20
TO
80*
SABR SCOUTS COMMITTEE
NEWSLETTER
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2007 No. 3
Committee Co-Chairmen
Rod Nelson [email protected]
Jim Sandoval [email protected] (Newsletter Editor)
Copyright 2007 Society for American Baseball Research.
By-lined articles are copyrighted by the author.
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IN THIS ISSUE
Discussion Group………………………………………page 1
Scouts in the News……………………………………..page 2
Signing Scouts for the World Series Rosters……..pages 3-4
Spotlight on a Scout, Bill Pierre……………………..page 5
2007 player debuts/signing scouts…………………pages 6-10
Committee Projects……………………………………..pages 10-11
Research Needs/Opportunities………………………page 11
Welcome to both new SABR members and
new members of the Scouts Committee.
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Scouts in the News" articles that they believe would be of interest to other committee members.
To join, send an email to [email protected]
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Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 2
SCOUTS IN THE NEWS
At baseball’s winter meetings in Nashville SABR member Art Stewart was honored
by Baseball America with the Roland Hemond award for lifetime achievement. Art
has been involved for over 50 years in baseball, including scouting for the Yankees
and Royals. He served as the Scouting Director for the Royals from 1985-97 and as
a Special Assistant to the GM ever since. Art’s signings include Jim Bouton, Brian
McRae and Dan Miceli.
Baseball America also honored Jack Zduriencek, Director of Scouting for
Milwaukee, with the executive of the year award. It is great to see scouting honored
in this way as this award generally has gone to General Manager-type positions.
The Scout of the Year foundation honored 4 scouts with long-time scout Sandy
Johnson selected to receive the Director’s Award. Johnson is the Mets’ vice
president of scouting. His signings include Sandy Alomar Jr., Roberto Alomar and
Bobby Witt.
Rangers senior advisor/special assignment scout Tom Giordano was the East region
scout of the year. Giordano has spent the last 61 years in pro baseball as a player,
minor league manager, scout and player-development official. Among his signings
are Joe Kerrigan and Steve Ratzer.
Jim Walton of the Major League Scouting Bureau was named scout of the year for
the Midwest. Walton has more than 50 years of experience in the game and has
spent the last 33 years with the Bureau. Prior to his bureau service he signed Doug
Konieczny for the Astros.
Ed Sukla of the Scouting Bureau was honored as the West region scout of the year.
Sukla, a former big league pitcher, has worked for the Bureau in California since
1976. Sukla was signed by Rosey Gilhousen and Mike Mulleady.
In January at the annual Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation dinner two
scouts will be honored. Ralph Avila will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement
award. He was instrumental in helping open the Dominican Republic as a source of
players for professional baseball. Avila is also credited with being a pioneer in the
idea of developmental baseball academies. His signings include Pedro Martinez,
Mariano Duncan, Raul Mondesi and Adrian Beltre.
Eddie Bockman, long-time Phillies scout, will receive the George Genovese scouting
award. Eddie played parts of 4 seasons in the major leagues before becoming a
scout. His signings include Larry Bowa, Bob Boone and Buck Martinez.
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 3
SIGNING SCOUT INFORMATION FOR THE WORLD SERIES ROSTERS
The draft round is listed for players acquired through the June draft. Non-drafted
free agents (NDFA), both international and domestic, are listed as well.
