An updated version of the new database is available now from the download page. In addition to updating all tables with data through the 2017 season , there are some minor changes to the structure of the database. If you’re interested in learning more about those changes or wish to be part of a discussion about maintaining and improving the…
Index of Online Baseball Guides
An index of baseball guides available online, from the 1870s through today.
Baseball in the Age of Big Data
My presentation from the 2013 SABR convention on how “big data” has transformed the baseball world, and why bigger changes are coming.
Charlie Hustle
My twenty-five year journey with Pete Rose.
The Summer Game
How a book that Roger Angell gave to Dick Young ended up on my bookshelf.
How do you get to Cooperstown?
Visualizing the voting trajectories for 1000+ Hall of Fame candidates
Aggressive defensive strategy in Pittsburgh
Radical shift has helped Pirates become contenders
Board games at the dawn of sports
Sports related board games are as old as the sports themselves.
The Great Lie of College Sports
More than 90% of “big money” college sports programs lose money
Why preserving historical documents is important
Recent discovery demonstrates value of archives
The Last Ballplayer Standing
After 23 years, all of the ballplayers older than me have left the game.