Research Papers

Many researchers have made use of Retrosheet data in their work. Much of this work has been made public by presentation at local and national SABR meetings. Many of the papers are in the SABR Research Library and some are archived at various web sites.

This section of the Retrosheet site was created to provide another outlet for publication of research results. Researchers who have original results are invited to submit them to Retrosheet President David Smith for possible inclusion here. The primary requirement is that Retrosheet data must have been part of the work. Work submitted here may also be presented elsewhere. The intention is not to be exclusive, but to provide a convenient location for research that shares the common thread of using Retrosheet data.

 

Author	Title (Date)
Bingham, Brendan	What's So Bad About Leaving Runners on Base (5/8/2008)
Cantor, Michael	Officially Sanctioned Postseason Challenge Series [with Mark Pankin] (8/14/2010)
Chestnut, Christopher	363 DP Summaries (7/2/2008)
	363 DP Leaders (1/31/2010)
	Postseason 363 DPs (1/31/2010)
	All Star Game 363 DPs (1/31/2010)
Comly, Clem	ARM-Average Run equivalent Method (6-20-2000, SABR30)
	Team Triple Crown Winners (July, 2004, SABR34)
	Unearned OPS (July, 2002, SABR32)
Connolly, Brian	Do Dramatic Wins Matter? (4-12-2006)
	Momentum and Winning Streaks (4-12-2006)
Deane, Bill	Out With A Bang: Homer in player's final AB (11/14/2011)
Gehringer, Christopher	QualityStarts 1957-2006 (4/20/2008)
Hardegree, Gary	Base-Advance Average (9/17/2005)
Huber, Michael and Andrew Glen	Modeling Rare Baseball Events (2/24/2007)
Johnson, Howard L.	Fielder "Range" Ratings: 1950-2010 (2/2/2011)
Krabbenhoft, Herm	Longest CGOBS Streaks in Post-Season Play (11/2003)
	Babe Ruth's AL RBI Record (6/30/2012, SABR42)
	Lou Gehrig's RBI Record (6/28/2012, SABR42)
	Players With 1000 RBIs ... For One Team (6/29/2012, SABR42)
	Babe Ruth's RBIs with the Red Sox (9/30/2012)
LeConte, Walter	In Season Exhibition Games (2/11/2008)
	ISEG preface (3/4/2013)
	ISEG Update 2013 (3/4/2013)
	Detailed List of In Season Exhibition Games 1871-1920 (3/4/2013)
	Detailed List of In Season Exhibition Games 1921-2012 (3/4/2013)
	ISEG Missing Game Sites 2010 (4/3/2010)
	Analysis of Revised 1995 Schedule (11/25/2011)
Levine, David	Do Baseball Players Have Hot Streaks (3/2007)
Lin, Kyle and Ken	Winning Advantage and its Applications (1/2007)
Martini, Joe	Manny Mota: Does Retrosheet Back Up My Memories? (1/2006)
Pankin, Mark	Subtle Aspects of the Game (6/25/1993, SABR23)
	Who's Right: LaRussa or Gant? (6/30/1999, SABR29)
	Do Base Stealers Help the Next Batters? (6/27/2002, SABR32)
	When Should Bonds be Walked Intentionally? (7/10/2003, SABR33)
	Philly's optimum lineup and Charlie Manuel's response. (6/1/2006, Philadelphia Daily News)
	Additional On-base Worth 3x Additional Slugging? (7/1/2006, SABR36)
	Should Pitchers Bat 9th? (7/26/2007, SABR37)
	Bragan's 1956 Pirates Unconventional Lineups (1/26/08, Regional SABR)
	What do Rock/Paper/Scissors and Baseball Have in Common? (7/31/2009, SABR39)
	Officially Sanctioned Postseason Challenge Series [with Mike Cantor] (8/14/2010, SABR40)
	Did No Lights at Wrigley Hurt the Cubs? (7/9/2011, SABR41)
	How Large is the Advantage of Batting Last? (6/29/2012, SABR42 poster presentation)
Rosciam, Chuck	Rating System for Catchers (2004)
	Triple Play Descriptions (with Frank Hamilton) (1/18/2005)
	Triple Play Analysis (3/7/2010)
	Best CS% Seasons for Catchers (12/24/2007)
	Best CS% Career for Catchers (12/30/2007)
	Catchers of No-Hitters (11/28/2008)
Round, Michael	No Season Better (George Sisler, 1920) (5/10/2008, updated)
Ruane, Tom	Bases-Loaded Plate Appearances (8/31/2011))
	The Deadball Era's Worst Pitching Staff (7/4/2009)
	Do Some Batters Reach on Errors More Than Others? (7/4/2005)
	Evaluating Traditional Lineups (7/14/2005)
	Fun With Retrosheet Data (revised 9/27/2011))
	Fun With Retrosheet Data, the Sequel (revised 7/7/2012)
	Fun With Retrosheet Data, the Triquel (7/8/2012)
	A History of Three-Inning Baseball from 1951 to 1969 (7/25/2012)
	In Search of Clutch Hitting (7/4/2005)
	Modern Baseball's Greatest Hitting Team - the 1930 Phillies' Opponents (7/9/2009)
	Old-Tyme Pitching Decisions (the 1916-1949 edition) (7/4/2012)
	RBI Production - A New Look at an Old Stat (7/15/2005)
	A Retro-review of the 1910s (1916-19, 7/4/2012)
	A Retro-review of the 1920s (revised, 7/4/2012)
	A Retro-review of the 1930s (revised, 6/23/
	A Retro-review of the 1940s (revised, 12/5/2011)
	A Retro-review of the 1950s (revised, 11/30/2011)
	A Retro-review of the 1960s (1960-67, 1/3/2012)
	The Value Added Approach to Evaluating Performance (7/4/2005)
Selko, Jamie	Experiment in Identification (8/15/2010)
Smith, David W.	Do Batters Learn during a Game? (6/7/1996, SABR26)
	The Effectiveness of Platooning (6/25/1998, SABR28)
	Expansion: Does It Add Muscle or Fat? (6/26/1999, SABR29)
	From Exile to Specialist: the Evolution of the Relief Pitcher (6/23/2000, SABR30)
	1951 NL Pennant Race (7/12/2001, SABR31)
	Demythologizing Dubious Memories (6/28/2002, SABR32)
	Do Good Teams Really Win More of the Close Games? (7/10/2003, SABR33)
	Coming from Behind: Patterns of Scoring and Relation to Winning (7/16/2004, SABR34)
	Effect of Batting Order (not Lineup) on Scoring (7/5/2006, SABR36)
	How Valuable is Strike One? (7/27/2007, SABR37)
	Are outs made on the bases more harmful than other types of outs? (8/14/2010, SABR40)
	Starting pitching staffs and pitching rotations (7/9/2011, SABR41)
	Shutting down the Running Game by Limiting Steal Attempts (6/28/2012, SABR42)
Tangotiger	Evaluating Catchers (2004)
Timmerman, Tom	Beating the Competition...Literally! (2005)
Vincent, David	Umpire Changes during a Game (11/7/2012)
	Ejections with Missing Information (5/8/2013)
Weigand, Jim	Rating the Catchers (2008) UPDATED
	The Path to 200 Hits (4/3/2009)
	Two Pitching Appearances in One Game (11/14/2009)
	Career Relief Pitching (8/15/2010)
	Rating Starting Pitching Staffs (2/16/2011)
	Streaky Baseball (2/16/2011)