Batting average

comfortable with whites (Swaine). Rickey chose Robinson to play for the Montreal Royals. The Royals was an all-white minor league team that was the main farm team for the Dodgers. Robinson played for the Royals for one season, and led the league with a batting average of .349 and a .985 fielding percentage. Rickey promoted Robinson to the Dodgers in 1947, and Jackie became the first African American to play in the major leagues. Rickey warned him about the obstacles he would have to overcome. He…

The 1940s was an amazing period of time for sports in the United States. The many diverse sports of the United States had to overcome the challenges put forth by World War II, showing the rest of the world how flexible and durable they are. This just goes to show how resilient the people of the United States are, and how the sports of the United States affected the people in a positive way. The 1940s was full of many historical events, but one of the most prominent was World War II. At the…

Any sport takes time to master, you must understand the general concept of the game, but more importantly how to actually take part and play in the game. You can not just learn one part you need to learn all parts of the game. I know exactly what this process is like. Softball is a game that has many skills you must come close to perfecting if you want to be successful. The time and patience it takes can be frustrating, but will always pay off in the end. Before you can take part in playing the…

half-decade of play. In 1960 Clemente flourished and became known as one of the best in the game (“Roberto Clemente”). Clemente had the most runs batted in of Pirate players in 1960, along with a .312 batting average (“Roberto Clemente”). Clemente helped the Pirates win the 1960 World Series, batting .310 in a thrilling seven game defeat of the Yankees (“Roberto Clemente”). In the next seven…

Sometimes people do not notice the psychological and physical aspects that impact our everyday lives, from simple tasks like hitting a ball to hiking alone in the Rocky Mountains. In the experiment “See the Ball, Hit the Ball” conducted by Witt and Proffitt, the researchers experimented with people who enjoyed playing softball and measured their perception of the ball's size. In the process, they provided another example that applies to the action-specific theory of perception. The study’s…

Baseball has and always will be a part of my life. Just like other activities, some seasons have been spectacular and others have been just average. But I have always had this certain drive in me to go through struggles and eventually come out on top among other competitors. Sophomore year was supposed to be my year, my year to be the starting catcher on the varsity baseball team at Mary Persons High School. The baseball coach even said that in his own words. In the tryout, I did not…

During a 12-year career, he had a .247 batting average with a total of 20 home runs and 229 runs batted in. In 1988, he had career highs with 150 games played, 512 at bats, 52 runs scored, eight stolen bases, and 63 strikeouts. In 1990, he had a career high of 38 runs batted in, and in 1992, he…

There are countless things that go into sabermetrics that the average fan wouldn't understand or know about that's why every MLB team has a sabermetrician the more money the team has the better the sabermetrician and that why the playing field isn't fair and that is one of the problems with baseball statistical numbers. The most common statistic, although the least informative of all, is batting average. “Batting averages are now generally regarded as a poor guide to performance - not least…

they make it more entertaining? Performance-enhancing drugs make baseball a better sport, should PEDs be legal in baseball? Why is there so much controversy? The offensive performance of hitters in baseball that have used steroids, is well above average than the hitters that have not used them. When discussing baseball, we automatically think of Barry Bonds, McGwire, Samy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Jose Canseco, Vladimir…

'I try and instill faith in the players and give them self-belief and really empower them to be the best they can be' The above line had been quoted after one of his winning matches by Steve Waugh,one of the most inspirational leaders in sports and society. Steve Waugh started off as a talented cricketer at the age of 17. While playing first grade cricket in Sydney ,he was selected for the New South Wales side, and wore the baggy green cap for the first time in 1985 when he was on a tour of…