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Welcome to “This Week in SABR” on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Click here to view this newsletter on the web.
SABR 53 schedule updates
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Last chance to apply for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference scholarship
Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
Save the date: 2026 SABR Analytics Conference
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SABR 53 schedule updates
We hope you’ll join us at SABR’s 53rd annual convention, which be held on June 25-29, 2025, at the Westin DFW Airport Hotel in Irving, Texas. All baseball fans are welcome to attend, so we hope you’ll register today. Here are two new schedule updates:
- Tom Jacobs, Executive Director of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, will be the guest speaker at the Collegiate Baseball committee meeting at 8:00 a.m. Friday, June 27.
- SABR-Abilene Christian University collaboration: Scott Bush and George Saltsman will introduce a new partnership between SABR and Abilene Christian University and discuss the future relationship between the organizations at 12:00 p.m. Thursday, June 26.
Full registration or single-day registration for SABR 53 can be purchased online in advance or on-site during convention registration hours beginning on Wednesday, June 25 at the Westin hotel. Click here for complete details on SABR 53 registration rates.
SABR 53 will feature a Texas-sized speaker lineup we know you’ll love — including Hall of Famers Ferguson Jenkins and Iván Rodríguez, and Rangers World Series-winning manager Bruce Bochy and President of Baseball Operations Chris Young — alongside an invigorated social experience emphasizing SABR’s ability to unite all of us in baseball fellowship.
- Schedule: Click here to view the full SABR 53 schedule.
- Featured Speakers: Click here to learn more about our Featured Speakers.
- Research Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Research Presentations.
- Poster Presentations: Click here to view the full list of Poster Presentations.
- Committee Meetings: Click here for the schedule of Committee Meetings.
- Exhibitors Room: Click here to learn about our Exhibitors Room vendors.
- Transportation Tips: Click here for Dallas-Fort Worth transportation tips and area attractions.
Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register today!
SABR Digital Library: Stan Musial
Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:
Stan Musial
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-47-5, $24.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-46-8, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 160 pages
Stan Musial uncoiled from his famous corkscrew batting stance and hit line drives for 22 big-league seasons. The outfielder-first baseman from Donora, Pennsylvania, spent his entire major league career with the St. Louis Cardinals and remains a beloved figure in his adopted hometown. Musial won seven batting titles and accumulated 3,630 hits. This book of essays and memorable games from Musial’s career is a collaborative effort of 34 SABR members, celebrates one of baseball’s greatest players.
Click here to download the free ebook edition or save 50% off the purchase of a paperback edition.
Early registration open for Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference in Louisville
Early registration is 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.
- Register: Click here to register online for the 2025 Malloy Conference. Full registration is $175 before July 7, $195 afterward. Students: $65 before July 7, $75 afterward. Single-day registration is also available for $70 for Friday or Saturday before July 7; $90 afterward. Extra tickets can be purchased for Thursday’s Education Forum at the Galt House, Thursday’s “meet and greet” reception at the Roots 101 African American Museum, Friday’s Louisville Bats baseball game at Slugger Field, or Saturday’s awards banquet at the Galt House. All of these sessions are included in the full registration package.
- Hotel: A special group rate at the Galt House Hotel of $159/night (plus tax) is available to registered convention attendees. To book your room, click here or call 502-589-5200. The Galt House Hotel is located at 140 N. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40202.
- Schedule: Click here to view the 2025 Malloy Conference schedule.
- Information Packet: Click here to download the Malloy Conference informational packet (PDF)
- Yoseloff Scholarship: Students, learn more or apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the 2025 Malloy Conference. Deadline: June 6, 2025.
- Contact: For questions, email Leslie Heaphy at Lheaphy@kent.edu.
Visit SABR.org/malloy for more information or to register.
Students, last chance to apply for a Yoseloff Scholarship to attend the Malloy Conference
With generous funding from The Nanar and Anthony Yoseloff Foundation, Inc., SABR will award up to four scholarships to high school or college students to attend the Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference on August 7-9, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. This scholarship will pay for registration, transportation and lodging (double occupancy) up to a total value of $1,250. The objective of this scholarship fund is to encourage high school and college-level student engagement with baseball research and to engender an active interest in baseball and SABR.
All applications must be postmarked or e-mailed to Scott Carter at scarter@sabr.org no later than June 6, 2025.
Click here to download an application or learn more at SABR.org.
