The Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award honors those whose outstanding research projects completed during the preceding calendar year have significantly expanded our knowledge or understanding of baseball.

Each award shall consist of a cash prize of $200, courtesy of Sporting News. Awards to projects involving more than one individual must be shared.

Eligible projects must be the product of original research or analysis and must significantly advance our knowledge of baseball. They must be characterized by factual accuracy and notable insight.

Eligible projects will include, but not necessarily be limited to, research in statistics, statistical analysis and statistical compilation, plus research in such diverse areas as advertising, architecture, bibliography, collectibles, economics, equipment, labor relations, sociology and technology.

Research projects may be of any length and, if published, may be published separately or as part of a larger work. Researchers honored for unpublished work may not later receive an award for that work (or similar work) in published form.

At least one, but not more than three, Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Awards shall be given each year. There is no limit to the number of times an individual may win the award, but it must be awarded each time for a wholly new work.

Nominations on behalf of others or self-nominations are equally acceptable. Nominees need not be members of SABR to be eligible for the award.

The nominating petition is intended for confidential use and information of the awards committee only.

In addition to submitting a nominating petition, each nominator must see to it that five (5) copies of the nominated material be sent to the committee at the address below.

Nominations for the 2008 awards must be received at the address shown below no later than midnight, February 1, 2009. Please complete the nominating petition (see downloads on right) and return it to:

SABR
812 Huron Rd E #719
Cleveland, OH 44115