The Spring 2012 issue of the Baseball Research Journal features 17 articles, showcasing the best of baseball research in many disciplines, including game theory, statistical analysis, physiology and perception, history, and baseball records. The full table of contents:

Records, Numbers, and Analysis Pitchers Dig the Long Ball (At Least When They Are Hitting) by David Vincent The Bible and the Apocrypha: Saved Runs and Fielding Shares by Jon Bruschke Hank Greenberg’s American League RBI Record by Herm Krabbenhoft Are Baseball Players Superior to Umpires in Discriminating Balls from Strikes? by Christoph Kreinbucher Breaking Balls with a Runner on Third: A Game Theoretical Analysis of Optimal Behavior by William Spaniel

Major Leaguers and the Minors Johnny Vander Meer’s Third No-Hitter by Ernest J. Green Sparky by Steve Ames Pop Kelchner, Gentleman Jake, The Giant-Killer and the Kane Mountaineers by Ed Rose

International Perspectives Women’s Baseball at Home and Abroad by Jennifer Ring Global World Series, 1955-1957 by Bob Buege Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Baseball by Frank Ardolino Babe Ruth and Eiji Sawamura by Robert K. Fitts

Big League Moments 1906 Cleveland Naps, Deadball Era Underachiever by Rod Caborn and Dave Larson One Trade, Three Teams, and Reversal of Fortune by Sol Gittleman Expos Get First Franchise No-Hitter Right Out of the Gate by Norm King

Books Whatever Happened to the Triple Crown? Excerpt from the Runmakers by Frederick E. Taylor Book Review: The Most Famous Woman in Baseball by Bob Luke reviewed by Mike Cook