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About the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)
The Society for American Baseball
Research (SABR) was founded in 1971 and now has nearly 7,000 members worldwide.
SABR members include anyone who loves and is interested in the history
of baseball.
L. Robert "Bob" Davids, of Washington, D.C., is the founder
of SABR. For many years, starting in 1951, he contributed free-lance articles
to The Sporting News. When The Sporting News discontinued
statistical-history types of articles in the mid-1960s, Davids sought
another outlet for his avocation and launched a four-page newsletter,
Baseball Briefs. The initial response to the publication spawned
the idea of forming an organization of researchers. In 1971, Bob sent
letters to approximately 40 "statistorians" around the country
asking for expression of interest in forming a research group.
The 16 willing and able to meet in Cooperstown formulated the Society's
objectives, its name and acronym. The essential constitutional objectives
of SABR are to foster the study of baseball, stimulate interest in baseball
and disseminate baseball information.
Bob Davids served
in the U.S. Air Force from 1944-46 and was an official with the U.S. Government
from 1951 to 1981. He has served as editor of The Baseball Research
Journal, This Date in Baseball History, Great Hitting
Pitchers, Insider's Baseball and Minor League Stars Volumes
I and II.
The South Florida
Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is the chapter
representing the South Florida region. The South Florida Chapter holds
quarterly meetings with interesting speakers specializing in baseball
history. Non-members are cordially invited to attend..
SABR Information:
www.sabr.org or call 1-800-969-7227
South Florida Chapter Information: Sam Zygner, sflasabr@hotmail.com
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