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When Wally Moon stepped to the plate in his rookie year for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1954, he knew he was the only major league player to have earned both a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master’s Degree. Using this knowledge and his tremendous desire to succeed, Wally went on to be Rookie […]

This month’s Zoom meeting of the Larry Dierker (Houston) Chapter was held on Monday, May 17, 2021, hosted by Joe Thompson and attended by 57 SABR members. Mike McCroskey reminded attendees that our next gathering would be at a Sugar Land Skeeters game on Monday, June 14. Tickets to see the new Houston Astros AAA […]

A highlight of the annual post-Thanksgiving meeting of SABR’s Lajoie-Start Southern New England Chapter for the past several years has been its mock Hall of Fame vote. This time, the electors gave the nod to ballot newcomer Chipper Jones (76.6 percent of the votes) and no one else. Only four others received at least 50 […]

The Larry Dierker SABR Chapter had a big turnout at our monthly meeting on Monday, January 15, 2018, at the Spaghetti Western restaurant in Houston, with 40 members and friends including new member Scott Barzilla who also provided our trivia quiz. Thanks, Scott. Since we were unable to participate in the Astros FanFest last Saturday, […]

SABR Larry Dierker Chapter meeting recapSeptember 10, 2018Spaghetti Western restaurant, 7:00 pm There were 18 members present for this month’s Larry Dierker Chapter meeting on a rainy night in Houston. Please take note of the next three months’ meeting dates as they are different: Monday, October 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Spaghetti Western on Shepard […]

The October meeting of the Larry Dierker Chapter was held on the fourth Monday of the month, October 25, 2021, due to the Astros being in the playoffs on the third Monday. This was a hybrid meeting with 16 people meeting in person while 12 others joined in via Zoom. Click here to watch highlights […]

The Larry Dierker Chapter in Houston welcomed spring with its monthly Zoom meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021, with 29 members in attendance. Chair Bob Dorrill led off with several news items. Eddie Robinson recently celebrated his 100th birthday and is at spring training in Arizona. Monica White, widow of the late Tom White, a […]

On Saturday, July 25, 2020, more than two dozen members of SABR’s Oscar Charleston Chapter met at the beautiful, new Elements Financial Club at Victory Field in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our guest speaker was Bruce Schumacher, chairman and chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Indians. First, Bruce addressed the canceled 2020 Indianapolis Indians season. The Indians […]

The Jack Graney Chapter (Cleveland) and Hank Gowdy Chapter (Columbus) had a very enjoyable, well received joint meeting on Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Canal Park, home of the Akron RubberDucks, in Akron, Ohio. The RubberDucks are the Class AA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The SABR members and guests enjoyed some great speakers who […]

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee, established in 1983, fosters research on all facets of baseball before 1901. Completed committee projects include full team and player statistics for the 1871-1875 National Association, two volumes of short biographies published by SABR, Nineteenth Century Stars (1989; reissued 2012) and Baseball’s First Stars (1996), and Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest […]