SubscribeA posthumous Mazal Tov
To Allan Roth, referred to as the “Father of Sabermetrics” by Bill James, for his recent election to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
According to the press release, Roth, who was born in Montreal
was a pioneer in convincing teams to use baseball statistics as a tactic. After charting stats for his hometown Montreal Canadiens and the National Hockey League, Roth became the first full-time statistician to be hired by a major league club when Brooklyn Dodgers’ president & general manager Branch Rickey hired him in 1947.
Roth, who died in 1992 at the age of 74, will be represented by his son Michael at the Induction Ceremony on June 19 at the Hall in St. Marys, Ontario.
There’s a chapter on Roth and his contributions in Alan Schwarz’s excellent book, Numbers Game : Baseball’s Lifelong Fascination with Statistics.
Congrats. Played a huge part in the formation of Jewish GMs like Theo Epstein, Jon Daniels, Mark Shapiro, and Ruben Amaro too.