While a season batting average of 0.300 (30%) or higher is considered an excellent achievement in baseball, the same cannot be said for investing. A batting average of 50% is used as a minimum threshold for measuring investment success. Aninvestment managerwho outperforms the market in 15 out...
The author discusses the use of creative batting average (CBA) as a benchmark for analyzing the success rates of employees in creative departments at advertising agencies. Data provided shows the CBAs of freelance copywriter John Deignan in 2012, Muller Associate Director Ben Salsky in 2014, Leo...
An analysis of the Baseball Almanac suggests that any batting average above .300 is considered excellent. Many batter fall below this level, but are still considered effective hitters. However, if a hitter’s batting average falls to .200 or below, then the batter is often considered to be a...
There is a tie for the second-longest game in MLB history and both occurred just a decade apart. The Chicago White Sox faced the Milwaukee Brewers in an early 1984 season matchup. Both teams were tied 3-3 after 18 innings as the clock struck 1 a.m. The game was postponed, resumed th...
What is a Statistic: Data & Variables You might think that data is a list of numbers. However, in statistics, “Data” means something a little different; Data contains thewhoandwhatabout something (the “something” could be anything from a book in a bookstore to a batting average to a...
QAB stands for Quality At-Bats. Some statistics such as batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage are easy to understand, but what exactly makes up a QAB? A quality at-bat is basically one that makes a positive offensive contribution. ...
Again, there's no reason to jump for joy after a sweep of the A's and a series win over the Angels. Those are two of the worst teams in baseball. Simply taking care of business is not an overly impressive accomplishment. Yet it's something that has escaped the Red Sox l...
Donors will return time and again if you involve them in your mission story, report on your success, and provide an excellent and easy website experience. Your nonprofit financial management solution should supplyreal-time outcome metrics to demonstrate your organization’s impactand show donors the...
Hill Finished His Career With An Impressive Batting Average As depicted inThe Hill, Rickey Hill wore leg braces because of a degenerative spinal disease when he was young. Consequentially, his aspirations of playing baseball professionally were hindered. Hill's love for the sport culminated in a de...
president, who would go on to lead the country through World War II, had been paralyzed from the waist down due to an illness thought at the time to be polio. In this photo from the FDR Presidential Library & Museum, the presidential hopeful is pictured campaigning in Warm Springs, ...