Welcome to my Web site featuring original baseball research. My name is Clifford Blau and I have been a member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) since 1983. However, this site is not connected with SABR. I established this site in order to publicize not only my own research but that of others as well.  I hope to offer articles by other researchers,  and to post research in progress so that others might critique and expand upon it.

The Best Trade by Clifford Blau

Bill Mazeroski's Fielding-An Essay on Fielding Statistics by Clifford Blau (Updated 11/12/98)

A Comparison of AL and NL Park Factors, 1913-1975 by Clifford Blau

Dominant Batting Leaders by Clifford Blau

Early Black Baseball and Charles Douglass by Jerry Malloy

The Effect of Artificial Turf by David W. Smith, the founder of Retrosheet, probably the most important baseball research project being conducted.

First Inning Scoring by Clifford Blau

Historical Error Rates by Clifford Blau

The History of Major League Tie Games by Clifford Blau.

How Hitting and Pitching Contribute to the Success of Division Winners, 1969-1989 By Cyril Morong

John McGraw Comes to New York by Clifford Blau

The Major League RBI Equivalency Formula: The Dominance of Power Hitting by Cyril Morong

Is Mark McGwire the Next Babe Ruth or Josh Gibson? by George B. Yancey

Research In Progress- League Operating Rules by Clifford Blau

Leg Men by Clifford Blau

Measuring the Accuracy of Runs Formulas by Clifford Blau

The "Modern" World Series by Clifford Blau

New York Metropolitans of the American Association by Clifford Blau

Nineteenth Century National League Team Vs. Team Records by Ed Hartig

Offensive Replacement Level by Clifford Blau

Reaching Base on Errors by Clifford Blau

Scorability by Brian Greene

Research In Progress- Team Captains (Excel file)

Wild Pitches and Passed Balls by Clifford Blau

If you have any comments or questions, or have an article you would like to see here, contact me at: CliffordBlau@yahoo.com

Cyril Morong has a Web site with several articles on it, including a new one entitled RBIs, Opportunities and Power Hitting

To find out more about SABR and find Internet resources for baseball research, visit the Society for American Baseball Research Web site.
The best site for baseball links is John Skilton's Baseball Links.
If you can't find it there, try Baseball: On The Net
Another interesting links page is RealSportsNetwork
Other original research can be found at Home Plate:Baseball In The 1930's
I also recommend Keith Woolner's Baseball Engineering Page
and Baseball Almanac, an incredibly rich site
To find out something interesting from this date in baseball history, try Today in Baseball Online