The Baseball
data set contains performance measures and salary levels for regular hitters and leading substitute hitters in Major League
Baseball for the year 1986 (Reichler, 1987). There is one observation per hitter.
The following list describes each variable.
name
player’s name
no_atbat
number of times at bat (in 1986)
no_hits
number of hits (in 1986)
no_home
number of home runs (in 1986)
no_runs
number of runs (in 1986)
no_rbi
number of runs batted in (in 1986)
no_bb
number of bases on balls (in 1986)
yr_major
years in the major leagues
cr_atbat
career at-bats
cr_hits
career hits
cr_home
career home runs
cr_runs
career runs
cr_rbi
career runs batted in
cr_bb
career bases on balls
league
player’s league at the end of 1986
division
player’s division at the end of 1986
team
player’s team at the end of 1986
position
positions played (in 1986)
no_outs
number of putouts (in 1986)
no_assts
number of assists (in 1986)
no_error
number of errors (in 1986)
salary
salary, in thousands of dollars (in 1986)
The position
variable in the Baseball
data set is encoded as follows:
Table A.1: Values for the Position
Variable
13 |
First base and third base |
CS |
Center field and shortstop |
1B |
First base |
DH |
Designated hitter |
1O |
First base and outfield |
DO |
Designated hitter and outfield |
23 |
Second base and third base |
LF |
Left field |
2B |
Second base |
O1 |
Outfield and first base |
2S |
Second base and shortstop |
OD |
Outfield and designated hitter |
32 |
Third base and second base |
OF |
Outfield |
3B |
Third base |
OS |
Outfield and shortstop |
3O |
Third base and outfield |
RF |
Right field |
3S |
Third base and shortstop |
S3 |
Shortstop and third base |
C |
Catcher |
SS |
Shortstop |
CD |
Center field and designated hitter |
UT |
Utility |
CF |
Center field |