This Week in SABR: November 7, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, November 7, 2025.
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2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced
2 weeks left to submit presentation abstracts for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2025
Read SABR bios of 2026 Hall of Fame candidates
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2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners announced
Since 2013, the SABR Defensive Index™ has been used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process which are added to the votes from the managers and coaches.
The 2025 Gold Glove winners were announced on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” on Sunday, November 2.
Voting concluded Friday for the Rawlings Platinum Glove Award, presented by SABR. A combination of the SABR Defensive Index and the national fan vote will determine who takes home the honor in each League. The winners of the Rawlings Platinum Glove Awards will be announced on Friday, November 7.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Early registration now open for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.
We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!
- Registration: Click here to register for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Early-bird registration is $395 for SABR members, $495 for non-members, and $150 for currently enrolled high school or college students. Student-only virtual registration is $50. Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive the discounted registration link.
- Student Registration: Students should email Scott Carter with a photo of their student ID to receive a special link to register at a discounted rate. Students have the option of choosing virtual ($50) or in-person ($150) registration. Both include access to General Session panels and presentations on Friday, February 27 through Sunday, March 1, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, February 26. All student registrations also include a one-year SABR membership ($25 value) and a complimentary Rapsodo Certified Course ($395 value). SABR membership will be fulfilled after event sign-up and access to Rapsodo course will be delivered after the conference.
- Research Presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence: Present your baseball research at the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline to submit an abstract: November 21, 2025.
- Diamond Dollars Case Competition: Click here to register your team for the 2026 Diamond Dollars Case Competition. Registration is $1,750 per team, which includes admission to all SABR Analytics Conference sessions and a one-year SABR membership for each participant. Chaperones and advisors looking to attend the conference should register themselves separately here.
- Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference. Deadline: December 19, 2025.
- Research Awards: We’re seeking nominations for the 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards. Deadline: December 19, 2025.
- Certification Courses: The first three courses in the online, on-demand SABR Analytics Certification program, including the newest offering Level Three – Introduction to Baseball Programming, are available now. Click here to learn more or to sign up.
2 weeks left to submit your presentation abstract for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
SABR is excited to announce the call for presentations, presented by Teamworks Intelligence, for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on February 27-March 1, 2026, in Phoenix, Arizona.
Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work. Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. Please clearly indicate whether you are submitting for the general track or for the student track of presentations. The submission deadline for all 2026 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on November 21, 2025.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Apply now for the 2026 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship
SABR welcomes new applications for the Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship in 2026. Awarded annually to four recipients, the scholarship will provide meaningful professional development and networking opportunities for female students or young professionals pursuing a career in baseball analytics and data science.
Recipients will receive: registration for the SABR Analytics Conference, including hotel accommodations and travel stipend; registration for all courses in the SABR Analytics Certification program; one-year SABR membership, which includes access to quarterly SABR Scholar Session virtual networking events.
All applications must be postmarked or emailed to scarter@sabr.org by December 19, 2025.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
SABR has made tremendous strides toward becoming the essential community for the baseball world, but our work isn’t finished. With your support, we can continue to invest in mission-driven initiatives that will ensure SABR’s growth and sustainability for years to come. Your contributions will help us expand our research resources, forge meaningful partnerships inside and outside the game, and create more opportunities for participation in our baseball community. Gifts from members like you help SABR BRING IT HOME, securing success in 2025 and beyond.
You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a donation of $150 or more by December 31, 2025. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to boost SABR’s general operations. Contributions from generous donors like you are critical in supporting SABR as we add to our research resources, develop collaborative partnerships that add value for our members, and expand opportunities to participate in the wonderful baseball community we’ve built together.
Visit SABR.org/donate/2025 to learn more.
The SABR Bookshelf: Fall 2025
Periodically throughout the year, SABR.org publishes The SABR Bookshelf, a listing of new books that are received at the SABR office.
- Click here for more detailed information on dozens of new baseball books published in Fall 2025.
To view previous listings in The SABR Bookshelf, click here.
Negro Leagues statistics added to SABR Lahman Baseball Database
For the first time, players, teams, and statistics from the Negro Leagues are now available in SABR’s Lahman Baseball Database.
- Download the files: The updated Lahman Database with Negro Leagues stats (released October 30, 2025) is now available for download at SABR.org/lahman-database.