COLORADO ROCKIES
Player
acquired year organization
Jeremy Affeldt
3rd
1997 Kansas City
High School Jeff McKay and Greg Smith
Garrett Atkins
5th
2000 Colorado
University
Bo Hughes
Jeff Baker
4th
2002 Colorado
University
Jay Matthews
Jamey Carroll
14th
1996 Montreal
University
Dan Freed
Aaron Cook
2nd
1997 Colorado
High School Ed Santa
Manny Corpas
NDFA 1999
Colorado
(Panama)
Tim Ireland
Josh Fogg
3rd
1998
Chi AL
University
Herman Cortes
Jeff Francis
1st
2002 Colorado
University
Greg Hopkins
Brian Fuentes
25th
1995
CC
Rodney Davis/Larry Harper
LaTroy Hawkins
7th
1991 Minnesota
High School Dan Durst
Brad Hawpe
11th
2000 Colorado
University
Damon Ianelli
Todd Helton
1
st
1995 Colorado
University
Ty Coslow
Matt Herges
NDFA 1992
University
Glen Van Proyen
Matt Holliday
7th
1998 Colorado
High School
Pat Daugherty
Chris Iannetta
4th
2004 Colorado
University
Jay Matthews
Ubaldo Jiminez
NDFA 2001
Colorado
(DR)
Rolando Fernandez/Felix Feliz
Kaz Matsui
3rd
Seibu Lions
Franklin Morales
NDFA 2002
(DR)
Rolando Fernandez/Francisco Cartaya
Ryan Spilborghs
7th
2002 Colorado
University
Billy Eppler
Seth Smith
2nd
2004 Colorado
University
Damon Ianelli
Ryan Speier
NDFA 2001
Colorado
University
Jay Matthews
Cory Sullivan
7th
2001 Colorado
University
Jay Matthews
Willy Taveras
NDFA 1999
Cleveland
(DR)
Winston Llenas
Yorvit Torrealba
NDFA 1994
San Francisco (Venezuela)
Troy Tulowitzki
1st
1994
Seattle
LA NL
Colorado
2005 Colorado
school
University
scout
Luis Rosa
Todd Blyleven
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 4
BOSTON RED SOX
Player
acquired year organization
school
scout
Josh Beckett
1st
1999
Florida
High School Bob Laurie
Alex Cora
3rd
1996
LA NL
University
Camilo Pascual
Coco Crisp
7th
1999 St. Louis
JC
Chuck Fick
Manny Delcarmen
2nd
2000 Boston
High School Ray Fagnant
J. D. Drew
1st
1998
St. Louis
(Northern Lg) Roger Smith
st
Jacoby Ellsbury
1
2005
Boston
University
John Booher
Eric Gagne
NDFA 1995
LA NL
JC
Claude Pelletier
Eric Hinske
17th
CHI NL
University
Brian Milner
Bobby Kielty
NDFA 1999 Minnesota
University
John Leavitt
Jon Lester
2nd
2002 Boston
High School Gary Rajsich
Javier Lopez
4th
1998 Arizona
University
Mac Seibert
th
1998
Mike Lowell
20
1995 New York AL University
Rudy Santin
Julio Lugo
43rd
1994
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Houston
JC D&F
Chuck Edmonson
NDFA 2006
Boston
(Japan)
Craig Shipley/Jon Deeble
Doug Mirabelli
5th
San Francisco University
Mike Keenan
Hideki Okajima
NDFA 2006
Boston
(Japan)
Craig Shipley/Jon Deeble
David Ortiz
NDFA 1992
Seattle
(Dom. Rep.) Ramon De Los Santos
th
1992
Jonathan Papelbon
4
2003
Boston
University
Joe Mason
Dustin Pedroia
2nd
2004 Boston
University
Dan Madsen
Manny Ramirez
1st
1991
High School Joe DeLucca
Curt Schilling
2nd (Jan) 1986 Boston
JC
Ray Boone
Kyle Snyder
1st
University
Paul Faulk
Mike Timlin
th
5
1987 Toronto
University
Tim Huff
Jason Varitek
1st
1994 Seattle
University
Dan Jennings
Tim Wakefield
8th
1988
Pittsburgh
University
Fred Goodman (playoff roster)
Kevin Youkilis
8th
2001
Boston
University
Matt Haas
1999
Cleveland
Kansas City
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 5
PROFILE OF A SCOUT: BILL PIERRE
By Jim Sandoval
William Anthony Pierre was born June 25, 1890 in Mobile, Alabama, son of John N.
and Mary Pierre. His father worked as a brakeman and hauler for the railroad. As
a catcher he began his minor league playing career in 1910 with the Yazoo
Mississippi club. He played for various minor league teams throughout the south
during the teens and twenties, becoming a player-manager as early as 1917.
