To e-mail Phil Birnbaum in Ottawa, click here.
I occasionally post about sabermetric research
studies at sabermetricresearch.blogspot.com.
My
presentation from SABR 41 in Long Beach, "Examining Home
Field Advantage" (2011)
My
presentation from JSM 2011 in Miami Beach, "Racial
Bias Among MLB Umpires -- Evaluating the Evidence" (2011)
My
(similar) presentation from SABR 38 in Cleveland, "Is There Really Racism Among MLB
Umpires?" (2008)
These presentations are based on a series of
nine blog posts: One
(addendum)
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Article (.PDF) from SABR “Baseball
Research Journal,” adapted from presentation and blog posts
NHL: Has the extra point for the
“regulation tie” increased the number of overtime games? HTML PDF (2007)
My Presentation from SABR 36 in Seattle, “Do Players Outperform In Their
Free-Agent Year?” (2006)
My
Presentation from SABR 35 in Toronto, “Were the 1994 Expos Just Lucky?”
(2005)
.ZIP file containing
the above presentation, plus two spreadsheets with full team and player results
MLB: On Why Teams Don’t
Repeat (.PDF. Reformatted from
“Baseball Analyst,” February, 1989)
Volume 21: November,
2011
Issues are in PDF format.
To download Adobe Reader, click here.
Back Issues
(Note: there were no
issues between Feburary, 2010, and November, 2011.)
Volume 20: February,
2010
Volume 19: February,
2009, May, 2009, August, 2009, November, 2009
Volume 18: November, 2008, August, 2008, May, 2008, February, 2008
Volume 17: November,
2007, August, 2007,
May, 2007, February, 2007
Volume 16: November,
2006; August, 2006;
May, 2006; February, 2006
Volume 15: November,
2005; August, 2005;
May, 2005; February, 2005
Volume 14: November,
2004; August, 2004;
May, 2004; February, 2004
Volume 13: November,
2003; August, 2003;
May, 2003; February, 2003
Volume 12: November,
2002; August, 2002;
May, 2002; February, 2002
Volume 11: November,
2001; August, 2001;
May, 2001; February, 2001
Volume 10: November,
2000; August, 2000;
May, 2000; February, 2000
Volume 9: November, 1999; August, 1999; May, 1999; February, 1999
Volume 8: October,
1998
All of the above issues in
one large .ZIP file
Older Issues
June, 1997
(Volume 7, Number 1)
June, 1995
(6.4)
September, 1994
(6.3)
June, 1994
(6.2)
March, 1994
(6.1)
December, 1993
(5.4)
September, 1993
(5.3)
June, 1993
(5.2)
February, 1993
(5.1)
October, 1992
(4.3)
June, 1992
(4.2)
April, 1992
(4.1)
December, 1991
(3.5) (note: pages 16-18 do not exist)
November, 1991
(3.4)
June, 1991
(second one with this date) (3.3)
June, 1991
(first one with this date) (3.2)
February, 1991
(3.1)
September, 1990
(2.4)
June, 1990
(2.3)
March, 1990
(2.2)
January, 1990
(2.1)
December, 1989
(1.3)
August, 1989
(1.2)
June, 1989
(1.1)
From the current book, a chapter by Jay Bennett
and Aryn Martin entitled “The Numbers Game:
What Fans Should Know About the Stats They Love”. Thanks to editor Eric Bronson for permission to post the chapter
here.