In remembrance of Seymour Siwoff, who created the foundation for today’s baseball statistics

Dec 4 2019 by Bleed Cubbie Blue

 
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You might not know the name Seymour Siwoff, but he’s an important figure in baseball history.

Seymour Siwoff, who had run the Elias Sports Bureau from 1952 until earlier this year when his grandson took it over, died last Friday, aged 99.

His name might not be familiar to you, but the Elias Bureau probably is, and Siwoff was credited with making the Bureau famous for accuracy in statistics.

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