The Negro Leagues data, licensed from Seamheads.com, includes major leagues and teams from the late 19th century through the 1948 Negro American and National League seasons. The players and teams included in the database follow recommendations established by SABR’s Negro Leagues Task Force (2021) and Negro Leagues and Teams Special Committee (2024), for seasons where full statistics are available from Seamheads.
Thanks to SABR’s database consultant, Bryan Walko, for his efforts to produce this update. The Lahman Database, created by SABR member Sean Lahman, allows baseball researchers to perform complex queries across the entire history of the game.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Read SABR biographies of 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame candidates
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2026. The Contemporary Baseball Era ballot includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, and Fernando Valenzuela. Click on a link above to read SABR biographies for these figures.
The results of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee vote will be announced live on MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, December 7.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Member Benefit Spotlight: Renewing Your Membership
As a SABR member, you have vast resources and benefits at your disposal. With so much information at your fingertips, we realize it can be overwhelming to absorb it all! To highlight key benefits, read on for a SABR Member Benefit Spotlight, an email series that identifies and explains some of the most valuable features of your membership. We hope this allows you to take full advantage of all SABR has to offer.
This month’s issue shows you how to renew your membership.
Click here to read the full article 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.
Save the date! SABR Day is January 31, 2026
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, January 31, 2026, when we will hold our annual SABR Day celebration! SABR Day is a way for all baseball fans to come together, regardless of where they live, and talk about the game we all love.
Regional chapters are also encouraged to plan their own SABR Day events (virtually or in person) throughout the months of January or February to celebrate the start of a new baseball season.
Chapter leaders, please email Jacob Pomrenke as you finalize your SABR Day plans so we can update our comprehensive schedule of events, which will be posted online soon at SABR.org/sabrday.
October 15 Board minutes posted
Minutes from the Board of Directors conference call on October 15, 2025 have now been posted on the SABR website.
Click here to view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
5 new stories published at SABR BioProject
- William Baker, by Larry DeFillipo
- Oscar Bielaski, by Bill Lamb
- Fletcher Low, by Jeremy M. DeSilva (first-time author)
- Rick Reuschel, by Tim Castelli
- Coaker Triplett, by C. Paul Rogers III
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.
3 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- July 26, 1950: Frustrated Frisch fumes during Dubiel’s disaster, by Craig Garretson
- May 30, 1952: Athletics ace Bobby Shantz stymies Yankees for 14 innings, by Howard Rosenberg
- October 4, 1964: Boston’s Dick Radatz sets a single-season record for relievers with 181 strikeouts, by Bill Nowlin
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Native American Major Leaguers
Edited by Rob Daugherty 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:
- Save the date! SABR 54 will be in Cleveland in 2026
- SABR welcomes new chapter in China
- Check out highlights, stories, and photos from SABR 53 in Texas
- Negro Leagues plays added to SABR Triple Plays Database
- Check out highlights, photos from Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville
- Watch highlights from 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
- Tom Hufford selected as 2025 Bob Davids Award winner
- Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
- Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- 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 | ||
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| Lawrence Adams | Oxford, ENG | Eugene Hurley | Bloomington, IN | ||
| Garrett Alfstad | Chicago, IL | Meghan Jones | Chicago, IL | ||
| Robert Bee | Ewing, NJ | Robert Jordan | Ventura, CA | ||
| David Besanko | Evanston, IL | Conrad Keevert | Lander, WY | ||
| Ehsan Bokhari | Chicago, IL | Zachary Kolers | Phoenix, AA | ||
| Garrett Chiado | Chicago, IL | Shawn Lachance | Ottawa, ON | ||
| David Collison | Firestone, CO | Chin-Yu Liao | State College, PA | ||
| Jim Daly | Longmeadow, MA | Jacob Miller | Phoenix, AZ | ||
| Tobias Guzman | Oakland, CA | Grant Milner | Erie, CO | ||
| Calvin Havercamp | Apple Valley, MN | Yusuke Nishimura | Tokyo, JPN | ||
| Garrett Hearl | Fowlerville, MI | Johnny Perez | Santo Domingo, DOM | ||
| Charles Hildbold | Coraopolis, PA | Zach Thomas | Tacoma, WA | ||
| Clay Howard | Richmond, KY | Jeffrey Ward | Oneonta, NY |
Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of October 2025.
