Tag Archives: Baseball

  In my elective class 162 we were asked to do a scouting report of five baseball players. We had to look at their statistics as well as their payroll and see who was the best value. We a choose a few variables to measure the five players by. I had all hitters. So I Read More…

In my 162 class I created a scouting assignment report that will help my class do a fantasy draft to figure out what players to draft and what players to not draft. Creating this report was fun and amusing but also ridiculously difficult. I was trying not to put to much bias in the report because that might affect the pick Read More…

For my third milestone in 162 (economics and history taught through baseball) we compared five players against each other in order to find who was the best player overall, and who was most worth their current salary.  We did this by analyzing the players performance this season in relation to his total career.  I looked closely at stats such Read More…

For our third action project for the 162 course, we were given 5 baseball players for each student to investigate. The investigation was for us to understand what we need to look at when scouting players. The purpose of this action project was to look and use statistics to understand the overall value of baseball Read More…

In my 162 class, for our third action project we were given five baseball players. Out of those five we had to chose the best players based on their stats and how much they make. It was all about player value. What we did was very similar to the money ball theory(spending the least amount Read More…

For my second project in my 162 class, I had to compare two athletes and decide which one was the greatest.The two athletes I compared were Willie Mays and Bo Jackson. They both were professional baseball players, however Bo Jackson was a professional football player too. Bo Jackson played baseball for 8 years receiving three Read More…

                  In Unit of our Math & Baseball course, 162 we learned a lot about segregation in sports. Before I took this class I knew a lot about the baseball because of learning about Jackie Robinson in history classes. I never knew how much he impacted baseball Read More…

For my 162 class, we had to chose a topic that showed segregation in sports. I choose to research the AAPGBL( All American Girl Professional Baseball League). That league was the first women’s professional sports league in America. It was founded in 1943. My thesis is that people use to think women could not play Read More…