Society For American Baseball Research: 63 books

Cover of Baseball Research Journal (BRJ), Volume 48, #1: Spring 2019
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2019

The flagship publication of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), the Baseball Research Journal is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed publication presenting the best in SABR member research on baseball. History, biography, economics, physics, psychology, game theory, sociology and culture,...
Cover of Nuclear Powered Baseball: Articles Inspired by The Simpsons Episode 'Homer At the Bat'
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019

The Simpsons and baseball. Since its debut in 1989 (that's back in the last century!), The Simpsons has run for 27 seasons and (back in 2009) became the longest-running American scripted primetime television series. Though it would be considered sacrilege in some circles, some might even see it...
Cover of Baseball Research Journal (BRJ), Volume 45 #2

Baseball Research Journal (BRJ), Volume 45 #2

SABR Digital Library, #45.2

by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016

The flagship publication of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), the Baseball Research Journal is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed publication presenting the best in SABR member research on baseball. History, biography, economics, physics, psychology, game theory, sociology and culture,...
Cover of Winning on the North Side: The 1929 Chicago Cubs
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015

"The best team I ever played on was McCarthy's twenty-niners. It was strictly power all the way. No tricky baseball." — Cubs first baseman Charlie Grimm SABR's newest e-book celebrates the 1929 Chicago Cubs, one of the most exciting teams in baseball history. Bashing their way to...
Cover of Red Sox Baseball in the Days of Ike and Elvis: The Red Sox of the 1950s
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Americans in the 1950s found new ways of enjoying themselves, from the rapid proliferation of television sets into every home, to the dawn of a new age of popular music, rock and roll, symbolized by a charismatic crooner named Elvis Presley. Baseball's place in American culture was still paramount,...
Cover of Van Lingle Mungo: The Man, The Song, The Players
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014

Just as 1930s and 1940s Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants pitcher Van Lingle Mungo was surprised that Dave Frishberg wrote a song around his name back in 1969, so he might have been surprised to come across this book in the year 2014. Frishberg's song "Van Lingle Mungo" listed 37 ballplayers...
Cover of Cuban Baseball Legends: Baseball's Alternative Universe
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016

Minnie Minoso. Martin Dihigo. Luis Tiant Sr. and Jr. Orlando "El Duque" and Livan Hernandez. These are only a few of the leading lights profiled in Cuban Baseball Legends: Baseball's Alternative Universe. The 47 individuals profiled here represent only a small handful of the legions of...
Cover of Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal

Spring 2016 Baseball Research Journal

SABR Digital Library, #45.1

by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016

The semi-annual interdisciplinary journal of research by members of the Society for American Baseball Research.
Cover of The Whiz Kids Take the Pennant: The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018

The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies―the "Whiz Kids"―threatened to run away with the pennant, but slumped badly in late summer before finally beating the Brooklyn Dodgers in a thrilling 10-inning game on the last day of the season. That day at Ebbets Field they won only the second pennant...
Cover of Major League Baseball A Mile High: The First Quarter Century of the Colorado Rockies
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018

Major League Baseball A Mile High: The First Quarter Century of the Colorado Rockies provides a look at the first 25 years (1993 through 2017) of the major-league baseball team in Denver, the Colorado Rockies. Included are essays on the birth of the Rockies and biographies of 24 of the most important...
Cover of Can He Play? A Look at Baseball Scouts and Their Profession
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

They dig through tons of coal to find a single diamond. They spend countless hours traveling miles and miles on lonely back roads and way too much time in hotels. Their front offices expect them to constantly provide player reports and updates. So much of their time is spent away from family and friends,...
Cover of New Century, New Team: The 1901 Boston Americans
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019

The team now known as the Boston Red Sox played its first season in 1901. The city of Boston had a well-established National League team, known at the time as the Beaneaters, but the founders of the American League knew that Boston was a strong baseball market and when they launched the league as...
Cover of Mustaches and Mayhem: Charlie O's Three-Time Champions The Oakland Athletics: 1972-74
by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015

In modern baseball history, only one team not named the New York Yankees has ever won three consecutive World Series. That team was the Oakland Athletics, who captured major league baseball's crown each year from 1972 through 1974. Led by such superstars as future Hall of Famers Reggie Jackson,...
Cover of '75: The Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball

'75: The Red Sox Team that Saved Baseball

SABR Digital Library, #27

by Society for American Baseball Research
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015

In 1975, the Boston Red Sox played in what was the most-watched World Series in history, an epic seven-game battle with Cincinnati's Big Red Machine that captivated the nation's attention and revived baseball's lagging popularity. '75 tells the life stories of the 37 players who made up the Red...
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