This Week in SABR: October 17, 2025
Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 17, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
Submit your presentation abstract for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
Join us next week for a SABR Scholar Session with Josh Kalk and Josh Ruffin
SABR welcomes new chapter in China
SABR Digital Library: Native American Major Leaguers
2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
Let’s Bring it Home in 2025 and power SABR’s future together
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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.
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.
Join us next week for a SABR Scholar Session with Josh Kalk and Josh Ruffin
All student and young professional members of SABR are invited to our next SABR Scholar Session, held virtually on Zoom at 8:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 20.
Join host Tyrone Brooks, Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball, for our free virtual series created exclusively for SABR student and young professional members. This session’s guest speakers are from the Minnesota Twins front office: Josh Kalk, Assistant General Manager, and Josh Ruffin, Director of Applied Analytics.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
SABR Digital Library: Native American Major Leaguers
Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:
Native American Major Leaguers
Edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-48-2, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-49-9, $34.95
8.5″ x 11″, 316 pages
Native American Major Leaguers presents biographies of over 40 players who appeared in the major leagues, including both those who are well remembered today for their Native heritage such as Jacoby Ellsbury, Charles Bender, Louis Sockalexis, and Jim Thorpe, and those you might not realize, such as Buck Martinez and Kyle Lohse. Then there are those who deserve to be remembered, like Jim Bluejacket and Ike Kahdot, and even a player from the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, Canadian Yolande Teillet, whose mother was Métis.
The book also includes more than a dozen essays on baseball and Native and Indigenous communities, including historical topics such as the legacy of Indian boarding schools, American Indian barnstorming teams, and the translation of baseball rules into Mi’kmaq, as well as recent issues like the changing of Cleveland’s team name and the controversy over the Atlanta Braves’ “Tomahawk Chop.”
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists announced
On Wednesday, Rawlings announced the finalists for the 2025 Rawlings Gold Glove Award, honoring the best individual fielding performances at each position in the American League™ and National League™. The winners will be unveiled during a one-hour, special-edition ESPN Baseball Tonight broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, November 2.
The SABR Defensive Index (SDI) will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR.
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.
Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 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: November 1, 2025 (for publication in early 2027 or 2028)
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.
SABR welcomes new chapter in China
SABR’s Board of Directors has approved the formation of a new regional chapter. The China Chapter serves members in China; the chapter leaders are Qingyi “Red” Li and Han Jiang.
To sign up for chapter email announcements and receive instant notification of upcoming SABR events in your area, click here to select from the list of chapters, then click “Join Group” at the top of the chapter page. All SABR members are eligible to sign up for announcements from any chapter or committee.
Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.
Call for papers: 2026 SABR 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 2026 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 17th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 24-25, 2026. The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2025.
Click here to read the full announcement 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.
June 28 Board minutes posted
Minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on June 28, 2025, at SABR 53 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, 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
- Andy Bruckmiller, by Vincent T. Ciaramella
- Jim Burns, by Stephen V. Rice
- Art Jahn, by Gary A. Frownfelter
- Matt Merullo, by David Bilmes
- Scottie Slayback, by Darren Gibson
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR Biography Project or to get involved.
5 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- October 8, 1925: Pirates tie World Series in Game 2 behind Aldridge’s pitching, Wright and Cuyler home runs, by John Fredland
- September 28, 1953: Future Dodgers legends Walt Alston, Tommy Lasorda combine for Triple-A title, by Kurt Blumenau
- April 21, 2012: Philip Humber is perfect for White Sox in only complete game of major league career, by Eric Conrad and Mark Morowczynski
- October 17, 2013: Red Sox put together second 1-run road win of ALCS, by Bill Nowlin
- June 30, 2014: Cubs’ Jake Arrieta flirts with no-hitter at Fenway Park; Mookie Betts makes Boston debut, by Max Effgen
Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.
Vinotinto Venezuela Béisbol, 1939–2024:
85 Years of Venezuelans in the Major Leagues
Edited by Leonte Landino and Bill Nowlin
Spanish translation: Reynaldo Cruz Díaz
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
- 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
- Jean Hastings Ardell wins 2025 SABR Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award
- Tom Hufford selected as 2025 Bob Davids Award winner
- 4,000 Hit Club updates: Robinson Canó, Vinicio García
- Read articles from The National Pastime: Baseball in Texas and Beyond
- Lahman Database files now available for download
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Arvanitis | Evanston, IL | Susan Lulgjuraj | Jersey City, NJ | ||
| Jackson Barnes | Columbia, SC | Clive McCullough | Kerrville, TX | ||
| Braydon Bays | New York, NY | Michael Minzenberg | Berkeley, CA | ||
| Rowly Brucken | Northfield, VT | Ann Murphy | Aptos, CA | ||
| John Buckley | River Edge, NJ | Nick Newson | London, ENG | ||
