in St. Louis, Missouri, set the attendance record with 726 registered attendees out of approximately 7,000 SABR members. The organization also hosts an annual baseball analytics conference in Phoenix and a Negro Leagues conference, which is held in a different location each year. Publications The Baseball Research Journal (BRJ) is SABR's flagship publication since 1972 for members to publish and share their research with like-minded students of baseball. The National Pastime is an annual, published from 1982 to 2008 as The National Pastime: A Review of Baseball History, when it was intended as a more literary outlet than the stats oriented BRJ; since 2009 it is a convention-focused journal, with articles about the geographic region where the convention is taking place that year. Other Society publications are an increasing variety of books (since 1976) and ebooks (since 2011); 8–10 new e-books published annually are all free to members. Awards SABR annual awards include: Bob Davids Award: for exceptional SABR members who have made contributions to SABR and baseball that reflect ingenuity, integrity, and self-sacrifice. It is SABR's highest honor, and was established in 1985. Henry Chadwick Award: for baseball researchers—historians, statisticians, annalists, and archivists. Seymour Medal: best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar year. McFarland-SABR Baseball Research Award: for authors of the best articles on baseball history or biography completed during the preceding calendar year (published or unpublished). Sporting News-SABR Baseball Research Award: for projects which do not fit the criteria for The Seymour Medal or the McFarland-SABR Award. Jerry Malloy Book Prize: best book-length nonfiction manuscript submitted by a member of SABR. Doug Pappas Research Award: best oral research presentation at the Annual Convention. Lee Allen Award: for the best baseball research project at the annual National History Day competition. Jack Kavanagh Memorial Youth Baseball Research Award: research paper by a researcher in grades 6–8 (middle school category), grades 9–12 (high school category), or undergraduates 22 and under (College Category). In 2013, SABR began collaborating with Rawlings on the Gold Glove Award. Rawlings changed the voting process to incorporate SABR Defensive Index, a sabermetric component provided by SABR, which accounts for approximately 25 percent of the vote for the defensive award. Research committees Asian Baseball Ballparks Baseball and the Arts Baseball and the Media Baseball Card History and Influence Baseball Index Project Baseball Records Biographical Research BioProject Black Sox Scandal Business of Baseball Collegiate