We're thrilled to introduce the new
@SlangsOnSports
Women in Baseball Analytics Scholarship! Open to any female identifying students or young professionals to attend the 2024
#SABRanalytics
Conference & gain access to our online certification courses:
Tom Seaver's scouting report while he was pitching for
@USC_Baseball
in 1965: "Plenty of desire to pitch and wants to beat you." No truer words were ever spoken about the future
@BaseballHall
of Fame pitcher. Who was that scout?
#Dodgers
coach Tommy Lasorda.
New
@SABRbioproject
: Tim Lincecum, one of just 3 pitchers in
@MLB
history with multiple Cy Young Awards, no-hitters and World Series rings. The Freak was a
#ForeverGiant
fan favorite with
@SFGiants
. By Giselle Stancic:
#SABR
RIP Don Sutton, 75, solid and dependable
@BaseballHall
of Fame pitcher who won 324 games and recorded 3,574 strikeouts for
@Dodgers
and four other teams, then served as a popular
@Braves
broadcaster on TV and radio for nearly 30 years.
#SABR
bio:
We're saddened to learn Jim Bouton, 80, has died. The former
@Yankees
All-Star pitcher revolutionized baseball journalism and literature as the author of "Ball Four" — named one of
@nypl
's best books of the 20th century.
#SABR
bio:
@RawlingsSports
In the AL,
@Yankees
catcher Jose Trevino led all defenders in the final 2022
#SABR
Defensive Index rankings. Here are the full leaders at each position:
RIP Bob Gibson, 84, the St. Louis
@Cardinals
' heart and soul for three World Series trips in the 1960s, a
@BaseballHall
inductee, and a talented multisport athlete who excelled at everything he did.
@SABRbioproject
tribute to Hoot:
#SABR
Congratulations to Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, and Tony Oliva, newest members of
@BaseballHall
of Fame from the Golden Days Era ballot announced today!
RIP Brooks Robinson, 86, a Baltimore
@Orioles
icon, World Series MVP, the greatest defensive third baseman of his era, and one of the most beloved players in baseball history. Read
@SABRbioproject
on Brooks' life and legacy:
Congratulations to the
@Cubs
’ Zach Davies, Ryan Tepera, Andrew Chafin, and Craig Kimbrel, who just threw the 17th no-hitter in franchise history — and the first combined no-no in Chicago’s long history in the National League!
RIP Sal Bando, 78, dependable team captain and All-Star third baseman for the 1970s Oakland
@Athletics
dynasty, later served as GM with Milwaukee
@Brewers
. Read
@SABRbioproject
on Bando’s life and legacy:
#SABR
RIP Vin Scully, 94, iconic voice of the
@Dodgers
for more than six decades and spanning two coasts — from Jackie Robinson and the Boys of Summer in Brooklyn to Koufax, Kershaw, and Fernando in L.A. Read
@SABRbioproject
on Scully's life and legacy:
#SABR
RIP Lou Brock, 81,
@Cardinals
legend who held the
@MLB
single-season and career stolen base records when he retired following a 19-year career that earned him first-ballot
@baseballhall
induction. Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more:
#SABR
This is only the second 8-3-5 triple play in AL/NL history! The first was turned on June 7, 1884, by the Boston Beaneaters (forerunners to today’s
@Braves
) against
@OldHossRadbourn
’s Providence Grays.
#SABR
Congratulations to
@Dbacks
rookie Tyler Gilbert, who just became the 4th pitcher in AL/NL history to throw a no-hitter in his 1st career start! He joins Bobo Holloman (1953), Bumpus Jones (1892), and Ted Breitenstein (1891).