| NAME | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Agan | Bill Lamb | |
| Mark Armour | Steven Landau | |
| Ed Baranoski | Joe Leisek | |
| Edward Barbini | Michael Levine | |
| Ben Baschinsky | Henry Levy | |
| Jake Bell | Joseph Luchok | |
| Barry Bengtsson | Peter Mancuso | |
| Tom Best | Peter Marcus | |
| John Blackburn | John Martin | |
| Terry Bohn | Richard Masson | |
| Mark Bonino | Bruce McClure | |
| Thomas Bradley | Tom McGrath | |
| D. Bruce Brown | Dave McHugh | |
| Bruce Bumbalough | Bryan Melvin III | |
| Ralph Caola | John Mitchell | |
| Ken Carrano | Alan Mooneyham | |
| Joseph Carriero | Thomas Moore | |
| Jeff Carter | Steve Murphy | |
| John Carter | Tad Myre | |
| Scott Carter | Linda Nichols | |
| Frank Collins | Andrew North | |
| Vincent Comparato | Bill Nowlin | |
| Peter Cottrell | Melyssa Paulson | |
| Jim Cox | Laura Peebles | |
| Dick Cramer | David Polich | |
| Harrington Crissey | Gregory Puchalski | |
| Keith Crook | Kent Putnam | |
| Richard Cuicchi | Allen Quimby | |
| Susan Dellinger | John Rall | |
| Chris Dial | Patrick Ray | |
| Mark Drucker | Ned Ribback | |
| Mark Dugo | John Rosenfelder | |
| Helen Edwards | Michael Rosenwasser | |
| Ron Elliott | Harry Rothgerber | |
| Jonathan Epstein | Charles Roussel | |
| Daniel Evans | Ken Rubenstein | |
| David Firstman | Bob Russon | |
| Adam Foldes | Bill Ryczek | |
| Ed Fong | Richard Schabowski | |
| Sean Forman | Matthew Schaedler | |
| Steve Friedman | Jason Scheller | |
| Thomas Galligan | Douglas Schoppert | |
| Ted Giannoulas | Barry Sears | |
| Gary Gillette | Jack Selzer | |
| Steven Goldstein | Mary Shea | |
| Michael Green | Rob Sheinkopf | |
| Roger Greer | Bob Shelton | |
| David Gunzerath | Richard Smiley | |
| Mark Hausherr | Mikel Smith | |
| Emily Hawks | Kenneth Snell | |
| Richard Heinick | Paul Spyhalski | |
| Paul Hensler | Steve Steinberg | |
| Timothy Herlich | W.B. Steverson | |
| William Hickman | Tom Stone | |
| Aaron Hill | Wesley Story | |
| Brenda Himrich | Andrew Strnad | |
| Rockwell Hoffman | Joseph Thompson | |
| Karen Holleran | Stew Thornley | |
| Patrick Holsey | John Tierney | |
| Mark Hoose | Neal Traven | |
| Peter Hovis | Dean Coughenour Trust | |
| David Hughes | Marlene Vogelsang | |
| Carl Isackson | Lenny Wagner | |
| Jeff Jaech | Steven Weiner | |
| Rob Janes | Steve West | |
| Donald Jensen | Deb Williams | |
| Scott Johnson | Philip Williams | |
| Douglas Jordan | Neal Wilson | |
| Christopher Kaempfer | Beach Wires | |
| Chad Kahl | Jeffrey Wood | |
| Steve Klugman | Don Zminda | |
| Robert Krzys |
Want to become a Friend of SABR? Click here to make a recurring monthly contribution or click here to learn more about our Giving Circles to make a one-time contribution.