By 1920 he had moved north to Birmingham, Alabama where the 1920 census lists
his occupation as a machinist on the railroad. In 1928 he led the Montgomery club
to the Southeastern league championship. In 1930 he began the season as the
manager of the Huntsville club in the Georgia-Alabama league, resigning the
position early in the season. It was his last managing job.
Pierre then began to work in the front office of his local club the Birmingham
Barons. In 1934 he became a scout for the Southern Association club. He scouted
for Birmingham from 1934-7, signing future big leaguer Clyde Shoun. From 193846 he served as a scout for the New York Giants. Pierre scouted for the Detroit
Tigers from 1946-1971.
Pierre passed away January 14, 1973 in Birmingham. He was survived by his wife
Fannie, son William Jr., sister Mrs. Isabel Riva and a brother, Joseph H. Pierre. He
is buried in the Pinecrest cemetery in Mobile.
Signings include Ray Berres, Frank Bolling, Don Bryant, Samuel Byrd, Ben
Chapman, Ellis Clary, Jake Daniel. Frank House, John Kane, Frank Lary, Whitey
Lockman, Bobo Osborne, LeGrant Scott, Clyde Shoun, Walt Streuli, Coot Veal, Phil
Weintraub, Abe White, and Dixie Walker.
SABR ANNUAL CONVENTION
The 2008 convention will be held at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel from June 2629. The Scouts committee will hold their annual meeting, research presentations,
panel discussions and other committee meeting will be on the agenda.
Information about the hotel can be found at:
http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2472,17,0
The 2009 convention will be in our nation’s capitol, Washington D. C.
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 6
Player
Brian Barden
Emilio Bonafacio
Matt Chico
Alberto Gonzalez
Ross Ohlendorf
Micah Owings
Mark Reynolds
Danny Richar
Mike Schultz
Justin Upton
Bill White
Jose Ascanio
Willie Collazo
Yunel Escobar
Luis Hernandez
Brandon Jones
Garrett Jones
Jo-Jo Reyes
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
Clint Sammons
Sean White
Kevin Hart
Radhames Liz
Garrett Olson
Clay Bucholz
Phil Dumatrait
Jacoby Ellsbury
Brian Esposito
Dan Giese
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Luis Mendoza
Brandon Moss
Hideki Okajima
Jerry Blevins
Rocky Cherry
Jake Fox
Sam Fuld
Sean Gallagher
Eric Patterson
Billy Petrick
Felix Pie
Carmen Pignatiello
Clay Rapada
Lance Broadway
Andy Gonzales
Donny Lucy
Jay Marshall
Gustavo Molino
Heath Phillips
2007 Debuts and their signing scouts
Signing
Scout
Organization
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ARIZONA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
ATLANTA
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
BOSTON
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO NL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
CHICAGO AL
Ed Gustafson
Junior Noboa
Mark Baca
Miguel Nava
Greg Lonigro
Michael Valarezo
Howard McCullogh
Junior Noboa
Hal Kurtzman
Greg Lonigro
Michael Valarezo
Rolando Petit/Julian Perez
Paul Faulk
Greg Kilby
Rolando Petit/Julian Perez
Al Goetz
Stu Cann
John Ramey
Alex Morales
Al Goetz
J Harrison
Ty Brown
