Starting my search off with this question "Do some players have advantages over others because of where they play?"
But to get to this question I have to start off with little questions to answer this question.
So the first question i'm going to ask is "What players have better batting averages?". It seems that the players with the better batting averages are in the National League.(Baseball-almanac.com) Which means that most of the teams are from the West Coast. The players along the West Coast area seem to have a better chance of playing better because weather around there is nicer then the weather along the East Coast. The season starts in the beginning of April, and in the East Coast the weather is still much colder then in the West.
I took a look at Gary Sheffields stats from across the years that he has played, an before he played for Detroit and the Yankees. He played in teams that were in the National League, such as the LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and the Flordia Marlins. Noticing his batting average was much better then what it is now in the American League. His batting average then was around .316 and now that he is playing in the American League, his batting average is in the low .200 high .190
"Gary Sheffield." 23 04 2008.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheffga01.shtml.
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Shawn, where is the full citation for the Baseball Almanac site? How are you determining that averages are better in the National League? How did you determine that the National League has better weather?
It was a good post it does not have a full citation, but it seemed good overall. I like how you bring Gary into the arguement, I prefer when I can link with a post. And you sir have completed that, good job, I hope your search goes very well.
i really like the question do some players have advantages over others because of where they play? where did you think of it?
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