Search Results

Appendix 2 in Herm Krabbenhoft’s research on Hank Greenberg.

Recent study has revealed the claim of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York to pioneer status, as well as that of Alexander Cartwright to be the game’s inventor, to be suspect if not altogether baseless. I have taken up the latter claim at length in Baseball in the Garden of Eden and will […]

This appendix accompanies the article “Player Win Averages” written by Pete Palmer and published in the Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal. To scroll down to pitchers, click here.   Player Win Averages-Batters Player Games PW RW Barry Bonds 2986 120.3 123.2 Henry Aaron 3298 97.2 94.6 Willie Mays 2992 95.7 87.5 Mickey Mantle 2401 92.4 […]

From Sarah R. Ingber, Davy Andrews, and SABR member Roger Cormier at Baseball Prospectus on April 7, 2020: “The saints want justice. The rest of us want mercy.” – George Shuba, The Boys of Summer There used to be a little thing called mercy. I vaguely recall it. John Stamos pleaded for it on the […]

From SABR member Rob Neyer at The National Pastime Museum on May 19, 2017: Curly Ogden. In the annals of important World Series pitchers, Curly Ogden doesn’t usually figure real high on the list. No wonder! In his five-season career in the Major Leagues, Ogden went 18–19. More to the point, his entire World Series […]

From SABR member Peter Morris at the Canadian Baseball Network on November 14, 2018: Eugene Vadeboncoeur became the first native of Quebec to play major league baseball when he took the field for Harry Wright’s Philadelphia team in a National League game at the Polo Grounds on July 11, 1884. Although his big-league career lasted […]

Doug Wright (1948-2023) was a SABR member from 2017 until his sudden death at age 74. The Kansan was mayor of the state’s capital city, Topeka, from 1983 to 1989. Growing up, Doug was a batboy for the Topeka Reds minor league team, and his lifelong love for baseball was born. As an avid fan […]

Here are the SABR Bookshelf listings for Fall 2024. To get your NEW book listed on The SABR Bookshelf, send an e-book file in PDF, EPUB or MOBI format to jpomrenke@sabr.org. To ensure a listing in The Baseball Index, SABR’s online catalog of baseball research materials at www.baseballindex.org, please make sure a review copy is […]

The Russell Gabay Award, established by SABR’s Elysian Fields Chapter and Goose Goslin Chapter in 2018, honors entities or persons who have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to baseball in New Jersey.   Russell Gabay was a noted sports producer and a native of Springfield, New Jersey. He began his career in the late 1970s, producing for […]

By Joanne Hulbert SABR Boston Chapter members and friends met on Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Mount Hope Cemetery in Boston, to identify and visit the graves of 13 baseball players buried there. We suspect there may be more and will continue to research the history of this very historic City of Boston site. Granted, […]