Society for American Baseball Research

This article is about the baseball history organization. For baseball statistical analysis, see Sabermetrics. For other uses, see SABR (disambiguation).

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and record of baseball. Established in Cooperstown, New York, in August 1971 by sportswriter Bob Davids,[1] it is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Membership

While the acronym "SABR" may have lent its root to the word sabermetrics (for the use of sophisticated mathematical tools to analyze baseball), the Society is about much more than statistics. Well known figures in the baseball world such as Bob Costas, Keith Olbermann, Craig R. Wright, and Rollie Hemond are members, along with highly regarded "sabermetricians" such as Bill James and Rob Neyer.

Among Major League players Jeff Bajenaru was believed to have been (until 2006) the only active with a SABR membership; Elden Auker, Larry Dierker, and Andy Seminick also have been involved.

Some prominent SABR members:

Activities

Only a minority of members pursue "number crunching" research. Rather, the SABR community is organized both by interest and geography:

SABR members keep in touch through online directories and electronic mailing lists set up through the SABR headquarters. The headquarters also maintains a number of research tools on its website, including a lending library, home run and triple play logs, and course syllabi related to the game.

SABR holds annual conventions in a different city each year. The conference generally includes panel discussions, research presentations, city-specific tourism, a ballgame, and an awards banquet. The 2007 convention in St. Louis, Missouri set the attendance record with 726 registered attendees out of approximately 7,000 SABR members.[3] The organization also sponsors a baseball analytics conference in Phoenix[4] and an annual Negro Leagues conference, held in a different location each year.

Awards

SABR annual awards include:

In 2013, SABR began collaborating with Rawlings on the Gold Glove Award. Rawlings changed the voting process to incorporate SABR Defensive Index, a sabermetric component provided by SABR, which accounts for approximately 25 percent of the vote for the defensive award.[18]

Research committees

Retrosheet is a research and archives organization independent of SABR which holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the society's annual convention.

Regional chapters

Past convention sites and keynote speakers

Source: SABR Convention History Society for American Baseball Research.

See also

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "Bob Davids". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  2. "Designing People...". Computer Gaming World. 1992-08. pp. 48–54. Retrieved 3 July 2014. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. http://sabr.org/content/sabr-convention-history
  4. http://sabr.org/analytics
  5. Established in November 2009, the Henry Chadwick Award was first presented in 2010. "Henry Chadwick Award". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  6. "Henry Chadwick Award". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
  7. "SABR Creates New "Henry Chadwick Award": James, Ritter, Palmer Among Honorees". OriolesHangout. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  8. Chuck, Bill (February 15, 2011). "SABR Announces 2011 Chadwick Award Recipients". Billy-Ball. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  9. Harold Seymour and his wife Dorothy Seymour Mills together wrote a three-volume history: Baseball: The Early Years (1960), Baseball: The Golden Age (1971), and Baseball: The People's Game (1991). "Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  10. The Seymour Medal was first awarded in 1996, at the SABR national convention. SABR held the first Seymour Medal Conference in 1999, at Cleveland State University, in conjunction with the presentation of the medal. "The Seymour Medal". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  11. "SABR and The Seymour Medal: How Did it Happen?". Dr. Harold Seymour, Baseball Historian. drharoldseymour.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  12. "The Seymour Medal: Winners and Finalists". Dr. Harold Seymour, Baseball Historian. drharoldseymour.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  13. "Seymour Medal Award". Baseball-Almanac. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  14. Mondout, Patrick. "Seymour Medal Honorees". BaseballChronology.com. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  15. 1 2 See also: Baseball awards#Baseball book of the year.
  16. The McFarland award was "previously named The Macmillan-SABR Baseball Research Award (1987–1999)", according to "McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
  17. "Rawlings Gold Glove Award Finalists Announced" (Press release). Rawlings. October 25, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014.

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