This Week in SABR: October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022/in This Week in SABR /by Jacob Pomrenke

Welcome to “This Week in SABR!” Click here to view this week’s newsletter on the web. Here’s what we’ve been up to as of October 7, 2022:

Early registration now open for 2023 SABR Analytics Conference in Phoenix

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be 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.

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!

General sessions will be held in person on Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12 at the Beus Center for Law and Society in downtown Phoenix. General Session registration includes access to all programming held at the Beus Center for Law and Society, including research presentations, panel discussions, Friday evening networking reception, a boxed lunch on Friday and Saturday afternoon, and coffee talks on Saturday and Sunday morning.

Students will have two registration options, virtual or in-person, with both including access to the General Session on Friday, March 10 through Sunday, March 12, and a student-only virtual session on Thursday, March 9.

Registration: Click here to register for the 2023 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.
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. All student registrations also include a complimentary one-year SABR membership, which will be fulfilled after event sign-up.

Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more.

Submit your presentation abstract for 2023 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR and Sports Info Solutions are excited to announce the call for presentations for the SABR Analytics Conference on March 10-12, 2023, 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@sportsinfosolutions.com and clearly indicate whether you are submitting for the general track or for the student track of presentations.

The submission deadline for all 2023 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on November 23, 2022.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Students, apply now for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school and college students who wish to attend the SABR Analytics Conference on March 10-12, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging fees associated with the conference up to a total value of $1,250.

Download a Yoseloff Scholarship application to attend the 2023 SABR Analytics Conference

The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage student engagement with baseball analytics, and to engender an active interest in baseball research and SABR. The Yoseloff scholarship is to assist young researchers who want to attend the SABR Analytics Conference and to introduce them to fellow SABR members and professionals within the baseball community. Through this fund, SABR hopes to inspire future baseball research, expose students to high-quality research and build the research capability of interested students.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Help us Bring it Home and make 2022 a historic success for SABR!

As SABR continues toward our vision of becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, it is gifts from members like you who sustain our organization, allowing us to produce wonderful baseball research and programming that reaches people everywhere.

You can support SABR’s end of year Bring it Home Campaign by making a gift of $150 or more by December 31, 2022. 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 vital in helping SABR maintain core mission programming, develop new initiatives, and ensure affordable membership access:

Support for Core Programming: Your donations help make SABR events possible and accessible, while fueling the productivity and development of our publishing efforts.
Support for New Initiatives: Your donations allow SABR to maintain its relevance and respectability in an ever-changing environment.
Support for Affordable Membership Access: Your donations are crucial to keeping SABR membership affordable for all, a critical aspect of fulfilling our vision to become the essential community for the world of baseball.

Visit SABR.org/donate/2022 to learn more.

Register now for 2022 SABR Southern New England 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee, Lajoie-Start Chapter, and the Rhode Island College’s Department of History present the Southern New England 19cBB Interdisciplinary Symposium, which will take place from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2022, in Providence, Rhode Island.

The event will be held at Rhode Island College’s John Lincoln Alger Hall, 600 Library Road, Providence, RI 02908.

The symposium will be highlighted by a welcome address from author Ed Achorn (Fifty-Nine in ’84), a keynote address from Morgan Grefe, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Historical Society, an interdisciplinary talk by Elizabeth Williams of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, plus research presentations by Robert Cvornyek, Howard Chudacoff, Lauren Tuiskula, and Rick Harris.

How to Register: Click here to register online at SABR.org. Please note: Due to space limitations, we can only allow up to 80 registrants for this event.
Schedule: Click here to download the full schedule (PDF)
Cost: SABR members and up to two (2) guests can register for the symposium at $45 per person, which includes Continental breakfast, buffet lunch and AM & PM refreshments.
Parking and Directions: Click here for directions to the campus and how to secure a parking permit.

The 2022 Southern New England 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium will be the sixth in our city-specific series. Previous symposiums were held in New York City (2014), Philadelphia (2016), Cleveland (2018), Minneapolis (2019), and Brooklyn (2021).

