Jim Sandoval

Jim Sandoval

• School California Baptist University
• High School Sonora High School
• Born November 25, 1958 in Orange, CA USA
• Died December 27, 2012 in Harvest, AL USA

Biographical Information

Jim Sandoval was a researcher, historian and author. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he served as the co-chairman of the organization's Scouts Committee. He was known for his extensive work in researching scouts and was integral to completing a scouts database, featured by the Hall of Fame as the "Diamond Mine."

His most well-known work is Can He Play? A Look At Baseball Scouts And Their Profession, co-edited by Bill Nowlin and published in 2011. He also contributed to SABR's The Fenway Project and Deadball Stars books.

He contributed to Seamheads and the Madison County Record and co-authored the non-baseball works Empires: A Simulation Exploring the First Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and Ancient History Activators: Brief, Engaging Historical Experiences.

His work was cited in numerous books.

He also scouted for the Milwaukee Brewers.