Leonard (1995) The decline of the .400 hitter: an explanation and a test

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The decline of the .400 hitter: an explanation and a test

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CONTRIBUTORS:

Author:

Leonard, W. M.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 18(3), 226 - 236.

YEAR:

1995

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

longitudinal-study; batting; statistics; record; baseball

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=382862&title=382862

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-500 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Stephen Jay Gould maintains that as a system stabilizes there will be decreasing variation in the system over time. Focusing exclusively on hitting in baseball, he says that batting averages have remained relatively stable from the inception of the National League until present. His data indicate declining variation (via standard deviation values) for one performance measure, batting average. If the model applies other measures would also be expected to conform. This study explores this idea.

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