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Paying for Performance:

Paying for Performance:. A Study of Salary and Performance Statistics in the MLB (During 2010). Topic Questions. How does Team Salary correlate with performance in Major League Baseball? Which Performance Statistics have the strongest correlation to Team Salary? (What are you paying for?).

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Paying for Performance:

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  1. Paying for Performance: A Study of Salary and Performance Statistics in the MLB (During 2010)

  2. Topic Questions • How does Team Salary correlate with performance in Major League Baseball? • Which Performance Statistics have the strongest correlation to Team Salary? • (What are you paying for?)

  3. Statistics Examined Offense Defense • PCT • HR • R • AVG • OPS • PCT • SO • BB • Team ERA

  4. Team Salary: Boxplot

  5. Team Salary: Descriptive Stats • N=30 • Mean= 91,020,056 • Median= 84,325,334 • Standard Deviation= 38,258,046 • Minimum= 34,943,000 • Pittsburgh Pirates • Maximum= 206,333,389 • New York Yankees

  6. Winning Percentage: Boxplot

  7. Winning Percentage: Descriptive Stats • N=30 • Mean=.501 • Median=.500 • Standard Deviation=.0679Minimum=.3520 • Pittsburgh Pirates • Maximum=.5990 • Philadelphia Phillies

  8. Offensive Stats: HR and AVG

  9. Offensive Stats: R and OPS

  10. Winning Percentage

  11. Defensive Stats: BB, SO and Team ERA

  12. Rankings • Offense • OPS=12.3% • PCT=12.1% • AVG=8.8% • HR=6.9% • R=5.9% • Defense • PCT=12.1% • SO=2.8% • Team ERA=2.1% • BB=0.0%

  13. Conclusion • In 2010, Team Salary had a very weak correlation with PCT and most other performance statics • Overall, Team Salary had a stronger correlation with offensive stats than defensive stats • Things to Consider: • How would this study change over multiple years? • Could Team Salary better predict other performance stats? • If money isn’t helping them win, why do most baseball fans hate the Yankees?

  14. Sources • mlb.com • cbssports.com • espn.go.com

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