Peter A. Hovis

[SABR.Notes] This Week in SABR: May 2, 2025

RJ Hamster
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This Week in SABR: May 2, 2025

Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.

SABR 53: Research presentations and poster presentations
500+ new SABR members welcomed in March and April
Watch video highlights from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
Early registration now open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference
Read articles from Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal
Last call to vote in SABR Board of Directors election

SABR 53: Check out research presentations and poster presentations

SABR’s 53rd annual convention is scheduled for June 25-29, 2025, in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love, alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.

The full schedule will be released next week. All baseball fans are welcome to attend; sign up today to join us!

Our lineup of Featured Speakers also includes Hall of Famers Iván Rodríguez and Ferguson Jenkins; former Texas Rangers stars Elvis Andrus, Buddy Bell, and Colby Lewis; Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy; Texas Rangers President of Baseball Operations Chris Young; former MLB Players Association Executive Director Don Fehr; former major-league pitcher Steve Rogers; former Rangers president Tom Schieffer; longtime Rangers executives Rob Matwick and Jack Hill; Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bradford William Davis; baseball card pioneer James Beckett; former Houston Astros GM and Texas League president Tim Purpura; and former Texas League players Bob Baillargeon and Rick Herrscher.

Please note: All speakers are subject to change depending on availability.

Visit SABR.org/convention to register now or learn more.

Member Benefit Spotlight: What to expect at SABR 53

Whether you’re a rookie SABR member, or a longtime vet, we invite you to join us on June 25-29 at the Westin DFW Airport hotel for our biggest event of the year, SABR 53!

Click here for a short video featuring some of our hosts in Texas sharing their favorite reasons to attend this summer’s SABR 53 convention in their home state, including C. Paul Rogers III, Punch Shaw and Julie Hedden, J.R. Wildridge, and Joe Thompson.

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

500+ new SABR members welcomed in March and April

Thanks to everyone who participated in the first SABR 500 Club membership drive. We accomplished our goal of welcoming more than 500 new members in March and April!

New members who joined during the referral period with a paid annual or multi-year membership will receive a custom baseball card set featuring SABR-Rucker Archive images of legendary members of the 500 home run club. The member who referred the most new members during the drive was Tyrone Brooks of the Forbes Field/Pittsburgh Chapter. He will receive a complimentary SABR 53 registration for his recruitment efforts.

Local chapters were divided into six leagues based on primary membership counts, and the chapter with the most referrals will receive a cash prize. Here are the final results:

Congratulations to all of our chapter winners! We appreciate all of your support with this endeavor.

Watch video highlights from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference

The 14th annual SABR Analytics Conference was held from March 14-16, 2025, in Phoenix, Arizona, bringing 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.

Our featured speakers included Brian Kenny, MLB Network; Glenn Fleisig, American Sports Medicine Institute; Mike Petriello, Do-Hyoung Park, Graham Goldbeck, Kevin Hanson, and Jason Bernard, Major League Baseball; Kyle Boddy, Driveline Baseball; Alex Caravan, Penn Interactive; former major-league pitcher Burke Badenhop and Max Glick, Arizona Diamondbacks; Michael Girsch, St. Louis Cardinals; Will Vandenberg, Los Angeles Dodgers; Michael Sonne, Chicago Cubs; Eric Babitz, Andrew Fox, Phil Hauser, Everett Johnson, Maggie Noffke, Daniel Oh, Megan Stewart, and Dan Turkenkopf, Milwaukee Brewers; Arnel Aguinaldo, Point Loma Nazarene University; Vivienne Pelletier, Arizona State University; and more.

Visit SABR.org/analytics for more highlights, photos, and stories.

Early registration now open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville

Early registration is now open for SABR’s annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference, which will be held on August 7-9, 2025, at the Galt House Hotel, 140 N. 4th St. in Louisville, Kentucky. All baseball fans are welcome to attend. Full and single-day registration is available for a discounted rate before July 7, 2025.

Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.

Join SABR’s Campaign for Baseball Research!

Research isn’t just part of our name—it’s the heart of everything we do.

From our expansive Research Collection to the powerful tools and resources we offer baseball scholars and fans alike, SABR is where baseball’s past meets its future. We’re working towards our vision of becoming the essential community for baseball worldwide—and we can’t do it without you.

This spring, we invite you to join the Campaign for Baseball Research. Our goal is to raise $75,000 to expand, maintain, and preserve SABR’s Research Collection and Research Resources for current and future generations of baseball enthusiasts. We will use your best gift of $150, $300, $500, or $1,000 to better serve our growing membership base, attract more attention for our research, and offer new research tools to all corners of the worldwide baseball community.

To donate or learn more about recent Research Collection projects and upgrades to our Research Resources, assets, and tools made possible by your donations visit sabr.org/donate/research-campaign.

Read articles from Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal

With an original cover illustration of Harrisburg Giants outfielders Fats Jenkins, Oscar Charleston, and Rap Dixon designed by SABR member Gary Cieradkowski, we hope you enjoy the e-book edition of the Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal! The e-book edition was sent to all SABR members on Thursday, April 17. Anyone who has subscribed to the print edition should receive their copy in the mail in the next 1-3 weeks.

We hope you enjoy the Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal!

Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suárez hits four home runs in a game

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez became the 19th player in AL/NL history to hit four home runs in a single game on Saturday, April 26 against the Atlanta Braves at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

Suárez hit a solo home run in the second inning, a two-run homer in the fourth inning, a solo shot in the sixth inning, and a game-tying solo home run in the ninth inning. Suárez, who finished 4-for-4 with four home runs and five RBIs, became just the third player in major-league history to hit four home runs in a team loss, matching Bob Horner (1986) and Ed Delahanty (1896).

Click here for a comprehensive list of all 4-HR games in professional baseball history at SABR.org.

SABR announces partnership, new book project with Irish American Baseball Society

he Irish American Baseball Society and the Society for American Baseball Research have announced a new partnership designed to advance the missions of each organization. The collaboration will include virtual events and a forthcoming book project that documents the Irish impact on the game of baseball.

The book, titled The Irish Diaspora and America’s Game, will feature biographies of Irish immigrant and Irish American players, managers, media figures, and executives — organized by Irish provinces and counties. The book is tentatively scheduled for publication in the spring of 2027.

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

Last call: Vote now in 2025 Board of Directors Election

SABR members, please pay attention to the e-mail address that you have on file with SABR; you should have received a message from tellers@sabr.org on Wednesday, April 23 and April 30 with a link to vote online in the 2025 SABR Board of Directors election.

The poll will close at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on May 7. The only way to vote online is through the link you will receive by e-mail. All e-mails will come from the address tellers@sabr.org.

You will find two items on the 2025 election ballot: the election of the SABR Board President and two (2) Directors positions. Click here to learn more.

Students, apply for a Fall 2025 internship with SABR

The Society for American Baseball Research is seeking student interns to work during the Fall 2025 semester from September 1-December 1. The remote internship is an educational opportunity that may count toward college credit, covering 15-20 hours per week with a flexible schedule. The internship will be for a fixed period of time and is designed to provide the intern with skills and training that may be applicable to working in a nonprofit research environment or in other research-based organizations.

Please send a resume and cover letter in PDF form to jpomrenke@sabr.org. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.

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

Writing opportunities for SABR members

SABR’s Editorial Board recently approved four new book projects, which are open to all SABR members for contributions. We’re seeking authors and editors to help write articles, essays, recaps of memorable games, or profiles of interesting players and figures, for the following projects:

Please contact one of the editors if you would like to get involved or to learn more about these projects. Click here to learn more about other current and ongoing SABR research projects.

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

6 new stories published at SABR Biography Project

Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.

7 new stories published at SABR Games Project

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

Here Comes the Pizzer: The Found Poetry of Baseball Broadcasts
Edited by Eric Poulin

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
Rebecca Bailey Cold Spring, KY Nathan Lilley Clarksville, MO
Jack Basmaci Baltimore, MD Matthew Martin Hattiesburg, MS
Chris Campin Bedford, NH James McDonnell Sherman Oaks, CA
Rob Condo Somerville, NJ Joe Murphy Brooklyn, NY
Steve Correz Fullerton, CA Indy Neidell Stockholm, SWE
Mike Dover Toronto, ON Todd Prugar Albuquerque, NM
Philip Eigen Washington, DC Tom Ragsdale Timonium, MD
Leo Garkisch New York, NY Nate Rasmussen Seattle, WA
Elliott Gomes New Orleans, LA Edward Rossborough West Linn, OR
Ryan Gonzales Fort Worth, TX Jay Thompson Waukanee, WI
Brian Graff Erie, PA Don Turnbull Vancouver, BC
Isaac Handy New York, NY Paul Wurm East Rutherford, NJ
Brendan Latimer Baltimore, MD

Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of April 2025.

NAME NAME
Ron Adams Steve Klugman
Rich Arpi Theodore Knorr
Randy Babb Thomas Lee
Ed Baranoski Joe Leisek
Jake Bell Henry Levy
Lynn Bevill Joseph Luchok
Phillip Bolda Michael Magee
Thomas Bradley Peter Mancuso
Stephen Bratkovich Peter Marcus
D. Bruce Brown Bruce McClure
Bruce Bumbalough Andy McCue
Ralph Caola Kai Nelson
Ken Carrano David Newman
Karl Cicitto Linda Nichols
Vincent Comparato Skip Nipper
Daniel Cooley Andrew North
Warren Corbett Gary Paetzold
Jim Cox Bill Pearch
Dennis Degenhardt Frank Prusik
Chris Dial John Rall
Mark Drucker Patrick Ray
Mark Dugo Michael Rosenwasser
Helen Edwards Harry Rothgerber
Jonathan Epstein Charles Roussel
Joe Evancich Bob Russon
Daniel Evans Jason Scheller
David Firstman Douglas Schoppert
Adam Foldes Punch Shaw
Sean Forman Mary Shea
Paul Froehling Rob Sheinkopf
Roy Gedat Thomas Stone
David Harris Wesley Story
Leslie Heaphy Andrew Strnad
Howard Henry Joseph Thompson
Tim Herlich Neal Traven
Rockwell Hoffman Vincent Vaillancourt
David Hughes Joseph Wancho
Rob Janes Steve West
Donald Jensen Deb Williams
Kim Juhase Beach Wires
Thomas Kern Jeffrey Wood
David Klotz Don Zminda

Want to become a Friend of SABR? Click here to make a recurring monthly contribution or click here to learn more about our Giving Circles to make a one-time contribution.

Upcoming Virtual Meetings

Upcoming In-Person Meetings

To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.

Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.

Sign up for SABR chapter announcements at SABR.org/chapters.

Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article, or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org. To find past editions of TWIS, click here.

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