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Naomi Ryan of the US Women’s National Baseball Team; Rob Fitts (In the Japanese Ballpark); Kevin Hurd (From Randy Johnson to Dallas Braden); Nancy Finley (Finley Ball); John Racanelli (“Baseball’s Mad Scientist: James E. Bennett”); and the 19th Century Book Club. Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- November 8: Bob Davids (DC) Chapter Talkin’ Baseball: Jim Leeke (9:00 a.m. EST)
- November 10: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Adam Darowski (7:00 p.m. EST)
- November 11: Casey Stengel (NYC) Chapter meeting with Thomas Wolf (7:00 p.m. EST)
- November 11: 19th Century Speaker Series: Steve Rennie (8:00 p.m. EST)
- November 12: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Jim Leeke (7:00 p.m. EST)
- November 12: New SABR Member Experience Meeting (8:00 p.m. EST)
- November 13: Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting with Noel Hynd (7:30 p.m. EST)
- November 15: Mathewson-Plank (PA) Chapter book club meeting with Paul D. White (10:00 a.m. EST)
- November 15: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter meeting with Matt Sieger, Chris Haft, Kevin Hurd (11:00 a.m. PST)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- November 8: Forbes Field Chapter meeting (Pittsburgh, PA)
- November 8: Halsey Hall Chapter Hot Stove Saturday Morning (Fridley, MN)
- November 8: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
- November 8: Allan Roth Chapter meeting (Laguna Niguel, CA)
- November 8: Pacific Northwest Chapter meeting (Seattle, WA)
- November 9: Hanlan’s Point Chapter meeting (Toronto, ON)
- November 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
- November 15-16: SABR Board of Directors meeting (Cleveland, OH)
- November 15: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
- November 15: Dayton Chapter meeting (Dayton, OH)
- November 15: Central Florida Chapter meeting (Ponce Inlet, FL)
- November 15: Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter meeting (Milwaukee, WI)
- November 16: Elysian Fields Chapter 20th anniversary banquet (E. Rutherford, NJ)
- November 16: Rogers Hornsby Chapter lunch meeting (Austin, TX)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Biographical Research: October 2025 newsletter
- Games and Simulations: Are you involved in a baseball season replay with a tabletop, computer, or console game of any kind? Let us know! Click here to fill out a quick survey for the SABR Games and Simulations Committee.
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Halsey Hall Chapter: November 2025 newsletter (Minneapolis, MN)
- Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: November 2025 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:
- Dan Hirshberg: Lifelong baseball fans drawn by Tampa Bay SABR chapter (Tampa Bay News Weekly)
- Tyler Kepner: The case for 2025: Why the Dodgers and Blue Jays just played the greatest Game 7 in history (The Athletic)
- Clinton Yates: ‘It’s been like a dream’: Dodgers OF Justin Dean took role player route to World Series (Andscape)
- Sarah Langs: What a way to end it! Wild stats from an unforgettable Game 7 (MLB.com)
- Jay Jaffe: The Dodgers Dynasty Takes Its Place Among the Greats (FanGraphs)
- Mark Simon: Ultimate Winner of the World Series: Great Defense (Sports Info Solutions)
- Eno Sarris: From splitter usage to base-running trends: Lessons learned from the MLB postseason (The Athletic)
- Stephanie Apstein: Blue Jays’ Many Missed Chances Leave Behind a Heartbroken Team (Sports Illustrated)
- Davy Andrews: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Greatest Postseasons of All Time (FanGraphs)
- Hannah Keyser: If the Dodgers are bad for baseball, why was the World Series so much fun? (The Guardian)
- Rob Mains: MLB.tv: Around the League in 90 Days (Baseball Prospectus)
- Derrick Goold: Shortstop Masyn Winn secures 1st Gold Glove Award, Cardinals’ 100th overall (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Matthew Trueblood: When Baseball Matters Most (Baseball Prospectus)
- Jayson Stark: Five things to watch on Hall of Fame Contemporary Era ballot: Bonds, Clemens and so much more (The Athletic)
- Alex Coffey: He’d never preached before. But in 1990, Jack Hibbard became the Phillies chaplain. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- David Laurila: Max Anderson Has Been the Arizona Fall Leagues’s Hottest Hitter (FanGraphs)
- Joshua Rodrigues: Mapping Advantage: How Counts and Platoons Shape wOBA (Baseball Prospectus)
- Michael Baumann: Looking Toward the Future, the Rockies Are Begging for the Past (FanGraphs)
- Luke Epplin: Bob Feller’s Overbooked Barnstorming Tour of 1946 (Good Grief)
- Craig Brown: 1888: The remarkable baseball year of Joseph Hall (Threads of Our Game)
- Mark Kolier: Baseball played today is the best that’s ever been (Almost Cooperstown)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Jeffrey Orens (Baseball and BBQ)
- Robert Livingston: The Seattle Pilots take flight (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Bill Staples Jr.: Kenichi Zenimura, ‘The Father of Japanese American Baseball,’ and the 1924, 1927, and 1937 Goodwill Tours (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Glenn Evans: Crossing the Tracks: 1910 (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: November 7, 2025. Last Updated: November 7, 2025.