RIP Dick Allen, 78, one of the most feared sluggers in baseball, a seven-time All-Star with prodigious power. He won NL Rookie of the Year honors with
@Phillies
in 1964 and AL MVP with
@WhiteSox
in 1972. Read his
#SABR
bio:
Buck O'Neil — who will be inducted to
@baseballhall
this weekend — was the storyteller of the Negro Leagues and one of the game's most beloved goodwill ambassadors. Read
@SABRbioproject
for more on Buck's life and legacy:
#SABR
@NLBMuseumKC
Congratulations to Harold Baines and Lee Smith, who were elected to the
@BaseballHall
of Fame on the Today’s Game Era ballot! The longtime
@whitesox
DH and
@MLB
’s one-time saves leader will be honored next summer in Cooperstown.
“You know what? We have all brothers out here.” — Al Oliver
#OTD
in 1971, the Pittsburgh
@Pirates
fielded the first all-black lineup in
@MLB
history. Here’s the story behind that iconic starting nine (and soon to be World Series champions):
#SABR
Margaret Donahue became the first female executive in an
@MLB
front office when she was hired by the
@Cubs
in 1919. She retired after nearly 40 years as a vice president in the organization. Read her story at
@SABRbioproject
:
#SABR
#WomensHistoryMonth
When
@GeorgeHWBush
threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the
@Orioles
' season opener in 1989, he became the first sitting U.S. President to do so from the pitching mound. Read about Bush's lifelong connection to baseball in the
#SABR
archives:
Every year on October 13, a group of dedicated
@Pirates
fans gather at the site of Forbes Field at 3:36 p.m. to commemorate Bill Mazeroski's iconic World Series-winning home run in the 1960 World Series. From the
#SABR
archives:
#Postseason
In 1905, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham played one half-inning for the New York Giants. He never appeared in
@MLB
again, but his name was immortalized by W.P. Kinsella in the novel that inspired Field of Dreams. Read
@SABRbioproject
:
#FieldofDreamsGame
#SABR
100 years ago today, Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Ga. His impact on baseball was profound, but his significance in American history was even greater. Read our
#SABR
bio of the
@Dodgers
pioneer and
@BaseballHall
of Famer:
30 years ago today, Will Clark and the 1989
@SFGiants
win their first National League pennant in more than a quarter-century as Clark bats .650 to earn MVP honors. Read The Thrill's
@SABRbioproject
here:
#SABR
Congratulations to the Houston
@Astros
for winning the AL pennant! At age 72, manager Dusty Baker returns to the
#WorldSeries
for the first time in 19 years.
RIP Phil Niekro, 81, Atlanta
@Braves
legend known as “Knucksie” who floated his signature pitch past
@MLB
hitters for 24 seasons, winning 318 games and
@BaseballHall
induction in 1997. Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more about Niekro’s life and career:
We're saddened to learn Roger Angell — "perhaps the most exquisitely talented writer to focus sustained attention on baseball" — has died at the age of 101. Read
@SABRbioproject
on
@NewYorker
author and
@officialBBWAA
Career Excellence recipient:
#SABR
Congratulations to Buck O'Neil and Bud Fowler, Black baseball pioneers and legends who were elected today to
@BaseballHall
by the Early Baseball Era Committee!
We're saddened to report that
#SABR
member Dorothy Seymour Mills, the first female baseball historian who co-authored the classic 3-volume "Baseball" series, has died at the age of 91. Learn more about her life and legacy as a baseball pioneer:
The
@Pirates
' Ke'Bryan Hayes leads all NL defenders in the new
#SABR
Defensive Index rankings, through games of June 19. Check out the full positional rankings here:
@RawlingsSports
Yesterday,
@SFGiants
' Pablo Sandoval homered, stole a base, and allowed no runs on the mound — no
@MLB
player has done all that in a game since Christy Mathewson in 1905! Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more about the great Matty:
#SABR
#PandaWatch
45 years ago today, the Cincinnati
@Reds
swept the Yankees to give the Big Red Machine their second straight World Series championship.
@SABRGames
story:
#SABR
#Postseason
Congratulations to
@Dbacks
’ Madison Bumgarner, who just threw a 7-inning no-hitter in Atlanta! It’s the first shortened (and unofficial) no-hitter in
@MLB
since Boston’s Devern Hansack in 2006.
