Society for American Baseball Research explained

Society for American Baseball Research
Abbreviation:SABR
Founder:Bob Davids
Founding Location:Cooperstown, New York, U.S.
Leader Title:CEO
Leader Name:Scott Bush
Leader Title2:President
Leader Name2:Mark Armour
Field:Baseball research
Membership:7,194[1]
Membership Year:2022
Headquarters:555 N Central Ave #416
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.

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, primarily through the use of statistics. The organization was founded in Cooperstown, New York, on August 10, 1971, at a meeting of 16 “statistorians” coordinated by sportswriter Bob Davids.[2] The organization now reports a membership of over 7,500 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Membership

While the acronym "SABR" was used to coin 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 Baseball players, Jeff Bajenaru was believed to have been (until 2006) the only active player with a SABR membership; Elden Auker, Larry Dierker, and Andy Seminick also have been involved.

Some prominent SABR members include:

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 hosts an annual baseball analytics conference in Phoenix and a Negro Leagues conference, which is held in a different location each year.[4] [5]

Projects and collections

Publications

The Baseball Research Journal (BRJ) is SABR's flagship publication since 1972 for members to publish and share their research with like-minded students of baseball. The National Pastime is an annual, published from 1982 to 2008 as The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History, when it was intended as a more literary outlet than the stats oriented BRJ; since 2009 it is a convention-focused journal, with articles about the geographic region where the convention is taking place that year.[10] Other Society publications are an increasing variety of books (since 1976) and ebooks (since 2011);[11] 8–10 new e-books published annually are all free to members.[12]

Awards

SABR annual awards include:

In 2013, SABR began collaborating with Rawlings on the Gold Glove Award.[26] 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.[27]

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

Source: SABR Regional Chapters — Society for American Baseball Research

Past convention sites and keynote speakers

Source: SABR Convention History  - Society for American Baseball Research.

See also

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annual Report . Society for American Baseball Research . June 15, 2022 . January 29, 2023.
  2. Web site: A History of SABR . Dick . Thompson . Tom . Hufford . SABR.org . January 29, 2023.
  3. Web site: SABR Convention History - Society for American Baseball Research.
  4. Web site: SABR Analytics Conference - Society for American Baseball Research.
  5. Web site: Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference Society for American Baseball Research. sabr.org. 2019-04-17.
  6. Web site: SABR Baseball Biography Project . Society for American Baseball Research.
  7. Web site: SABR Games Project . Society for American Baseball Research.
  8. Web site: SABR Oral History Collection . Society for American Baseball Research.
  9. Web site: SABR Rucker Archives . Society for American Baseball Research.
  10. Web site: Publications . Society for American Baseball Research . June 8, 2016.
  11. Web site: Other Society Publications . Society for American Baseball Research . June 8, 2016.
  12. Web site: The SABR Story. Society for American Baseball Research . June 8, 2016.
  13. Web site: Bob Davids. Society for American Baseball Research. 2011-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426061310/http://citrix.drharoldseymour.com/about/bob-davids. 2012-04-26. dead.
  14. Web site: Bob Davids Award - Society for American Baseball Research.
  15. Established in November 2009, the Henry Chadwick Award was first presented in 2010. Web site: Henry Chadwick Award. Society for American Baseball Research. 2011-12-17.
  16. Web site: SABR Creates New "Henry Chadwick Award": James, Ritter, Palmer Among Honorees. OriolesHangout. 2011-12-19. 2012-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062146/http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/93586-SABR-Creates-New-quot-Henry-Chadwick-Award-quot-James-Ritter-Palmer-Among-Honorees?p=2056426#post2056426. dead.
  17. Web site: Bill. Chuck. SABR Announces 2011 Chadwick Award Recipients. February 15, 2011. Billy-Ball. 2011-12-19. 2012-04-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062147/http://www.billy-ball.com/2011/02/sabr-announces-2011-chadwick-award-recipients/. dead.
  18. 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). Web site: Harold Seymour and Dorothy Seymour Mills. Society for American Baseball Research. 2011-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062104/http://citrix.drharoldseymour.com/about/harold-seymour-and-dorothy-seymour-mills. 2012-04-26. dead.
  19. 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. Web site: The Seymour Medal. Society for American Baseball Research. 2011-12-19. 2011-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20111227044104/http://sabr.org/node/490. dead.
  20. Web site: SABR and The Seymour Medal: How Did it Happen?. drharoldseymour.com. Dr. Harold Seymour, Baseball Historian. 2011-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20111223222814/http://drharoldseymour.com/index.php/winners. 2011-12-23. dead.
  21. Web site: The Seymour Medal: Winners and Finalists. drharoldseymour.com. Dr. Harold Seymour, Baseball Historian. 2011-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219213458/http://www.drharoldseymour.com/index.php/winners/25-the-seymour-medal-winners. 2012-02-19. dead.
  22. Web site: Seymour Medal Award. Baseball-Almanac. 2011-12-19.
  23. Web site: Patrick. Mondout. Seymour Medal Honorees. BaseballChronology.com. 2011-12-19.
  24. See also: Baseball awards#Baseball book of the year.
  25. The McFarland award was "previously named The Macmillan-SABR Baseball Research Award (1987–1999)", according to Web site: McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award. Society for American Baseball Research. 2012-02-17.
  26. Web site: Rawlings Gold Glove Award. October 13, 2021. Rawlings.
  27. Gold Glove Selection Criteria. Rawlings Sporting Goods.

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