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Research Committees

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Committee
    Promoting research and application of AI and machine learning in baseball.
  • Asian Baseball Research Committee
    Increasing awareness and knowledge of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and Filipino baseball.
  • Ballparks Research Committee
    Collecting the history of current and past ballparks from the Major, Minor and Negro Leagues.
  • Baseball and the Arts Research Committee
    Researching movies, songs and poetry inspired by the game of baseball.
  • Baseball Cards Research Committee
    Exploring the history, importance and evolution of the baseball card industry.
  • Baseball Index Project Committee
    Locating, identifying and classifying the literature of baseball.
  • Baseball Landmarks Committee
    Documenting the staggering array of baseball-related sites located across North America.
  • Baseball and the Media Research Committee
    Providing information and insight pertaining to the media’s coverage of baseball, both as news and as an event.
  • Baseball Records Research Committee
    Establishing an accurate set of records for organized baseball.
  • Biography Project Committee (BioProject)
    Producing comprehensive biographies of any person who ever played or managed in the major leagues.
  • Biographical Research Committee
    One of SABR’s initial committees in 1971, we encourage research of people associated with baseball.
  • Black Sox Scandal Research Committee
    Focusing on the people and events of the 1919 World Series fix.
  • Business of Baseball Research Committee
    Studying all aspects of baseball administration, including economic, organizational, labor and legal issues.
  • Century Research Committee
    A hub for SABR research and activities to memorialize the anniversaries of important milestones in baseball history.
  • Collegiate Baseball Research Committee
    Maintaining the Major League Baseball Collegiate Database.
  • Concessions Research Committee
    Documenting the history and evolution of food at ballparks, and its relation to baseball history and culture, as well as its relation to American popular culture in general.
  • Deadball Era Research Committee
    Encouraging research on baseball from 1901 to 1919.
  • Educational Resources Committee
    Bringing together educators to use baseball as a teaching tool.
  • Games and Simulations Research Committee
    Studying how simulation games work, what statistics are generated and how organized baseball can benefit.
  • Games Project Research Committee
    A collaborative initiative to research and write articles on major-league and Negro League regular, postseason, and All-Star Games.
  • Iconography Project
    An ongoing effort to produce a history and catalog of artistic depictions of the game in a variety of forms: fine art, photography, sculpture, illustration, caricatures, engraving, lithography.
  • Latino Baseball Research Committee
    Researching Latinos in the Negro Leagues and Major League Baseball to baseball in the Caribbean.
  • Minor Leagues Research Committee
    Building the first comprehensive compilation of historical minor league statistics.
  • Negro Leagues Research Committee
    Preserving the history of blacks in baseball before the re-integration of the game.
  • Nineteenth Century Research Committee
    Encouraging research on all facets of baseball before 1901.
  • Official Scoring Research Committee
    Documenting the history and evolution of official scoring rules and who has done the scoring.
  • Oral History Research Committee
    Recording and storing remembrances of baseball’s past.
  • Origins Research Committee
    Studying on the early forms of baseball and its predecessor games.
  • Pictorial History Research Committee
    Cataloging and identifying photos of all major league players, managers and ballparks.
  • Science and Baseball Research Committee
    Exploring research in the science of baseball, including behavioral, physical and natural sciences.
  • Scouts Research Committee
    Compiling a complete roster of major league scouts and a listing of ballplayers they signed.
  • Spring Training Research Committee
    Studying the impact of professional baseball on the cities which have played host to spring training camps.
  • Statistical Analysis Research Committee
    Encouraging the exchange of research and analysis using baseball statistics.
  • Umpires and Rules Research Committee
    Studying the impact of umpires and rules changes on the development of the game.
  • Women in Baseball Research Committee
    Studying the role of women in various aspects of professional baseball.

Research Collection

  • SABR Digital Library
  • Baseball Biography Project
  • Baseball Games Project
  • Baseball Research Journal Archives
  • The National Pastime archives
  • SABR/Baseball Reference Encyclopedia

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