Baseball Statistics
Most people are familiar with sports rules and terminology; however, they are not always aware of the important role that math plays in sports. A myriad of data on players, teams, divisions and leagues is provided by the media and the sports world. You have been selected to explore how math is used to compute, summarize and analyze this data
Author MrsRoss0130
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1What is a batting average and how is it calculated?
Record in a word document. Then using your knowledge calculate the batting averages for the following players: PLAYER AT-BATS HITS BATTING AVERAGE Ken Griffey,Jr 600 173 Sammy Sosa 625 180 Tony Gwynn 411 139
http://web.buddyproject.org/web012/web012/averages.htm
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2Compute the batting averages for 25 players in the 2008 season
Be sure to record the NAMES and averages of each player on your word document. You may use scrap paper to calculate the averages if needed.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/webquests/sports/PDF/mlb_stats_historical_player_stats.pdf
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3Find historical player stats for 20 players from the 2009 season then compute the batting average for each player
Remember to record this information in your word document.
http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/historical/player_stats.jsp
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4Task 4- Create a table of your results
With a partner, review your results, reate a table for your results then discuss how a batting average measures a player's performance.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx?ID=a92a86fde7754da68ac521de42f2aa8f