Feature Story: "The Numbers Game"

An interview with Jacob Pomrenke, Director of Editorial Content, with the Society for American Baseball Research

Baseball has always been known as a game of numbers.

At a basic level, each position on the field is associated with a number, which is used in the traditional scorekeeping of the game, a practice that dates back to 1859. It’s still used today by serious fans who keep track of games on paper scorecards with their trusty weathered pencil in hand.

The grea…