Read stories from new SABR Convention Games project at SABR.org

I’m not sure whose idea it was for SABR to tell the stories of each major- and minor-league game that has taken place during the organization’s Annual Convention in its first 50 years, but it was a great idea!

Click here to view the new SABR Convention Games Project at SABR.org

Attending a baseball game as part of the SABR annual convention is a natural thing to do. After all, it’s our love of the game that brings us together in the first place. Without SABR, I would probably never have been to many of the major-league ballparks that I have visited. Indeed, going to a game and seeing a ballpark you have never seen before is a big attraction for convention-goers.

SABR convention games have included MVP award winners (like Ken Griffey Jr. in 1996), Rookies of the Year (Cal Ripken Jr. in 1982), and World Series champions (the Oakland A’s in 1973). There have also been no-hitters (José Jiménez in 1999), instant replay reviews (four calls, all overturned, at San Diego in 2019), inside-the-park home runs (Jon Singleton in 2014), and walk-off celebrations (Felix José in 1992).

The 64 game stories you’ll find in this new project at SABR.org chronicle what we saw, and for some who might not have been there, it makes us wish we had been. We certainly hope you’ll join us for a future SABR convention, at Chicago in 2023 or beyond. Enjoy!

— Tom Hufford

SABR Editorial Board seeks new baseball research project proposals

The SABR 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 have no intention of being published as a book.

Visit https://bit.ly/sabr-editorial-board-proposals to submit a SABR project proposal online. Deadline for review: October 10, 2022.

Proposals will be graded using the following criteria: Significance, Interest, Marketability, Intersectionality, Originality, and Likelihood of Completion.

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 web-based multimedia projects (click here for an example) and 6-8 books per year. Two sample project proposals can be downloaded by clicking here. Previously published web projects can be viewed at SABR.org/eight-myths-out or SABR.org/jackie75.

Deadlines for review are April and October, with a likely publication timeline of about 18-24 months. For example, a proposal submitted by October 2022 would be considered for publication in Spring 2024, although some timely projects may be published earlier.

SABR Digital Library: ¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente

On September 30, 1972, Roberto Clemente reached the 3,000-hit milestone with his final career hit for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Thanks to a Local Grant from SABR, the Forbes Field Chapter is also working to install commemorative markers at the site of old Three Rivers Stadium.

We hope you enjoy this new book on “The Great One” from the SABR Digital Library:

¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Associate Editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-970159-87-5, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-970159-88-2, $34.95
8.5″ x 11″, 338 pages

Click here to find the full description of this book at SABR.org.

SABR members, get this e-book for FREE!

E-book: Click here to download the e-book version of ¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente for FREE from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, MOBI, EPUB/Kindle formats.
Paperback: Get a 50% discount on the ¡Arriba! The Heroic Life of Roberto Clemente paperback edition from the SABR Store ($17.95 includes shipping/tax; delivery via Amazon Kindle Direct can take up to 4-6 weeks.)

Having trouble downloading our e-books? To view PDF files on your computer, click here to download the free Adobe Reader software. Having trouble downloading e-books to your Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader or iPad? Click here for additional help.

Note for Kindle users: Beginning in August 2022, Amazon will no longer allow Kindle users to send new MOBI files to their Kindle library. EPUB files are now a compatible format for your Kindle library. Click here to learn more.

Join us on October 23 for Kelly Field historical marker dedication ceremony

With the support of the City of Daytona Beach and the Volusia County-Daytona Beach Branch of the NAACP, SABR’s Central Florida Chapter will install a commemorative marker at the site of Kelly Field, where Jackie Robinson and John Wright integrated spring training with the Montreal Royals in 1946, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Thanks to a Local Grant from SABR, the plaque will be unveiled for the first time as part of a ceremony at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 23 at the Midtown Cultural Center, 925 George W. Engram Blvd. in Daytona Beach.

All baseball fans are invited to attend. There will be some great presentations and SABR CEO Scott Bush will join us.

