The Baseball Research Journal is the flagship research publication of the Society for American Baseball Research. Founded in 1971, SABR now has over 6,000 members investigating every aspect of the sport, from statistical analysis to biographical research, to psychology, economics, physics, biomechanics, game theory, and more. 

In this issue:

Leaving a Mark on the Game

Allan Roth by Andy McCue

The Creation of the Alexander Cartwright Myth by Richard Hershberger

Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing by Catchers: Updating Total Player Rating by Pete Palmer

New York Connections

McGraw’s Streak by Max Blue

Clyde Sukeforth: The Dodgers’ Yankee and Branch Rickey’s Maine Man by Karl Lindholm

Identifying Undated Ticket Stubs: An Attempt to Recapture Baseball History by Dr. James Reese

Outside the Majors

“Many Exciting Chases After the Ball”: Nineteenth Century Base Ball in Bismarck, Dakota Territory by Terry Bohn

The Great 1952 Florida International League Pennant Race by Sam Zygner and Steve Smith

Aquino Abreu: Baseball’s Other Double No-Hit Pitcher by Peter C. Bjarkman

Defiance College’s Historic 1961 Postseason by Roger J. Hawks

Analytical Looks at the Game We Love

The Twisting Model and Ted Williams’s Science of Hitting by Takeyuki Inohiza

The Best Shortened-Season Hitting Performance in Major League History by David Nemec

Was There a Seven Way Game? Seven Ways of Reaching First Base by Paul Hertz

The Three, or Was it Two, .400 Hitters of 1922 by Brian Marshall

What Do Your Fans Want?: Attendance Correlations with Performance, Ticket Prices, and Payroll Factors by Ben Langhorst

Do Fans Prefer Homegrown Players? An Analysis of MLB Attendance, 1976–2012 by Russell Ormiston

2014 Chadwick Honorees

Mark Armour by Rob Neyer

Ernie Lanigan by Lyle Spatz

Marc Okkonen by Dan Levitt

Cory Schwartz by Christina Kahrl

John C. Tattersall by John Thorn