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An Analysis of Baseball Statistics By Andy Siegel and Jay Dahlstrom CSE 140 Research Questions What is the association between baseball statistics and fan attendance? What is the association between baseball statistics and team


  1. An Analysis of Baseball Statistics By Andy Siegel and Jay Dahlstrom CSE 140

  2. Research Questions • What is the association between baseball statistics and fan attendance? • What is the association between baseball statistics and team salary?

  3. Motivations • Attendance is important for financial stability of baseball franchises • Teams spend millions of dollars to hire players with the best talent • Results could be useful for MLB marketing strategists or team owners/managers/scouts

  4. Methodology • Select 5 batting and 5 pitching stats • Compare to attendance and salary • Compute Pearson's correlation • Interpret strength of association

  5. Results • Attendance o Batting: Batting Average (.5257) o Pitching: Runs per game (.4514) • Salary o Batting: Batting Average (.4849) o Pitching: Strikeouts (-.5332)

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