Data are for 322 Major Leaque Baseball regular and substitute hitters in 1986.
Format
A data frame with 322 observations on the following 22 variables.
- Name
The hitter/player's name
- League
Player's league (American/National) at the beginning of 1987
- Team
Player's team at the beginning of 1987
- Position
Player's position in 1986: 1B=First base, 2B=Second base, 3B=Third base, C=Catcher, OF=Outfild, DH=Designated hitter, SS=Short stop, UT=Utility
- Atbat
Number of times at bat in 1986
- Hits
Number of hits in 1986
- Homer
Number of home runs in 1986
- Runs
Number of runs in 1986
- RBI
Runs batted in during 1986
- Walks
Number of walks in 1986
- Years
Number of years in the major leagues
- Atbatc
Number of times at bat in his career
- Hitsc
Number of hits in career
- Homerc
Number of home runs in career
- Runsc
Number of runs in career
- RBIc
Number of Runs Batted In in career
- Walksc
Number of walks in career
- Putouts
Number of putouts in 1986
- Assists
Number of assists in 1986
- Errors
Number of errors in 1986
- Salary
Annual salary (in thousands) on opening day 1987
- logSal
Log of salary
Source
The data was originally published for the 1988 ASA Statistical Graphics and Computing Data Exposition: http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/data-expo/1988.html.
The version of the data used to create this data was found at http://euclid.psych.yorku.ca/ftp/sas/sssg/data/baseball.sas
Details
The levels of the player's positions have been collapsed to fewer levels for a simpler analysis. See the original data for the full list of positions.
The salary data were taken from Sports Illustrated, April 20, 1987. The salary of any player not included in that article is listed as an NA. The 1986 and career statistics were taken from The 1987 Baseball Encyclopedia Update published by Collier Books, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York.
