Wednesday, January 24, 2007
What does 17 at bats mean?
Abbott Katz, in the November 2006 issue of By The Numbers shows us that players who had exactly 17 at bats hit .171 from 1959-2005.
Does it mean anything? Obviously, if you only have 17 seasonal at bats, it means alot. It means you are a September callup, it means that you are on your last legs, it means you got hurt, it means that you did so badly that the manager doesn’t want to look at you. It could mean a whole lot of things. It might even mean that you suck.
In order to figure out more about what it means, you need to look at the data outside from which you selected from. And that means, look at the data in the season before and after that selected season. Which I will right now:
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