For more information about the historical marker, contact Jim Bard.

Read more: Andreas Butler: Historical marker will be located at site where Jackie Robinson practiced (Daytona Times)

Sign up now for SABR Analytics Certification online course

It’s time to get SABR Certified! The first course in the new SABR Analytics Certification program — Conversational Analytics and Critical Thinking in Baseball — is available online now.

The SABR Analytics Certification program is an online, on-demand curriculum offering professional development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics. The curriculum was developed by current baseball professionals, including employees of Major League Baseball and its clubs.

SABR members get a significant discount on this Analytics Certification course registration, saving $55 off the regular price.

Visit SABR.org/analytics/certification to sign up today or learn more.

Join us for more Stay Home With SABR virtual events

SABR chapters and committees are encouraged to set up virtual meetings to stay engaged with our members throughout the world at SABR.org.

Can’t-Miss Event: The SABR 19th Century Monthly Speaker Series invites all SABR members to attend our next presentation from 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 11. Our guest speaker will be Gary Gillette, who will talk about “Triple Crowns for the 19th Century.” Click here to register in advance for this Zoom meeting. For more information or to watch replays of past presentations from the 19th Century Speaker Series, click here.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from authors Mark Armour and Dan Levitt (Intentional Balk), Chris Rawls of the Houston Baseball Museum, and David Krell (“Mary Dobkin”). Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.

Here are some more upcoming virtual events you can attend online; check the Events Calendar for complete details:

October 8: Larry Dierker (TX) Chapter: New Members Meeting (11:00 a.m. CDT)
October 10: Central Illinois Chapter meeting with Doug Feldmann (7:00 p.m. CDT)
October 11: SABR 19th Century Speaker Series with Gary Gillette (8:00 p.m. EDT)
October 13: Baseball Think Factory meeting (8:30 p.m. EDT)
October 13: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter joint meeting with Mark Armour and Dan Levitt (7:00 p.m. PDT)
October 15: Jack Graney (OH) Chapter meeting with Marc Bona (10:00 a.m. EDT)
October 16: Hanlan’s Point (ON) Chapter meeting with 1992 Blue Jays book authors (12:00 p.m. EDT)

In addition, the following events will be held in person:

October 8: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
October 8: Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter book sale (Manchester, MO)
October 11: Central Virginia Chapter meeting (Charlottesville, VA)
October 12: Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting (Tallahassee, FL)
October 13: Eric Gray author event (Toronto, ON)
October 15: Babe ‘n’ Bob Chapter Breakfast (Edgewater, MD)

Find more upcoming SABR meetings on our Events Calendar page.

Read all biographies from One-Hit Wonders book

In 2021, SABR published One-Hit Wonders, edited by Bill Nowlin, telling the story of 70 players who might otherwise be overlooked — but who made the grade and got exactly one hit in the major leagues. Some of these “one-hit wonders” were pitchers, and not expected to hit. Others simply had such short careers, they consisted of one game—or less.

The list includes original expansion Angel Dan Ardell, celebrated college coach Rod Dedeaux, Purple Heart recipient Roy Gleason, player agent Dave Matranga, and more.

All of the biographies from One-Hit Wonders are now available online at the SABR BioProject.

Click here to download the e-book edition for free or save 50% off the paperback edition.

12 new stories published at the SABR Games Project

Twelve new game stories were posted this week as part of the SABR Games Project:

