The first feat is ending a season with at least 502 plate appearances and a batting average BA ≥ .400. The second feat is accomplishing baseball’s Triple Crown by leading their league in HR, RBI and BA. This posting and the following posting will examine the chances of Miguel Cabrera achieving both these feats in 2013. …
On April 22, 2013, I was invited to speak at Amity Regional HS in CT. Unlike some other trips this was a short excursion of 30 minutes from my house. I was told that I would be talking to an AP Statistics Class, other math students and teachers. I wanted to choose a statistics topic …
The seven no-hitters for 2012 tied the record for most no-hitters in a season set first in 1990 and then repeated in 1991. Three of the no-hitters in 2012 were perfect games. In 2010, five pitchers tossed no-hitters. This was the first year since 1991 to have at least three no-hitters. Sabermetricians are asking the …
Every year baseball records are tied or broken that have held up for decades. Also, players who have never been considered great hitters raise their skill level to accomplish unexpected hitting feats. The rest of this posting looks back at some of these hitting milestones for 2012. One of the problems with writing my book …
In the fall of 2012, I was scheduled to teach three courses which included 2 sections of biostatistics and 1 of Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball. You probably think the idea for my next baseball posting came from my baseball and statistics course. If you guessed that you would be wrong. The idea actually …
Since 1900, the game of baseball had undergone many changes. In 1909, Ty Cobb led the American League by hitting nine home runs. In 2001, Barry Bonds set the record by hitting 73 home runs. Before 1920, pitchers were allowed to doctor the baseball. After 1920, many new and legal pitches have been developed to …