Call for papers: SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference
SABR and the International Women’s Baseball Center have announced a call for papers for the seventh annual SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference, scheduled as a virtual event for September 19-21, 2025.
Registration information will be available soon at SABR.org/women-in-baseball-conference.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Women Beyond the Diamond.” Topics can focus on ideas such as announcers, owners, executives, writers, artists, architects, and much more. All topics and time periods related to women’s baseball are welcome. Abstracts accepted for posters and/or oral presentations.
Please submit abstracts of approximately 200 words, along with contact information and a short biography, by July 1, 2025, to Leslie Heaphy.
Save the date: Join us for SABR Analytics Conference on Feb. 27-March 1, 2026
Save the date! The 15th annual SABR Analytics Conference will be held on February 27-March 1, 2026, at the Beus Center for Law and Society on Arizona State University’s Downtown Phoenix Campus in Phoenix, Arizona.
Registration information will be available at SABR.org/analytics beginning in the fall of 2025.
The Analytics Conference schedule will consist of research presentations and guest speakers from throughout the baseball analytics community, career development sessions led by experienced sports professionals, industry networking opportunities, and the Diamond Dollars Case Competition — all available for any aspiring front office executive or baseball fan to attend. Students will have opportunities for skill acquisition and development, including sessions on how to work with baseball-related data sets as well as databasing and SQL.
Visit SABR.org/analytics to learn more.
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.
Seeking peer reviewers for upcoming Baseball Research Journals
SABR’s publications team is seeking to expand our pool of peer reviewers for upcoming editions of the Baseball Research Journal. Are you a SABR member who has been published in the BRJ, The National Pastime, or a SABR book project? Would you like to read and give feedback on 1-4 papers per year?
Please email Liz Roscher with your subjects of expertise/interests and we’ll work with you to match up with any appropriate article submissions. All reviews are double-anonymous.
April 5 Board minutes posted
Minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on April 5, 2025, in Pittsburgh have now been posted on the SABR website.
Click here to view all past minutes of SABR Board meetings.
Find new updates to the SABR Research Collection below, including the Baseball Biography Project, Games Project, and Oral History Collection.
3 new stories published at SABR Biography Project
- Hinkey Haines, by Jim Loyer (first-time author)
- Newt Halliday, by Darren Gibson
- Joe Kilhullen, by Bill Lamb
Visit SABR.org/bioproject to learn more about the SABR BioProject or to get involved.
3 new stories published at SABR Games Project
- September 7, 1914: Larry McLean leads Giants over Braves in first-place battle before record crowd at Fenway Park, by Gary Belleville
- June 12, 1941: Ted Williams’s two-run homer in third inning puts Red Sox ahead of Browns to stay, by Bill Nowlin
- July 21, 1993: Spokane manager Tim Flannery ejected, but returns disguised as team mascot, by Jake Rinloan
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:
- View a collection of nearly 100,000 player surveys in the new Weiss Baseball Questionnaires collection
- Watch video highlights from 2025 SABR Analytics Conference
- Watch video highlights from 2025 Frederick Ivor-Campbell 19th Century Conference
- Watch a video replay of SABR webinar on Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe, and the Hall of Fame
- Read articles from Spring 2025 Baseball Research Journal
- Learn more about recipients of SABR Local Grants in 2025
- SABR announces partnership, new book project with Irish American Baseball Society
- Hundreds of ProQuest US newspapers added to SABR Research Resources
- Call for papers: 2025 SABR/IWBC Women in Baseball Conference on September 19-21
- Browse the new, searchable SABR MLB Team Employee Database
- Find complete collection of SABR-Rucker Archive baseball images online
- Historical Black Newspapers Collection added to SABR Research Resources
- Get a gift for baseball fan in your life with the SABR Store @ CafePress
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Addarich | Longwood, FL | Rachel Otero | Plainview, NY | ||
| Gordon Balme | Ruskin, FL | Tom Petrocelli | Nashua, NH | ||
| William Durham | Gallatin, TN | Joshua Savage | Redmond, WA | ||
| Damon Farrar | Dracut, MA | Drew Seegert | Elkhart, IN, IN | ||
| Ian Hutcheson | Sterling, KS | Dennis Skiffington | Ponchatoula, LA | ||
| Jay Keever | Amherst, NH | Josh Talevski | Savannah, GA | ||
| Richard Martorello | Las Vegas, NV |
Here is a list of SABR supporters for the month of May 2025.
