Abstract
Baseball data consist of a large number of counts and averages that are supposedly helpful in evaluating players and describing the game. The baseball fan is bombarded, inundated, overwhelmed with statistics. It may be that it is difficult for the fan to understand the relevance of a particular baseball statistic for the simple reason that there are so many of them competing for his or her attention. Is it slugging percentage that’s really important, or on-base percentage?
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Albert, J., Bennett, J. (2001). Exploring Baseball Data. In: Albert, J., Bennett, J. (eds) Curve Ball. Copernicus, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21512-9_2
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