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A Statistical Analysis Of The Ouachita Baptist University Men's Baseball Team, Evan Nelson Jan 2019

A Statistical Analysis Of The Ouachita Baptist University Men's Baseball Team, Evan Nelson

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In this paper, I use sabermetrics to analyze the Ouachita Baptist University men’s baseball team. I run correlation and regression analyses on the hitting and fielding and pitching statistics for games the Tiger baseball team have played from the 2003 season through the 2018 season. Using these analyses plus other information on sabermetrics I have studied, I determine which statistical categories lead to success for the Ouachita baseball team. Using these determinations, I create formulas that analyze player production for position players and pitchers on the 2018 Ouachita Baptist University men’s baseball team.

These formulas isolate four important factors for …