Baseball Research Journal Vol. 45 Issue 2: Fall 2016

By Society for American Baseball Research

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, records, and many other disciplines are represented to expand our knowledge of baseball as it is, was, and could be played.

In the Fall 2016 issue:

Analyzing the Major Leagues
The Historical Evolution of the Designated Hitter Rule
by John Cronin
The Stallings Platoon Prequel: 1913
by Bryan Soderholm-Difatte
The .700 Club: Blessedly Good Baseball
by Douglas Jordan
Baseball Player Won-Lost Records: The Ultimate Baseball Statistic
by Tom Thress

Organized Baseball and Baseball Organizations
Organized Baseball's Night Birth
by Mark Metcalf
The International Girls Baseball League
by Bill McMahon, Merrie Fiedler & "Nordie" Nordquist
The Great American Pastime (1956): Hollywood, Little League, and the Post-World War II Consensus
by Ron Briley

Off the Field
The Show Girl and the Shortstop: The Strange Saga of Violet Popovich and Her Shooting of Cub Billy Jurges
by Jack Bales
A Question of Character: George Davis and the Flora Campbell Affair
by Bill Lamb
Chief Bender: A Marksman at the Traps and on the Mound
by Robert D. Warrington

Feats and Figures of the Nineteenth Century
The Young and the Restless: George Wright 1865-1868
by Robert Tholkes
Catcher Duke Farrell's Record Performance
by Brian Marshall
Discrepancy in an All-Time MLB Record: Billy Hamilton's 1894 Runs Scored
by Herm Krabbenhoft, Keith Carlson, David Newman, and Richard “Dixie” Tourangeau

• Language: English
• Publisher: Society for American Baseball Research
• Release date: Jul 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781943816040

Society for American Baseball Research

Ernie Harwell, the late Detroit Tigers broadcaster, said: “SABR is the Phi Beta Kappa of baseball, providing scholarship which the sport has long needed. ... An excellent way for all of us to add to our enjoyment of the greatest game." Who belongs to SABR? Many major and minor league baseball officials, broadcasters and writers, as well as numerous former players. Primarily, the membership consists of "just plain fans" — anyone interested in baseball can join. Today's SABR membership is over 6,000 people all over the world.