August 26, 1889: Extra baseball, a free fight, and a protest in Philadelphia, by Matt Albertson
June 24, 1914: Kaiserling, Kauff lead Hoosiers past Packers, extending winning streak to 15, by Thomas E. Merrick
October 29, 1928: Young Bob Feller catches glimpse of his future as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig barnstorm into Iowa, by Andrew Harner
April 14, 1964: Cubs outslug and outlast hopeful Pirates to jump-start the season, by Gregory H. Wolf and Victoria Monte
July 2, 1970: Frank Robinson offers batting advice to Tony Horton, who then hits for the cycle against the Orioles, by Mike Huber
August 21, 1977: Unlikely hitter Doug Rader claims Blue Jays’ first inside-the-park HR, by Kurt Blumenau
July 7, 1985: Al Newman’s bunt lifts Expos over Astros in 19-inning marathon, by Gary Belleville
May 7, 1992: Cleveland’s Kenny Lofton’s first career home run adds to Rangers’ home woes, by Madison McEntire
May 16, 1998: Mike Piazza’s Marlins debut overshadowed by Mark McGwire’s impressive home run, by Dan Cichalski
October 3, 2004: First baseman Dave McCarty pitches for third time during magical Red Sox season, by Bill Nowlin
August 6, 2012: Phillies’ consecutive sellout streak ends in loss to Braves, by Steve Ginader
July 30, 2021: Blue Jays play first home game in Canada in nearly two years, by Mark Davis

New Games Project stories can be found at SABR.org/gamesproject.

Get involved: Have memories of a game you attended? Or a game you watched that caught your interest? Write about it! Writing for the Games Project is an easy way to get involved as a SABR member. Find out how by reading the Games Project FAQs section or checking out the Authors’ Guidelines. We have editors and fact checkers who are willing to help you write your first article.
Social media: Follow the SABR Games Project on Twitter or Facebook to keep up with new stories and updates.

SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Listen to an interview with Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated

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 #182 on Monday, October 3 featured Emma Baccellieri, a staff writer at Sports Illustrated since 2018 and a two-time recipient of the SABR Analytics Conference Research Award. She was honored in 2022 for her article on deadening the baseball and in 2018 for her exploration of MLB Statcast at Deadspin. Her recent work includes stories on minor leaguers’ unionization efforts, in-game player interviews, and a history-making St. Louis Cardinals battery. She grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and graduated from Duke University with a history degree. She was a guest on SABRcast #164 in May 2022.

Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode.

Subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks, including Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or Stitcher, and listen to each episode as soon as it’s released on Mondays. To learn more, visit SABR.org/sabrcast.

Listen to a new episode of Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM on Saturdays

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM, a radio show hosted by former SABR Board President Vince Gennaro, is back at a new time for the regular season. Listen to new episodes at 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Saturdays on MLB Network Radio.

You can also listen to archives of recent episodes on-demand on the SiriusXM Internet Radio app.

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM focuses on examining and interpreting the statistical analysis that plays a critical role in baseball today. It airs weekly throughout the year on MLB Network Radio, available to subscribers nationwide on XM channel 89, Sirius channel 209, and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App.

Save the date! SABR 51 will be in Chicago in 2023

Save the date! SABR will be returning to Chicago for our 51st annual convention on July 5-9, 2023, at the Palmer House Hilton hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Registration information for SABR 51 and our special hotel room block will be available at SABR.org/convention in early 2023.

This will be SABR’s fifth convention held in the Windy City, and the first since SABR 45 in 2015.

Learn more about SABR’s convention history by clicking here.

Friends of SABR: September 2022

Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of September 2022:

NAME		NAME
Jim Baker		Bill Nowlin
Jake Bell		Gregg Pericich
D. Bruce Brown		John Rall
Ken Carrano		Al Riess
Karl Cicitto		Michael Rosenwasser
Vincent Comparato		Charles Roussel
Helen Edwards		Bob Russon
Steven Elsberry		Jason Scheller
Daniel Evans		Douglas Schoppert
David Firstman		Jeff Self
Adam Foldes		Rob Sheinkopf
Robert Hagerman		Mike Sparks
Leslie Heaphy		Thomas Stone
Tim Herlich		Wesley Story
Rockwell Hoffman		Joseph Thompson
David Hughes		Neal Traven
Donald Jensen		Steve West
Stephen Johnson		Beach Wires
Chris Lamb		Jeffrey Wood
Henry Levy		Don Zminda
Peter Mancuso

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.

ICYMI: Highlights from last week’s This Week in SABR

Here are some major headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

All previous editions of This Week in SABR can be found here: SABR.org/this-week-in-sabr-archives.

