Eugene Murdock

Eugene Converse Murdock (30 ga Afrilu, 1921 - 23 ga Yuli, 1992) masanin tarihi ne kuma marubuci wanda aka fi sani da bincikensa game da wasan baseball.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Eugene C. Murdock a Lakewood, Ohio, a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1921, kuma ya halarci makaranta a can. Mahaifinsa, Stanely H. Murdock, ya yi aiki a birnin Cleveland, Ohio, a cikin sashen injiniya da gini. Stanley da matarsa Elizabeth suna da 'ya'ya maza uku, Donald L., Stanley H., Jr., Eugene C., da kuma 'yar daya, Marjorie C.

Murdock ya ga wasan kwallon kwando na farko a ranar 10 ga watan Agusta, 1929, a League Park a Cleveland, Ohio inda New York Yankees suka buga wa Indiyawa. Yayin da ya girma, Murdock zai zama editan wasanni na jaridar makarantar sakandare. Baseball da rubuce-rubuce za su kasance sha'awar rayuwar Murdock, kuma zai ci gaba da zama babban mai bincike a cikin tarihin wasanni.

Murdock ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban SABR daga 1976 zuwa 1978, amma ya yi aiki na mukamai daban-daban kafin da kuma bayan. Kafin ya zama shugaban kasa, Murdock ya kasance shugaban kwamitin SABR Hall of Fame. Ya kuma kasance shugaban kwamitin zaɓe na SABR (1981-1982) lokacin da ya ba da shawarar wa'adin shekaru biyu ga jami'an aiki. Wannan shawarar daga baya SABR za ta karɓi ta.

 Ayyuka 
Aikin koyarwa na farko na Murdock ya kasance a Kwalejin Rio Grande  a kudancin Ohio tun daga shekarar 1952. Murdock daga nan ya koma Kwalejin Marietta  a 1956 inda ya kasance mataimakin farfesa a tarihi, an inganta shi zuwa cikakken farfesa a 1963. Murdock ya zama Shugaban sashen a shekarar 1972, yana riƙe da wannan mukamin har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1986. Bayan ya yi ritaya, an kira Murdock Tarihin Kwalejin.

A shekara ta 1991, Murdock ya sami lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service daga Kwalejin Tarihi ta Ohio.

 Kungiyar Binciken Kwallon Kwando ta Amurka 
Tun daga shekara ta 1973, Murdock ya kasance mai ba da gudummawa akai-akai ga SABR Baseball Research Journal . Labarinsa na farko ya kalli 'yan wasa a karni na 19, The Pre-1900 Batting Stars .

Murdock ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban SABR daga 1976 zuwa 1978, amma ya yi aiki na mukamai daban-daban kafin da kuma bayan. Kafin ya zama shugaban kasa, Murdock ya kasance shugaban kwamitin SABR Hall of Fame. Ya kuma kasance shugaban kwamitin zaɓe na SABR (1981-1982) lokacin da ya ba da shawarar wa'adin shekaru biyu ga jami'an aiki. Wannan shawarar daga baya SABR za ta karɓi ta.

 Binciken tarihin Baseball 
Tafiya a fadin Amurka tsakanin 1973 da 1987, Murdock ya yi hira da tsoffin 'yan wasan baseball 76. Lokacinsa tare da Farfesa Nevins a Columbia ya burge Murdock muhimmancin yin hira da tsofaffi da waɗanda ba a san su da wasu ba. Tattaunawar ta kasance daga minti 30 zuwa sa'o'i da yawa, kuma ana samun sauti a yanzu a Cibiyar Nazarin Jama'a ta Cleveland. Har ila yau, an gabatar da tambayoyin a cikin littafin Murdock na Baseball Players and Their Times, Oral Histories of the Game: 1920-40. 
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1921