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American baseball research organization
the baseball history organization

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. The organization now reports a membership of over 7,500 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Biography Project, with members authoring well researched and engaging biographies of a growing list of former big league ballplayers and other notable contributors to the game. Games Project, where members research, write, and publish accounts of the major league regular season, postseason, and All Star Games, including Negro Leagues games, along with other games of historical significance such as in the minor leagues or international or exhibition contests. Oral History Collection, a collection of interviews conducted with ballplayers, executives, scouts, authors, writers, broadcasters, and other figures of historical baseball significance. SABR Rucker Archive, an extensive collection of baseball photographs which contain nearly 80,000 images dating from the 19th century to modern day baseball.

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. Other Society publications are an increasing variety of books (since 1976) and ebooks (since 2011); 8–10 new e books published annually are all free to members.