Way back in 1889, the
@Dodgers
and
@SFGiants
franchises met for the "World's Series" when both teams played in New York — it might have been a Subway Series, except the
@NYCTSubway
wouldn't be built for 11 more years.
@SABRGames
story:
#SABR
Coming soon: SABR's
#BallparkFigures
, hosted by
@curlyfro
, will return this summer as a 10-episode podcast series focusing on Stories of the Negro Leagues. Learn more:
#SABR
When Marvin Miller was hired by
@MLB_PLAYERS
in 1966, the union's assets totaled $5,700 and some used furniture. In the span of a decade, Miller turned the MLBPA into a formidable labor force that changed sports history:
#SABR
#LaborDay
"Hey Scoop, we've got all brothers out there."
#OTD
in 1971, the
@Pirates
became the first
@MLB
team to start an all-Black starting lineup. On Pittsburgh's "Characters With Character," from the
#SABR
archives:
The
@Mets
' Francisco Lindor leads all NL defenders in the
#SABR
Defensive Index rankings through
@MLB
games of June 13. Find the full positional SDI rankings here:
@RawlingsSports
RIP Carl Erskine, 97, one of Brooklyn's beloved Boys of Summer,
@Dodgers
' All-Star pitcher and World Series champion, and 2023 recipient of
@baseballhall
's Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award. Read
@SABRbioproject
:
#SABR
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has died at age 94. Long before he stepped into the Oval Office, he played for
@YaleBaseball
in the first
@NCAACWS
. Here’s a look back at “Poppy” Bush’s lifelong connection to baseball in the
#SABR
archives:
Happy 88th birthday to
@SFGiants
legend Willie Mays! Born on May 6, 1931, the Say Hey Kid was arguably the greatest all-around player in
@MLB
history. Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more about Mays's life and legacy:
#SABR
Congratulations to
@adams_at
,
@_beewilly
, and
@curlyfro
, winners of the 2021
#SABRanalytics
Conference Research Awards! They will be recognized in a virtual presentation ceremony on March 13. Read their award-winning work:
RIP Tom Seaver,
@BaseballHall
legend who died Monday at the age of 75. Few players were ever more connected to a franchise than Tom Terrific with the New York
@Mets
. Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more about Seaver's life and legacy:
#SABR
Henry Aaron was one of baseball’s most iconic figures. The
@Braves
superstar's prodigious power and grace during his quest to break
@MLB
’s all-time home run record transcended the game. Read
@SABRbioproject
to learn more of his life and legacy:
#SABR
New
@SABRGames
story: In 1995,
@Braves
rookie Chipper Jones belted his first career home run — not surprisingly, it was a game-winner in the 9th inning against the Mets at Shea Stadium:
#SABR
@RealCJ10
#OTD
in 1971, the
@Pirates
fielded an all-Black starting lineup at all nine positions, a first in
@MLB
history. Read the
@SABRGames
story on a special night and a special team in Pittsburgh:
#SABR
In Pittsburgh,
#SABR
Forbes Field Chapter is working to install commemorative markers at the site of Three Rivers Stadium, home of the
@Pirates
from 1970 to 2000. Join us there at 2:30 p.m. today to hear from
@ClementeMuseum
,
@Pirates
president Travis Williams & more.
This is pretty rare in
@MLB
history! There have only been FIVE 5-2-3-2 triple plays in the regular season, last turned by the 1955
@Cubs
. Find all the details in the
#SABR
Triple Plays Database:
If you saw
@drunkhistory
's baseball episode last night, you learned about Moses Fleetwood Walker, the courageous pioneer who played in
@MLB
decades before Jackie Robinson.
