Society for American Baseball Research
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.
This article is about the baseball history organization. For baseball statistical analysis, see Sabermetrics. For other uses, see SABR (disambiguation).Abbreviation
SABR
August 10, 1971
Cooperstown, New York, U.S.
555 N Central Ave #416
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Baseball research
7,194[1]
Scott Bush
Mark Armour
Publications[edit]
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]
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]