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Here are the full SABR Defensive Index™ rankings, through games of July 12, 2015. Scroll down to see AL and NL overall leaders, or click a link below to see SDI leaders as ranked by position: AL:  P   C   1B   2B   3B   SS   LF   CF   RF  NL:  P   […]

Here are the full SABR Defensive Index™ rankings, through games of August 16, 2015. Scroll down to see AL and NL overall leaders, or click a link below to see SDI leaders as ranked by position: AL:  P   C   1B   2B   3B   SS   LF   CF   RF  NL:  P   […]

Allan Roth (1917-1992) was the first statistician to be employed full-time by a major–league team when he worked for the Dodgers from 1947 to 1964. He was hired by Branch Rickey, who was receptive to Roth’s ideas that understanding situational statistics (home/road, day/night, left-handed/right-handed pitcher, etc.) could help win games, and that RBIs were deceptive. […]

SABR’s Southern New England (Lajoie-Start) Chapter, one of the few chapters (if not the only one) to hold a regional meeting outdoors, was blessed with sparkling weather for its meeting on June 28, 2014. About 50 members and friends were at the session, held under a picnic tent beyond right field at McCoy Stadium, home […]

The DFW Hall-Ruggles Chapter held its meeting on May 31 at the Legends Museum Auditorium at the Ballpark in Arlington. Don Welke, Senior Assistant to Rangers’ GM Jon Daniels, was the first guest. He is a baseball lifer at 68 and has been a moving force, behind the scenes, in the Rangers’ acquisition of the […]

Twenty-six members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter assembled at the Sports Cafe, located at 3579 Pennridge Drive in Bridgeton on Monday, July 22, 2019. Chapter president Rick Zucker called the meeting to order. As always, our meeting started with everyone introducing themselves. In attendance were four former chapter presidents: Rick Salamon, who […]

Editor’s note: During our Stay Home With SABR initiative, enjoy these light-hearted Dispatches From the Mudville Bureau by Joanne Hulbert of SABR’s Boston Chapter to stay engaged with baseball until the games return. Check out what’s new and keep up with all the news in the Boston Chapter on Facebook at BostonSABR or on Instagram […]

On Monday, September 19, 2022, thirty-five members of the Larry Dierker Chapter met both in person, at the Spaghetti Western restaurant in Houston, and online via Zoom. President Joe Thompson welcomed all the new chapter members, including those in attendance.  The September 19, 2022, chapter meeting video can be found here: https://youtu.be/lW6fY8esE4k  Joe started the […]

Jeffrey Koslowski is an NSHSS Educator of Distinction award winner who currently teaches World and Advanced U.S. History at Henry Ford Academy in Dearborn, Michigan. He received his M.A. and B.A. in History from Eastern Michigan University in 2015 and 2007, respectively. He is currently working on an article that tells the story of Branch […]

When Mike Bell was 12 years old, he wrote his first baseball article in 1973 as a budding sportswriter in Southern California. Fifty years later, he has written his first SABR article. Mike’s journalism career was sidetracked by a 42-year stint as a firefighter and 9-1-1 Communications director. Mike grew up watching games at Dodger […]