@SABRbioproject
has the full story on Fleet:
#SABR
@DammitCARL
Happy 100th birthday to Roger Angell — "perhaps the most exquisitely talented writer to focus sustained attention on baseball." Read
@SABRbioproject
on the
@NewYorker
's legendary essayist and
@baseballhall
's Spink Award winner:
#SABR
Happy 86th birthday to
@HenryLouisAaron
, the
@Braves
legend whose courage and dignity in breaking Babe Ruth's "unbreakable" home run record in the face of relentless racism remains an inspiration to all.
#SABR
bio:
#BlackHistoryMonth
Before
@Dodgers
take on the Giants tonight, read
@SABRbioproject
on
@TheVinScully
, iconic voice and a treasured presence in the team’s storied history, from Jackie Robinson to Clayton Kershaw, spanning six decades and two coasts:
#Postseason
#SABR
50 years ago today, Roberto Clemente recorded his 3,000th and final hit with the Pittsburgh
@Pirates
, a double into the gap in left field. Read
@SABRGames
story on Clemente's historic achievement:
#SABR
25 years ago today, Eddie Murray became the 20th
@MLB
player in history to reach the 3,000-hit milestone with a 6th-inning single at the Metronome. Read the
@SABRGames
story from our 1995
@Indians
book:
#SABR
@JosephWancho
Congratulations to the Chicago
@Cubs
and Cleveland
@Indians
, the first winners of the
@RawlingsSports
Gold Glove Team Awards! Check out the
#SABR
Defensive Index team rankings for the 2020
@MLB
season:
Tom Tango, a 2020
#SABR
Chadwick Award winner, is one of the most respected sabermetric analysts in the world, co-author of "The Book," developer of FIP and wOBA, and now
@MLB
's Senior Database Architect of Stats:
@tangotiger
The
#SABR
Henry Chadwick Award honors baseball's greatest researchers, historians, statisticians, and archivists. Congratulations to the 2024 recipients: Larry Gerlach,
@lheaphy
, and
@SlangsOnSports
! Learn more:
2022
#SABR
Chadwick Award winner:
@janeleavy1
is the author of acclaimed books on Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth, the latter of which won the Seymour Medal for best book on baseball history:
RIP Don Newcombe, 92, a pioneering pitcher for the
@Dodgers
. Negro Leagues veteran who catapulted to stardom in
@MLB
, winning Rookie of the Year in 1949, World Series champion in 1955, 1956 NL MVP and Cy Young Awards. Read his
#SABR
bio:
#OTD
in 1935,
@Reds
fans see the light as Cincinnati's Crosley Field hosts the first night game in
@MLB
history, as President Franklin Roosevelt turned on 1 million watts of lights from the
@WhiteHouse
in Washington, D.C.
@SABRGames
story:
#SABR
We’re saddened to learn of the death of
@SFGiants
legend Willie McCovey, 80, a great slugger who terrified pitchers around the National League for 22 seasons.
#SABR
bio:
RIP Red Schoendienst, 95,
#STLCards
legend as a player, manager, and ambassador for eight decades. 1989
@baseballhall
inductee. 10x All-Star. 3x WS-winning player and manager. Read his
#SABR
bio here:
50 years ago today, the
@Montreal_Expos
played the first
@MLB
regular-season game outside the United States on April 14, 1969, at Jarry Park. Read
@SABRGames
on their historic home opener:
#SABR
RIP Mel Stottlemyre, 77, star pitcher for the
@Yankees
in 1960s who went on to win 5 World Series as a pitching coach with 1986
@Mets
and
#Yankees
in ‘90s. Read his
#SABR
bio:
The
@Dodgers
and
@RedSox
franchises last met in a
#WorldSeries
in 1916. A young Babe Ruth starred on the mound for Boston, pitching all 14 innings in a Game 2 gem:
#SABR
#OTD
in 1947, Jackie Robinson made his debut with the
@Dodgers
, shattering
@MLB
's color barrier. His impact on baseball was profound, but his significance in American history was even greater. Read our
#SABR
bio on the
@BaseballHall
legend:
@JRFoundation