| Jason Correa | West Hills, CA | Kevin Nunn | Grand Rapids, MI | ||
| Valerie Davidson | Mount Vernon, WA | Craig Osborne | Haymarket, VA | ||
| Albert Decall | Santa Monica, CA | Daniel Pino | Aurora, CO | ||
| Jonah DiGiacomo | Washington, DC | Colin Savage | Phoenix, AZ | ||
| Andrew Grier | Milwaukee, WI | Alex Sniatkowski | Brooklyn, NY | ||
| Victor Hilton | Knoxville, TN | Charles Steinhardt | Columbia, MO | ||
| Faizan Khan | Charlottesville, VA | Ed Tallon | Stewart Manor, NY |
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Eric Kittelberger and Michael Lewis (“A Celebration of Baseball Card Art”); Jane Leavy (Make Me Commissioner); Ed Edmonds (Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame); and Justin Mckinney (“The Brooklyn Atlantics of 1870-75”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- October 20: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with David Firstman (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 20: Halsey Hall (MN) Chapter research committee meeting (7:00 p.m. CDT)
- October 20: SABR Scholar Session: Josh Kalk and Josh Ruffin (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 21: Games and Simulations meeting with Keith Avallone (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 22: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Louis Schiff (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 22: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Jerry Izenberg (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 22: Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez (FL) Chapter meeting with Dave Magadan (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- October 23: Mathewson-Plank (PA) Chapter meeting with Mike Walsh (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 23: Ken Keltner (WI) Chapter meeting with Will Bardenwerper (6:30 p.m. CDT)
- October 23: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter meeting with Matthew Rejmaniak (7:00 p.m. CDT)
- October 25: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting with Louis Schiff and Steve Lane (10:00 a.m. CDT)
- October 25: Smoky Joe Wood (CT) Chapter meeting with David Gordon and Paul Hensler (12:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 25: Quebec Chapter meeting (1:00 p.m. EDT)
- October 26: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting with Robert Elias (7:00 p.m. EDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- October 18: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)
- October 18: Hemond-Delhi Chapter Arizona Fall League meeting (Scottsdale, AZ)
- October 21: Bob Davids Chapter Hot Stove Dinner (Silver Spring, MD)
- October 24: Juan Marichal Chapter meeting (Santo Domingo, DOM)
- October 25: Rabbit Maranville Chapter meeting (Springfield, MA)
- October 25: Boston Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Boston, MA)
- October 25: Halsey Hall Chapter fall meeting (Minneapolis, MN)
- October 25: Central Florida Chapter meeting (Ponce Inlet, FL)
- October 25: Rogers Hornsby Chapter World Series watch party (Austin, TX)
- October 26: Elysian Fields Chapter film screening (Little Falls, NJ)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Nineteenth Century: Fall 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Rickwood Field Chapter: October 2025 newsletter (Birmingham, AL)
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:
- The Sporting News Collection archive now available online through Lindenwood University (Lindenwood.edu)
- Mark Simon: 2025 Fielding Bible Awards Preview (Sports Info Solutions)
- Derrick Goold: Masyn Winn, Victor Scott II are finalists for Gold Gloves; a win would be 100th for Cardinals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Jayson Stark: Ohtani’s odd October, Jacob Misiorowski’s moment and a peculiar punchout (The Athletic)
- Sarah Langs: 9 wild facts about Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s unbelievable outing (MLB.com)
- Joshua Rodrigues: The Hidden Edge in October Bullpens (Baseball Prospectus)
- Tyler Kepner: A ‘cruel’ homecoming for the Mariners, whose pitchers are meeting their match (The Athletic)
- Ryan Divish: The Mariners’ secret bullpen weapon isn’t so secret anymore (Seattle Times)
- Patrick Dubuque: Max Scherzer, For All of Time (Baseball Prospectus)
- Stephanie Apstein: Dodgers’ Playoff Run Shows the Risk of Shohei Ohtani’s Two-Way Stardom (Sports Illustrated)
- Ryan Fagan: Closing Time: Why Roki Sasaki is Thriving as the Dodgers’ Surprise Closer in the Postseason (Opta Analyst)
- Jay Jaffe: Enrique and Teoscar Hernández Have Hit the Reset Button in Timely Fashion (FanGraphs)
- Stephen J. Nesbitt: Get creative, have a philosophy and shoot your shot: Lessons from MLB’s final four postseason teams (The Athletic)
- Rob Mains: The Inevitability of Plate Discipline (Baseball Prospectus)
- Davy Andrews: Nobody’s Stealing Bases in the Playoffs (FanGraphs)
- David Laurila: Kyle Stowers Matured His Mindset and Proceeded To Mash in Miami (FanGraphs)
- Jordy Fee-Platt: Group of Pirates fans relives Mazeroski’s iconic World Series homer each year (The Athletic)
- Roger Cormier: What Major League Baseball Said When There Was Nothing Left to Say (Baseball Prospectus)
- Paul Roberts: A 55-year-old theft has Mariners fans rooting for Milwaukee, and payback (Seattle Times)
- Andrew Greif: Baseball’s .300 hitter has nearly gone extinct (NBC News)
- Steven Goldman: Mike Shildt and the One More Thing (Baseball Prospectus)
- Howard Megdal: Dave Dombrowski Talks Phillies Future Built Around What’s Worked (Forbes)
- Jason Coskrey: New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball (Japan Times)
- Luke Epplin: Ned Garver and Baseball’s Vanishing Despite Player (Good Grief)
- Gary Cieradkowski: Melo Almada: Brushback (Infinite Baseball Card Set)
- Roy Carlson: Topps Secrets That Help You Get the Picture (Sports Collectors Daily)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with Steve Albert (Baseball and BBQ)
- A SABR Presentation Celebrating Baseball Card Art (Beauty of a Game)
- Jason Schwartz: Tracking player selection and team changes across the T212 Obak set (SABR Baseball Cards)
- Yoichi Nagata/Mark Brunke/Rob Fitts: The 1921 Native American Tours of Japan (SABR Asian Baseball)
- Rob Fitts: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Carp’s First Pennant (SABR Asian Baseball)
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: October 17, 2025. Last Updated: October 17, 2025.