At long last, the Outsider Baseball Notebook makes a surprise appearance. Today’s guest is Von Spalding, an independent researcher from Georgia. Von and I have been working together on the 4,000 Professional Hit Club (which I presented at this year’s SABR Convention) but his research on international leaderboards goes far deeper than that. It is my pleasure to introduce you to Von.

Darowski.com has links to everything related to the 4,000 Professional Hit Club, including a spreadsheet where you can find the latest stats and coverage the project has received.