| NAME | NAME | |
|---|---|---|
| John Alcamo | William Larson | |
| Mark Armour | Thomas Larwin | |
| Patricia Aylsworth | Harry Lesser | |
| John Azevedo | Allison Levin | |
| Perry Barber | Michael Levine | |
| John Bauer | Henry Levy | |
| Jake Bell | Jonathan Lindholm | |
| Michael Bender | Annie Lindsay | |
| Trent Bennett | Susan Lundstrom | |
| Dan Bergman | William Macht | |
| Michael Berry | Peter Mancuso | |
| John Blackburn | Peter Marcus | |
| David Bohmer | T. Wayne Marshall | |
| Mark Bonino | Bill Marston | |
| David Boyle | Rick McAuliffe | |
| Robin Brecker | Robert McCann | |
| D. Bruce Brown | Bruce McClure | |
| Bob Brown | Jeff Meder | |
| Diane Bryan | Jeremy Mills | |
| Bruce Bumbalough | Stephen Milman | |
| Richard Butler Jr | John Mitchell | |
| Thomas Byker | Alan Mooneyham | |
| Ralph Caola | Mark Morowczynski | |
| Ken Carrano | Alan Morris | |
| Jeff Carter | Matthew Mullin | |
| Bo Carter | John Munns | |
| Scott Carter | David Neft | |
| Karl Cicitto | Linda Nichols | |
| Ken Clawson | Andrew North | |
| Vincent Comparato | Bill Nowlin | |
| Tom Crisp | Ralph Olliges Jr | |
| Carter Cromwell | James Overmyer | |
| Richard Cuicchi | Dwight Oxley | |
| Debra Dagavarian-Bonar | Gregg Pericich | |
| William Davis | Steve Perry | |
| Robert Dean | Zac Petrillo | |
| Jack Decker | Mel Poplock | |
| Chris Dial | Gregory Puchalski | |
| Mark Drucker | David Raglin | |
| Nevin Duerr | John Rall | |
| Mark Dugo | Carl Rhoads | |
| Ed Edmonds | John Rosenfelder | |
| Helen Edwards | Michael Rosenwasser | |
| Mike Eisenbath | Charles Roussel | |
| Robert Elias | Bob Russon | |
| Jonathan Epstein | Michael Schell | |
| Daniel Evans | Jason Scheller | |
| John Fain | Douglas Schoppert | |
| Ren Farley | Jack Selzer | |
| David Firstman | Andrew Sharp | |
| Kenneth Fischer | Mary Shea | |
| Jack Flynn | Rob Sheinkopf | |
| Adam Foldes | Linda Skory | |
| Edward Fong | Dave Sloan | |
| Carlos Fragoso | Richard Smiley | |
| Andrew France | Mikel Smith | |
| Donald Frank | Kenneth Snell | |
| Doron Goldman | George Sommerfeld | |
| Frederick Grandchamp | John Soroka | |
| Mike Grisz | Alec Stais | |
| Philip Grone | Brian Stanley | |
| Barry Halpern | Russ Stanley | |
| John Hancock | Maxine Stansell | |
| Henry Hawkins | Thomas Stone | |
| Emily Hawks | Wesley Story | |
| Leslie Heaphy | Joseph Thompson | |
| John Heer | John Tierney | |
| Tim Herlich | Wayne Towers | |
| William Hickman | Neal Traven | |
| Lon Hildreth | Marlene Vogelsang | |
| John Paul Hill | Lenny Wagner | |
| Rockwell Hoffman | Robert Wakefield | |
| Mark Hoose | Thomas Watson | |
| David Hughes | Mike Webber | |
| Rick Huhn | Steven Weiner | |
| Rob Janes | Steve West | |
| Donald Jensen | Herbert Whalley | |
| Dave Jerome | Chris Wilkins | |
| Stephen Johnson | Beach Wires | |
| Robert Kravetz | Jeffrey Wood | |
| Robert Krzys | Mark Yecies | |
| Russ Lake | Don Zminda | |
| Bill Lamb | Thomas Zocco |
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.
- Events Calendar: Find details of all upcoming SABR events.
- Video Replays: This week, we heard from Will Bardenwerper (Homestand); John W. Miller (The Last Manager); and a Games Project overview with John Fredland, Donna L. Halper, Kurt Blumenau, and Bill Nowlin. Click here to view video replays of virtual SABR events.
