Dataset Of Professional Baseball Players From The 1986 Season

Introduction In this project, we explore a dataset of professional baseball players from the 1986 season, aiming to uncover insights into player performance, career trajectories, and market valuations. Leveraging advanced statistical techniques, we analyze various statistical attributes and demographic variables within Major League Baseball. Key performance metrics include AtBat (number of times at bat), Hits (total hits), HmRun (home runs), Runs, RBI (runs batted in), and Walks. Career metrics such as Years (years in the major leagues), CAtBat (cumulative times at bat), CHits (cumulative hits), CHmRun (cumulative home runs), CRuns (cumulative runs), CRBI (cumulative runs batted in), and CWalks (cumulative walks) are also examined. Additionally,

Descriptive Statistics Table 1 presents descriptive statistics for various performance and career metrics of baseball players during the 1986 season. On average, players were at bat approximately 381 times, achieving around 101 hits and scoring about 51 runs, with notable variability across these metrics. Players hit an average of approximately 11 home runs and recorded around 48 runs batted in (RBI) during the season. Additionally, players received an average of 39 walks. In terms of career statistics, players spent an average of seven years in the major leagues, accumulating roughly 2,649 at-bats and 718 hits. Notably, players hit an average of around 69 home runs and scored approximately 359 runs throughout their careers, with a similar average of 330 RBI and 260 walks. Defensive performance metrics indicate that players made approximately 289 putouts, 107 assists, and committed roughly 8 errors during the 1986 season. These statistics provide valuable insights into baseball players' performance and career trajectories during the specified

Hits correlated strongly with HmRun (r = 0.562, p .001), Runs (r = 0.922, p .001), RBI (r = 0.811, p .001), and Walks (r = 0.641, p .001). Similarly, HmRun correlated significantly with Runs (r = 0.651, p .001), RBI (r = 0.855, p .001), and Walks (r = 0.481, p .001). Runs also showed strong positive correlations with RBI (r = 0.798, p .001) and Walks (r = 0.732, p .001), while RBI positively correlated with Walks (r = 0.616, p .001). These findings support the hypothesis of cross-metric excellence among