(Original Caption) Josh Gibson of East is out at home in the fourth inning of the 12th annual East-West All Star Negro baseball game at Comiskey Park. Gibson was put out by Ted Radcliffe of the West.

Numbers drive baseball, a game whose managers, analysts and fans obsess over matchups, tendencies and results. Its box scores, those proto-spreadsheets, instantly turn human accomplishments into ...

In a parable that includes the baseball gods, the game of creation gave baseball nerds their holy grail. In the ninth inning, the baseball gods said, "Let there be a database equal parts time-sink and ...

Major League Baseball viewership has gradually declined since its peak in 2007, according to Baseball Reference. Because of what MLB commissioner Rob Manfred calls “organic changes,” the game’s most ...

Confession: I'm a baseball guy who loves statistics. I'm sure you noticed that if you've stumbled across my work before. I can't help myself, as there are just so many cool stats out there and it ...

There may be no Major League Baseball being played in stadiums across the country, but to satisfy at least part of baseball fans' appetites the season is still getting played out in daily simulations.