OBJECTIVE The use of smokeless tobacco (ST) (snuff and chewing tobacco) has long been associated with baseball in the USA. This article reviews six years of survey data from major and minor league baseball players to evaluate trends in tobacco use and quitting patterns over time in order to gain insight into the effects of past interventions and to document continued intervention needs. METHO...

This article provides an overview of sabermetrics, the science of learning about baseball through objective evidence. Statistics and baseball have always had a strong kinship, as many famous players are known by their famous statistical accomplishments such as Joe Dimaggio’s 56-game hitting streak and Ted Williams’ .406 batting average in the 1941 baseball season. We give an overview of how one...

BACKGROUND Information on baseball injury prevention and pitch count recommendations is growing, however, the incidence of throwing injuries continues to rise. This study is the first to assess knowledge of safe throwing guidelines and risk factors from the perspective of youth athletes. PURPOSE The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to evaluate knowledge of safe throwing guidelines and (...

This study analyzed the characteristics of pitched baseballs from TV broadcast videos to understand effects Magnus force on a pitched-baseball trajectory using aerodynamic theory. Furthermore, an automatic measurement and analysis system for trajectories, ball speeds, spin rates was established, capturing baseball thrown by pitcher before catcher catches it analyzing its related dynamic paramet...

BACKGROUND A significant number of time-loss injuries to the upper extremity in elite windmill softball pitchers has been documented. The number of outings and pitches thrown in 1 week for a softball pitcher is typically far in excess of those seen in baseball pitchers. Shoulder stress in professional baseball pitching has been reported to be high and has been linked to pitching injuries. Shoul...

The athletic success of men’s basketball, football, baseball and soccer teams of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and Division III schools may impact the quantity, quality and matriculation rate of applicants. This study analyzes the winning percentages and playoff performance of teams from 1993-2002 at 20 Division I colleges and 18 Division III colleges with the corre...

Baseball teams are faced with a difficult scheduling problem every day: given a set of nine players, find the optimal sequence in which they should bat. Effective optimization can increase a team’s win total by up to 3 wins per season, and 10% of all Major League teams missed the playoffs by 3 or less wins in 1998. Considering the recent $252 million contract given to one player, it is obvious ...

Measuring and comparing the performance of athletes in all forms of team sports require more than a modest amount of data reflecting the athletes' abilities. When investigating the skill of baseball players in South Africa, however, one has to make do with a combination of personal opinion, gut feeling and a few descriptive statistics. This research is aimed at developing a system with which to...

Popliteal artery occlusion is a rare vascular complication in athletes and has not been previously documented in baseball players. A 21-year-old male baseball player presented with a 10-month history of progressive claudication because of repeated trauma-induced popliteal artery occlusion from frequently practicing stealing bases by sliding down onto his right leg. He was found to have a transi...

The advent of youth year-round baseball has come with an increased incidence of pitching related injury and surgery, most notably involving the shoulder and elbow (ulnar collateral ligament). These injuries become evident in high school and college, but begin at the youth level. Several studies have identified baseball pitching risk factors during youth that increase likelihood for injury and s...