Upcoming Virtual Meetings
- June 7: Women in Baseball Diamond Stories: Amie Cuevas (10:00 a.m. EDT)
- June 7: Roush-Lopez (FL) Gulf Coast Chapter meeting with Ken Clawson (3:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 9: Clyde Sukeforth (NH/ME) Chapter meeting with Tim Newby (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 9: Deadball Era Book Talk: Chip Martin (8:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 11: SABR Board of Directors conference call (6:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 11: Elysian Fields (NJ) Chapter meeting with Casey Barber (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 12: Games and Simulations meeting with Kenneth Miller and Roswell Miller (7:00 p.m. EDT)
- June 12: Hampton Roads Bud Metheny (VA) Chapter meeting (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- June 12: Ottawa/Eastern Ontario Chapter meeting with John Nogowski (7:30 p.m. EDT)
- June 14: Bob Davids Chapter: Talkin’ Baseball with John Nogowski (9:00 a.m. EDT)
Upcoming In-Person Meetings
- June 7: Lajoie-Start Southern New England Chapter spring meeting (North Attleboro, MA)
- June 7: Bob Davids Chapter Washington Nationals ballgame/meet-up (Washington, DC)
- June 7: Clyde Sukeforth Chapter meeting (Keene, NH)
- June 7: Bob Broeg/Central Illinois joint chapter ballgame/meet-up (O’Fallon, MO)
- June 13: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Schaumburg, IL)
- June 14: Dayton Chapter book club meeting (Dayton, OH)
- June 14: Halsey Hall Chapter book club meeting (Roseville, MN)
- June 14: Rogers Hornsby Chapter Breakfast (Austin, TX)
- June 14: Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter meeting (Baltimore, MD)
- June 14: Elysian Fields Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Bridgewater, NJ)
- June 15: Bay Area/Sacramento Chapter ballgame/meet-up (San Rafael, CA)
To add your SABR event to our calendar listings, please contact Jacob Pomrenke.
- Asian Baseball: Summer 2025 newsletter
- Deadball Era: May 2025 newsletter
Sign up for SABR research committee announcements at SABR.org/research/committees.
- Ken Keltner Badger State Chapter: June 2025 newsletter (Milwaukee, WI)
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:
- Save 40% off the purchase of baseball books at University of Nebraska Press through June 13
- Tyler Kepner: Seattle supersonic: Cal Raleigh is blasting his way toward a historic offensive season (The Athletic)
- Russell A. Carleton: This Place Feels Familiar (Baseball Prospectus)
- Jay Jaffe: Finally, a Hit for Royce Lewis (FanGraphs)
- Jayson Stark: Paul Skenes’ stats with Pirates are mind-blowing — especially the non-wins (The Athletic)
- Mario Delgado Genzor: The Eternally Crafty Left-Hander (Baseball Prospectus)
- Ben Clemens: The Ongoing Battle for the Top of the Strike Zone (FanGraphs)
- Davy Andrews: Kyle Schwarber Is Dominating the Heart of the Plate (FanGraphs)
- Jason Coskrey: Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89 (Japan Times)
- Kathy Borik: South Bend Blue Sox’s Betsy ‘Sockum’ Jochum dies at 104 (South Bend Tribune)
- Alexandra Whitley: The A’s Have Run Out of Pitching: A Historical Study (Baseball Prospectus)
- Mike Lynch: ‘New’ Major League Baseball Player Discovered (in 1872!) (Sports-Reference.com)
- Mark Simon: May’s MLB Defensive Players of the Month (Sports Info Solutions)
- David Laurila: What if a Pronator — Not a Supinator — Threw a Kick-Change? (FanGraphs)
- Michael Clair: Alan Ruck looks back on the ‘Ferris Bueller’ Wrigley scene (MLB.com)
- John Rosengren: Going, Going, Gone: Childhood baseball cards (Loyola Marymount Magazine)
- Jacob Kauffman: The Pecos League at 15: Independent baseball’s wildest survivor (Fansided)
- Chad Osborne: Summer baseball returns to Marion — and the field where Nolan Ryan got his professional start (Cardinal News)
- Bill Deane: Jim Gentile and the Mythical $5,000 Bonus Clause (Our Game)
- Mark Kolier: Two-way star Cy Seymour was an early ‘almost’ HOFer (Almost Cooperstown)
- Jeff Cohen/Len Aberman: Baseball and BBQ interview with author David Krell (Baseball and BBQ)
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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