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The year 1923 was a special one for fans of the New York Yankees and baseball. The team’s majestic new baseball cathedral, Yankee Stadium, opened on April 18, as the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1, with Babe Ruth hitting the ballpark’s first home run. Ruth would go on to bat .393, hit 41 […]

The headline of the Arizona Republic on September 3, 2002 summed it up pretty well: “3 Words: Worst Loss Ever.”1 The Los Angeles Dodgers came to Phoenix on September 2, 2002, trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks by six games in the National League West. The Dodgers were on a winning streak, having won 17 of their […]

Tom Seaver maneuvered his way through National League lineups in 1971 with force that may have inspired people to ask whether he had Kryptonian blood. Nicknamed “Tom Terrific” and “The Franchise,” the righthander led the NL with 289 strikeouts and the major leagues with a 1.76 ERA. On May 29 Seaver’s performance exemplified his status […]

Roy Campanella — “The husky backstop is recognized as one of the greatest fielding catchers of all time. Carl Furillo — “It was his great throwing arm that earned him the nickname of ‘The Reading Rifle.’” — Topps Baseball Archives1   The 1953 season was a banner one for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Late in the […]

With no one out, the bases loaded, and his team holding a four-run lead in the top of the ninth inning, Chicago White Sox pitcher and manager Clark Griffith had a choice to make when the most feared hitter in the American League stepped to the plate at the Windy City’s South Side Park on […]

SABR maintains a Triple Play Database, which lists all major-league triple plays executed since 1876. Through the 2024 season, there have been 737 of them. Sometimes whole seasons go by without even one triple play. There are devoted fans who have attended hundreds of baseball games who have never seen one. Sometimes, however, triple plays […]

The 1911 season began well for the Detroit Tigers. By May 19 they already had two six-game winning streaks and a nine-game winning streak, and their 27-5 record was 9½ games ahead of the second-place Chicago White Sox. They cooled off with two losses to the defending World Series champion Philadelphia Athletics and another loss […]

Ed Delahanty, one of baseball’s most feared sluggers and most tragic figures of the 1890s and 1900s, appeared in what turned out to be his final game on June 25, 1903, seven days before his death in the Niagara River at age 35. It was fitting that Delahanty’s last game was in Cleveland, his hometown, […]

On June 27, 2024, the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers traveled to Baltimore for a four-game series with the Orioles. It marked the first time the two teams had faced each other since the Rangers swept the Orioles in the 2023 American League Division Series. The home team responded with retribution, winning the first […]

Oakland A’s pitcher Mike Warren showed great promise in his major-league debut season in 1983. The 22-year-old won his last four starts of the season, highlighted by a no-hitter against the American League West Division champion Chicago White Sox on September 29 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. His performance put him on the path to become […]

After three consecutive playoff appearances from 2012 to 2014, including two American League West Division titles, the Oakland A’s made wholesale changes following the 2014 season in an effort to slash payroll. They traded their top two run-producers – third baseman Josh Donaldson (29 homers, 98 RBIs) and first baseman Brandon Moss (25 homers, 81 […]

Cheney Stadium is known as the “100-Day Wonder.” In 1960, it went from drawing board to a finished ballpark in approximately 100 days, just in time for the Tacoma Giants’ inaugural season in the Pacific Coast League (PCL). Since then, the ballpark has continuously hosted Tacoma’s Triple-A ballclubs, and is the oldest continually operated Triple-A […]

Everyone knows about John Smoltz’s dominance as both a starter and as a reliever. Same with Dennis Eckersley. Little do people know they were hardly the first people to be widely praised at both spots in the pitching staff. Though he started his career as a highly touted starting-pitcher prospect, Jim Slaton eventually moved to […]

James Edward O’Neill, the original “Tip,” was one of the most extraordinary Canadian batsmen in the history of baseball. He was born on May 15, 1860, in the village of Springfield, Ontario, the second eldest of four sons and three daughters of Irish Canadian innkeepers James and Mary O’Neill (nee Jeffrey).1 His parents owned the […]

On December 12, 2018, at the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, Museum President Bob Kendrick, with historian Jay Caldwell, announced the Negro League Centennial Team. The team was a key part of the Museum’s celebration in 2020 of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues. The team of 30 […]

Bob Messenger, Bates College Class of 1908, is an enigma. Like a meteor, he blazed a trail across the school’s Garcelon Field, then vanished in a flash. Five years later, reunited with classmate Harry Lord, he reappeared with the Chicago White Sox. But what a life he lived — before, between and after. Messenger played […]

Long-forgotten today, New York Giants right-hander Louis Drucke appeared on the verge of stardom at the close of the 1910 season. Although his 12-10 record was not particularly eye-catching, his pitching had been. The hard-throwing hurler had led National League pitchers in strikeouts per nine innings pitched, and placed in the league’s top ten in […]

If, like beauty, the assessment of baseball talent lies in the eye of the beholder, the wide divergence of opinion on the abilities of Deadball Era outfielder Bert Daniels can be rationalized. Opinions, naturally, may differ. With our subject, whether it was his batting, defense, or base running, Daniels was both praised and derided — […]

When the Houston Astros signed Andújar Cedeño out of the Dominican Republic in 1986, their manager, Hal Lanier, said what many were thinking: “He’s got a lot to live up to.”1 After all, Dominicans Joaquín Andújar and César Cedeño (no relation) had each been big-league standouts. Although Andújar Cedeño never became an All-Star like his […]

Tampa Bay Roush-Lopez Chapter Meeting Notes July 12, 2025, via Zoom at 3:00 PM EST Attendees: Mark Drucker, Chair; Bobby Salerno, Treasurer; Ken Clawson, Secretary; Steve Nadel; Ed Denta; Levi Fender; Barry Halpern. Mark opened the meeting promptly at 3:00 PM. He thanked all those attending. Mark turned the meeting over to Levi Fender. Levi […]

SABR’s Roush – Lopez Tampa Bay Chapter held a virtual meeting on April 23, 2025. Our guest speaker was Bob Kendrick, President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Chairman Mark Drucker called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Attendees: Mark Drucker, Chairman         Sam Dolson, Vice Chair           Bobby Salerno, Treasurer Ken Clawson, Secretary           Jim Bard              Mike […]

The Oscar Charleston SABR Chapter held a meeting on Saturday, October 30, 2021, at the Haughville Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library. First, Walter Biskupski detailed his early baseball card collecting adventures with the 1962 Topps set. Relying on this set’s photography and the poignant nostalgia that card-collecting sparks—he noted that “we always remember our […]

A-Rod’s onerous contract, Barry Bond’s coaching job and people skills, the New Britain Bees, Bristol Blues and Hartford Yard Goats, Sandlock book sales and the VIP screening of Ken Burns’ Jackie Robinson film. Those themes were among those discussed at the Connecticut Smoky Joe Wood Chapter breakfast on March 26, 2016, at the Hamden Town […]

Seventeen members and guests of the Bob Broeg St. Louis Chapter gathered at The Original Crusoe’s Restaurant in South St. Louis on Tuesday, February 23, 2016. Chapter president Brian Flaspohler called the meeting to order and spoke about the Hot Stove Luncheon that was held on SABR Day, January 30. A large majority of the comments from […]