Peter A. Hovis

[SABR.Notes] This Week in SABR: October 11, 2024

RJ Hamster

This Week in SABR: October 11, 2024

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, October 11, 2024.
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Apply now for 2025 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship
SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts accepted until November 20
Sean Lahman donates Lahman Baseball Database to SABR
Help us Bring It Home in 2024 and invest in SABR’s future
Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 1

Apply now for 2025 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship

SABR welcomes new applications for the Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship in 2025. Awarded annually to three recipients, the scholarship will provide meaningful professional development and networking opportunities for female identifying students or young professionals pursuing a career in baseball analytics and data science. Recipients will receive:

Click here to download a PDF application form for the 2025 Sarah Langs Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship.

Early registration is now open for 2025 SABR Analytics Conference

Early registration is now open for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held in person from March 14-16, 2025, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.

We’ll bring together the top minds in the baseball analytics community to discuss, debate, and share insightful ways to analyze and examine the great game of baseball. Register today to join us!

Submit your presentation abstract for 2025 SABR Analytics Conference

SABR is excited to announce the call for presentations for the SABR Analytics Conference, which will be held on March 14-16, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Abstracts of proposed research presentations should be no more than 500 words in length, and must include the abstract’s title, review of previous work on the subject, a summary of the research methodology and preliminary and/or final results, and the expected contribution to the field of baseball analytics offered by this work. Please send all abstracts to this e-mail address: analytics-presentations@sabr.org. Please clearly indicate whether you are submitting for the general track or for the student track of presentations. The submission deadline for all 2025 SABR Analytics Conference presentation abstracts is 11:59 p.m. MST on November 20, 2024.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Students, apply now for a SABR Analytics Yoseloff Scholarship

With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school and college students who wish to attend the SABR Analytics Conference on March 14-16, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging fees associated with the conference up to a total value of $1,250.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Seeking nominations for 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards

What are the best baseball analytics articles you’ve read in 2024? We’re seeking nominations for the 2025 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards, which recognize baseball researchers who have completed the best work of original analysis or commentary.

Please send all nominations via e-mail to this address: analytics-awards@sabr.org no later than December 31, 2024. Include author, title, date of publication and a URL link (if applicable).

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Sean Lahman donates Lahman Baseball Database to SABR

Sean Lahman has graciously agreed to donate the Lahman Baseball Database, an open source collection of historical baseball statistics, to SABR.

The Lahman Baseball Database — which Lahman created in 1996 and has made freely available online every year since then — contains complete batting and pitching statistics back to 1871, plus fielding statistics, standings, team stats, managerial records, postseason data, and more. While Lahman and others had previously released smaller datasets online, his database allowed researchers to perform complex queries across the entire history of the game for the first time. The Lahman Baseball Database has served as the foundation for many popular baseball research projects and simulation games, including Out of the Park Baseball and Baseball Mogul.

SABR plans to continue to update the database and make it available for free online every year at SABR.org/lahman-database.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Help us Bring It Home in 2024 and invest in SABR’s future

SABR has made great progress toward our vision of becoming the essential community for the world of baseball, but there is still work to be done to fulfill that goal. By investing in mission-focused initiatives and outreach, SABR will be well positioned to sustain and grow into the future. Key areas of focus to achieve that growth include the continual addition of research resources, expansion and amplification of programming, and an emphasis on connection for our members and the wider baseball community. Gifts from members like you will help us BRING IT HOME, ensuring we achieve a successful 2024 while making investments in our collective future.

You can support SABR’s annual Bring it Home Campaign by making a gift of $150 or more by December 31, 2024. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to boost SABR’s general operations. Contributions from generous donors like you are critical in supporting SABR as we add to our research resources, expand programming, and strengthen the connection of our baseball community.

Visit SABR.org/donate/2024 to learn more.

Submit presentation abstracts for 2025 SABR Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference

All SABR members are invited and encouraged to submit a Research Presentation Proposal Abstract on any topic of 19th-century baseball for the 2025 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Base Ball Conference at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The 16th annual Ivor-Campbell Conference is scheduled for April 25-26, 2025. The deadline for proposal Abstracts is October 31, 2024.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Submit new project proposals to SABR Editorial Board by November 1

SABR’s Editorial Board welcomes new project proposals from members to be considered for publication through the Digital Library, SABR.org, or any other multimedia formats. We strongly encourage new proposals that involve collaboration between SABR research committees and/or chapters, and web-based projects with an eye toward enhanced multimedia presentation.

SABR seeks to publish 2-4 web-based multimedia projects and 6-8 books per year. Book projects should be of a scope that can fit in a single volume, typically between 100,000 and 200,000 total words.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.

5 new stories published at SABR Games Project

Visit SABR.org/gamesproject to learn more about the SABR Games Project or to get involved.

Sandy Koufax
Edited by Marc Z. Aaron, Bill Nowlin, and Glen Sparks

Visit SABR.org to download the free e-book edition or save 50% off the paperback edition of all Digital Library books.

Here are some SABR headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

Please give a warm welcome to all new SABR members who joined this week! View more Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org or click here to download the Membership Handbook. Find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

NAME HOMETOWN NAME HOMETOWN
Will Bardenwerper Sewickley, PA Brandon Haggerty Forked River, NJ
Justin Buchheit Washington, MO Kabari Hendrick Chicago, IL
Varro Clarke Edgewood, NM David Hourin Los Angeles, CA
Chris Connor Allen, TX Gregory Norris Easton, MD
Marissa Dorr San Lorenzo, CA William Rogers Altadena, CA
Kyle Gardner Lewisburg, PA Sami Spring Springfield, IL
Bienvenido Gilbert Santa Fe, TX

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