Carlos Bernhardt
Gil Kubski
Jim Robinson
Ed Roebuck
John Booher
Ray Fagnant
Harry Smith
Craig Shipley/Jon Deeble
Lee Sigman
Rob English
Craig Shipley/Jon Deeble
Brian Williams
Brian Milner
Stan Zielinski
Steve Hinton/Steve Fuller
Rolando Pino
Sam Hughes
Stan Zielinski/Bob Hale
Jose Serra
Glen Van Proyen/Scott May
Billy Swoope
Keith Staab
Ken Stauffer/Hernan Cortes
Rick Ingalls/Adam Virchas
Nathan Durst/Alex Slattery
Roberto Espinoza
Nathan Durst
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 7
Player
Signing
Organization
Ehren Wasserman
Homer Bailey
Ryan Hanigan
Brad Salmon
Joey Votto
Ben Francisco
Lee Gronkiewicz
Aaron Laffey
Jensen Lewis
Alberto Arias
Sean Barker
Darren Clarke
Joe Koshansky
Franklin Morales
Josh Newman
Seth Smith
Ian Stewart
Eulogio de la Cruz
Jair Jurrjens
Don Kelly
Cameron Maybin
Virgil Vasquez
Jeff Bailey
Daniel Barone
Brett Carroll
Harvey Garcia
Rick Vandenhurk
Ross Wolf
Mauro Zarate
Josh Anderson
Cory Doyne
Juan Gutierrez
Mark McLemore
Troy Patton
Felipe Paulino
Jailen Peguero
Hunter Pence
Tom Shearn
J. R. Towles
Billy Buckner
Billy Butler
Alex Gordon
Luke Hochevar
Zach McClellan
Mel Stocker
Matt Brown
Ryan Budde
Nick Gorneault
Edwar Ramirez
Rich Thompson
Brandon Wood
CHICAGO AL
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
COLORADO
DETROIT
DETROIT
DETROIT
DETROIT
DETROIT
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
HOUSTON
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY
LA/ANAHEIM
LA/ANAHEIM
LA/ANAHEIM
LA/ANAHEIM
LA/ANAHEIM
LA/ANAHEIM
Scout
Warren Hughes
Mike Powers
Leland Maddox
Bob Filotei
John Castleberry
Chris Jefts
Dave Miller
Bob Mayer
Scott Barnsby
Rolando Fernandez/Felix Feliz
Damon Ianelli
John Cedarburg
Jay Matthews
Rolando Fernandez/Francisco Cartaya
Ed Santa
Damon Ianelli
Todd Blyleven
Ramon Pena
Greg Smith
Lou Laslo
Bill Buck
Tom Hinkle
Keith Snider
JohnHughes
Brian Bridges
Louis Eljaua/Miguel Garcia
Fred Ferreira
Scott Engler
Miguel Garcia
Nick Venuto
Chuck Carlson
Andres Reiner/Pablo Torrealba/Rafael Lara
Dan Huston
Rusty Pendergrass
Andres Reiner/Omar Lopez
Julio Linares/Rick Aponte/Sergio Beltre
Rusty Pendergrass
Kevin Stein
Pat Murphy
Spencer Graham
Cliff Pastornicky
Phil Huttman
Phil Huttman/Gerald Turner
Jason Bryans
Mike Brown
Jack Uhey
Kevin Ham
Jon Bunnell
Grant Weir
Jeff Scholzen
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 8
Player
Signing
Organization
Tony Abreu
Alejandro de Aza
Edwin Bellorin
Joel Hanrahan
Eric Hull
Chin-lung Hu
Andy LaRoche
Jonathan Meloan
Justin Ruggiano
Romulo Sanchez
Joakim Soria
Ryan Braun
Yovani Gallardo
Manny Parra
Mitch Stetter
Joe Thatcher
Nick Blackburn
Kevin Cameron
Julio DePaula
Jason Miller
Jose Morales
Kevin Slowey
Levale Speigner
Tommy Watkins
Brian Wolfe
Manny Acosta
Joba Chamberlain
Tyler Clippard
Matt DeSalvo
Shelley Duncan
Anderson Garcia
Philip Hughes
Kei Igawa
Ian Kennedy
Bronson Sardinha
Chase Wright
Chris Basak
Jesus Flores
Carlos Gomez
Matt Lindstrom
Carlos Muniz
Neal Musser
Joe Smith
Dallas Braden
Travis Buck
Jared Burton
Marcus Gwyn
Nathan Haynes
Marcus McBeth
Kevin Melillo
Bill Murphy
