robinson’s legacy is the people who want him muzzled — and the real reason why (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
- Steven Goldman: Jackie Robinson and the Twisted Mirror (Baseball Prospectus)
- Hannah Keyser: ‘I have a baby’: how women in baseball are redefining work and motherhood (The Guardian)
- Justin Choi: I Know What You Did Last Pitch (Baseball Prospectus)
- Todd Zolecki: Bryce Harper, Phillies hitters losing homers at Citizens Bank Park (MLB.com)
- David Laurila: Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter Are Promising Power Pitchers (FanGraphs)
- Alex Speier: Red Sox pitching pipeline looks unlike anything the franchise has seen in years (Boston Globe)
- Derrick Goold: Finding the way back: Can Cardinals honor their past by fast-forwarding to future? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Jordan Ellenberg: 2024 Orioles Broke a 79-Year-Old Record. Why Didn’t Anyone Notice? (Slate.com)
- Manny Randhawa: How the Colorado Rockies can win consistently at altitude (MLB.com)
- Mark Simon: Are the Mariners a Good Defensive Team? (Sports Info Solutions)
- Jay Jaffe: Red Sox Third Base Drama Appears To Be Resolved (For Now) (FanGraphs)
- Kaitlyn Tiffany: Yes, I Went to the Yankees’ Women’s Mini-Fantasy Camp (The Atlantic)
- Davy Andrews: Plop It: Thirty Poems About the New Era Overlap Hats (FanGraphs)
- Amanda Lane Cumming: The Expansion of the Cactus League, the Pilots, the Mariners, and the First Man To Lose His Mind Over Seattle Baseball (NW Baseball History)
- Bill Pearch: Dublin’s Croke Park: No Luck with the Irish (IBWAA)
- Gary Cieradkowski: Van Lingle Mungo: Strikeout! (Infinite Baseball Card Set)
- Joe Guzzardi: Clemente and Mays Roam Same Outfield in Puerto Rico Winter League (Patch.com)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Art Shamsky (Baseball and BBQ)
- Jason Schwartz: This card was a steal! (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Patrick Bone: The Black Tomahawk (SABR Baseball Cards)
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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 21, 2025. Last Updated: March 25, 2025.