Welcome, new members!

We’d like to welcome all of our new SABR members who have joined this week. You can find all Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org and the Membership Handbook can be downloaded here.

Please give these new members a warm welcome and help them make the most of their membership by giving them the opportunity to get involved in their local chapter or a research committee.

You can find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Name	Hometown	Name	Hometown
Douglas Aumack	Nutley, NJ	Michael Molino	Saint Michaels, MD
Ben Blotner	Columbus, OH	Ella Morris	Yarmouth Port, MA
Zexin Chen	Jersey City, NJ	Stuart Neilson	Jersey City, NJ
Benny Divine	Antioch, CA	Andy Palomino	Montclair, NJ
Jeremy Driesler	Brandon, FL	Christopher Riley	Maidstone, ENG
Josh Jacobs	Normal, IL	Nick Seelert	Toronto, ON
Daniel Kimenski	Pass Christian, MS	William Vanson	Wake Forest, NC
Daniel Krieger	Ballwin, MO	Michael Wynschenk	Ashland, OR
Vivek MIshra	Hopkinton, MA

Research Committee news

Here are the new research committee updates this week:

Women in Baseball: Check out highlights from the 2022 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference

Find all SABR research committee newsletters at SABR.org/research/committees.

Regional Chapter news

Here are the new regional chapter and chartered community updates this week:

Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter: September/October 2022 newsletter (Chicago, IL)
Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: October 2022 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)

Click here for more information on SABR regional chapters. Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Around the Web

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Sarah Langs: One defining stat for each postseason team (MLB.com)
Tyler Kepner: Baseball’s Postseason Is Evolving, for Better or Worse (New York Times)
Michael Baumann: The Playoffs Aren’t Too Big. The League Is Way Too Small. (FanGraphs)
Stephanie Apstein: Inside Aaron Judge’s Pursuit of Home Run History (Sports Illustrated)
Ben Lindbergh: Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani Showed Us Every Way to Be Great at Baseball (The Ringer)
Shakeia Taylor: Barry Bonds is the real home run record holder — and nothing can change that until someone breaks it (Chicago Tribune)
Derrick Goold: At ‘magical’ season’s end, Cardinals pursue one last trick: A 12th World Series title (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Ryan Fagan: Four Yadier Molina stories you need to know about the future Hall of Famer (Sporting News)
Amanda Lane Cumming: The 2001 Mariners Weren’t America’s Team (Baseball Prospectus)
Kaitlyn McGrath: How the Blue Jays avenged last season’s stinging failure — one bite at a time (The Athletic)
Russell A. Carleton: Should They Just Shift Anyway? (Baseball Prospectus)
Mark Simon: Who Is The NL Most Valuable Defender? (ACTA Sports)
Jayson Stark: 2022 MVP and LVP, Cy Young and Cy Yuk, top rookies, and more (The Athletic)
Jay Jaffe: Cooperstown Notebook: Back to the Sixties (FanGraphs)
David Laurila: Riley Greene and Bobby Witt Jr. Are Only Getting Better (FanGraphs)
Grant Brisbee: Stray thoughts about the Giants’ .500 season (The Athletic)
Tom D’Angelo: How did MLB star Roberto Clemente’s bat from his 3,000th — and final — hit end up in Boca Raton? (Palm Beach Post)
Pete Croatto/Dave Croatto: The Brief, Memorable Reign Of The Diamond King, Baseball Cards’ Most Iconic Subset (Defector.com)
Clayton Trutor: San Antonio’s Ross Youngs Won His First World Series 101 Years Ago (San Antonio Magazine)
Frederic J. Frommer: The other ace Jewish pitcher who wouldn’t play on Yom Kippur (Forward.com)
Bill Pennington: Buck Showalter’s Formative Days with the 1985 Oneonta Yankees (New York Times)
Craig Brown: Setting the record straight on 1884 Boston and their red caps (Threads of Our Game)
2023 Ford C. Frick Award finalists announced (BaseballHall.org)

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.

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