http://sportsologist.com/birth-month-affect-baseball-performance/ Sportsologist by Christopher Lee is dedicated to sports business. From sports marketing to social media we analyze issues in sports business. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://sportsologist.com/birth-month-affect-baseball-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Christopher Lee Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:19:04 +0000 http://sportsologist.com/?p=46#comment-22 I agree that OBP and OPS would better illustrate offensive success. I used AB, HR, RBI and only showed July/August to make it easier to understand for the casual fan (or blog reader). Given the interest in the topic, I'll likely post a Part III that goes into greater depth with OBP, OPS and detailed breakdown by month. I agree that OBP and OPS would better illustrate offensive success. I used AB, HR, RBI and only showed July/August to make it easier to understand for the casual fan (or blog reader). Given the interest in the topic, I'll likely post a Part III that goes into greater depth with OBP, OPS and detailed breakdown by month.

]]> http://sportsologist.com/birth-month-affect-baseball-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Ryan Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:13 +0000 http://sportsologist.com/?p=46#comment-20 While HR, RBI, and AVG are good barometers to consider, I think it would be interesting to look at OBP and OPS as well. Perhaps those figures would shed some more light on the analysis and give you more data to see if there is a reliable trend in offensive statistics based on birth month. Also, why not compare August to every other month, as opposed to just July? Its interesting that there seems to be a very real correlation between birth month with regard to making the bigs, but I would doubt there's any real correlation to birth month and performance once a player makes it. While HR, RBI, and AVG are good barometers to consider, I think it would be interesting to look at OBP and OPS as well. Perhaps those figures would shed some more light on the analysis and give you more data to see if there is a reliable trend in offensive statistics based on birth month. Also, why not compare August to every other month, as opposed to just July? Its interesting that there seems to be a very real correlation between birth month with regard to making the bigs, but I would doubt there's any real correlation to birth month and performance once a player makes it.

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