Finding the baseball players best at…
The American sport of baseball has long been a subject of intense analytical research, with data collection dating back to the early 1900s. For Major League baseball teams, advanced data analysis helps answer questions like How much should I pay for X player? and What should I do in the game given the current state of things?, For fans, that same data can be used as fodder for endless debates around who is the greatest player ever.
For this recipe, we are going to use data that was collected from retrosheet.org. Per the Retrosheet licensing requirements, you should be aware of the following legal disclaimer:
The information used here was obtained free of charge and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at www.retrosheet.org.
From its raw form, the data was summarized to show the common baseball metrics for at bat (ab), hits (h), runs scored (r), and home runs (hr) for professional...