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK AL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
NEW YORK NL
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
Scout
Pablo Peguero
Pablo Peguero
Mata Pascual
Mitch Webster
Hank Jones
Vincent Liao/Pat Kelly
Mike Leuzinger
Brian Stephenson
Chris Smith
Camilo Pascual/Doug Carpenter
Mike Brito
Larry Pardo
Jim Stevenson
Justin McCray
Mike Farrell
Brad Del Barba
Greg Miller
Ricky Taylor
Johnny Sierra
Brad Weitzel
Hector Otero
Ricky Taylor
Mark Quimuyog
Brad Weitzel
John Leavitt
Karl Heron
Steve Lemke/Tim Kelly
Scott Pleis
Mike Baker
Victor Mata
Jeff Patterson
Bill Mele / Jeff Patterson
Gus Quattlebaum
Mark Batchko
Quincy Boyd
Gregorio Machado
Eddy Toledo
Jim Reeves
Steve Leavitt
Joe Morlan
Erwin Bryant
Blake Davis
Jeremy Schied
Kelly Heath
Steve Bowden
Will Shock
Kelly Heath
Michael Holmes
Rick Magnante
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 9
Player
Signing
Organization
Danny Putnam
Connor Robertson
Kurt Suzuki
Joe Bisenius
J. A. Happ
Yoel Hernandez
Kyle Kendrick
Zack Segovia
Mike Zagurski
Jonathan Albaladejo
Dave Davidson
Masumi Kuwata
Nyjer Morgan
Steven Pearce
Craig Stansberry
Jack Cassel
Chase Headley
Drew Macias
Colt Morton
Brian Buscher
Jon Coutlangus
Tim Lincecum
Guillermo Rodriguez
Nate Schierholtz
Erick Threets
Wladimir Balentin
Asdrubal Cabrera
Troy Cate
Jeff Clement
Rob Johnson
Brandon Morrow
Ryan Rowland-Smith
Daric Barton
Dennis Dove
Terry Evans
Brendan Ryan
Andy Cavazos
John Danks
Kelvin Jiminez
Kevin Mahar
Travis Metcalf
A. J. Murray
Elijah Dukes
Josh Hamilton
Akinori Iwamura
Jeff Ridgway
Chris Seddon
Andy Sonnanstine
Josh Banks
Dewon Day
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
OAKLAND
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
SEATTLE
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
TAMPA BAY
TORONTO
TORONTO
Scout
Scott Kidd
Steve Birmingham
Randy Johnson
Paul Scott
Bob Szymkowski
Jesus Mendes
Tim Kissner
Paul Scott
Jerry Lafferty
Delvy Santiago
Charlie Sullivan
Kevin Clouser
Jack Powell
Tom Barnard
Steve Leavitt/Jim Woodward
Billy Merkel
Chris Gwynn
Mike Rickard
Lee Elder
Dick Tidrow
Matt Woodward
Luis Rosa
Matt Nerland
Matt Nerland
Karel Williams
Emilio Carrasquel
Phil Geisler
Greg Whitworth/Phil Pote
Kyle Van Hook
Ron Tostenson
Barry Holland
Dan Ontiveros
Roger Smith
Roger Smith
Dane Walker
Randy Taylor
Randy Taylor
Roney Calderon
Derek Lee
Mike Grouse
Carl Cassell
Kevin Elfering
Mark McKnight
Paul Kirsch
Fred Repke
James Bonnici
Tony Arias
Jamie Bane
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 10
Player
Signing
Organization
Jordan De Jong
Jesse Litsch
Curt Thigpen
Jamie Vermilyea
Eugenio Velez
Kory Casto
Ross Detwiler
Armando Galarraga
John Lannan
Justin Maxwell
TORONTO
TORONTO
TORONTO
TORONTO
TORONTO
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
Scout
Demerius Pittman
Tony Arias
Andy Beene
Tim Huff
Doug McMillan
Carlos Acosta
Dana Brown
Alex Smith
Thanks to Rod Nelson for maintaining the debut players/signing scout list as part of
the scouts committee Who-Signed Whom database, which contains many more
details pertaining to signings than what is shown above.
