Books (author)

Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball.  University of Nebraska Press, 2010.  Finalist for the Seymour Medal.

Paths to Glory: How Great Teams Got That Way (with Daniel R. Levitt)  Brassey’s, 2003.  Winner of the 2004 Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award.

Books (editor)

Pitching, Defense and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles (co-editor, with Malcolm Allen). University of Nebraska Press, 2012.

Rain Check (editor).  SABR, 2006.

SABR articles

"A Tale of Two Umpires--When Al Salerno and Bill Valentine Got Thrown Out of the Game," in Nicholas Frankovich (editor), Baseball Research Journal 38 (SABR, 2009).  Winner of the McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award in 2010.

"History vs. Harry Frazee" (with Dan Levitt and Matthew Levitt) in Nicholas Frankovich (editor), Baseball Research Journal 37 (SABR, 2008).

“The Effects of Integration,” in Jim Charlton (editor), Baseball Research Journal  36 (SABR, 2007).

“Emmett Ashford,” in Jim Charlton (editor), The National Pastime 26 (SABR, 2007).

“Bill Carrigan” and “Duffy Lewis” in David Jones (editor), Deadball Stars of the American League (Potomac Books, 2007).

“The Revolution Started Here,” in Mark Armour (editor), Rain Check (SABR, 2006).

“Sam Leever,” “Deacon Phillippe,” “Tommy Leach,” and “Owen Wilson” in Tom Simon (editor), Deadball Stars of the National League (Brassey’s Books, 2004).

“El Tiante,” in Mark Alvarez (editor), Baseball Research Journal #30 (SABR, 2001).

“Keep Your Eye On The Ball,” in Mark Alvarez (editor), Baseball Research Journal #29 (SABR, 2000).



Articles or Chapters in non-SABR books

"Littleball: Are the A's Equipped to Succeed in October," republished in The Best of Baseball Prospectus, December 2011.

Book Review of Joe Posnanski's The Machine, in Trey Strecker (editor), NINE: A Journal of Baseball History, Vol. 18, No. 2  (Nebraska, 2010).

"Misplaced Priorities," in Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual 2010.

“Jim Gosger,” in Matthew Silverman and Ken Samelson (editors), The Miracle Has Landed--The Amazin' Story of How the 1969 Mets Shocked the World (Maple Street Press, 2009).

"Earl Torgeson" and "Gary Peters," in Don Zminda (editor), Go-Go to Glory--The 1959 Chicago White Sox (ACTA, 2009).

“1939,” "Joe Cronin" and “Woody Rich,” in Bill Nowlin (editor), Lefty, Double-X and The Kid--The 1939 Boston Red Sox (Rounder Books, 2008).

"No Cigar--The '49 Red Sox Are a Team to Remember," in Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual 2009.

Book Review of William's Rycek's The Amazin' Mets and The Yankeees of the Early 1960s, in Trey Strecker (editor), NINE: A Journal of Baseball History, Vol. 17, No. 2  (Nebraska, 2009).

“The Greatest Summer,” "Earl Torgeson," "Vern Stephens," "Stan Spence" and “Ellis Kinder,” in Bill Nowlin (editor), Spahn, Sain and Teddy Ballgame--Boston's (Almost) Perfect Summer of 1948 (Rounder Books, 2008).

“The Rise and Fall of the Tigers” (with Dan Levitt) and "Denny McLain" in Mark Pattison and David Raglin (editors), Sock it to ‘em Tigers--The Incredible Story of the 1968 Detroit Tigers (Maple Street Press, 2008).

“Anatomy of a Collapse: The 1978 Red Sox Re-examined,” in Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual 2008.

Book Review of Judith Testa's Sal Maglie in Trey Strecker (editor), NINE: A Journal of Baseball History, Vol. 17, No. 1.  (Nebraska, 2008).

“Dennis Bennett” and “Was it Really Impossible?” in Bill Nowlin and Dan Desrochers (editors), The 1967 Impossible Dream Red Sox (Rounder Books, 2007).

“Joe Cronin: The Story Behind the #4 on the Right Field Façade”, in Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual 2007.

“The Year After: The Red Sox in 1968, 1976, 1987, and 2005”, in Maple Street Press Red Sox Annual 2006.

“Memories of a Summer” and “Luis Tiant” in Bill Nowlin and Cecilia Tan (editors), ’75—The Red Sox Team That Saved Baseball (Rounder Books, 2005).

“Boston Red Sox” in Baseball Prospectus Annual 2006.

“Boston Red Sox” in Baseball Prospectus Annual 2004.


Baseball Biography Project

A list of Mark's articles is here.


Selected Web Articles

Harmon Killebrew and “Versatility”.  Baseball Analysts, 07/13/2011.

How to Score More Runs? Play the Best Hitters.  Baseball Analysts, 04/26/2010.

In Defense of the Hall of Fame.  Baseball Analysts, 1/10/2008.

No-longer Lovable Sox.  Baseball Analysts, 10/25/2007.

An Ode to Sport.  Baseball Analysts, 04/12/2007.

The Rise and Fall of Artificial Turf.  Baseball Analysts, 04/27/2006.

The Yankees and the First Free Agent Market.  Baseball Analysts, 06/02/2005.

Trading a Superstar.  Baseball Prospectus, 01/16/2004.

The Brothers Parrott.  Oregon Stadium Campaign.  01/12/2004.

They Wuz Robbed.  Baseball Prospectus, 09/05/2003.

Damned Yankees.  Baseball Prospectus, 08/11/2003.

Mashing in Beantown.  Baseball Prospectus, 07/02/2003.

Littleball.  Baseball Prospectus, 06/11/2003.

Hoyt Wilhelm, Starting Pitcher.  RobNeyer.com, 05/06/2003.

The Great Slide Backwards.  Baseball Prospectus, 04/09/2003.

The Great Leap Forward.  Baseball Prospectus, 04/02/2003.

The Impossible Dream.  Baseball Prospectus, 03/17/2003.

The Downfall of Denny McLain.  Baseball Prospectus, 02/28/2003.