UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., April 14 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) has recognized a research article by Penn State University Libraries Distinguished Librarian Tom Reinsfelder with a 2026 McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award.

The annual award, granted to three authors in 2026, honors the best articles on baseball history or biography completed or published during the preceding calendar year. Recipients are three individuals, groups or groups of individuals whose research projects have greatly expanded the knowledge of baseball.

Reinsfelder's article, "Some of the Least Explored Resources: Dissertations and Theses on the Subject of Ba...