SCOUTS BOOK PROJECT
Work on the scouts’ book project continues. Recently Neal Mackertich completed
an excellent biographical essay on “Dirty” Jack Doyle. Tim Gay did the same for
George Huff, a Deadball era scout. We are still looking for volunteers to do a bioproject type essay on a prominent scout. Among the scouts we would like to feature
include Hugh Alexander, Ray Boone, Rex and Joe Bowen, Gene Bennett, Joe
Cambria, George Genovese, Howie Haak, Bobby Mattick, and George Zuraw. We are
open to suggestions as well. Please contact Jim Sandoval ([email protected]) if
you are interested in participating.
SCOUTS COMMITTEE PROJECTS
Work continues on the committee's major projects. The Who-Signed-Whom Database is integrated as
part of SABR's Online Encyclopedia in the members-only area of the website at www.sabr.org and
displays listings by Player and by Scout. Rod Nelson heads up this project and requests that if you
have additional entries or corrections to submit, please submit them via the website or send an email
with all the particulars including a citation for your source.
The Scouting Roster now contains over 6,300 names of scouts and player development figures from
baseball's history. Jim Sandoval is compiling this database. Eventually, this information will also
be available online integrated by Team and by Year. Please send career information, such as year,
title, territory and organization scouted for to Jim. Team media guides are a good source for this
data, but the best source we have found for historical scouts data is old copies of the Baseball
Bluebook.
We are also looking for biographical information on scouts. Birth, marriage and death information
will help with the writing of scouts’ biographies. It will also help complete a more accurate historical
record for scouts who did not play in the major leagues and are not listed in baseball encyclopedias.
The committee has compiled a collection of obituaries which have been uploaded to Frank Russo's
website at: http://thedeadballera.com/Obitlistings_Scouts.html
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 11
A number of scouts have given oral history interviews and a list is accessible from the SABR website
at http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,351,5,0 Tapes are available for $3.00 each. For more
information, contact David Paulson at (301) 854-2244 or [email protected]
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SCOUTS BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
Baseball scouts are colorful subjects for SABR's Biography Project. The committee has a system in
place that we can easily work with. If you are interested in writing a biography of a scout, we
recommend that you review their research tips, author’s guidelines and the SABR style guide at:
http://www.bioproj.sabr.org/ For more info, contact Mark Armour at [email protected].
Also please let the co-chairs know so we can compile an updated list of who is working on what
biography. The chairmen are committed to provide research assistance and reference material on
scouts.
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RESEARCH NEEDS, FINDINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES
SABR has contracted XMLteam as our new web developer and they have been
tasked with upgrading the online research tools. The current plan is to deploy the
first phase of SABR Encyclopedia 2.0 on the members-only website before Opening
Day 2008. Users can expect an entirely new interface featuring powerful query
capabilities on a best-of-breed dataset with the Pete Palmer database and
Retrosheet game logs and play-by-play details at its very core. In addition, users
will have complete access to the Tattersall-McConnell Home Run Log and for the
first time, historical minor league performance and biographical data.
Prior to the launch, Rod Nelson is in the process of validating the listings compiled
for the Scouts Committee Who-Signed-Whom Project with what has since been
published online in the Retrosheet Transactions database, and information from
Jim’s Scouts Roster compilation and records from the SABR MiLB DB project. In
time, the new tools will streamline the process of fact-checking the miscellaneous
anecdotal information regarding scouts and signings to these more authoritative
and mature datasets. Volunteers are sought and should contact Rod directly at
[email protected].
Any scouts-related research requests can be sent to Jim Sandoval to be included in
a future edition of 20 to 80* or shared with the entire committee via the eGroup
listed on page one. We encourage your submissions, anything from full-length
articles to interesting factoids about professional scouting from members of the
committee.
Scouts Committee Newsletter - Page 12
If you would prefer a paper copy of this newsletter, please contact Jim at
[email protected] or 256-721-7643. A paper copy will be mailed to anyone
without an email address.
If you no longer wish to receive this correspondence please update your account
settings via the MySABR at http://members.sabr.org, send a note to Rod at
[email protected] or call the SABR Office at 800-969-SABR (7227) to be
removed from the committee list.
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