Born in August? Welcome to the Majors

February 25, 2011 by Jess Coleman · 3 Comments

Fun fact: since 1965, players born on July 31 have spent a combined 30 years in the Major Leagues. Fast forward 24 hours to August 1, where players born that day have spent a combined 71 years in the majors. How could 24 hours make such a difference? It has been argued for some time […]

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2010 Season Presents Puzzling Mathematical Results

September 27, 2010 by Jess Coleman · 1 Comment

If you can understand correlations, you can begin to understand something essential to success in baseball. Why? Because correlations show how one variable affects another variable. For example, we can see how strikeouts influence runs scored, and we would find that there is no notable correlation (actually true). The dictionary describes a correlation as a […]

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