Statistics

Baseball Statistics Project Major League Baseball has just terminated all long-term contracts, and every team in the league now has to re-negotiate the salaries for each player. The new salaries will be re-negotiated every year. You are the board members of your team, and your job is to decide how much each player on the team will be paid this year, based on their performance last year. You should research online and select a roster of 15 players, their statistics from last year, and a team salary budget. The players include 10 position players and 5 pitchers. You will need to find the hitting statistics for the position players and pitching statistics for the pitchers. You will need to decide how to use these statistics in order to figure out how much you want to pay each of your players, keeping in mind the constraints of your budget. You will also need to determine certain restrictions, such as a cap on salaries or a base salary. You will turn in your list of players and their salaries, an explanation of how you made your decisions about those salaries, and all the work that you did to complete the project. You may type or hand-write your list and explanation. Your explanation must include a description of how you decided how much each player was worth and which statistics you found most useful in making your decisions. Groups will be graded using the following rubric:

 Player salaries: 25 points o Player salaries reflect the player’s value to the team: 15 points o Player salaries use the full budgeted amount: 10 points

 Written Explanation(you need to justify your answers mathematically to receive full credit): 50 points

o Explains how you decided the player salaries: 35 points o Explains which statistics were used: 15 points

 TOTAL POINTS: 75