At its core, baseball is a game of numbers, typified by the familiar phrase: “You are what the back of your baseball card says you are.” For the better part of three decades, Black baseball players ...

M.L.B. is still working to incorporate Negro league statistics, but a popular website now lets fans put some of the numbers in context. By James Wagner On Monday, Baseball Reference, the go-to source ...

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 ...

While we wait for baseball to return, Joe Posnanski will count down his top 60 moments in baseball history — think of it as a companion piece to The Baseball 100 — with a series of essays on the most ...

Santa's reindeer have their own baseball team Last winter, Baseball Reference showcased a little Christmas cheer by publishing a player page for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and this year it has ...