Sabr 50 at 50

SABR 50 at 50 celebrates and highlights the Society for American Baseball Research’s wide-ranging contributions to the game of baseball.

Foreword by John Thorn Acknowledgments Editors’ Note 1. Ernie Lanigan—Patron Saint of sabr Frederick G. Lieb 2. Relative Batting Averages David Shoebotham 3. The Best Games Pitched in Relief L. Robert Davids 4. The First Negro in Twentieth-Century O.B. William J. Weiss 5. Average Batting Skill through Major-League History Richard D. Cramer 6. Runs and Wins Pete Palmer 7. Ladies and Gentlemen, Presenting Marty McHale Lawrence S. Ritter 8. In Pursuit of Bull Durham Bill Haber 9. Out at Home Jerry Malloy 10. The Federal League and the Courts Gary D. Hailey 11. J. Lee Richmond’s Remarkable 1879 Season John R. Husman 12. Roy Tucker, Not Roy Hobbs: The Baseball Novels of John R. Tunis Philip Bergen 13. Zane Grey’s Redheaded Outfield Joseph M. Overfield 14. Honus Wagner’s Rookie Year, 1895 A. D. Suehsdorf 15. Four Teams Out: The National League Reduction of 1900 Bob Bailey 16. Jackie Robinson’s Signing: The Real Story Jules Tygiel and John Thorn 17. Locating Philadelphia’s Historic Ballfields Jerrold Casway 18. Smokey and the Bandit: The Greatest Pitching Duel in Blackball History Larry Lester 19. The Evolution of the Baseball Diamond: Perfection Came Slowly Tom Shieber 20. The Book Karl Lindholm 21. Cricket and Mr. Spalding Tom Melville 22. Lifting the Iron Curtain of Cuban Baseball Peter C. Bjarkman 23. The Colorado Silver Bullets: Can Promotion Based on the “Battle of the Sexes” Be Successful? Gai Ingham Berlage 24. Cy Seymour: Only Babe Ruth Was More Versatile Bill Kirwin 25. Free Agency in 1923: A Shocker for Baseball Steve Steinberg 26. Hack Wilson’s 191st rbi: A Persistent Itch Finally Scratched Clifford S. Kachline 27. John McGraw Comes to New York: The 1902 Giants Clifford Blau 28. Underestimating the Fog Bill James 29. Which Great Teams Were Just Lucky? Phil Birnbaum 30. Why Is the Shortstop “6”? Keith Olbermann 31. Do Batters Learn During a Game? David W. Smith 32. New Light on an Old Scandal Gene Carney 33. Roberto Clemente’s Entry into Organized Baseball Stew Thornley 34. The Effects of Integration, 1947–86 Mark Armour 35. Pots & Pans and Bats & Balls John Thorn 36. History vs. Harry Frazee: Re-Revising the History Daniel R. Levitt, Mark L. Armour, Matthew Levitt 37. The Quest for Dick McBride Peter Morris 38. Zooming In on a Great Old Photo Mark Fimoff 39. The Georgia Peach: Stumped by the Storyteller William R. Cobb 40. Babe Ruth, Eiji Sawamura, and War Robert K. Fitts 41. Lou Gehrig’s rbi Record: 1923–39 Herm Krabbenhoft 42. Clutch Hitting in the Major Leagues: A Psychological Perspective Leonard S. Newman 43. Do Hitters Boost Their Performance during Their Contract Years? Evidence from the 2006–11 Collective Bargaining Agreement’s Years Says “Yes” Heather M. O’Neill 44. The Double Victory Campaign and the Campaign to Integrate Baseball Duke Goldman 45. The Black Sox Scandal William F. Lamb 46. Bill McKechnie Warren Corbett 47. The Roster Depreciation Allowance: How Major League Baseball Teams Turn Profits into Losses Stephen R. Keeney 48. Professional Woman Umpires Leslie Heaphy 49. The Struggle to Define “Valuable”: Tradition vs. Sabermetrics in the 2012 al mvp Race Peter B. Gregg 50. From Usenet Joke to Baseball Flashpoint: The Growth of “Three True Outcomes” D. B. Firstman