THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Sunday, June 11, 2006

START Rushing Them To The Majors

Every year, someone complains about players being rushed to the majors.  All we have to do is look at the data.  Let’s see.

Here’s a 1200 word essay on the subject.  This picture is worth a thousand words.

Since 1901, the average age of a player’s first game is 24 and 3 months.  Over the last 10 years, it was 24 years and 9 month.

Since 1901, 20% of the debut players were under the age of 22.  Over the last 10 years, they were at only 10%.